The Gazetteer

A faceted, searchable index of every entry in the guide: the articles by family alongside the exemplars from the gazetteer of worked examples. Type a name in the search box, or pick from the filters below.

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Accessibility in Live & Interactive GamesPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameInteractive FictionTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Bleed, Aftercare & DebriefingPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Cooperative vs Adversarial FormatsPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Designer-Community Trust in Long-Form HuntsPlayers & Social DynamicsPuzzle-huntLive Game
Faction Design & Asymmetric ObjectivesPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
GM Role Models & StancesPlayers & Social DynamicsTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
Host Roles & the Host-Cannot-Play ProblemPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopPuzzle-huntInteractive Fiction
Information Asymmetry: Hidden Information vs Hidden RolesPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Mixed-Ability Groups & Universal DesignPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
One-on-One Scene DesignPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletop
Parallel Team ArchitecturesPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletop
Player Types & CastingPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Pre-Game Workshop DesignPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive Fiction
Rulings vs Rules & the Authority ContractPlayers & Social DynamicsTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
Safety Tools as Design LayerPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Spectator-Friendly DesignPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Team Sizes & the Bottleneck ProblemPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletopInteractive Fiction
Team Splitting StrategiesPlayers & Social DynamicsLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletopInteractive Fiction
The Session Zero PlaybookPlayers & Social DynamicsTabletopLive GameInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Trust, Conformity & Social PressurePlayers & Social DynamicsLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
A Taxonomy of PuzzlesPuzzles, Clues & InformationInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Ciphers & CodesPuzzles, Clues & InformationInteractive FictionLive GamePuzzle-hunt
Clue Sequencing & ChainsPuzzles, Clues & InformationLive GameInteractive FictionTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Cluing & FairnessPuzzles, Clues & InformationInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Extraction, Indexing & Meta-PuzzlesPuzzles, Clues & InformationPuzzle-huntLive Game
Hint Systems & RecoveryPuzzles, Clues & InformationInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Information ArchitecturePuzzles, Clues & InformationInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Puzzle Hunt CraftPuzzles, Clues & InformationLive GamePuzzle-huntInteractive Fiction
Search, Observation & Lateral ThinkingPuzzles, Clues & InformationInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Self-Resolving PuzzlesPuzzles, Clues & InformationLive GameInteractive FictionTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Teaching Through PlayPuzzles, Clues & InformationTabletopInteractive FictionLive GamePuzzle-hunt
The Aha MomentPuzzles, Clues & InformationLive GameTabletopInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
The Puzzle Hunt & ARG TraditionPuzzles, Clues & InformationPuzzle-huntInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Treasure & Scavenger HuntsPuzzles, Clues & InformationLive GamePuzzle-hunt
Artefact Design & Document ProductionSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GameInteractive FictionPuzzle-huntTabletop
Cue Management & GM StationSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletop
Digital PropsSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GameTabletopPuzzle-huntInteractive Fiction
Dungeon & Spatial TopologySpace, Props & MaterialityTabletopLive GameInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Fabrication & SourcingSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletop
Hidden Compartments & Reveal MechanismsSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletop
Lock TaxonomySpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-hunt
Materials, Durability & ResetSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Physical Clue FormatsSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletop
Physical vs Digital Puzzle ArtefactsSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-huntInteractive FictionTabletop
QR & NFC PatternsSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GamePuzzle-huntTabletop
Theme, Immersion & Sensory EnvironmentSpace, Props & MaterialityLive GameInteractive FictionTabletopPuzzle-hunt
A Taxonomy of Genre ConventionsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Audience & Age-TargetingStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Canon ManagementStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Character VoiceStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Children’s & YA ConventionsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Conflict PatternsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Dialogue CraftStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Diegetic DesignStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Emotional Beats & InvestmentStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Environmental Storytelling & Setting as CharacterStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Exposition & SubtextStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Fantasy ConventionsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionTabletopLive Game
Heist & Caper PatternsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionTabletopLive Game
Historical FictionStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Horror ConventionsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Moral Dilemmas & Consequence ChainsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Mystery & Detective FictionStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Naming Craft: Characters & LocationsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
NPC Craft & VoicingStory, Character & VoiceTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
Prompt Design in Solo JournalingStory, Character & VoiceTabletopInteractive Fiction
Prose Patterns & Point of ViewStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionTabletopLive Game
Romance & RelationshipsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Science Fiction ConventionsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Solo Journaling RPGs: Genre & FormStory, Character & VoiceTabletopInteractive Fiction
The Journal as ArtefactStory, Character & VoiceTabletopInteractive Fiction
Tropes, Archetypes & VariationsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Voice & Register ConsistencyStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Worldbuilding PatternsStory, Character & VoiceInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Beat Taxonomies & Craft ModelsStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Branching Narrative CraftStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Campaign Arc ShapesStructure & PacingTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Endings & Structural ClosureStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Episodic & Serialised StructureStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Escape Room TopologiesStructure & PacingLive GameInteractive FictionPuzzle-huntTabletop
Hexcrawl & PointcrawlStructure & PacingTabletopInteractive FictionLive GamePuzzle-hunt
IF Graph Structures: A TaxonomyStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Nonlinear Narrative StructuresStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Parallel Threads & ConvergenceStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Sandbox, Situation & the Railroad SpectrumStructure & PacingTabletopInteractive FictionLive GamePuzzle-hunt
Scene & Sequel in Interactive FictionStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Scene Structure & TransitionsStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Scope, Scale & Branching DepthStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
Session Pacing & Energy ManagementStructure & PacingTabletopLive GameInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Time Loop PatternsStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletop
Try-Fail Cycles & EscalationStructure & PacingInteractive FictionLive GameTabletopPuzzle-hunt
West Marches & the Open-Table FormatStructure & PacingTabletopLive GamePuzzle-hunt
Boardgame Mechanism VocabularySystems & MechanicsTabletop
Cooperative & Legacy GenresSystems & MechanicsTabletopLive Game
Decision Space & Choice DesignSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
DeckbuildersSystems & MechanicsTabletop
Digital Gating & StateSystems & MechanicsPuzzle-huntLive GameInteractive FictionTabletop
Distributing Narrative AuthoritySystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Elegance, Emergence & RandomnessSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Encounter & Challenge DesignSystems & MechanicsTabletopLive GameInteractive FictionPuzzle-hunt
Euro vs Ameritrash: The Two Design PolesSystems & MechanicsTabletop
IF Mechanics & Procedural RhetoricSystems & MechanicsInteractive FictionTabletopLive Game
Mechanical Resolution TypesSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Moves & the Fiction-Mechanic-Fiction LoopSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive Fiction
Oracle & Solo-Play ResolutionSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive Fiction
Playbook DesignSystems & MechanicsTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
Prep EconomySystems & MechanicsTabletopLive GamePuzzle-huntInteractive Fiction
Progress Clocks & Faction StateSystems & MechanicsTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
ReplayabilitySystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Safety Systems as Mechanical LayerSystems & MechanicsTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
Social Performance GenresSystems & MechanicsTabletopLive Game
Solo ModesSystems & MechanicsTabletop
System vs SettingSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Theme-Mechanism IntegrationSystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
TTRPG Format TaxonomySystems & MechanicsTabletopInteractive FictionLive Game
Turn Structure & Action EconomySystems & MechanicsTabletopLive GameInteractive Fiction
Apocalypse World
Baba Is You
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Blades in the Dark
Blood on the Clocktower
Blue Prince
Call of Cthulhu
Cicada 3301
The Crystal Maze
DASH & the Galactic Puzzle Hunt
De Profundis
Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition
Exit: The Game
Fiasco
Hunt A Killer
Exemplars
Ironsworn
Jubensha
Magic: the Gathering
Megagames
Microscope & Kingdom
The MIT Mystery Hunt
The Murder Mystery Party
The Mysterious Package Company
Notable Escape Rooms
Pandemic
Paranoia
Sleep No More & Punchdrunk
Ten Candles
The Quiet Year
The Witness
Thousand Year Old Vampire
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