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A poster for a mutual aid community stream hosted by tendervicious studios on Friday, April 3 at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT on twitch.tv/tenderviciousstudios. The stream will feature chatacter creation in The Home We Remember and tarot readings.
A poster for a mutual aid community stream hosted by tendervicious studios on Friday, April 3 at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT on twitch.tv/tenderviciousstudios. The stream will feature chatacter creation in The Home We Remember and tarot readings.
A poster for a mutual aid community stream hosted by tendervicious studios on Friday, April 3 at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT on twitch.tv/tenderviciousstudios. The stream will feature chatacter creation in The Home We Remember and tarot readings.
A poster for a mutual aid community stream hosted by tendervicious studios on Friday, April 3 at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT on twitch.tv/tenderviciousstudios. The stream will feature chatacter creation in The Home We Remember and tarot readings.
A clip from Episode 8 of Laurie's House, a Home We Remember audio drama Actual Play. It features Deen and Dione as children, discussing attraction to girls.
A graphic depicting art of a house on fire and a brown-skinned hand holding up a Polaroid of that same house, intact, in front of it. Text in the top left corner reads, "THANK YOU FOR 1100+ DOWNLOADS". In the bottom left corner is the tendervicious studios logo, a bleeding heart flower with a blade for a stem.
A clip from Episode 8 of the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. It features a frantic, nervous Eira asking other characters if they fear death.
A clip from Episode 7 of the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama podcast, Laurie's House. It features Dione fighting with the Dragon, a part of herself.
A character sheet for Pascal from the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. It shows that his Anchor is the Hierophant, and his Tethers are dogwood (flora), Louisana black bear (fauna), wedding rings (item), the strum of a tuned acoustic guitar (sound), oud (scent), and 8am on time (time of day).
A digital painting of Pascal Arnaud, a character from the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. Pascal is a Black man wearing a blue, patterned suit. He holds a wedding ring in a black box in one hand, with his other hand in his pocket.
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Purple text in a green box reads, "MEMORIES ARE TRUTHS, BUT NOT ALWAYS FACTS". Yellow text underneath reads, "Characters' memories are real and true, but they are not the whole picture. They never can be. Limited by perspective, experience, emotion, there is always more to the story than one character can ever tell. Do not shy away from these limitations. Chase them and see what stories lie in a PC's perspective. Draw attention to the way PCs feel and think during a memory, and how that may be impacting the way the memory unfolds. This game is about memory, after all. Spotlight the imperfections, for better or for worse."
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Green header text above a green box reads, "AGENDAS". Purple text within the box lists, "memories do not obey time; memories are truths, but not always facts; home is a feeling, not necessarily a place".
A character sheet for Theo from the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. Theo's Anchor is the Star. Their Tethers are thyme (flora), tortoise (fauna), keys (item), the tick of a record needle (sound), garden dirt or wet earth (scent), and old man 5 AM (time of day).
A digital painting of Theo from the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. Theo is a Japanese man standing and cleaning his glasses.
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Yellow body text reads, "Lean into that truth. Weave in and out of different times seamlessly, as if they are all happening at once because they are. Remember that time is merely one more motif, one more plaything to tell your story. Stretch and bend it as desired."
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Purple subheader text with a green background reads, "MEMORIES DO NOT OBEY TIME". Yellow body text reads, "In The Home We Remember, time is not linear, but multidimensional. All characters in the world experience the past as the present as the future. Each version of each memory has happened, is happening, will happen. Reliving a memory is creating a new truth overlaid on top of the old one, allowing both to exist simultaneously. This is not an anomaly, but rather the truth of the world."
A screenshot from the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features a green box with the header, "AGENDAS". Purple text inside the box lists 3 things: memories do not obey time; memories are truths, but not always facts; and home is a feeling, not necessarily a place.
A character sheet for Laurie (she/her), from the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. Laurie's Anchor is the Sun. Her suit is Wands. Her tethers are bayahibe rose (flora), hispanolian woodpecker (fauna), dirty, mixed, loved dishes (item), tropical birds (sound), lemon (scent), and twilight (time of day).
A digital painting of Laurie, a character from the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. Laurie is a Afro-Dominica woman standing with a brown cloth in her hands. She is wearing a colourful, shin-length dress and brown heeled shoes.
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features a dark teal background with light teal text. The text reads, "You have changed (or not). The Tethers that bind you to the story must change with you. THIS IS A GAME ABOUT IDENTITY, AFTER ALL. The Architect will ask the player to identify a Tether of theirs that is affected by this Core Memory. The player can choose any Tether, with one exception. They cannot choose their character’s tarot card. Not yet. To move the Anchor, you must first retie the Tethers attached to it. Decide how remembering and reliving the Core Memory changes the Tether (or not). If the player chooses not to change any Tethers, they can instead lock a Tether. Locked Tethers cannot be changed in the future and become a core part of the character’s identity. Remember that Tethers represent your character’s personality and perspective. They are an amalgamation, a representation of who your character is. Locking a Tether is a choice to cement a part of yourself, to embed it into the fabric of who you are."
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features a dark pink background with a yellow subheader that reads, "CORE MEMORIES". Yellow body text reads, "You are defined by your memories. The things you've experienced, the people you've met, the places you've been— all of these have influenced who you are. Some memories are easily forgotten, blips on the radar of the mind. Others, however, stick to us as vividly as ever. For one reason or another, these memories weigh more heavily on the scales of who we are. In this conversation, these are called CORE MEMORIES."
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features a dark pink background with a light pink header that reads, "WHO ARE YOU?" A yellow subheader reads, "IDENTITY". Yellow body text reads, "You are tied to the story by symbols, called TETHERS. Tethers are, in a metaphorical way, your character's personality, their past, and their perspective. Wrap yourself in these metaphors during play. Use the Tethers to guide the way your character's magical realism manifests. Let the magical realism externalize the internal." All text is slanted slightly.
A clip from episode 7 of the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. It features Nada talking to Cai about their role as Architect of the show.
The cover of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features an illustration of a burning house on the right side against a black background. A brown-skinned hand holds up a polaroid of the same house, intact. Text to the left of the images reads, "The Home We Remember".
A screenshot from the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Text reads, "The Home We Remember always ends with the Tragedy because THE BEGINNING CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE END. The Tragedy might unfold in full, an unstoppable force ripping through the town. The Tragedy might come to pass in part, contained in its ruinous path. The Tragedy might not happen at all, not really, prevented entirely and laid to rest. Whatever form the Tragedy takes— because NEGATIVE SPACE IS STILL SPACE— the last session is the last time the PCs will experience the central conceit of their collective story. Remember that the Tragedy has happened before, is happening now. It has affected the Home in a way that is irrevocable and that will be felt within the community for a long time. What those effects are and how strongly they will be felt depends on this final iteration of the Tragedy, the one the PCs choose to hold as their reality in an infinite array of Tragedies created during play. It is important to sit in this version of the Tragedy, whatever it looks like, to experience it fully, and to feel its ramifications one last time. Playing out the Tragedy will take up the entirety of the final session."
A screenshot from the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Text reads, "Most of this game exists in a cycle of memories. Stepping into each memory is an opportunity to MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES (OR NOT) and to CHANGE (OR NOT). Each scene, each memory is a chance for your characters to make decisions that influence their personal histories and their relationships to other characters. Every decision the characters make will ultimately affect not only themselves, but also their community and their Home. THIS IS A GAME ABOUT IDENTITY, AFTER ALL. As you choose to take care of yourself and grow as people, so too do you take care of your community. As you choose to neglect yourself and become mired in unhealthy habits, so too do you neglect your community."
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Text reads, "Come back to the Liminal Space as often or as infrequently as you need. Use it as A PLACE TO REGROUP, TO RECENTER, AND TO REFLECT REMOVED FROM THE MIASMA OF NOSTALGIA. Inside the Liminal Space, you are not restricted by memory, and so no cards should be drawn. It is a free space, a transitory place for your characters to do as they wish before the alluring call of nostalgia overtakes them yet again. It is important, however, that the PCs do not progress too far in linear time— if such a thing existed— past the Tragedy while in the Liminal Space. This game revolves around the Tragedy and so, the majority of play happens in memories leading up to it. The PCs’ motivation to prevent the Tragedy is what restrains them from moving forward. At least not yet." Header text, upside down, reads, "A Liminal Space".
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Header text reads, "Phases of Play". Text reads, "The Home We Remember is a cycle of memories. You play as characters trying to prevent the Tragedy that has afflicted your Home. You go to places where your memories are held and relive them over and over until something changes, until you change. Or until nothing changes at all. The Home We Remember is a series of choices. In reliving memories, you decide who you are, how you relate to the people around you, and how that affects your community and your Home." Subheader text reads, "The First Session: The Tragedy". Text reads, "The Home We Remember always begins with the Tragedy— as much as a beginning can be distinguished from an end. The first session is the first time the PCs will experience the central conceit of their collective story. The Tragedy affects the Home in a way that is irrevocable and that will be felt within the com munity for a long time. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SIT IN THE TRAGEDY, TO EXPERIENCE IT FULLY, AND TO FEEL ITS RAMIFICATIONS. Playing out the Tragedy will take up the entirety of the first session."
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. Header text reads, "Phases of Play".
A screenshot of the tendervicious studios website. Text reads, "tendervicious studios is a multimedia production studio that creates experimental art with intent. We aim to challenge and redefine what is possible within all mediums. Prioritizing the stories of marginalized people, our work consists of character studies that tear into heavier themes. We ask you to Go There wkth us and to explore what it means to be human, to love, and to live in relation with each other." Below the text, there is a "Staff" header, and a "Executive Director" subheader.
A Home We Remember character sheet for the House from the Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. It shows that the House's pronouns are it/she and its anchor is the Moon. It also shows that the House's tethers are mycelium (flora), elephant (fauna), family photographs (item), laughter from another room (sound), rotting wood (scent), and always (time of day).
Art of a three-story, green townhouse on fire. A brown-skinned hand holds a polaroid photo of the same house, blue and intact, up to the burning house. The polaroid is burnt at the edges.
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It is of the "Who Are You?" section. A subheader reads, "Identity". The text says, "You are tied to the story by symbols, called TETHERS. Tethers are, in a metaphorical way, your character's personality, their past, and their perspective. Wrap yourself in these metaphors during play. Use the Tethers to guide the way your character's magical realism manifests. Let the magical realism externalize the internal."
A blank graph on a white background. The x axis reads "Creamy" on one end and "Crunchy" on the other. The y axis reads "Fluffy" on one end and "Flat" on the other.
A blank graph on a white background. The x axis reads "Creamy" on one end and "Crunchy" on the other. The y axis reads "Fluffy" on one end and "Flat" on the other. In the creamy-flat quadrant, there is an emoji of a house.
A clip from Episode 6 of the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama, Laurie's House. It features the titular Laurie talking about loving through cooking.
A screenshot from the text version of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features Appendix IV: Inspiration. It reads, "TTRPGs: Thousand-Year-Old-Vampire, CROSSROADS, Portrait in a Room of Mirrors. TV: Westworld (Season 1), She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Season 4, Episode 9). Video Games: Life is Strange. Movies: Interstellar, Arrival. Books & Graphic Novels: Beloved, Maus, In the Shadow of No Towers. Theatre: The Clean House."
The credits page of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It lists Hamnah Shahid as the Lead Game Designer; Gwendolyn Kelly, Cai Kagawa, Sea Thomas, and Amir/Nada Alami as Additional Game Designers; Hamnah Shahid as the Writer; Gwendolyn Kelly, Cai Kagawa, and Amir/Nada Alami as Additional Writers; quinn b. rodriguez as the Developmental Editor; Andrew Souza as the Copy/Line Editor; Chrome as the Cover Artist; Lokorum as the Character Artist; Nala J. Wu as the Layout Designer; and Paul Baranay as the Publisher.
A screenshot of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It reads, "This is a conversation born from a radical embracing of agency and a love of asking, 'What if?'. In that spirit, the rules presented in this book are meant first and foremost as a blueprint for exploring what it means to remember, to change, and to love. Everyone at the table, Architect and players alike, are encouraged to make this blueprint their own. We encourage you to challenge the framework of the story, reimagine the meaning of words and questions, and collaboratively reframe what it means to play this game. We recommend keeping the Architect's Agendas and Guiding Principles intact, but otherwise welcome a different way of remembering Home. This is your story, after all."
A digital illustration of a humanoid figure holding out a slice of watermelon to a four-legged animal with human-like hands and feet. The figure says, "you are safe my sweet child". The animal replies, "i owe you my life".
The cover of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features an illustration of a burning house on the right side against a black background. A brown-skinned hand holds up a polaroid of the same house, intact. Text to the left of the images reads, "The Home We Remember".
A clip from Episode 6 of the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama podcast, Laurie's House. It features Eira and Aspen engaged in a bondage scene together.
A screenshot from the Ashcan Edition of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It reads, "This sleepover is for your characters, the town they live in, and the Home they remember. Each is equally important to the story and so, each should be given adequate time and care to create. Since this is a game about community, the town and Home should be created together. We also recommend creating characters collaboratively, but if you prefer, you can make characters on your own."
A screenshot of part of the ashcan of the TTRPG, The Home We Remember. It features a plum background with large text reading, "WHO ARE YOU?" repeated along the edges. Overlaid on the left side of the border is art of Eira, a character from the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. To the right is yellow text that is cut off. The visible parts read, "Once anchored, tie your Tethers. Decide to... each Tether is attached. What does it say... character and who they are? Whether loosely... bound, pick one for each of the following to... FLORA (e.g., ivy, mullein, pine, etc.)".
A clip from Episode 5 of the TTRPG Actual Play audio drama podcast, Laurie's House. It features the character Dione Cook talking to the Princess, a part of herself she has locked away.
A small, round bird sitting on a branch. Sparks have been edited at its feet, to give it the appearance of grinding down the branch like a skateboarder. Words around the bird in different colours say, "Radical! Extreme! Jammin'! Great! Good! Awesome! Tight! Nice! Cool! Perfect! 2000".
A promotional clip for the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. It features the characters Deen and Theo talking about growing plants.
A character sheet for the TTRPG, The Home We Remember, for Hamnah's character, Eira. On the left is art for the tarot card the Queen of Wands. To the right are pictures of a pine cone (flora), a snow leopard (fauna), a vintage lighter (object), someone covering their mouth underwater (silence as the song/sound), smoke (scent), and the sun peeking out from a canopy of trees (2pm as the time of day).
Digital art of Eira Yousef, a character from the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. Eira is a tall person with dark brown skin and grey hair worn in a ponytail. They are holding a lit cigarette in one hand and a lighter in the other. Eira is wearing a large yellow jacket over a red shirt, a black chest harness, baggy black pants, and black boots.
A meme of a cat standing on its hind legs, looking down, appearing regretful. Text at the top reads, "Sorry for talking about memory and how it changes you and you change it". Text at the bottom reads, "It will happen again".
A clip from Episode 4 of the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. It features Cai, the Architect, leading a guided meditation.
Dione's character sheet for the Home We Remember TTRPG. Text on the left shows her name and pronouns (she/her). Below that is an image of the tarot card the Magician. To the right are images of her flora (poppy), fauna (black mamba), object (an umbrella), song/sound (sizzling), smell (your comfort meal), and time of day (3 A.M.).
Digital art of Dione Cook from the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. Dione is a Black Jewish woman standing with both hands holding an umbrella in front of her. She has a tattoo of a black mamba across her whole body. She is wearing a green cropped tank top, ripped jeans, and a red plaid shirt tied around her waist. Dione is also wearing kitchen clogs and a green scarf tied around her hair.
A clip from Episode 4 of the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. It features Dione on a voicemail to Deen.
Deen's character sheet for the TTRPG, the Home We Remember. Text on the left shows Deen's name and pronouns (they/none). Below that text is an image of the Magician tarot card in reverse. To the right are images of mint (flora), a lion (fauna), a carabiner (object), the album art for the song Bye Storm (sound), a person cleaning a toilet (scent, representing bleach and menthol), and a forest at night (time of day).
Digital art of Deen Sabat from the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. Deen is a Moroccan person standing, leaning on a cane with one hand. Their other hand rests behind their neck. Deen is wearing work pants with visible repairs, a black tank top, and black work boots. They have a ring of keys hanging off their pants.
A clip from Episode 3 of the TTRPG Actual Play podcast, Laurie's House. It features the characters Eira and Dione having a conversation about going on an adventure together.
The tarot card, Death, on a black plate. The card features a woman in black, riding a white horse and holding a black flag in a red canyon. The card is surrounded at the top by dried mushrooms. On the bottom of the card rests a knife and fork.
A screenshot of the text of the TTRPG The Home We Remember. It reads, "Memories do not obey time In The Home We Remember, time is not linear, but multidimensional. All characters in the world experience the past as the present as the future. Each version of each memory has happened, is happening, will happen. Reliving a memory is creating a new truth overlaid on top of the old one, allowing both to exist simultaneously. This is not an anomaly, but rather the truth of the world."
A screenshot of the text from the TTRPG The Home We Remember. It reads, "Space is three-dimensional. Your body occupies a width, height, and depth, laying claim to a space all your own. A space for you to move through, to play in, to live in. Space is three-dimensional. Or at least the parts of it we can perceive. Time is linear. You have a past, a present, and a future. There are versions of you long gone, and versions of you yet to come. Time is linear, one-dimensional. Or at least the parts of it we can perceive. But what if we could perceive its other dimensions?"