
These Old Bones
A downloadable zine game
You're clairvoyant, a gift passed down from each woman in your family for as long as any of you have known. You can read strong surface thoughts and know the secrets hidden in your small community. Although wary of you, people come to you for advice and assistance.
To hide your innate powers, you throw a bag of finger bones and pretend to use them to "interpret" the results. Bad or good, you can blame it on the bones, which draws attention away from you. In a manner of speaking.
Someone's coming to visit. What do they want, and how will you proceed? Throw the bones to find out.
To play, you'll need:
- polyhedral dice (a d4, d6, d8, d10, and d12)
- something to write with/on
Credits:
- Game Design & Writing by joan n.
- (obviously) very heavily inspired by the song These Old Bones by Dolly Parton (1946 - 2026)
If you enjoy the game, please consider donating to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which provides books free of charge to children from birth to age five.
Alternatively, donate to your local animal shelter or LGBT+ non-profit.
| Published | 1 day ago |
| Status | Released |
| Category | Physical game |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | Joan |
| Tags | Dice, journaling, No AI, zine |
| Content | No generative AI was used |




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