The short version of the game, from the cover: A roleplaying game about puppets and their problems. This is designed for 3 - 6 players and plays in 40 - 80 minutes. I did the Kickstarter and it was $20 CAD ($14.22) and $11 CAD ($7.82) for shipping, and that was for a physical copy, a pdf, and an audio version. The audio version was a stretch goal, with “Herman” reading it all out. Estimated delivery was April 2025 and everything lined up perfectly. The test prints were approved while the Kickstarter was still live and my copy was received April 3, 2025. The main reason I backed it was because of the angle: You are a puppeteer voicing a sock puppet on a kid’s show.
After the intro stuff, we get into the game. It’s arts and crafts time. You physically need a puppet to play the game. It can be a paper bag made into a puppet, an actual sock made into one, or even a purchased one. Like Here We Used to Fly this is a cooperative storytelling RPG. It’s also designed to be more “adult” in theme. There are rules for breaking character, both as puppeteer and player. For structure, again you are part of a kid’s show with a twist, adult themes creep in. The schedule goes: show (12 minutes), commercial (2 minutes), show (12 minutes), commercial (2 minutes), show (12 minutes), epilogue (12 minutes). You’ll need to elect a director to ensure the show runs on time. Puppets speak during the show, puppeteers during the commercials, with directors calling times along the way. The rest of the book is rules, themes, segments, variations, and playing with actual kids. This looks to be an excellent, tongue in cheek game and I love it for that reason.
