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In this episode, we talk to Hendrik ten Napel, a game designer from the Netherlands. He's self-published supplements for Brindlewood Bay, Bump in the Dark, and the Paragon system. His newsletter, Hendrik Biweekly, is a regular source of excellent game design thoughts. Today we're here to talk about his first crowdfunded game, The Girls of the Genziana Hotel, a gothic mystery PbtA game set in an isolated alpine hotel. You play chambermaids in the hotel trying to discover what happened to one of their own.

The crowdfunding page of The Girls of the Genziana Hotel on Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/hendriktennapel/the-girls-of-the-genziana-hotel

Hendrik’s bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/napel.itch.io

Hendrik’s itch page: https://napel.itch.io

Show Notes:

Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm

After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz

Sally Rooney

Games Mentioned

Brindlewood Bay

The Between

Night Witches

Exiles

Crescent 2e

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