Sean's writing is a pleasure to read, and is elevated to straight-up illuminated status with every layout choice. I don't think it's possible to set a better stage than "We are the remarkably talented, devastatingly hot dirtbags of TABOO INK."
This game brings Taboo into the post-Jackbox party game classics territory, something I'd pull out with anyone anywhere any night.
It's such a fantastic encapsulation of reality TV, working seamlessly into the DNA or RPGS, this game gets it on an atomic level, and speaks to the designer's curatorial smarts and instinct: what stays, what goes, and what's the focus. I think the talking head skull and the ?! buttons on the character sheet reallllllllly make this clear.
The graphic design is beyond kinetic, it's inviting and fun and loud and blends style with iconography in the way that the best UX does. Even further, I feel like I'm inside of TABOO INK when reading, and I imagine play will have me seeing my own name as a grungy chiron when I'm speaking.
The soundtrack is the best in a game and I mean it: Bad Brains, Rico Nasty, Danny Brown, and more. This is just my daily listen at this point. Five stars easy
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I use Tidal rather than Spotify or Apple Music, so have made the playlist for Tidal to save other folks the time if they also do. Feel free to make a duplicate!
https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/2079b82f-3725-4f46-8cb5-95d0ae425f8b
Rad! Thanks so much for sharing!
Any plans to translate it? I'd love to help if possible.
Let's get in touch! You can shoot me an email at seanpatrickcain [at] gmail.com, or DM me on Twitter @seanpatrickcain
Hey so... Why is this in the Queer Games bundle 2022 if I gotta BASICALLY buy it a second time?
Pardon me, I missed the button at the top. Never claimed to be a smart man--
Seems like you figured it out, but let me know if there's any other help you need. -S
Dicebreaker shared an awesome rundown of TATTOO:
"Tattoo reinvents '80s classic Taboo as an inkcredible party game of drawing and roleplaying"
https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/tattoo/news/tattoo-taboo-board-party-game-hack
Sean's writing is a pleasure to read, and is elevated to straight-up illuminated status with every layout choice. I don't think it's possible to set a better stage than "We are the remarkably talented, devastatingly hot dirtbags of TABOO INK."
This game brings Taboo into the post-Jackbox party game classics territory, something I'd pull out with anyone anywhere any night.
It's such a fantastic encapsulation of reality TV, working seamlessly into the DNA or RPGS, this game gets it on an atomic level, and speaks to the designer's curatorial smarts and instinct: what stays, what goes, and what's the focus. I think the talking head skull and the ?! buttons on the character sheet reallllllllly make this clear.
The graphic design is beyond kinetic, it's inviting and fun and loud and blends style with iconography in the way that the best UX does. Even further, I feel like I'm inside of TABOO INK when reading, and I imagine play will have me seeing my own name as a grungy chiron when I'm speaking.
The soundtrack is the best in a game and I mean it: Bad Brains, Rico Nasty, Danny Brown, and more. This is just my daily listen at this point. Five stars easy
looks awesome!! I can’t wait to grab a copy soon!!
thanks so much!!
This game looks amazing and beautiful !
Thank you so much! (It's really nice to hear!)