Empanel

The year is 1915 - you sit inside a dreary office, working as a telegraph operator for the North American rail system.  The dots and dashes of the telegraph machine spell out a dreary, unfulfilling existence. Until one day, a new kind of message appears. 

Empanel is a two-player narrative roleplaying game based around telegrams and queer yearning. Completely diceless, Empanel's messaging-based gameplay is designed for long-distance play between you and a partner. 

Empanel provides a new spin on two-player conversational roleplaying. Step into the shoes of a middle-aged telegraph operator (or anyone, we're not your boss) and  explore the feelings of reconnecting with a love long past. 

• Send and receive messages in Morse code while building the story
• Try to infer your partner's hidden desires while furthering your own
• Create a shared narrative of pining and desire between estranged ex-lovers
• Use our online translator to encode and decode messages

Downloading Empanel gets you the following:

• A 7-page PDF with all the rules for running a game of Empanel
• "I would love to chat dear but it is 1915 and we are 3000 miles away", an original music track.