Alex Roberts | |
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 Roberts at PAX Unplugged (2023) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Game designer |
| Website | www |
Alex Roberts is a Canadian tabletop role-playing game designer. Her games typically lack a gamemaster (GM) and include romantic themes.
Roberts was the host of the role-playing games podcast "Backstory" on the One Shot Podcast Network from 2016 to 2019. [1]
Roberts made Star Crossed , published by Bully Pulpit Games in 2019, a game about forbidden romantic pairings; [2] it was funded via a Kickstarter campaign. [3] The game won the 2019 Diana Jones Award. [4] The use of a Jenga tower as a game mechanic to heighten tension was inspired by the horror role-playing game Dread . [5]
She designed For the Queen, published by Evil Hat Productions in 2019, a GM-less storytelling card game that initiated the genre of games called "Descended from the Queen." [6] [7] Brittany N. Arde at the University of Cincinnati used Roberts' For the Queen in a psychological study on the influence of storytelling games on team building. [8] Emily St. James, for Vox , stated in 2020 that "Roberts is one of the RPG creators whose work most excites me right now, and For the Queen is her best game"; [7] in 2022, she called Roberts "one of the best RPG designers working right now". [2]
She created the two player play-by-post game Our Time on Earth in 2021. [9] Roberts also did design work for Till the Last Gasp (2023), a 2-player dueling game published by Critical Role's imprint Darrington Press. [10] [11] Linda Codega, for Io9 described Till the Last Gasp as a blend of Will Hindmarch's tactical, mathematical design approach with Alex Roberts' "established" experience "designing immersive two-player games". [12]
Roberts is working towards finishing "a master's degree in counseling". [9]
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| Title | Publisher | Credits | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Crossed | Bully Pulpit Games | Designer | 2019 | [4] |
| For the Queen | Evil Hat Productions | Designer | 2019 | [6] |
| Hero Dog Saves Town (in the anthology The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book) | Simon & Schuster | Author | 2020 | [13] |
| POP! (in the anthology Honey & Hot Wax ) | Pelgrane Press | Author | 2020 | [14] |
| Our Time on Earth | Itch.io | Designer | 2021 | [9] [15] |
| Till the Last Gasp | Darrington Press | Designer | 2023 | [12] |
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