Aaron Lim
This section is so I can copy and paste when someone asks me for a bio or profile:""Aaron Lim is a tabletop gamemaker, occasional games educator, and community organizer based in Malaysia. He's made storygames like An Altogether Different River and Spectres of Brocken, several roleplaying games, board games and card games, is an avid proponent of the art of the shitpost game, and runs the fortnightly playtesting meetup Playtest Zero.""This section is just for you reading this profile:"He is also often insufferable about committing to comedic bits with poor payoffs. He likes including puns and very bad attempts at wordplay in his games. You can find most of his game output on itch.io or his newsletter and most of his pun output on Twitter (links below)."
Some Cool Games I Made:
Spectres of Brocken
A GM-less storygame about trainee pilots meeting at an academy, and then again years later as ace pilots in a pivotal conflict. Successfully Kickstarted a full digital and physical edition in 2022, and released in late 2023/early 2024.
An Altogether Different River
A GM-less storygame about a town changing through time, through the lens of residents who left and returned and those that remained.
Successfully Kickstarted a physical edition during ZineQuest 3 in 2021.
Game A Month 2020 Pack
An collection of 14+ RPGs and storygames made for my Game a Month project in 2020.
Homebound
An anthology of 3 games about home and going away (How to Say Goodbye, Ithaca in the Cards, and Far From Home).
Dungeon Whatever
A d20-based heroic fantasy RPG about fantasy heroics.
Ithaca in the Cards
A blackjack-based GM-less storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
Another Face in the Crowd
A cyberpunk RPG about banding together to take down the Establishment.
Student Protectors of Malaysia
A PbtA/FitD-based RPG about teen superheroes juggling superheroics with preparing for their SPM exams.
Other Cool Things I've Done:
I was on a panel for Big Bad Online 2024 - "You Made A Game: Now What?"
I was a guest on this episode of the Party of One podcast, playing Ithaca in the Cards
I was a guest on another episode of the Draw Your Dice podcast, talking about Spectres of Brocken
I moderated another panel for Freeplay 2021 - "Games as Poetry, Poetry as Play".
I moderated a panel for Freeplay 2021 - "Is This a Joke/Game to You? Micro RPGs as Comedy".
I spoke about An Altogether Different River for Freeplay's Parallels 2021 event.
I gave a talk at Freeplay 2020 on the design of my game Far From Home.
I wrote a piece about Blaseball for the New Rules anthology.
I used to run a podcast and blog called The Action Points Podcast