Opening night at the Substation! Shao (seated, in grey) runs a game for guests while Alanna (standing, in red) looks on.
Tabletop gaming and drinks night at the Substation
Our intrepid group of travellers enter the dark chapel to find themselves surrounded!
Shao describes what’s going on in the chapel while our players ponder their next step. For some reason, Megan looks really excited about what’s going on…
No, we don’t know what Shao is up to here either.
Our travellers wander the swamp and also eat kacang puteh (nut snacks)!
Alanna running our Saturday game! Pictures thanks to Vini Nair.
The travellers encounter Tingly in the market. Image thanks to Vini Nair!
Alanna runs the game for a group of new travellers.
We had a great time at the Substation last week playing Tales of Saintrest! Here’s a gallery of the fun shenanigans we got up to while we were there.
Join us for Week 2 of Tales of Saintrest: Friday (7-9pm), Saturday and Sunday (2-4pm). Hope to see you at the Substation!
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Join BJ Recio (Buko Juice Games) and Chimera Shao tomorrow night for a session of Late Night BJ!!! We'll chew the fat about how our academic interests and pursuits overlap with our love for playing and designing RPGs!Catch us tomorrow night (1am, GMT+8, Singapore/ Manila time) at www.twitch.tv/bukojuicerpg !Stay Curious!- Chimera Shao ... See MoreSee Less
Chimera Shao is doing something cool with the National Library Singapore ! It's a project about RPGs... And SEAsian/ Singaporean history! Keep a lookout for more updates on this project!Stay Curious!Meet Tan Shao Han, one of our inaugural Creative Residency recipients. Shao Han enjoys making role-playing games where players can explore, understand, and interact with worlds inspired by Southeast Asian history and culture.๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ: Multi-disciplinary๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐: Conceptualisation of a Historical Fantasy Tabletop Role-Playing Game (TRPG) on 1940s Singapore-Japanese relations in the โThree Worldsโ Amusement Parks๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐: A TRPG that allows players to explore the quotidian desperations and banal excesses of wartime Singaporeโs upheavals and changing social orders, and come to better terms with the subtle contradictions of our living history. It will draw upon NLโs and NASโ collections of historical sources, oral history interviews, microfilms, and photos to conceptualise and design a creative work of research-grounded and playable historical fiction.๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ?For this role-playing game, I am inspired by two groups' different experiences of the Japanese Occupation: the upwardly mobile gamblers and businesspeople who flourished, and the hapless or recalcitrant whom the occupiers exploited and punished. Singapore's Three Worlds amusement parks seem apt backdrops to examine these groups' dynamics and interactions.๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ?For the National Library, I will consult the Singapore and Southeast Asia Collection, Art Collection, and Rare Materials Collection. I will also consult the National Archives' Maps, Oral History Interviews, Photographs, and Records for useful primary sources. I will use this research to create believable, compelling, and sensitive game materials. ... See MoreSee Less