The Artifact

Got this game in the Racial Equality bundle, so, first of all thanks for being part of it. My curator received a 10 inch cube containing an infinite space and a floating alien malign tower of Babel-like structure inside, calling for him. It was a ride he could not escape. Very nice game!

any chance of a community copy 

I got this game in the Racial Equality bundle but finally got around to playing it! I'd never played a solo ttrpg before but I had a lot of fun recording my rather fortunate curator's encounter with an inscribed human femur. For me, this game was a good way to develop and rp a character and scenario without the pressure of other people. The event prompts are very interesting, with enough simultaneous specificity, diversity, and vagueness to give me inspiration on where to take the story while giving me plenty of space to make it whatever I wanted. Of course, the overarching narrative is meant for cosmic horror, which I love, but the daily events also have potential for many other types of horror, especially psychological, so I found it to be a fun writing exercise. It took about an hour to play through, and I can't wait to try again! Hopefully I will die horribly next time :^)

The Artifact is a Hasturian mythos solo rpg in which something is wrong with your refrigerator, and you must fight back against its extraplanar influence.

The PDF is 18 pages, with clean, readable layout and a scattering of helpful graphics. The game is based on the Wretched engine, which means you'll interact with a single-player story driven by card prompts, and do your best to survive it.

Play materials include cards, dice, and a jenga tower, and the game also expects you to journal your experiences (although this is extremely optional.)

For what it's worth, it's probably best not to make your Artifact an actual object in your home, unless you want to develop an aversion to that thing. Artifact mirrors The Wretched in its severe, somber tone, and it's very much a classical horror game. You are not likely to win, and the road to your defeat is harrowing.

Admittedly, you can blunt a little of that tone by making your Artifact something extremely silly, and you'll get more of an SCP-style story as a result.

Overall, for folks who like slow-burn mythos horror and solo games, I strongly recommend this.

My artifact was a pair of Maritime Lockpick earrings. I wrote up a session report here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/274819/item/7849771#item7849771

I enjoy'd this soloRPG.

I found myself examining a teapot. After recognizing it's weird energy I quickly found myself sleeping more, enjoying more tea, and watching my friends, family, and coworkers think I'm crazy when I was at complete peace. It was nice learning to worship Manu.

The game took about 40 minutes in total to play, and it was a fun way to create a story. After I was done, I was imagining who else was in my new cult, maybe an enemy in an upcoming DND adventure? It was fun and quick.