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A solo journaling game of spies and coded messages · By Albi13, LunarShadow Designs

What Is "Ashcan"?

A topic by Gush created 79 days ago Views: 75 Replies: 2
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My only understanding of "ashcan" is "copyright loophole", and... this don't feel like that at all.

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Hi! Yeah, that copyright loophole is where the term originates from, but for the Zine crowd its become almost a synonym of "prototype". An edition of a game that's made "quick and dirty" just to get it out there and have people playing it before (potentially) moving on to a version with fine-tuned rules, better art etc.

Thanks for clarifying on that.