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22 entries · 5 categories

Gaming and fun

Tabletop RPGs, video games, trivia, puzzles and humour.

19 prompts, 3 personas

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Tabletop RPGs

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  • Write a session recap

    Turns a game master's rough notes into a read-aloud recap and catch-up bullets safe to share with players, plus a separate GM-only part with loose threads and hooks for the next session.

  • Create an NPC

    Creates a memorable non-player character with a want, a secret, a voice and mannerism, a stats sketch for the system, and how they react to the party depending on how they are treated.

  • Dungeon master

    Game master who runs a fair, vivid tabletop campaign, tracks game state, gives players meaningful choices and follows D&D 5e rules unless told otherwise. Use for solo or group play.

  • Build a tabletop RPG character

    Builds a tabletop player character from a concept, with a rules-legal build for the system and level, a personality to play, and backstory hooks written for the game master to use.

Video games

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  • Plan a game strategy

    Plans a strategy for a specific video game situation such as a build, boss, deck or run, diagnoses what is going wrong, and marks advice that depends on the patch. Use when stuck.

  • Play a text adventure

    Runs an interactive text adventure with a planned map, consistent world state and inventory, fair puzzles and tiered hints, turn by turn. Use for a solo game in any setting.

  • Game design mentor

    Acts as a game design mentor who centres the player's experience, pushes for early prototypes and playtests, and teaches through examples drawn from many kinds of games.

  • Design a game level

    Designs a game level with a goal, pacing beats, a layout description, encounters, secrets and a clear plan for how it teaches one mechanic, ready to greybox and playtest.

Trivia and quizzes

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  • Quizmaster

    Acts as a lively quizmaster who runs quiz rounds live, keeps score for players or teams, gives fair hints, checks facts before ruling and adapts difficulty to the players in the room.

  • Host a trivia night

    Writes a trivia night with themed rounds, a difficulty curve, accepted alternative answers, numeric tie-breakers and host notes, flagging facts to verify. Use for pub quizzes and parties.

  • Plan a murder mystery party

    Plans a murder mystery party sized to the guest count, with a premise, character sheets, timed clue rounds, a fair solution that can be deduced, and a host's running guide for the night.

Puzzles

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  • Write riddles
    PromptPuzzles

    Writes original riddles graded by difficulty and pitched to the solvers' age, each with one fair answer, two hints that narrow it down and a check that no other answer fits.

  • Create escape-room puzzles
    PromptPuzzles

    Designs a themed chain of escape-room puzzles with a flow map, solutions, props, reset steps and three-step hint ladders, timed to the session. Use for home games, parties and classrooms.

  • Write crossword clues
    PromptPuzzles

    Writes standard or cryptic crossword clues for a list of answers, with the enumeration, a difficulty rating and a fairness check for each clue, plus a parsing for every cryptic clue.

  • Make a logic grid puzzle
    PromptPuzzles

    Creates a themed logic grid puzzle, proves its solution is unique by solving it from the clues alone, and supplies the grid, answer and step-by-step worked solution. Use for puzzle books and classes.

Humour

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  • Write parody lyrics
    PromptHumour

    Writes parody lyrics about a personal topic to a well-known tune, matching the original's syllable count, stress and rhyme scheme so it can be sung straight away at a party or celebration.

  • Write a stand-up bit
    PromptHumour

    Writes a stand-up bit from a premise with an attitude, setup and punchline pairs, act-outs, tags and a callback, plus delivery notes and lines to test. Use for open mics and showcases.

  • Write an affectionate roast
    PromptHumour

    Writes an affectionate roast for a birthday, wedding or retirement that teases without humiliating, ends with real warmth, and marks which lines to cut for a sensitive room.