Hello Ms Slattery,

I am interested in your game but I currently do not have the means and ways to purchase one now. Is there any chance I could attain a copy that is free of charge please? I have sent you a DM on X (formerly Twitter) but I don't know if you've read it. 

Thank you for your kindness!

Sincerely,

hedronarchive

Hello, Adira and Fen.

You've got a really amazing game! It can be played either alone or with friends, even if they are far away from you. During the game, we create not just a common story, but something tangible that our characters believe in and live for. Something whose goal is to change ourselves, and then to be forgotten for centuries.

Thank you for starting this chain of transformations!

Sincerely, Dmitry (Avendim)

Hello Adira,
I absolutely love this game, and have used it in my classroom to teach students about writing a collaborative story and they loved when we burnt all their journals at the end of the class. I purchased a copy last year but.. I can't seem to find any record of it? It's not in my itch library nor do I have the pdf any more. It's possible I lost it when I had to format my laptop last year but that doesn't explain why it isn't appearing in my itch library.. Any chance you can help me out with this?

Got this a while back and am planning on playing it with a few of my friends.

I'm playing a hunter trying to create a hunting beast that he can hunt forever and I can already see all of the ways in which it can go horribly.

Just bought a copy, love the concept! Going to adapt it for a week long larp event I’m attending, so the journal moves between attendees. If it’s okay, can I pay tribute to you by writing the first journal entry under your name?

Been going through a lot of solo rpgs and this one has really caught my eye, is there any chance to snag a community copy? I can't wait to purchase but life has been hard as hell lately. If so, my email is 4951co@gmail.com, if not thank you for creating something awesome!

Started playing the game with myself and three others. Mailed it across the country and back, each of us having filled it out twice. Suddenly, no sign of the little book. Realize too late, one of us sent it in too thin an envelope, the little book of secrets was surely lost to the postal sorting machines. 

I hope we scared a postal worker that day

10/10 would recommend The Machine

Hey! We did a play-and-pass with this for the Halloween episode of our podcast. We got 6 people together for it and had a blast!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/34LGkcqaUmmaEGY7bY1e6h?si=c34b63fd4018424e

Hi! I saw reviews of this on the clock app and while I would love to send a message on the app that used to tweet, I refuse to use it because evil overlord ownership and end stage capitalism etc. If you add community copies at some point, I’d like to play this. It seems like a fun journaling game. :)

Hi adira! i've seen reviews from the machine all over the place :o, but i have no experience in this type of games. is it possible to get some community copies? sorry to bother you 🙏

Is there a chance to get some Community copies? I tried to DM on twitter but I can't, and I don't know why. I sent you an email, but I don't know if you read it! 

I've been hearing wonders about this game and would love to play, but finances are tight at present... Any chance I could snag a community copy in the near future?

This is such a fascinating concept for a game! I'm currently falling down the rabbit-hole of solo (or solo-adjacent, anyways!) games, and I'm definitely going to try and grab a copy when I'm more financially capable. Leaving a comment just for easier remembrance!

Hi!
I just bought the game and am gathering the first people to play with - however I do not understand how to fold the paper :D The Machine seems to be the frontal page but the "You should know" page is next to that and called "the back page" elsewhere in the sheet. Am I missing something, is it a paper folding question or should I cut the pieces up and staple them together? 

Really like the game so far! Quick question, would it be possible to get a printable version for DIN A4 format? US-Legal/Letter size is kind of a pain to print outside of the US :)

Mainly because I want to have it being printed on some nice thick paper by a professional. Also I am going to share some pics of our notebook once I got everything prepared!

Bought it and love the idea! I've started my journey today, and I already have the next 2 players lined up. Can't wait to see what this will turn into.

Hi adira I bought this game earlier today and really like it, 1 question: what happens if I draw a joker? 

Hello! I love the idea of this game, particularly in these hard to get a group together times. Is there a limit to the number of players or is it a free flowing and endless cycle of despair?

I really loved the game <3 i just bought it and translated it to portuguese so i can play with my friends here in Brazil, and i would like to donate the translated version to support the game, so you can sell it for portuguese speakers too. And it's good translation. Not google translation. hahahaha. How can i send it to you?

I'm totally in love with this game, I'm a fountain pen lover and every morning during breakfast I draw a card and write some story. I've got a question: after the third ace or face card the downfall occours in this event or the event is completed and the next one will be my downfall? (it's a mere curiosity, I'm a "follow-the-rules" fan :))

Hey Adria and Fen, 

I'm really excited to play this with my brother!  I have two questions before we start. 

1) Do you think a Tarot deck would work instead of a deck of playing cards? I wanted to make sure there is no game mechanic that I'm overlooking before trying this idea. Keep in mind a deck of cards has 52 vs the 78 in a traditional tarot deck. 

I'm thinking of using the themes outline in each minor arcana card instead of the suit themes listed in the rules. They are also accompanied by a number, ace, and face card so it can keep in line with the mechanic of what  type of event happens. I think the only issue is with the major arcana (The Fool, Death, the Tower, etc) as they don't follow the playing card deck layout. Perhaps those can be ignored or maybe those can be an unrelated entry of the person's life instead of the machine.  

2) Is the physical characteristics of the machine different on each handoff? I imagine there are details left in the journal of what the machine looks like from the previous player but do we need to keep that continuity? 

Thanks in advance!

Hi there Adira! I recently bought The Machine and am currently preparing to play it with some of my friends, but we have a question that I feel needs to be answered; is it possible for any of the characters to finish the machine, or would that ruin the premise of it? 

I found this game via a mention on youtube from the folks on Dicebreaker. They supplied alink and I came on over and purchased a copy.

I also found a random card generator on line and sat down and gave the game a whirl. I am reporting...LOVED IT! Thanks for such a creative way to get the imagination going. 

I have passed on the journal to a friend of mine as I drew three face cards in the first 8 days! Yeah crazy bad luck...

Is this a game that one could play alone? Or is it something that has to be passed on? I don't know anyone who does creative writing, but I love this idea and think it would make a fantastic writing prompt/series sort of thing to get my muse going. I just want to make sure it's something I could actually use before scraping the money up for it.

Found out about this last night, and was immediately drawn into it!

Similar to someone else, I have decided to start a post thread about my story! Rather than passing the journal along, I am going to create new characters for each pass time.

I have created a quick site that will document the journal of the Machine! Check it here

I also have a twitter I plan to use to promote and any help would be greatly appreciated!  Machine Twitter

I've started the journey into the machine.

I enjoy the new media, so instead of starting and passing on a notebook, I'm doing a mixed media version on Insta 😊

Available to whoever can decipher the handwriting at https://www.instagram.com/makingthemachine/

Great fun so far!

Excited to get started! 

Is there a subreddit for The Machine or something similar? I would love to actually trade a journal with someone but I'm the only person I know whose into creative writing like this

Do you think this could work as a shared Google Doc or file on a USB or would that damage the feel or tone too much?  I only ask as my penmanship is so uttery dire (and a likely fellow player's is even worse) that, componded by my dislexia, people have had trouble telling that I wrote in English, no joke.

Hey, I love this! Just a bit curious, what format would you recommend for the journal and the pamphlet? A5? A4?

Hi! I hope you don't mind a couple of questions...

• Isthemachinesupposed to be a musical instrument? There are lots of references to music and notes, but it's not 100% clear whether that's becausethemachineliterally makes music, or instead whether the curse just sounds like music in your head.
• Is each person supposed to be drawing pictures or diagrams with their entries?

Thanks! Can't wait to start!

- Histrion256