Bound by Conviction
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🏳️🌈 Why it’s here
What we found
- Queer themes
According to the game’s own description
“Identity, gender, (super)power and resistance Bound by Conviction is a System Reference Document (SRD) for designing tabletop role-playing games about identity, gender, (super)power and resistance.” - Tagged queer by its creator
According to the creator’s own tags on itch.io
🤝 Inclusive design ⓘInclusive design is separate from a game’s queer labels. It marks games whose design is deliberately inclusive even when not queer-themed: romance or marriage mechanics with no gender constraint, character creation without a forced gender binary, gender-neutral rules language, or table safety tools. Each marker shows where we found it.
- Safety tools (X-card, lines & veils, session zero)
According to the game’s rulebook
“Before the start of a session, establish the lines & veils for the game.”
Description
Identity, gender, (super)power and resistance Bound by Conviction is a System Reference Document (SRD) for designing tabletop role-playing games about identity, gender, (super)power and resistance. It uses a token-based system to tell stories about an allegorical prison, where characters within struggle to be authentic and free against social norms, a terrifying villain and fate itself. The SRD is based on W.H. Arthur's CONVICT-ION, winner of Nonbinary Tabletop Award 2025, which can be found here: aryl-ether.itch.io/convict-ion Themes Inspired by the writings of Judith Butler and Michel Foucault, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki, the Persona series by Atlus and the Life is Strange series by Don’t Nod/Deck Nine, a Bound by Conviction game has the following themes: A critical look at systems and structures in society that seek to enforce norms and suppress individualityCharacters with convictions who strive to be their authentic selves despite it allSuperpowers that are linked to one’s identityA terrifying villain with some degree of authorityA fascination with campiness or the bizarre Inspirations Dream Askew/Dream Apart (Belonging Outside Belonging) by Avery Alder and Benjamin RosenbaumSleepaway by Jay DragonFlortsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars by Joshua FoxApocalypse World by D. Vincent Baker and Meguey Baker Open License Bound by Conviction is available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. You are free to make your own Bound by Conviction game as long as you give appropriate credit. Game Jam Join us in the Bound by Conviction Game Jam here: https://itch.io/jam/bound-by-conviction-game-jam The download includes the PDF document as well as the Bound by Conviction logo.