Marshall Bradshaw
Marshall Bradshaw (they/he) is a designer/player/performer of analog games and immersive theatre. They have published as a theatre critic with Washington City Paper, DC Theatre Scene, and No Proscenium. They have designed/performed with TBD Immersive, American Immersion Theatre, and the Arcanists, Inc.. They have facilitated weekend-long larps with Hanging Lantern, Peculiar Crossroads, Torakand, and others and run freeform larps at Origins, Dreamation, Intercon, Camp Nerdly, MAGfest, WashingCon, and others. They are based in DC, queer, dealing with multiple sclerosis, and designing strange, little games for you.
Thanks for visiting.
In the works:
- The Harvest Festival - feelgood sandbox larp with origami and Stardew Valley vibes - implementing playtest feedback
- An Empty Throne - a kingmaking drama built on character-defining flashbacks, to be released with multiple scenarios - in initial design
- His Treasured Servants - a Firebrands ttrpg about the servants of a terrible lord, inspired by Hades, Spirited Away, Parasite, and Toy Story - playtesting
- Other Wilds - a nature documentary in a fantastical world, works as both standalone and worldbuilding companion - in initial design
A research-based party game about the ways we talk to each other
A storytelling game of polytheistic myth-making, for 2-6 players over 1-2 hours
Be a hero with fins, gills, and a knife. GMless, diceless, not knifeless.
Three earnest solo larps, designed & only playable during an MRI exam
Are you ready for the BOLDEST truth-or-dare ever!?
When your body won't let you protect it
Adolescent superheroes dealing with their changing bodies. A sex-ed game for 9-11 year olds.
Asking for what you want, in the name of an alien's research