Star Crossed (game)

This article is about a tabletop game. For other uses, see Star-crossed (disambiguation).

Star Crossed is a two-player tabletop role-playing game about forbidden romance by Alex Roberts published by Bully Pulpit Games in 2019. It won the 2019 Diana Jones Award.

Star Crossed

Designers	Alex Roberts
Publishers	Bully Pulpit Games
Publication	2019
Genres	tabletop role-playing game, romance
Players	2
Chance	High
Skills	role-playing, improvisation, manual dexterity
Materials required	tumbling block tower

Gameplay

It uses a Jenga tower to build tension and determine story outcomes, inspired by the horror indie role-playing game Dread by Epidiah Ravachol.^[1]

Reception

Charlie Hall for Polygon recommended Star Crossed for fan fiction "shippers" to play out their fantasy romances between characters in popular TV, movies and comics.^[2]

Beth Elderkin reviewed Star-Crossed in 2020 as part of a list of romantic tabletop role-playing games, saying that "It's a great way to build sexual tension with your partner, especially if it's someone you've been with for a long time. After all, there's no love quite like forbidden love."^[3]

Star Crossed won the 2019 Diana Jones Award.^[4]