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The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.io]]. A second edition is due to be funded via Kickstarter in February 2024.
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The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.io]]. A second edition is due to be funded via Kickstarter in In February 2024.
2024 [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revryebread/interstitial-second-edition-the-premiere-fanfic-ttrpg a campaign for the game's second edition]] was launched, feathering revised playbooks, stats, and a GM Guide. It met its funding goal within 6 hours.
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Gameplay is designed to veer wildly from heartfelt to bonkers thanks to the combination of both mechanics. This was demonstrated in the ActualPlay playtest podcast, ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'', which featured Riley in both campaigns.
The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.io]].
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The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.io]].
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The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.
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''Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined'', often shortened to ''Interstitial'' is a TabletopGame/PoweredByTheApocalypse UsefulNotes/PoweredByTheApocalypse game made by Riley Hopkins, funded through kickstarter. It's inspired by and legally distinct from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
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** The Other is Roxas and all the other Nobodies.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: The Chosen is based on this, with the player changing characters every time the rest of the party goes to a new world.
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* GuestStarPartyMember: The Chosen Connected is based on this, with the player changing characters every time the rest of the party goes to a new world.
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* TheUnchosenOne: Thematically The Discarded is a playbook all about being left behind, though mechanically it focuses on dishing out the most damage.
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* TheUnchosenOne: Thematically The Discarded is a playbook all about being left behind, though mechanically behind. Mechanically, it focuses on dishing out deals the most damage.damage out of any playbook, as the Discarded desperately tries to prove they're worthy after all.
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Gameplay is designed to veer wildly from heartfelt to bonkers thanks to the combination of both mechanics. This was demonstrated in the ActualPlay playtest podcast, Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay, ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'', which featured Riley in both campaigns.
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[[caption-width-right:350:An imperfection in a crystal caused by the presence of an extra atom in an otherwise complete lattice]]
''Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined'', often shortened to ''Interstitial'' is a TabletopGame/PoweredByTheApocalypse game made by Riley Hopkins, funded through kickstarter. It's inspired by and legally distinct from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
It's a game about your connections with other people, gathering connections as you travel, and the power drawn from those connections. Player characters form Links with each other based on their relationships: '''Light''' links for friends and romantic relationships, '''Dark''' links for enemies and rivals, '''Mastery''' for those you teach and are taught by, and '''Heart''' for those who make you realize something deeper about yourself.
It's ''also'' a game designed to be a vehicle for playing out {{weird crossover}}s. Much like its inspiration, travel between worlds and dimensions based on existing intellectual properties is an intrinsic part of the game. What's more, playing as existing characters from those worlds is not only allowed but encouraged.
Playbooks are defined not by a character's abilities, but their narrative archetype. [[TheChosenOne The Chosen]], [[TheUnChosenOne The Discarded]], [[TheMentor The Mystic]], and more are available options, with most of their moves designed around furthering their purpose in the story and how such character tropes would rub up against others. They also supply examples of existing characters who inspired such roles. For example, one campaign might see [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]], [[WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender Lotor]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Qui-Gon Jinn]] ending up on a world-travelling team together. They could visit [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Enterprise]] and help stave off a Borg attack, then turn into animal forms when they visit Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog. Canon is nebulous, and the only limits are the imaginations of the players.
Gameplay is designed to veer wildly from heartfelt to bonkers thanks to the combination of both mechanics. This was demonstrated in the ActualPlay playtest podcast, Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay, which featured Riley in both campaigns.
The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.io]].
!!This game contains examples of:
* ActuallyFourMooks: Those who take "The Dark Makes Me Stronger" from The Dark count as a small gang.
* AlternateSelf: "Echoes of Another Life" from The Anachronism playbook allows the character to come back as a version of themselves from an alternate timeline.
* BackFromTheDead: Mechanically, a character can choose to come back after their Harm Clock is filled at the cost of losing their playbooks, their Links, or owing a favour to a dark force. The move "I'm Sorry About the Ice Cream" from The Friend playbook also allows this if the player is willing, though on a mixed success the resurrection is delayed and the character has forgotten something important.
* BigGood: The Light playbook can style themselves as this, as they're essentially the opposite of The Dark.
* CastFromHitPoints: A few moves require you to take Harm as a cost, regardless of roll.
** "Leaf Bracer" from The Chosen lets you take Harm to upgrade a mixed success to a full success.
** "My Darkness is My Weakness" from The Discarded lets you take Harm to add +2 to a Dark roll.
** "Nothing Hurts Like the Cold" from The Light lets you cash in Heart Links to deal 2 Harm each to someone, but you take 1 Harm each yourself.
** "Command Deck" from The Other has you take Harm to temporarily gain abilities to overcom an obstacle.
* TheChosenOne: The Chosen playbook is all about being the protagonist of the story. The moves are designed around dishing out extra damage and protecting both yourself and your friends.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Memory playbook relies on this to continue existing - if they lose all the links they have with people, they cease to exist and are forgotten.
* TheDeterminator: The Knucklehead playbook is themed after this, giving the player mostly combat moves that help them get a leg up on their opponents.
* DynamicEntry: "If There's No Door, Then I'll make One" from The Prodigy lets you create your own path forward, be that metaphorical or literal.
* EvilMentor: The Dark works by manipulating other players, and is even specifically referred to as a mirror to The Mystic.
* ExpendableClone: "Disposable" from The Other channels this. It causes all marked experience to immediately pass over to their Counterpart.
* {{Expy}}: Being inspired by ''Kingdom Hearts'', every playbook in the core rulebook is based on a character from the series.
** The Chosen is Sora.
** The Connected is all the various ''Disney'' characters.
** The Dark is Xehanort.
** The Discarded is Riku.
** The Displaced is the residents of Traverse Town whose worlds were consumed by Darkness.
** The Friend is Donald and Goofy.
** The Light is Kairi.
** The Mystic is Mickey, Master Eraqus, and basically every mentor across the series.
** The Other is Roxas and all the other Nobodies.
** The Anachronism is Young Xehanort.
** The Amalgam is Sora again, or Terranort.
** The Linksmith is Namine.
** The Prodigy and The Knucklehead are more vague. Both focus on physical fighting, with the former focusing on rivalry and the latter on foolhardiness. This describes a ''lot'' of major ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters.
** The Memory is Xion.
* FishOutOfWater: The Displaced playbook is about playing characters who have lost or been separated from their worlds.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: The Anachronism, a playbook based around characters who travel through time as well as to other Worlds.
* FusionDance: The Amalgam can incorporate other characters into their system as they progress. Those who take the "Equal and Opposite" move also have a rival who is the fusion of the rivals of all the Amalgam's hearts.
* {{Gaslighting}}: The Linksmith is all about this as it can manipulate people's memories in order to make them do what they want. As such, the playbook has a trigger warning right at the top to ensure everyone playing is comfortable with it.
* GenreSavvy: "That's Not How Things Work 'Round These Parts" from The Connected lets characters not only know how the world they're in should work, but spend a link to keep things working that way.
* GuestStarPartyMember: The Chosen is based on this, with the player changing characters every time the rest of the party goes to a new world.
* TheHeart: The Light is themed after this if they're not the BigGood. The Friend can also fulfill this roll.
* HiveMind: The Amalgam playbook is about playing a being containing multiple minds.
* IdiotHero: If a character takes "Taps My Head Three Times" from The Chosen playbook, they are deemed "not smart enough to be manipulated it" and can easily be interpreted as this.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: The Other is based off of Nobodies from ''Kingdom Hearts'', so can easily be some manner of replica of another player or NPC.
* LivingLieDetector: "You Can't Fool Me" from The Light lets your character always tell when someone is lying to you.
* MentorArchetype: The Mystic playbook can easily be this due to its focus on Mastery Links and moves like "For Your Own Good" and "Magical Teacher".
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Light links are this mechanically, and any move that uses them draws on this power. The Chosen and The Friend are based around this even more than others.
* ReferenceOverdosed: The core of the game's mission statement. Every playbook is clearly inspired by major character tropes from media, and nearly all their moves are named after lines or concepts from other works - usually ''Kingdom Hearts'', but plenty from others.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: One of the motivations for The Anachronism, and also the result of a max roll on their Advanced Move "This Is Not Inevitable".
* SupportPartyMember: The Friend playbook acts as this, with most of their moves giving other party members advantages, or themselves advantages when helping their friends.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The Dark is all about being cruel and manipulating others, but since it's a playbook any player could take up that role.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: The move "Mercy" from The Light playbook: when you decide to spare someone you have reason to destroy, make a Heart Link with them.
* TheUnchosenOne: Thematically The Discarded is a playbook all about being left behind, though mechanically it focuses on dishing out the most damage.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Other raises questions, as they are a copy of some kind of another character.
[[caption-width-right:350:An imperfection in a crystal caused by the presence of an extra atom in an otherwise complete lattice]]
''Interstitial: Our Hearts Intertwined'', often shortened to ''Interstitial'' is a TabletopGame/PoweredByTheApocalypse game made by Riley Hopkins, funded through kickstarter. It's inspired by and legally distinct from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
It's a game about your connections with other people, gathering connections as you travel, and the power drawn from those connections. Player characters form Links with each other based on their relationships: '''Light''' links for friends and romantic relationships, '''Dark''' links for enemies and rivals, '''Mastery''' for those you teach and are taught by, and '''Heart''' for those who make you realize something deeper about yourself.
It's ''also'' a game designed to be a vehicle for playing out {{weird crossover}}s. Much like its inspiration, travel between worlds and dimensions based on existing intellectual properties is an intrinsic part of the game. What's more, playing as existing characters from those worlds is not only allowed but encouraged.
Playbooks are defined not by a character's abilities, but their narrative archetype. [[TheChosenOne The Chosen]], [[TheUnChosenOne The Discarded]], [[TheMentor The Mystic]], and more are available options, with most of their moves designed around furthering their purpose in the story and how such character tropes would rub up against others. They also supply examples of existing characters who inspired such roles. For example, one campaign might see [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]], [[WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender Lotor]], and [[Franchise/StarWars Qui-Gon Jinn]] ending up on a world-travelling team together. They could visit [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Enterprise]] and help stave off a Borg attack, then turn into animal forms when they visit Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog. Canon is nebulous, and the only limits are the imaginations of the players.
Gameplay is designed to veer wildly from heartfelt to bonkers thanks to the combination of both mechanics. This was demonstrated in the ActualPlay playtest podcast, Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay, which featured Riley in both campaigns.
The game can be purchased at [[https://www.linksmithgames.com/ Linksmith Games]] and [[https://revryebread.itch.io/interstitial-our-hearts-intertwined itch.io]].
!!This game contains examples of:
* ActuallyFourMooks: Those who take "The Dark Makes Me Stronger" from The Dark count as a small gang.
* AlternateSelf: "Echoes of Another Life" from The Anachronism playbook allows the character to come back as a version of themselves from an alternate timeline.
* BackFromTheDead: Mechanically, a character can choose to come back after their Harm Clock is filled at the cost of losing their playbooks, their Links, or owing a favour to a dark force. The move "I'm Sorry About the Ice Cream" from The Friend playbook also allows this if the player is willing, though on a mixed success the resurrection is delayed and the character has forgotten something important.
* BigGood: The Light playbook can style themselves as this, as they're essentially the opposite of The Dark.
* CastFromHitPoints: A few moves require you to take Harm as a cost, regardless of roll.
** "Leaf Bracer" from The Chosen lets you take Harm to upgrade a mixed success to a full success.
** "My Darkness is My Weakness" from The Discarded lets you take Harm to add +2 to a Dark roll.
** "Nothing Hurts Like the Cold" from The Light lets you cash in Heart Links to deal 2 Harm each to someone, but you take 1 Harm each yourself.
** "Command Deck" from The Other has you take Harm to temporarily gain abilities to overcom an obstacle.
* TheChosenOne: The Chosen playbook is all about being the protagonist of the story. The moves are designed around dishing out extra damage and protecting both yourself and your friends.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Memory playbook relies on this to continue existing - if they lose all the links they have with people, they cease to exist and are forgotten.
* TheDeterminator: The Knucklehead playbook is themed after this, giving the player mostly combat moves that help them get a leg up on their opponents.
* DynamicEntry: "If There's No Door, Then I'll make One" from The Prodigy lets you create your own path forward, be that metaphorical or literal.
* EvilMentor: The Dark works by manipulating other players, and is even specifically referred to as a mirror to The Mystic.
* ExpendableClone: "Disposable" from The Other channels this. It causes all marked experience to immediately pass over to their Counterpart.
* {{Expy}}: Being inspired by ''Kingdom Hearts'', every playbook in the core rulebook is based on a character from the series.
** The Chosen is Sora.
** The Connected is all the various ''Disney'' characters.
** The Dark is Xehanort.
** The Discarded is Riku.
** The Displaced is the residents of Traverse Town whose worlds were consumed by Darkness.
** The Friend is Donald and Goofy.
** The Light is Kairi.
** The Mystic is Mickey, Master Eraqus, and basically every mentor across the series.
** The Other is Roxas and all the other Nobodies.
** The Anachronism is Young Xehanort.
** The Amalgam is Sora again, or Terranort.
** The Linksmith is Namine.
** The Prodigy and The Knucklehead are more vague. Both focus on physical fighting, with the former focusing on rivalry and the latter on foolhardiness. This describes a ''lot'' of major ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters.
** The Memory is Xion.
* FishOutOfWater: The Displaced playbook is about playing characters who have lost or been separated from their worlds.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: The Anachronism, a playbook based around characters who travel through time as well as to other Worlds.
* FusionDance: The Amalgam can incorporate other characters into their system as they progress. Those who take the "Equal and Opposite" move also have a rival who is the fusion of the rivals of all the Amalgam's hearts.
* {{Gaslighting}}: The Linksmith is all about this as it can manipulate people's memories in order to make them do what they want. As such, the playbook has a trigger warning right at the top to ensure everyone playing is comfortable with it.
* GenreSavvy: "That's Not How Things Work 'Round These Parts" from The Connected lets characters not only know how the world they're in should work, but spend a link to keep things working that way.
* GuestStarPartyMember: The Chosen is based on this, with the player changing characters every time the rest of the party goes to a new world.
* TheHeart: The Light is themed after this if they're not the BigGood. The Friend can also fulfill this roll.
* HiveMind: The Amalgam playbook is about playing a being containing multiple minds.
* IdiotHero: If a character takes "Taps My Head Three Times" from The Chosen playbook, they are deemed "not smart enough to be manipulated it" and can easily be interpreted as this.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: The Other is based off of Nobodies from ''Kingdom Hearts'', so can easily be some manner of replica of another player or NPC.
* LivingLieDetector: "You Can't Fool Me" from The Light lets your character always tell when someone is lying to you.
* MentorArchetype: The Mystic playbook can easily be this due to its focus on Mastery Links and moves like "For Your Own Good" and "Magical Teacher".
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Light links are this mechanically, and any move that uses them draws on this power. The Chosen and The Friend are based around this even more than others.
* ReferenceOverdosed: The core of the game's mission statement. Every playbook is clearly inspired by major character tropes from media, and nearly all their moves are named after lines or concepts from other works - usually ''Kingdom Hearts'', but plenty from others.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: One of the motivations for The Anachronism, and also the result of a max roll on their Advanced Move "This Is Not Inevitable".
* SupportPartyMember: The Friend playbook acts as this, with most of their moves giving other party members advantages, or themselves advantages when helping their friends.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The Dark is all about being cruel and manipulating others, but since it's a playbook any player could take up that role.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: The move "Mercy" from The Light playbook: when you decide to spare someone you have reason to destroy, make a Heart Link with them.
* TheUnchosenOne: Thematically The Discarded is a playbook all about being left behind, though mechanically it focuses on dishing out the most damage.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Other raises questions, as they are a copy of some kind of another character.
