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Z-Ward

“You stand outside the mental hospital where your sister was admitted nine weeks ago…“ Z-Ward is the seventh game in the Parsely series of massively multiplayer, live-action text-adventures. Z-Ward-X, a microgreen expansion that adds a third floor to the hospital, is also available. Parsely games are inspired by Ye Olde Text Parsers from days of [...]

Jared A. Sorensen

…is a NYC-based writer/game designer working in both traditional and digital game publishing. He has the death sentence on twelve systems.

Blackboard Jungle

“The gymnasium is where the Parsely Greens have their home games. It’s currently empty of sweaty athletes and cheering fans. You smell a locker room to the east. Someone’s eyeglasses case is here.” A Parsely “microgreen” and part of the Parsely series of massively multiplayer, live-action text-adventure games. Parsely games are inspired by Ye Olde Text [...]

Pumpkin Town

“You are all alone in your house on Halloween night. There is a ceramic jack o’ lantern here filled with Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters. There is a pile of boxes on the floor.” The sixth game in the Parsely series of massively multiplayer, live-action text-adventures. Parsely games are inspired by Ye Olde Text Parsers from days [...]

Action Castle II

“Many years have passed since the new king was crowned…” The sequel to ACTION CASTLE and the fifth game in the Parsely series of massively multiplayer, live-action text-adventures. Parsely games are inspired by Ye Olde Text Parsers from days of yore, but substituting a live human for the computer parser. Parsely games are small, portable [...]

Recent Work

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From the Blog

Apr
21
Posted by Jared Sorensen on April 21st, 2012 at 8:23 am

Without a voice through which to communicate with the crowd, Sorensen exercised his only option: break out a word processor and a projector. This led to one of the more magical moments of PAX East – MTVGeek.com

Mar
23
Posted by Jared Sorensen on March 23rd, 2012 at 12:29 pm

Ladies and Gents, My Parsely events schedule for PAX East April 6-8: Saturday 10-11am: SPOOKY MANOR Sunday 2-3pm: JUNGLE ADVENTURE Sunday 4-5pm: Z-WARD I’ll also be demoing games with the Burning Wheel crew. So stop by, say hello and don’t forget your lamp.

Dec
30
Posted by Jared Sorensen on December 30th, 2011 at 11:53 am

Hey cats. Just added Z-Ward and Z-Ward-X to the online store, as well as the skully patch (available for a limited time only!).    Happy New Year and see you at PAX-EAST April (and possibly at MAGfest in January). – Jared

Dec
22
Posted by Jared Sorensen on December 22nd, 2011 at 10:02 am

Z-WARD and Z-WARD-X have arrived safe and sound at Skull Mountain. They’re available for order now on the MMT site and *all* orders will start shipping when I return from Maine on Monday. I have the shirts and other goodies (!) but I’m still awaiting the buttons and patches. Here’s how I’ll do the shipping: [...]

Nov
16
Posted by Jared Sorensen on November 16th, 2011 at 9:37 am

GeekNights had me in the studio to talk about, among other things, Z-Ward, Danish roleplaying, Lacuna 2, conventions, Action Castle and movies.  

Nov
08
Posted by Jared Sorensen on November 8th, 2011 at 5:34 pm

Wired.com did an excellent piece on humans pretending to be video games and Action Castle got a mention!    

Nov
02
Posted by Jared Sorensen on November 2nd, 2011 at 3:04 pm

I’m offering a Skully t-shirt to all $50+ pledge backers once I reach my new stretch goal of $5000. Check it out here!        

Oct
21
Posted by Jared Sorensen on October 21st, 2011 at 10:31 am

Help Kickstart Z-Ward here. I’m kinda floored. Less than a day into the kickstarter for Z-Ward and I’ve raised 50% of my goal. I’m already thinking of writing another Parsely game during the winter months. Maybe a micro-green for the holiday season? Anyway, thanks to everyone for their support!

Oct
20
Posted by Jared Sorensen on October 20th, 2011 at 12:02 am

After many, many requests, I decided to make Lacuna Part I. (second attempt) available at RPGnow.com. And as an aside to those that would like this particular information to “be free” — I’d like to remind you that I made this thing and I rely on sales to, you know, pay rent and eat. For [...]