Dog Eat Dog

Dog Eat Dog is a powerful story game I love, created by Liam Liwanag Burke.

He says: “Dog Eat Dog is a game of colonialism and its consequences. It tells the story of the natives of a small Pacific island as they come into conflict with a foreign occupation force attempting to seize it from them. The game begins when the war ends.”

Since I like playing with people who have not played story games before and the rulebook is a bit unwieldy to use in play, I created these rule summaries as an explanation and reference. (Since originally posting them, I have made a number of small refinements at the direction of the game's original creator.)

One could play with just this short document but one should not; the proper rules are full of lore about playing the game (and more) and the creator deserves your attention, so pick up the full game and throw Burke some money.