Herr Rau's Played Games

9:05, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (535 ratings) The phone rings. Oh, no — how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but... This is bad. This is very bad. The phone rings.

Acid Whiplash, by Ryan Stevens and Cody Sandifer
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (134 ratings) "With the cantankerous Wizard of Wordplay evicted from his mansion, the worthless plot can now be redeveloped. The city regulations declare, however, that the rip-down job can't proceed until all the items...

All Alone, by Ian Finley
Average member rating: (70 ratings)

All Roads, by Jon Ingold Average member rating: (154 ratings) "Wave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of paradise." [--blurb from Competition Aught-One]

Allein mit Kai, by Ingo Scharmann and Joana Markus Average member rating: (3 ratings) Arndt Koschke is very excited. After a few dates on neutral territory he meets Tanja today in her apartment for the first time. But suddenly she has to go out for half an hour and Arndt has to watch her...

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry Average member rating: (393 ratings) You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that blanket the sky mutter ominous portents amongst themselves over the little...

A Bear's Night Out, by David Dyte Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (69 ratings) "Tomorrow is the big Teddy Bear party, and you must definitely not let your owner forget about it..." [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Bedtime story, by Marius Müller Average member rating: (4 ratings) "Daddy, will you tell me a story?" asks your son, Danny. Your wife, Randa, started the story of Prince George and his quest to rescue a princess while you were away for six months. Now it's your turn to...

Bliss, by Cameron Wilkin
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Child's Play, by Stephen Granade Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (54 ratings) It is playgroup day and playgroup day is normally a good day but ever since that little red-haired girl started coming she always wants your toys. She shouldn't get your toys. You tried telling the mom this...

Christminster, by Gareth Rees
Average member rating: (88 ratings)

CIA Adventure, by Hugh Lampert Average member rating: (6 ratings) "As this game is ported directly from the TRS-80, it is very uncomfortable to play. Your mission is to find a ruby used in a laser projector that has been stolen by a spy ring named CHAOS." [--blurb from The...

Das Kopialbuch, by Max Kalus
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Average member rating: (4 ratings)

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De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers Average member rating: (160 ratings) An evil nobleman, a kidnapped daughter and a father who wants to rescue her at any cost--that is not the way life works. Something much darker, something much more human, lies underneath. Een kwaadaardige...

Degeneracy, by Leonard Richardson Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (16 ratings) The glitterings of Gold, Jewels, Tapestries, &c. belie the Corruption of he who 'til recently occupied this high Seat. A white Carpet, once flanked by Sycophants & Counsellors, now lies untravelled. It leads...

The Djinni Chronicles, by J. D. Berry Average member rating: (33 ratings)

Don't Pee Yourself!, by Hulk Handsome
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

The Ebb and Flow of the Tide, by Peter Nepstad Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (15 ratings) You have done a horrible thing, so horrible that burial will be denied you, either in soil or sea, neither can there be any hell for you. You wait for some hours, knowing this. Then your friends come for...

Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (112 ratings)

Galatea, by Emily Short Average member rating: (335 ratings) Emily Short's description: A conversation with a work of art. "47. Galatea. White Thasos marble. Non-commissioned work by the late Pygmalion of Cyprus. (The artist has since committed suicide.) Originally...

Gruds in Space, by Joseph A. Dudar and Chuck Sommerville Average member rating: (3 ratings) There I was, like, cool to the max, man, crusing in my totally awesome Space-Commuter. I was turned on to some tunes when a blast came in over the computer/wet bar. Like wow! It was direct from President...

Help! My Vacuum Cleaner Is Broken, by Admiral Jota Average member rating: (16 ratings)

I-0, by Anonymous Average member rating: (157 ratings) Stranded on Interstate Zero after your car broke down, you are miles away from the last sign of civilization. It's twenty minutes to noon and the temperature is well over 120°F. It's beginning to look like...

IF Quake, by Jason Bergman
Average member rating: (3 ratings)

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Jazz auf Tegemis, by Joerg Rosenbauer Average member rating: (3 ratings) You're the captain of a commercial freighter, and you just finished a delivery to the dreary planet Tegemis IV. Looking for a little recreation, you decide to visit a local jazz bar. But how could you settle...

The King of Shreds and Patches, by Jimmy Maher Average member rating: (77 ratings) January 14th Dear friend. My sojourn in parts foreign is at an ende. I am at lodgings in Southwark not far from the bridge at Stoney Street, come dine with me two days hence to ring in the newe year. I have...

LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian Average member rating: (41 ratings) In this historical drama and treasure hunt set in 2062, you have rented a robot called a MULE that you can control remotely to salvage artifacts from an abandoned irradiated plantation near Macon, Georgia....

The Life (and Deaths) of Doctor M, by Michael D. Hilborn Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (30 ratings) Your vision clears as you gently land in an endless landscape. There is the wind, a bleak and chill thing. And there is your sense of uncertainty: You don't know which way to go. Or, maybe, which way you...

Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (492 ratings) Pig lost! Boss say that it Grunk fault. Say Grunk forget about closing gate. Maybe boss right. Grunk not remember forgetting, but maybe Grunk just forget. -- IFComp 2007 blurb

O, by Marco Bakera Average member rating: (3 ratings) The game describes the short scene after the main character awakes in his living room. From this moment he travels through his house as well as his mind. The game is also available as the short movie O.

Pac-Man, by Anonymous
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Average member rating: (14 ratings)

PataNoir, by Simon Christiansen Average member rating: (58 ratings) The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.

Photopia, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (558 ratings) "Will you read me a story?" "Read you a story? What fun would that be? I've got a better idea: let's tell a story together."

Shade, by Andrew Plotkin Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (413 ratings) "A one-room game set in your apartment." [--blurb from Competition Aught-Zero]

Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre Average member rating: (166 ratings)

The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin Average member rating: (98 ratings) A new, experimental game that has no puzzles but uses only words that change your focus on things, thereby adapting the story. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin Herr Rau's rating: Average member rating: (310 ratings) A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without...

Suveh Nux, by David Fisher Average member rating: (225 ratings) An entry in the 2007 One Room Game Competition. You play a magician's servant who gets trapped in your master's vault; you'll need to learn some of his tricks if you want to get out.

Tetris, by Alexey Pajitnov
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

Average member rating: (89 ratings)

Ugly Chapter, by Sam Kabo Ashwell Average member rating: (12 ratings) In this short story, you play as Leti, a rich woman and a patron of the arts, who travels from Hawaii to Mars, as told by an angry and bitter male poet who knew her. What you did in the most ugly chapter of...

Undo, by Neil deMause
Average member rating: (17 ratings)