Fable

I like Penthesileia by the same author, so I was looking forward to this.

This is an intense love triangle (actually more like a incomplete love tetrahedron) in a fantasy story. You, a man, have heard about the return of your childhood crush who was called to be 'the hero'. But he and your sister also had a relationship, and it's hard to have your crush so close and see what's going on and not be part of it.

Later on, someone else is thrown into the mix, a fourth option that provides intense love but comes with immense, pretty awful baggage.

The fantasy story provides the framing and is essential to the nature of the fourth character, but all other aspects of this story could work in almost any setting. It's about essential aspects of human nature: love, obsession, hope, despair, jealousy.

There are some options that felt significant, but I only played once so I don't know if they have an effect on the overall story (it's okay if not, they were good for roleplaying).

The game had some strong profanity, which I muted with a filter. It is a queer love story and has drama but does not (I think?) contain homophobia. Someone else who has played can feel free to correct me, but I had the impression that the relationships were dangerous and felt illicit but not because of homophobia, but because someone else had loved them first. Still, all gay relationships are treated as secret so it's hard to say (I'm only including this part because I know some people have a preference in how the world setting treats gay relationships).

I like this author's writing style in general and look forward to future games.