EST. 2026
Today's Specials
VOL. 1 — NO. 36
Any diner, anywhen We feed the lost. 25¢ / Free with a meal
Tonight's lead story
An RPG about a diner that feeds the lost.
Today's Specials is a GM-less narrative game played at the kitchen table. The diner travels space-time and lands wherever it's needed. One session, one job, four players or one.
The cards are the oracle. The job is the constraint. The story emerges in the moment between ingredients. There is no GM — there's a stack of playing cards, an index card, and your sketchbook.
A GM-less narrative game printed as the diner's house newspaper. Pick up a copy and read tonight's edition.
Pages 30
Sections 4
Players 1–4
Session 1 night
Inside this issue
WORLD Where We Travel Why the diner moves through space-time, what the seeds are, and how to set up your first session. 7 pages · starts Pg. 2 STAFF Tonight's Cooks Pick a class, find your calling, bring something only you could. 4 pages · starts Pg. 9 TONIGHT'S SPECIAL Today's Specials Build a job. Explore. Cook. Present. The whole session in one loop. 13 pages · starts Pg. 13 SIDES Sides & Extras Tables, generators, complications — and a sample story for the curious. 6 pages · starts Pg. 26
Project shop talk
- Decision Log & Backlog Tracks locked-in design decisions and prioritized work items for Today's Specials
- Archived Documents Tracks documents that have been superseded or archived, preserving the design progression and decisions that led to changes
- Revision History Session-by-session progress tracking and current focus for Today's Specials
- Today's Specials — Project Truths Foundational documents that define how Today's Specials works and how to work within it