Canopy Archive: 235 bloom

the Institute for Manufactured Futures x Des Moines & Dragons

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In 2089 Des Moines, Iowa, along the “2-3-5”, a highway-turned-metro-transit hub, communities are in an ideological struggle to make real their own visions for the future. This is a land of suburban agri-jungles, community-scale 3D printers, and up-to-two-story-tall battery-powered mecha. The federal government has become mostly irrelevant to people's everyday lives, as communities have been largely self-sufficient for decades. Through a handful of independently-produced roleplaying games, 235 bloom explores the invasion of the Des Moines metro by plutocratic ideologues, following the stories of Emil, an Emergency Services Cooperative worker who is in over his head in the Civil Resistance, and Baz, a ho...

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  • 16) Epilogue: "Of What Future Are These The Wild Early Days?"May 15, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
  • 15) Bazil's Story: The Night MasqueradeMay 15, 2026 · 2 hr 29 min
  • 14) Emil's Story: SEEDBOMBMay 15, 2026 · 1 hr 60 min
  • 13) Bazil's Story: DerechoMay 15, 2026 · 2 hr 28 min
  • 12) Emil's Story: The Silent GardenerMay 15, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
  • 11) Bazil's Story: Stealing ParadiseMay 15, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min
  • 10) Emil's Story: The Salisbury HouseMay 15, 2026 · 2 hr 42 min
  • 9) Bazil's Story: I Wake Up Sometimes And I Feel Like My Legs Are Stuck Inside the Night MasqueradeMay 15, 2026 · 2 hr 10 min
  • 8) Emil's Story: Such a Bad LiarMay 15, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min
  • 7) Bazil's Story: Big Sister TerritoryMay 15, 2026 · 2 hr 0 min

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