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You have already noticed that you are not like the others. You have seen things that others cannot. You have felt things that others will not. And, perhaps you have already realized why.

You are a sensitive in a world of strangers.
These strangers are everywhere. They may harm you. They may try to change you. They may have already done things to you that cannot be reversed. And, they are not on your side.

But, you are not alone.

These modules are here to help you.
please select your module.
Strangers: Primer
introduction, and entries 1-52.
This will show you where they began.
( This will show you where to begin. )
Strangers: Minuet
A module for those who want to play the game and need to learn the tokens. ( This will show you the players at a glance. )
Strangers: Module II
Entries 53 and beyond.
This will help you prepare for a changing world. ( This will show you how deep it will go. )
The Known Unknowns
A collection of encounters, and their consequences. ( This will show you stories can be told. )
Matatown
A catalog of the Matadroli of Matatown. ( This will show you how it can be applied. )
Strangers: the Red Module
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( This will show you what can be changed. )
Strangers: Dead Cities
This is for those left behind. ( This will show you how long it will last. )
Strangers: V.H.Z.
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Strangers: Zeroworld
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What are the modules?
manuals for the game that you didn't know you were playing
Who is writing this?
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Site last updated January 31st, 2019.
( see changelog )
additional modules
Strangers: Radials
A module designed and guided by fans. ( This will show you how you can join in. )
Matatown: Mataworld
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about The Stranger Modules
Welcome to The Stranger Modules.

Over the years, The Stranger Modules has developed as a fractal bestiary, an experiment in abstract narrative, and a toy to play with. The idea of showing a world through its creatures is an interest that can be traced back to the nostalgic, middle-school memories of leafing through the monster manual for a role-playing game – creating larger narratives from the descriptions alone, allowing the greater world to take shape almost subconsciously.

A concept I find myself returning to in my work is the idea of "systems and their deformations". In this way, the many layers of structure (such as the strangers' nomenclature, numbering, or classes, among others) allow for a wide variance of permutation, with each new module further introducing new frameworks by which to classify, distort, and contextualize the strangers – to say nothing of destroying, erasing, and reinterpreting the designs. My goal in this regard has been to quickly establish a simple visual pattern that sets the strangers apart from any particular organism, while still maintaining a form that would make any three identifiable as belonging to the same "family" (three being the smallest number needed to either break or establish a pattern).

The Stranger Modules has also acted as a vehicle for my own feelings of estrangement, fear, and social anxiety. I think that maybe we can all understand the experience of being an outsider in a system, the rules of which we were never informed...and being forced to negotiate with individuals that may be threatening, or even dangerous. I hope that some of the themes in The Stranger Modules resonates with you in this regard. Perhaps, you can even enjoy using strangers in your own daydreams as a way to think about systems and their deformation. And I encourage you to freely make your own strangers, or use these modules as imaginary toys in any ways that are beneficial to you.

Above all, please follow your dreams and enjoy the process of what you create.
— Felix Kramer