Transcript Introduction

How to Play This LARP
Rules
The Mustache Rule
Cards
Abilities
The Mustache Rule
(The Most Important Rule in the Game)
 Anyone wearing a fake mustache, or wearing
a name badge reading “Aleksander Dravo” is
one of Dravo’s lookalikes, and looks exactly
like him.
 Your characters cannot tell these lookalikes
apart, though you can. Do your best to ignore
this OOC knowledge.
Playing Cards
Everyone starts with four playing cards
 If two players are in a conflict, they agree on
what the outcome of the conflict will be.
 Each choose one of the cards from their hand
to play. Higher card wins the conflict. Players
then give their opponent the card that they
played. Aces are low.
 If both players agree the conflict is a violent
one, the loser chooses and discards a card
from their hand as damage.
Abilities
“Interrogation” can be used to extract
thoughts and memories from a subject.
See the Interrogation presentation in the
Interrogation chamber.
“Science” can be used to get from a GM
new information about a specimen, if
you take a sample to the Laboratory.
Background
Aleksander Dravo
Bavo Pasketti
Political Issues
Aleksander Dravo
The Great Leader of Our Glorious Republic
 Led the Glorious Revolution against the
corrupt ruling class
 Dravo’s power has become absolute
 Dravo is scheduled to give a speech in a few
hours presenting current Party beliefs on a
number of political topics.
 Dravo was recently found dead, in a highly
embarassing manner.
Bavo Pasketti
 Bavo Pasketti is a fictional resistance leader
that is used in propaganda films.
 Anything bad in the country if blamed on
Pasketti.
 Many government programs are undertaken in
the name of catching and eliminating Pasketti.
Political Issues
Political Prisoner Wiktor Kosko
Collectivization of Farms
Science Restricted
Fiction and Acting Illegal
Love and Romance Illegal
Wiktor Kosko
A political theorist who aided Dravo’s
rise to Power
Became critical of Dravo’s leadership
after the Revolution
Now a political prisoner
Many want to see him freed
Collectivization of Farms
 The Government is seizing control of family
owned farms to centralize agriculture
 Farm workers are going jobless
 Food shortages throughout the country due to
lesser production
 But high level Party officials are making lots of
money off the program
Science Restricted
Scientific pursuits are not allowed to
produce findings that contradict party
beliefs
Scientists oppose this, obviously
Some scientists have been “unmade” or
executed for their studies
Fiction and Acting Illegal
 Outside of official propaganda, any works of
fiction are illegal
 “Fiction may mislead or delude the working
classes”
 Some think fiction could be used to support
the Party’s beliefs
 Others want total freedom of speech, but even
suggesting this is treason
Love, Sex and Romance Illegal
 Love, romance and sex are outlawed.
 All reproduction is to be carried out via
artificial insemination.
 Many wish to repeal this law, but Party
superiors enjoy the control it gives them over
society.
 Many, many have illegal affairs behind the
scenes. This means that the Party has
blackmail material on nearly anyone.
Locations
Finding your way around the Ministry HQ
 Basement
 Kitchen
 Dining Room
 Living Room
 Main Bedroom
 Guest Bedroom
 Nursery
Newsreel Filming Studio
Kitchen and Mess Hall
Assembly Hall
Main Offices
Sleeping Quarters
Interrogation Chamber
Scientific Laboratory
Concluson
Any Further Questions?
The game begins with Renata reviewing
the lookalikes and comparing them to a
video of Aleksander Dravo’s last speech