Nights Black Agents: Excess Baggage
Your job is to give new players a fast 20 minute experience that feels like it could have been torn from the best James Bond¸ Jason Bourne or Mission Impossible movies. This requires a cinematic demo that stays rules-light¸ even as it explores some of the game's major mechanics and themes. A quick game like this gives the player the cinematic feel of 'we're badass spies!' lets them save the day against high stakes¸ and lets them see how general and investigative skills work.
Excess Baggage is a twenty-minute demo scenario by Kevin Kulp for Night's Black Agents ¸ a new GUMSHOE Game from Kenneth Hite (Trail of Cthulhu) that brings the excitement of your favorite high-octane spy thrillers to the table. Your job is to give new players a fast 20 minute experience that feels like it could have been torn from the best James Bond¸ Jason Bourne or Mission Impossible movies. This requires a cinematic demo that stays rules-light¸ even as it explores some of the game's major mechanics and themes. A quick game like this gives the player the cinematic feel of "we're badass spies!" lets them save the day against high stakes¸ and lets them see how general and investigative skills work.