Dating.sim
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Dating.sim is a light-hearted romance roleplaying game inspired by the TV show The Dating Game as well as the "dating simulator” video game genre. Dating simulators are narrative-heavy games where players can date one of multiple eligible characters via choose-your-own-adventure-style conversations. Make the right choices and a character might like you more¸ make the wrong choices and they might like you less. Dating.sim recreates this structure through competitive roleplaying¸ with players improvising multiple-choice options for one player to select over the course of a date.
In round one of Dating.sim¸ everyone roleplays different characters and one player (called the Lead) selects a date from a host of suitors (called Dates). In round two¸ the winning character accompanies the Lead on a date¸ and all remaining players roleplay the Lead together. The Date player awards points for creativity and behavior¸ and the player with the most points at the game's end gets to help finish the story!
To play Dating.sim¸ you'll need:
Three or more players Writing utensils A stack of notecards (3” x 5” recommended) A timer (approximately 30 minutes) A six-sided die (optional)
Dating.sim is 22 pages long¸ and modifications are included for online play.
Dating.sim is illustrated by Sam "Skullboy” Mameli¸ a freelance fantasy artist whose work can be found at betterlegends.com¸ patreon.com/better_legends¸ and on Instagram as @better_legends.
Dating.sim is a light-hearted romance roleplaying game inspired by the TV show The Dating Game as well as the "dating simulator” video game genre. Dating simulators are narrative-heavy games where players can date one of multiple eligible characters via choose-your-own-adventure-style conversations. Make the right choices and a character might like you more¸ make the wrong choices and they might like you less. Dating.sim recreates this structure through competitive roleplaying¸ with players improvising multiple-choice options for one player to select over the course of a date.
In round one of Dating.sim ¸ everyone roleplays different characters and one player (called the Lead) selects a date from a host of suitors (called Dates). In round two¸ the winning character accompanies the Lead on a date¸ and all remaining players roleplay the Lead together. The Date player awards points for creativity and behavior¸ and the player with the most points at the game's end gets to help finish the story!
To play Dating.sim ¸ you'll need:
Three or more players Writing utensils A stack of notecards (3” x 5” recommended) A timer (approximately 30 minutes) A six-sided die (optional)
Dating.sim is 22 pages long¸ and modifications are included for online play.
Dating.sim is illustrated by Sam "Skullboy” Mameli¸ a freelance fantasy artist whose work can be found at betterlegends.com¸ patreon.com/better_legends¸ and on Instagram as @better_legends.