Just a Game - Playtest Packet
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This is a playtest packet.
This packet is primarily aimed at individuals who already possess and play one of three game systems: Fate¸ GUMSHOE or Powered by the Apocalypse (aka Apocalyspe World).
If you are not familiar with these games and are still interested in trying this out¸ you are free to do so but know that full game rules of the basic systems are not included.
And the above is the only piece of art currently made for the game.
You're logging up on the computer¸ happily cracking open the brand new shiny MMO you just downloading from the company site¸ ready to make your character and start on a new set of adventures. But something changes when you click "start playing"....because instead of watching a load screen boot up¸ you find the world turning black and when you wake up it seems like you've become your character and the world around you is...is the tutorial mission. What the hell is going on here?
Or maybe you were putting on your VR sim helmet and about to boot up for some online virtual gaming and suddenly there's a madman telling everybody that they need to appreciate life more and so he's going to give them a real death game. Now you're stuck in the game and if someone tries to take the helmet off¸ it'll fry your brain. The only way to get out is to clear the game¸ but if you die in the game¸ you die in real life.
The rules in this packet are meant to recreate stories like those above¸ where people find that the games they're playing have become very real indeed.