Republic
Republic is a setting-less framework that adapts GUMSHOE to games about politics and intrigue. It is equally suitable for games about high politics¸ as well as seedy plots¸ and treacherous conspiracies. Like GUMSHOE does with investigations¸ Republic makes the game about the characters' methods and roads to power¸ rather than simple success and failure.
The game is as minimalistic as possible¸ and includes:
- A simplified version of GUMSHOE
- A two-step system for character creation
- Advice on how to make interesting stories about politics
- Suggestions on how to make the most of GUMSHOE in games about politics
- Instructions on how to make a politics-driven campaign