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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Court of the Empress 

On one of my favorite roleplaying blogs, The 20' by 20' Room, Neel Krishnaswami has posted the rules for a new RPG, The Court of the Empress. Neel, you may recall, is the brilliant designer of the Wiki-based Lexicon RPG, which inspired the PARANOIA Lexicon game The Toothpaste Disaster.

Neel's new RPG is set in a fictitious monarchy; one player is the Empress, and all the others are courtiers, trying to please her and avoid execution.

Will some enthused citizen attempt a version of "The Court of the Empress" set in Alpha Complex?
Posted by: Allen Varney / 1:22 AM

Comments:
Thanks for the link, Allen! Neel knocks one out of the park every time he comes up to bat, I tell you what.

Paranoia-lovers might also be interested in General Mud, my own (winning) entry in the November Ronnies. It's directly inspired by Paranoia: a show trial / debriefing rpg where players compete to topple and replace the GM. Oh yeah, and it's about farm animals.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : January 04, 2006 9:30 AM
 
I'm running Neel's game as written in my LJ to see how it plays, but I can see how it could work in Paranoia.

Most of the changes would be to set up and background. The Empress could be The Computer, or more likely an Ultra-Violet high programmer (who would also speak for Friend Computer). The courtiers would be lower-clearance citizens, and the sample names, boons, and commands, and ritual phrases would need to be updated.

Play would probably be very similar.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : January 04, 2006 11:20 AM
 
Play mechanics would probably be very similar.

Actual play would probably be very different.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : January 04, 2006 1:29 PM
 
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