Altered State (ICRPG) / The Peoples Temple / Otsuka RPG Day
Details
(Please read "Notes on Theme" below.)
> // Receiving message ....
> // Printing message ....
“Come live comradery
In harmony
One big community
Utopian society
Come live equality
No boundaries
Human economy”
> // Starting sub-liminal text scraper ....
> // Scraping ....
> // Parsing ....
> // Printing parsed text ....
“Hey Dad, thanks Dad, hurry, sisters, hurry
It's all over, all over, hurry, children, hurry
White (K)night, drink Flavor Aid cyanide
Lay down your life, lay down your life
+++
+++ 909 souls 909 souls 909 souls
+++ Rad”
> // Assessing threat ….
> // Threat assessed: Response required.
> // Opening secure socket - recipient: Senator Leo Ryan ....
> // Response received.
> // Action green-lit.
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With thanks and apologies to SKYND:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjvGiT0fWo
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Can your team neutralise Jym Jonz and extract the senator's son from the Peoples Temple complex at Jonztown?
Notes on Game:
- Index Card RPG using "Altered State" (cyberpunk) supplement
- standard polyhedral dice
- pregens provided
Notes on Theme:
- This adventure is centred on dark/sensitive themes.
- It contains situations connected with real-world cultures in conflict.
- Players are free to explore dark themes and motifs during the session.
- This adventure may not be for everyone. Please consider this before signing up.
(This particular one-shot is based on the song "Jim Jones" by SKYND which is itself based on the tragic real-life mass-suicide/killing of 909 cult members in 1978. The event is now commonly referred to as the "Jonestown Massacre".)
Altered State (ICRPG) / The Peoples Temple / Otsuka RPG Day