The highest number wins, so obviously the characters that command larger dice have an advantage. Itás not uncommon for several players at the end of scene to be rolling 6-12 dice each just to resolve one conflict. Additional characters can be narrated into the scenes, adding more dice to your pool based on their status. The dice come in different "sizes" - D4, D6, D8, D10 or D12 - depending on what they represent.Įach player commands a certain number and size of dice depending on their position, Expertise and Enthusiams. Scenes are resolved with the rolling of dice. Whoever "wins" the Scene then narrates its outcome. Often scenes are based around embarassing or otherwise discrediting your fellow academics in the hopes of increasing your status at the school. Other players are free to join different scenes, but each must wager a point of Reputation. If they fail, they lose Reputation in the eyes of others. If they succeed in the scene, their Reputation increases the amount they wagered. Each player commands one Scene per Event, and can narrate the opening of the Scene, create a conflict and set a Wager for its resolution.Ī player literaly Wagers their characterás Reputation on different scenes, and each character begins with three Reputaion. Each Event features several key figures that must make an appearance, either physically or in spirit, before the end of the event. The game is split into six Events, which are key happenings such as the opening convocation ceremony or the homecoming football game. Players choose an Expertise for their character, an area of learning such as History or Geology, and two Enthusiams, areas in which they excel and delight, such as Creativity, Manipulation or Debauchery. Billed as a Lovecraftian dark comedy of manners, players take on the roles of assistant- or full-proffesors at the ficticious Pemberton University in the fall of 1919. "The Shab-al-Hiri Roach" by Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games is a storytelling game about academic life, the pursuit of tenure and the lengths people will go to for success, even if that means swallowing an ancient Sumerian bug and burning down the campus. In other words, your average ivy-league school. A storied place of learning, fellowship and vicious backstabbing and murder fueled by a species of intelligent cockroach bent on rulling the world through fear and violence. "The Shab-al-Hiri Roach" a darkly comedic storytelling game
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