{"product_id":"alas-vegas-flashbacks-blackjack-and-payback-paperback","title":"Alas Vegas: Flashbacks, Blackjack and Payback - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Wallis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Coulthart\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Hite\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou wake in a shallow grave in the desert. It's night. You have no memory of how you got here, or who you are, or the location of your clothes. A scar of neon in the shape of a city squats on the horizon. There are answers there. And trouble.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAS VEGAS is a dark journey through a bizarre and terrifying casino city where everything has a price. Caught in a war between the Rat Packers who run the place, the players must find allies, the truth and a way to escape. Memories are recovered, secrets are revealed, old debts are settled, and nothing is what it seems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe game lasts four sessions, structured like a miniseries, leading to a revelatory final showdown. It's \u003cem\u003eOcean's Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e directed by David Lynch. It's Franz Kafka's \u003cem\u003eFear and Loathing\u003c\/em\u003e. It's \u003cem\u003eThe Hangover\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Prisoner\u003c\/em\u003e. It's not like anything you've played before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePLUS THREE MORE FUGUE CAMPAIGNS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAS VEGAS runs on the Fugue game system, built to tell stories of characters with amnesia. It uses Tarot cards and rotating GMs to create unique, high-tension adventures, heavy on character and narrative. The book contains ideas, background, and game-running advice by some of the finest RPG designers alive, and three extra Fugue campaigns: \u003cstrong\u003eYet Already\u003c\/strong\u003e, frantic time-travel to save a chaotic, collapsing universe; \u003cstrong\u003eWarlock Kings\u003c\/strong\u003e, paladins returned to life as generals of a dark army; and \u003cstrong\u003eRemembering Cosmic Man\u003c\/strong\u003e, the strange histories of superheroes. Plus all the Fugue mechanics, of course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's also a complete stand-alone story-game set in the blood-red heart of classic Vegas, \u003cstrong\u003eKilling Bugsy Siegel\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kenneth Hite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The ultimate one-shot roleplaying game\" - Reviews from R'yleh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alas Vegas is a stunning self-contained game with a heck of a narrative punch\" - Jason Mical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Creators\u003cbr\u003e James Wallis, 'the godfather of indie game design', is the Origins Award-winning designer behind \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen\u003c\/em\u003e, and the 2017 reboot of \u003cem\u003eParanoia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlas Vegas contains contributions from Richard Dansky. Matt Forbeck, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Kenneth Hite, Laurent Devernay and Jerome Larre, Robin D. Laws, Johnstone Metzger, Mike Selinker, Sean Smith, John Scott Tynes and Allen Varney, and artwork by John Coulthart, Dennis Detwiller, John Kovalic and Niki Hunter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47271725924601,"sku":"9781906402174","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R0VkZ3J0L3gyWWliTTgyNWtYZjArZz09.webp?v=1768932409","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/alas-vegas-flashbacks-blackjack-and-payback-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}