This one-page RPG puts the player in the role of a homeowner trapped inside their house by Hans Christian Andersen, who has set up camp on their lawn and refuses to leave. Players must manage their Scandal, Obsession, and Food Stores scores by rolling on event tables that describe Andersen's escalating antics outside. The game ends if Scandal reaches 10 and the player is forced to move, if Obsession hits 0 and Andersen loses interest, or if Food runs out and the player starves. Rolling three 5s in a row triggers Andersen's forced removal by authorities.
This one-page RPG puts the player in the role of a homeowner trapped inside their house by Hans Christian Andersen, who has set up camp on their lawn and refuses to leave. Players must manage their Scandal, Obsession, and Food Stores scores by rolling on event tables that describe Andersen's escalating antics outside. The game ends if Scandal reaches 10 and the player is forced to move, if Obsession hits 0 and Andersen loses interest, or if Food runs out and the player starves. Rolling three 5s in a row triggers Andersen's forced removal by authorities.
This one-page RPG puts the player in the role of a homeowner trapped inside their house by Hans Christian Andersen, who has set up camp on their lawn and refuses to leave. Players must manage their Scandal, Obsession, and Food Stores scores by rolling on event tables that describe Andersen's escalating antics outside. The game ends if Scandal reaches 10 and the player is forced to move, if Obsession hits 0 and Andersen loses interest, or if Food runs out and the player starves. Rolling three 5s in a row triggers Andersen's forced removal by authorities.
This one-page RPG puts the player in the role of a homeowner trapped inside their house by Hans Christian Andersen, who has set up camp on their lawn and refuses to leave. Players must manage their Scandal, Obsession, and Food Stores scores by rolling on event tables that describe Andersen's escalating antics outside. The game ends if Scandal reaches 10 and the player is forced to move, if Obsession hits 0 and Andersen loses interest, or if Food runs out and the player starves. Rolling three 5s in a row triggers Andersen's forced removal by authorities.
HO USE due Hans Chri stian to Andersen A one page RPG by Oliver Darkshire
Hans Christian Andersen is on your lawn Hans On Event... (roll a d6)
he won’t leave, and you refuse to let him in 1 or 2 Desperation Mounts... surely he has to go home eventually? surely? 3 or 4 Peeking through the Curtains... why does he have camping supplies with him 5 or 6 Hans’ Antics
RULES Desperation Mounts...
1 Rats. Rats in your basement - 1 Food You have three scores: Your dogs have eyes as big Scandal (which starts at 0) 2 as saucers. Or dinnerplates. - 2 food Obsession (which starts at 10) You find an ugly duckling. +1 food or & Food Stores (which starts at 10) 3 It’s sad. Do you eat it? -1 Food You write letters to your Scandal 10 4 friends. No help comes. +1 scandal
Obsession 10 5 You play solitaire. roll again
More of your food spoils. Food Stores 10 6 How long can this go on? - 1 Food
Peeking through the curtains...
Like a Fairy Tale... A little matchstick girl dies - 1 obsession 1 on your lawn. In front of him. +1 scandal To start the game, you generate a new Event by rolling He’s having a portrait done a six-sided die (d6). Adjust your scores as directed by 2 of him. On your LAWN. +1 scandal the table (or subtable), then roll a new event. Keep rolling new events until one of the following occurs: He’s hired a small orchestra 3 to blast music at your house +2 scandal • If your Scandal score reaches 10, then the 4 A new face wanders past. - 1 obsession pressure and mockery from society reaches such He’s talking to your heights that you decide to sell the house. Hans 5 neighbours about you. +1 obsession moves in after you leave and squats there. 6 He catches a glimpse of you +1 obsession • If your Obsession score reaches 0, then Hans finally loses interest in you and finds another Hans’ Antics... unattainable person to chase. Victory. He does, however, write a thinly veiled short story about you. He’s naked. He claims the 1 clothes are visible. +2 scandal It’s not flattering. He’s shoving letters through • If your Food Stores score reaches 0, then you run 2 your door. Stacks of them. - 1 obsession out of food and starve before Hans relents. The He’s weeping and howling, +1 scandal funeral is tasteful. He does not attend. 3 rolling about on the grass. - 1 obsession He stamps on a parcel Special rule: the Five Week Rule 4 intended for you. - 1 food He’s punching the house If you roll three consecutive 5s in a row for any reason, then 5 and crying about it. - 1 obsession Hans is dragged away kicking and screaming by an apologetic He puts his mouth to the relative, nurse or member of the constabulary. 6 letterbox and screams. +1 scandal