ALAS VEGAS

You 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 troubleALAS 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 The game lasts four sessions structured like a miniseries leading to a revelatory final showdown It’s Ocean’s Eleven directed by David Lynch It’s Franz Kafka’s Fear and Loathing It’s The Hangover meets The Prisoner It’s not like anything you’ve played beforePLUS THREE MORE FUGUE CAMPAIGNSALAS 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 hightension adventures heavy on character and narrative The book contains ideas background and gamerunning advice by some of the finest RPG designers alive and three extra Fugue campaigns Yet Already frantic timetravel to save a chaotic collapsing universe Warlock Kings paladins returned to life as generals of a dark army and Remembering Cosmic Man the strange histories of superheroes Plus all the Fugue mechanics of courseThere’s also a complete standalone storygame set in the bloodred heart of classic Vegas Killing Bugsy Siegel by Kenneth HiteThe ultimate oneshot roleplaying game  Reviews from R39ylehAlas Vegas is a stunning selfcontained game with a heck of a narrative punch Jason MicalAbout the Creators James Wallis ‘the godfather of indie game design’ is the Origins Awardwinning designer behind Once Upon a Time The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen and the 2017 reboot of ParanoiaAlas Vegas contains contributions from Richard Dansky Matt Forbeck Gareth RyderHanrah