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Surprise Parties
Surprise Parties is a simple story game intended for fast play, fun situations and light preparation. Any session of the game is composed of two key elements: characters and an adventure. The characters are taken from popular media acrhetypes, but they are thrown in at the deep end in a genre they are not usually to be found in. Mashing up comedic leading characters with action-adventure stories creates some surprising situations to explore. To facilitate online play, a spreadsheet is available on this link; make a copy and edit it to suit your own games.
Price:
$5.00
Rating:
5.00 (from 1 reviews)
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