1. Fiasco!A game of Powerful Ambition and Poor ImpulseControl@palfreyhttp://tevp.netFiasco was one of the greatest storytellingRPGs Ive ever played. I highly recommend it. -Wil Wheaton 2. What is it? GM-less, storytelling game Its like a film, except you get to make it up Little bit of structure (using some dice) Also can be used to write films, or help improvgroups 3. What its like Dark humour Things going horribly wrong is a lot of fun Things tend to start off messed up, then getworse, then explode horribly If youre not laughing by the end of the setup,something is going wrong 4. Inspired by Cinematic tales of small-time capers gonedisastrously wrong Fargo, Burn After Reading, anything by the Coenbrothers really Anything trope-heavy If youve spent a lot of time reading/playing stuff inthe genre, it helps a lot 5. What happens: playset Setting for this game White Line Fever is set in a getaway car Dragon Slayers is a bunch of adventurers, aftertheyve killed the dragon House of Ill Repute is set in and around theHouses of Parliament Touring Rock Band is basically Spinal Tap 6. What happens: Setup Roll some dice, create links between players Youre connected to the players on your leftand right Theyre related to you, and theres a thing(item, location, need) linking you Build characters from there 7. What happens: Scenes One player is the focus at a time Establish or resolve Establish whats going on or Resolve if this goes badly or well for you Everyone else picks the other one You get dice: good or bad ones You want mostly one or the other 8. What happens: Tilt Half-way through, theres the tilt Little bit more fuel on the fire A stupid plan, executed to perfection Greed leads to killing You thought it was taken care of but it wasnt etc Vague, intended to add flavour 9. What happens: Aftermath Roll the dice youve gathered, and see howbad things went Youve made it out with dignity intact, throughsome fluke... The worst thing in the universe: This probablydoesnt include death... Tell the ending 10. Interested? Lets try a quick setup phase...