The Canary

RPG system: LARP

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Description

The Canary is a small, dingy maintenance ship tasked with refueling Jarnax Corporation's medium-space satellites. The Canary's new crew are all suited for such tasks, being low-status employees with the proper assortment of skills. The current mission couldn't be simpler: get the ship back into working order and refuel four satellites. But there's a more sinister purpose behind this seemingly simple mission, and it's not one that bodes well for the crew.

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tl;dr: psychological horror in a dystopian sci-fi setting

Good for players who: like mystery and drama, don't mind tabletop-esque mechanics, enjoy leaning in to an emotional experience

Bad for players who: prefer to focus on goals over emotional experiences, have triggers around mental illness

Run Time: 1.5 hours plus pre-game demonstrations and post-game wrap-up

Players: 4

Suggested player experience level: Intermediate to expert; the theme makes it less ideal as a first LARP

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The Canary is a psychological horror game about being low-level employees for an evil megacorporation in a sci-fi libertarian dystopia. It uses custom playing cards to represent items and die rolls to represent physical abilities. It can be played without first playing The Dove, which is in the same setting and uses the same mechanics, but players who have played the Dove first will be especially offended by how janky the space ship is and may notice some easter eggs.

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