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Content Warning: Like the story this game is based off of, this game will feature heavy themes of child abuse. Listener discretion is advised.

Two people are traveling to Omelas, thinking they will be able to harness the power and wealth of Omelas. However, Omelas' prosperity is due to the immense suffering of a child. The world will not bring about the desires of our protagonists, but maybe this city and this child can...

This one shot is heavily based on the Hugo Award winning short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is advised if you're unfamiliar with the story to read it first. It is fairly brief. While we are sure it might be possible to find a copy of it online, it is also available in ebook and book form, with links from the official website for Le Guin, and from your local library. The story was collected in The Wind's Twelve Quarters.

Ethan - GM

Ben - Mahara (They/Them), Spider, Opportunistic Graverobber. They seek to establish an estate in the countryside.

Dan - Toron (He/Him), Merchant, (former) Oppressed Laborer. They seek to buy their brother's freedom from prison.

With Reggie unavailable, Titus and Grant hear from Mr. Smiley the nature of things. Along with Ford, they must press on in this final act to see if they can save Harlem, or if it and the world is doomed...

Harlem Unbound is by Chris Spivey for Darker Hue Studios & Chaosium, and can be found as both a pdf for the multi-system 1st Edition version at Darker Hue's website, and as a pdf or physical book for the Call of Cthulhu 2nd Edition at Chaosium.

Ethan - GM

Dan - Ford Kitchens, a guy who knows everybody and can fix most things.

Greg - Titus "Dusty" Boyer, a young New Orleans native who can tend bar and play tuba in a NO jazz style.

Vince - Grant S. Green, a photographer who runs his own studio.

1943: Nazi occupied Paris. Hitler's zeppelin docks at the top of the Eiffel Tower. The Allies send their greatest weapon to take him out -- a squad of super-powered vampire commandos! Drink der Führer dry!

Eat the Reich is a new game by Grant Howitt, using d6s to kill Nazis and drink blood. Ethan is using the scenario from the book. It is available at Rowan, Rook and Decard's website.

Ethan - GM

Dan - Nicole

Jared - Iryna

Sam - Chuck

In a science fantasy setting, a trio of travelers board the airship the Bean Barge as ancient insects emerge from their slumber. The title might tell you how well this trek goes...

Cloud Empress is a system based on Mothership. Both a rules book and this scenario are available thru DriveThruRPG. More information on the system is available on the Cloud Empress website.

Ben - GM

Dan - Wyrm "Teeth", Sellsword

Ethan - Clancy "Locust Lunch", Magician

Greg - Nagi, Punk

In the aftermath of Archie's actions, the investigators of Harlem check in with Queenie. They also check in on some other faces, and plot on what to do with Mr. Smiley's next move...

Harlem Unbound is by Chris Spivey for Darker Hue Studios & Chaosium, and can be found as both a pdf for the multi-system 1st Edition version at Darker Hue's website, and as a pdf or physical book for the Call of Cthulhu 2nd Edition at Chaosium.

Ethan - GM

Ben - Sgt. Reginald Luther, a field medic for the Harlem Hellfighters, who is trying to get in to med school or get out of America.

Dan - Ford Kitchens, a guy who knows everybody and can fix most things.

Greg - Titus "Dusty" Boyer, a young New Orleans native who can tend bar and play tuba in a NO jazz style.

Vince - Grant S. Green, a photographer who runs his own studio.

Rachel is getting married, and she's going with her friends to a strip club. They resolve to have a night to remember, but with the liquor flowing freely, will they remember it, or will it be a night to forget...

Daiquiris and Drunk Girls is part of Level 1 2023, a Free RPG Day anthology. It is available, still for free, at DriveThruRPG and at 9th Level Games' website.

Ben will be making a lot of references to Rachel Getting Married, a film from Jonathan Demme.

If you want another tab open with an appropriate play list, feel free to listen to our Spotify Playlist, Advanced Daiquiris and Drunk Girls.

Jared - Ada Jolenbeck - The Girl From High School Who Isn't Over The Fiancee

Ben - Rachel Demme - The Bride

Ethan - Cammy Cameron - The Frenemy

Greg - Cyndi Stacy - The Friend Who Doesn't Want To Be There