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Our Friends the Machines [Easy Rules] [Beginner Friendly]
*** This year, the robot revolution starts on the toy shelf! Adults are incredulous. Can you children stop the machine takeover? ***
$10.00
/ Session
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Once / Sunday - 6:00 PM UTC
May 25
Session Duration / 4–4.5 hours
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
"These Toys Conspire Your Demise" --> Beginner friendly -> Learn to play in 15 minutes or less! --> Player-driven narrative -> solve the mystery your way! --> New to Alchemy vtt? -> I’ll have you ready to play in no time! The year is 1987. “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley is blasting from every radio. Magnetrine vessels lazily float across a cloudless spring-sky. Is this the season, you will finally leave your childhood behind? Truth be told, all your young teenage minds are just obsessed with the same old question: How to get your hands on the freshest arrival at the toy store? ... But wait. ... Did that toy-robot just twitch? --> immersive theater of the mind -> illustrations and soundscapes for all scenes! --> a safe social space & LGBTQ+ friendly game --> Pre-generated characters will be provided. In Tales from the Loop players take on the role of teenage children in an alternate 1980s Sweden. Leaps in technology have vanguarded a scientific revolution. Robotics! Autonomous programming! Magnetically propelled flight! Yet, little has changed in the lives of twelve-year-olds. The things that truly matter are music, gossip and curfews - and those have remained just as you, the players, might remember them. Tales from the Loop is a game about the thrills of science fiction and the wonders of nostalgia. It is a game that centers on narrative choices over rules mechanics. It is easy to learn and very beginner friendly. --> No preparations needed -> just bring yourself & your imagination --> experienced GM -> Decades of playing RPGs; GM’ed a 100+ convention games --> cozy thrills -> there is little combat and your children-characters are ultimately safe from any serious harm “Our Friends the Machines” This one shot is a detective mystery with minor elements of science fiction, action and horror. In this adventure, a new toy line is launched in Sweden to rival American brands like "Transformers". Your characters have been hyped for weeks. But as the launch draws near it becomes clear: ---> These robots hide more than meets the eye! <---
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Meet the Game Master
5.0
(25)
Less than a year on StartPlaying
10 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Inclusive
About me
Hi, I’m Peter. An instigator of mirth and mischief. Are you curious about an exciting new rpg system? Do you want to explore an intriguing setting or world? The right time is now. Contact me for your custom game! I have experience running more than a dozen game systems. I am an educator and patient teacher. I have yet to reach the limits of my imagination. ________________________________________________________ Come and say "Hi!" over on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/syrsapperlot.bsky.social A few friends and I design pretty things for Daggerheart: https://starlitarchivesgames.substack.com ________________________________________________________ I love variety in my games. I have theory-crafted in D&D. I have crunched the numbers in Pathfinder. Over the years though, it were the rules light, narrative-focused systems that grew on me. Consequently, collaborative storytelling is the main focus of my games. As a player on my table, your ideas and choices are the clay from which our game worlds are shaped. ________________________________________________________ Sapperlot Lore For the past decade, I’ve been traveling the world and teaching a joyful mishmash of subjects. Acting classes in Bishkek, Kirghistan. Politics 101 in Moscow, Russia. Scientific writing in Frankfurt, Germany. Now, I teach people their new favorite ttrpg systems. I started GMing for my high school friends many, many moons ago. A few years ago, I discovered the joy of GMing at conventions. So far, I’ve run about 50 one shot games at events of all stripes and sizes. I’ve run games in all kinds of systems. From D&D to Daggerheart. From SciFi to Eldritch Horror. Player feedback was astonishingly enthusiastic and positive. Thus, I thought to myself: I should do this more often. So here I am. When I am not GMing, I listen to music for most of my waking hours. Currently in heavy rotation are, among others, the Dire Straits; Nine Inch Nails; Florence & the Machine; and Faderhead. Things I enjoy a little too much for my own good: video games, political commentary, Magic the Gathering, chocolate. ________________________________________________________ Maybe I’ll see you at my next table? Stay curious and never stop learning! ________________________________________________________ Where does the name ‘Sapperlot’ come from? ‘Sapperlot’ is an old-timey German way of expressing surprise or amazement, like ‘Blimey!’ in British, or ‘Holy Smokes!’ in American English.
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Creating your character
I will provide pre-generated characters on the day of the session. Pick an 80s song as inspiration and theme for your character!
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Have an Alchemy account. New to Alchemy VTT? No worries! I am an experienced and patient teacher. Bring a microphone. Bring headphones. (The soundscapes are best experienced this way.) Video is optional, yet encouraged. Have a Discord account. Lastly, pick a a favorite song from the 80s to serve as your character's theme. Want to get in the mood? Browse some stellar artwork by Simon Stålenhag: https://www.simonstalenhag.se/tftl.html
What Peter Sapperlot brings to the table
I am experienced Game Master, who has run over a hundred one shots at a variety of conventions and public events. I am also an experience and patient teacher. New to Tales from the Loop or new to Alchemy VTT? No problem, I’ll have you ready to play in no time! Player-driven narrative: I provide a space for your creativity and ideas to blossom and proliferate. No railroads, yet always a clear sense of direction. Immersive atmosphere: I provide illustrations and soundscapes for all major scenes. We play theater of the mind, though I utilize plenty of pictures and also maps to aid your imagination and orientation. The complete alchemy package: I bring everything we need for our game on Alchemy: source books, character sheets, official art, atmospheric sounds and animations. Pre-generated characters will be provided.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Microphone
Headphones
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Safety
How Peter Sapperlot creates a safe table
Mini-Session-Zero [~45min total] Before the game we will take a moment to: *draw lines and veils (safety-tools talk) *learn to use Alchemy *explain the rules *pick your characters from a selection of pre-gens *introduce the beautifully haunting world of Tales from the Loop Rules-light: Tales from the Loop has a very easy rules system and only a few mechanics. Roleplay-heavy: The main focus is therefore on how you portray your characters. How do they react to world around them? My games are a collaborative exercise in storytelling. You, the players, shape the game world as much as I or the source books do. Your choices and ideas matter and will significantly impact the outcome of our story.
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