Eternity RPC Board
10-03-2018, 11:15 AM
This reminds me a bit of the game called ''Secret Hitler'' that I have. It works a bit differently, but the idea is also based on the concept on covert double roles. One person is secretly Hitler, and there are a few (secret) Fascist accomplices. The rest of the players are liberal politicians (everyone pretends to be one at least), having to prevent Hitler from getting elected to power. They have to prevent Fascist cards being played, find out who the Fascists are that are deliberately doing this, and ultimately find out who among them is Hitler - and assassinate him in time.
Maybe we could borrow elements to fill in potential blanks in this set up. I have two storylines in mind as well. One is basically not-Count of Monte Cristo meets not-Romeo and Juliet meets Florentine drama. Rich guy gives a masked ball, but his family is involved in a Vendetta against another rich family. Obviously its about a woman. The rival family takes this as an opportunity to take sweet revenge for past grievances.
Listen some dramatic Italian opera Aria from Pagliacci by Leoncavallo for effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY
Alternative:
We make things a bit more political. The Italian city states developed the modern system of ambassadors and embassies. These were early modern spy dens in Europe, as ambassadors (aside from being nobles and merchants at the same time) were also working as spies. Or rather, they recruited them. Perhaps such and such city state wants to assassinate the prince of another, uses this ball to develop a plot to do it. The ambassador is at the ball as well, but someone among the guests has been recruited by the ambassador to kill the prince. But the prince is not a fool of course. He knows there is a plot. His black cabinet, that is the secret men in the post offices, deciphered the secret letters between the enemy prince and his embassy.
The question is, who is the ultimate killer? The prince wants to unmask the killer at the ball and use it as a casus belli. So he brought his own guards with him, posing as guests, with the mission to find the killer. BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
Maybe we could borrow elements to fill in potential blanks in this set up. I have two storylines in mind as well. One is basically not-Count of Monte Cristo meets not-Romeo and Juliet meets Florentine drama. Rich guy gives a masked ball, but his family is involved in a Vendetta against another rich family. Obviously its about a woman. The rival family takes this as an opportunity to take sweet revenge for past grievances.
Listen some dramatic Italian opera Aria from Pagliacci by Leoncavallo for effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxonfpfuTY
Alternative:
We make things a bit more political. The Italian city states developed the modern system of ambassadors and embassies. These were early modern spy dens in Europe, as ambassadors (aside from being nobles and merchants at the same time) were also working as spies. Or rather, they recruited them. Perhaps such and such city state wants to assassinate the prince of another, uses this ball to develop a plot to do it. The ambassador is at the ball as well, but someone among the guests has been recruited by the ambassador to kill the prince. But the prince is not a fool of course. He knows there is a plot. His black cabinet, that is the secret men in the post offices, deciphered the secret letters between the enemy prince and his embassy.
The question is, who is the ultimate killer? The prince wants to unmask the killer at the ball and use it as a casus belli. So he brought his own guards with him, posing as guests, with the mission to find the killer. BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.