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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

#ZineMonth2022 - In Soviet Russia, Spy Are You! by Adventures Await

Whether we call in #ZineQuest4 or #ZineMonth2022, the very first zine that tickled my fancy and earned my pledge was  In Soviet Russia, Spy Are You! by Adventures Await

From the Kickstarter:
In Soviet Russia, Spy Are You! is a tabletop roleplaying game set in the late 1970's. You and your friends take on the role of secret agents working on behalf of Mother Russia to undermine the capitalist regimes of the decadent west. It's your job to assassinate high value targets, capture important intelligence, and sabotage the efforts of the Americans at every turn. You'll do this through a combination of guided narration and the rolling of six-sided dice (no more than three, no less than one). Overseeing your endeavors is The Handler, a player responsible for guiding you and your fellow agents through the story, coming up with obstacles and setbacks to throw your way, and narrating your thrilling successes... and equally impressive failures.

The Roulette System uses a d6 to determine the outcome of an action. It functions very much like a game of Russian Roulette in that, with each consecutive roll, the chance of failure becomes higher and higher. The number of consecutive rolls needed on a non-opposed action varies depending on the difficulty of the action.

EXAMPLE: Alexei Ivanovich wants to try to decode a basic cipher. The Handler determines the difficulty level to be Easy. So, Alexei Ivanovich rolls 1d6 TWO times. On the first roll, he needs to roll anything BUT a 1. On the second roll, he needs to roll anything BUT a 1 OR a 2.

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