Midlife Blues – A Werewolf's Choice
(AKA: Midtlivs blues - en varulvs valg)
Genre: Komedie
Participants: 4-5 players, Co-playing facilitator
By
✏️ | Troels Ken Pedersen |
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Scenariet [Danish] | (0.2 MB) | |
Scenekatalog [Danish] | (0.1 MB) | |
The Scenario [English] | (0.2 MB) | |
Scene Catalogue [English] | (0.1 MB) |
Description
A warm, humorous, short storytelling game about the middle-aged werewolf Hemnes. The players must help him choose whether to handle his crisis by buying a sports car or by buying a motorcycle.
The game approaches its subject, the midlife crises of middle-class men, with love, charm and lots of werewolves. The players must explore the life of the middle-aged werewolf alpha male Hemnes in order to help him make the best choice at the end of the game, when he must handle his crisis either by buying a sports car, or by buying a motorcycle.
Midlife Blues – A Werewolf’s Choice is a storytelling game with elements of character play. The scenes of the game are defined by important people in Hemnes’ life – his mate Vittsjö, the young male Billy, the young female Kallax, the rival Söderhamn and the curious wolf pup Pax. One by one the players pick a scene and play Hemnes in it, someone else plays the other character, and the rest support with description and are in charge of cutting by means of a very special mechanic. This is a comedy where you will be funny together in a relaxed manner.
En lun, humoristisk fortællenovelle om den midaldrende varulv Hemnes. Spillerne skal hjælpe ham med at vælge om han vil håndtere sin krise ved at købe en sportsvogn, eller ved at købe en motorcykel.
Scenariet går til emnet, middelklassemænds midtlivskriser, kritisk men med kærlighed, charme og masser af varulve. Spillerne skal udforske den midaldrende varulve-alfahan Hemnes’ liv for at hjælpe ham med at træffe det bedste valg, når han til sidst skal håndtere sin krise ved at købe en sportsvogn, eller ved at købe en motorcykel.
Midtlivs Blues – En Varulvs Valg er fortællerollespil med elementer af karakterspil. Spillets scener er defineret ud fra vigtige personer i Hemnes’ liv – hans mage Vittsjö, den unge han Billy, den unge hun Kallax, rivalen Söderhamn og den nysgerrige ulveunge Pax. En efter en vælger spillerne en scene og spiller Hemnes i den, en anden spiller bipersonen, og resten støtter op med beskrivelse og står for at klippe ved hjælp af en ganske særlig mekanik. Dette er en komedie hvor man er sjove sammen på en afslappet måde.
Played at
Fastaval - Solarpunk (2021) |
Awards
Fastaval - Solarpunk (2021)
Winner, Bedste Virkemidler
A tight serving of howling wolves and midlife crisis is played out with few but effective mechanics. Everything fits together – from pre-game warmup to scenes and editing techniques – without ever losing the comedic touch. You feel the desperation while laughing out loud when the distressed werewolf's annoying children interrupt... again... and end the scenes.
Nominated, Bedste Formidling
A scenario written with an excess of skill and razor-sharp humour. The short form is spot on and the author conveys this lovely, slightly underplayed comedy with extreme precision. The scenario's central premise of the protagonist's choice between sports car and motorcycle permeates the overall narrative as well as the scenario text.
Trivia
- Klippemekanikken er inspireret af Forrykt
- Selvstændig fortsættelse: Midtlivs Blues 2: Sære Søstre
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