Post #2488759

2025-01-22 01:39 UTC

I’ve been thinking about this anonymously produced RPG for practicing anti-authoritarian tactics since I ran into it last week. https://survivethetyrant.infy.uk/?i=1 It dovetails well with my general sense that acting extremely normal online and off is probably a strong move for most people at this time.

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@kissane@mas.to 2025-01-22 01:43

Thanks to the makers, if you see this.

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@Tylae@phpc.social 2025-01-22 01:58

@kissane@mas.to thank you for sharing this. It is the salve I needed today.

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@ZaneSelvans@social.coop 2025-01-22 02:23

@kissane@mas.to lol, it's not a rocket-propelled grenade.

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@pete@social.coop 2025-01-22 02:24

@kissane@mas.to Looks really good (and am somewhat relieved it's not a rocket propelled grenade you ran into, as I first thought).

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@Brilliantcrank@mastodon.social 2025-01-22 02:53

@kissane@mas.to I might also suggest… https://subscribe.adbusters.org/products/a-manifesto-for-world-revolution

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@tito_swineflu@sfba.social 2025-01-22 02:59

@kissane@mas.to Here's a pseudonymously produced RPG: https://www.abebooks.com/9780873647380/Bazooka-Build-Own-Lewis-Anthony-0873647386/plp

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@joriki@infosec.exchange 2025-01-22 03:31

@kissane@mas.to thinking about that re: maybe deleting old posts, but then I think 'do not obey in advance' fits me better

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@pete@mas.to 2025-01-22 04:04

@kissane@mas.to Brought to mind Paranoia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game) #paranoia #rpg

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@tom@subdued.social 2025-01-22 05:33

@kissane@mas.to That document is amazing: * It says so much, * that is all so practical, * worded so concisely & precisely, * is so well organized, and * is so fun A masterpiece. I'm going to follow the authors' suggestion to leave printouts in public places.

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@acb@mastodon.social 2025-01-22 09:22

@kissane@mas.to In a pervasively authoritarian society, actually playing/running this game would get one flagged for attention. Instead of a resistance-themed game set in the present-day world, perhaps it’d make more sense to see scenarios set in cliché roleplaying worlds (D&D/Cthulhu/&c.) only designed to rehearse transferable experience for resistance in a plausibly deniable manner, while looking to informers like just some goofy nerd shit with hobbits or something

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@Maxfieldripken@mastodon.social 2025-01-22 09:31

@kissane@mas.to reminds me of those CIA sabotage books from decades ago, with such amazing tactics!

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@meltedcheese@c.im 2025-01-22 09:53

@kissane@mas.to Really great info. Thanks for posting!

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@annares@kolektiva.social 2025-01-22 19:05

@kissane@mas.to Now I want to do an RPG called "Black Blocs and Baristas"

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@Kelly@earthstream.social 2025-01-23 00:02

@kissane@mas.to Thanks so much.

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@ted@an.errant.cloud 2025-01-23 20:56

@kissane@mas.to I'm just listening to Quinns of Quinns Quest on Talk of the Table and the first game he mentions is Spire, which apparently is dark elves participating in a resistance against light elves in the city of spire and how hard it is: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/spire-rpg/?v=0b3b97fa6688 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-games-deserve-better-criticism-w-quinns/id1702398014?i=1000663650753

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@marick@mstdn.social 2025-01-24 15:21

@kissane@mas.to Well, this here result is ironic:

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