I am working on a new TRPG game system called KeyChains. It is a highly Narrative system, giving players the ability to control the challenges of the game as well as the successes of their characters.
It is in a very early form right now, but as more rules are developed and refined I will be releasing versions of the game as a free PDF.
For now, this thread is only for posting game test results. I will post more information here in the future.
Players:
Sakaki: Gang Member
Mokajima: Cop
GM_Nicholas: (NPCs) Nurse, Occult Researcher, TV Show Host
Opening Scene: "The characters are eating lunch in a food court. Armed men run in shooting." Add Gunmen
Original Final Scene: “The mayor is giving each of the characters a medal.”
Round One - Gunmen
Gang Member(0) - Lock: “I dive behind the counter at the MacDonald's. I am pinned down by gunfire.” +1 Add Pinned
Cop(0) – Lock: "A bystander is pushed into a glass window and it shatters leaving shards of glass all over the ground." +1 Add Broken Glass
Nurse(0) – Lock: "A bystander is bleeding and in need of medical attention." +1 Add Wounded Man
Round Two – Gunmen / Pinned / Broken Glass / Wounded Man
Gang Member(1) - Key: “I make a call to the police” -1 Remove Gunmen (in Round 5)
Cop(1) – Lock: "An RV crashes into the food court and catches fire!" +1 Add Burning RV
Occult Researcher(0) – Lock: "The gunmen steal an Occult Book in my possession" +1 Add Stolen Occult Book
Round Three – Gunmen(to5) / Pinned / Broken Glass / Wounded Man / Burning RV / Stolen Occult Book
Gang Member(0) - Lock: "A little child has been abandoned near the fire." +1 Add Abandoned Child
Cop(2) – Key: "I pull the fire alarm and put out the fire" -1 Remove Burning RV
TV Show Host(0) – Lock: "I have been taken hostage by crazed fans!" +1 Add Hostage
Round Four – Gunmen(to5) / Pinned / Broken Glass / Wounded Man / Stolen Occult Book / Abandoned Child / Hostage
Gang Member(1) - Key: "I hit the gunman in the head with a bottle and knock him out." -1 Remove Pinned
Cop(1) – Free Action: “I swing sausage links like a nunchaku ! 'Don't worry! I saw a KARATE-movie last week!'” 0 No Effect
Nurse(1) – Key: "I stabilize the wounded man with glass in his leg." -1 Remove Wounded Man
Round Five – Gunmen(to5) / Broken Glass / Stolen Occult Book / Abandoned Child / Hostage
Gang Member(0) - Lock: "The leader is hit with a sausage but the cop is strangled by it as well.” +1 Add Strangled / No effect on leader
Cop(1) – Key: “I turn on the slicing machine behind me to cut the sausage free.” -1 Remove Strangled
Occult Researcher (1) – Key: "The sounds of sirens fill the Mall." -1 Remove Abandoned Child (Child is still there but not in danger).
Round Six – Broken Glass / Stolen Occult Book / Hostage
Gang Member(1) – Free Action: "I retrieve the abandoned child and remove him from danger.” 0 Free Success
Cop(0) – Lock: “I find someone locked in the refrigerator at the German Deli.” +1 Add Locked in Fridge
TV Show Host (1) – Key: "A sniper takes down the kidnapper holding me hostage. I am covered in blood!" -1 Remove Hostage
Round Seven – Broken Glass / Stolen Occult Book / Locked in Fridge
Gang Member (1) – Free Action: “I hide from the cop. I don't want anything to do with him.” 0
Cop (1) – Key: “I find the key to the padlock on the unconscious gunman. I release the trapped employees.” -1 Remove Locked in Fridge
Nurse (0) – Lock: “The police arrest the gang member thinking he has something to do with the attack” +1 Add Arrested
Gang Member (1) – Free Action: “I tell them I had noting to do with it.” No Effect
Cop (0) – Free Action: “I tell the other cops not to arrest him.” Remove Arrested
New Final Scene (Gang Member pays one point): “The cop and I have noodles in a Chinese restaurant and eventually become friends. And the cop pays the bill."