A table talk RPG is a game in which a minimum of two people gather to advance through dialogue and paper and dice. Participants make and write their own characters on the character sheet.
One of the participants is called the Game Master, who does not create characters, but makes scenarios and progresses in the game.
The Game Master communicates what happened in the scenario to the other participants, and the participants discuss and decide how to act according to the situation and communicate to the Game Master. The Game Master proceeds with a scenario that is prepared according to the participant's choice.
When fighting and any action is required, the player shakes the dice. The number entered in the character sheet is added with a dice to determine the success or failure of an attack or other action. Sometimes the game master shakes the dice and comes to judgment.
There are minor differences from game to game, but the general overview is as follows. Paper, pen, dice, and above all, dialogue.
Even after school, there are still quite a few people in every classroom. It's not a club activity. It is now a boom in Euthanasia. Remains to perform table talk RPG.
Kamimi has never done Table Talk RPG, but I know what it's like to see other students do it.
"Why don't you try Uenohara-san? I don't just keep watching."
Your classmates speak up for your beauty.
"TOKYO Dark Side Net. This is the most popular thing in school."
The fantasy world is not a stage TRPG, but a near future SF game inspired by the backstreets.
"Yeah, I heard a two-year transfer made it pop."
"Transfer student....."
There was one who had transferred to school a month ago. And recently, I heard that there are transfer students in two or three years. It was then that table talk RPG became popular on campus.
"Make a character first and fill out the character sheet"
An invited girl student gives Kamimi a piece of paper, two six-sided dices, and a pen.
(It would be nice to dare to use paper instead of digital entries)
While thinking about Kamimi, write the name of the character with his real name. In this era, paper is not gone, but paperless is quite advanced. School tests, however, are divided into what is done digitally by subject and analog. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology policy also leaves analogues for some reason, so they don't bring writing equipment to school.
"By the way, the rulebook, the box with the sheets? It looks expensive, but did everyone buy it?
"No, everyone owes it to the fashionable transfer student. Character sheets are printed. You can download it by visiting the official website. Dice, rulebooks and figures were in the box. I don't use any figures at all."
"Isn't it enough to have a book just with a dice? That's what I'm talking about!"
"There are games like that."
When Kamimi asked, students who were game masters and other students answered individually.
"What is that... Does it mean that one person has several of the same games and distributes them?
I think Kamimi thinks it's a great story. Is it true that the student originally owned many games for the purpose of making them popular? Or did you buy and distribute it because you saw signs of fashion in the school?
At the same time, I felt strange. It's an amazing table talk RPG freak, and I think it's convincing if you think of it as a rich kid, but can you do that as soon as you transfer to school? Moreover, it was only a few days ago that I switched schools and became popular throughout the school.
(Now, when I think about it, something seems unnatural....)
Kamimi feels caught anyway.
(Backstreet... no, someone with supernormal powers is planning something and using suspicious powers to make it popular... Hmm... how could I have come up with such a suspicious idea right away? I've been involved in the back streets and the paranormal areas so far, and my head is dyed there. But something suspicious is suspicious.)
Kamimi worried about one person.
"Now we're working on a scenario called" Late Night Assault Mummy Boxer. "A man dressed as a mummy and framing boxing gloves appears in a residential neighborhood in the middle of the night, beating passers-by, young and old. I'm asking you to catch him or kill him."
A female student who is playing GM "Game Master" explains.
"Are you sure you want to join us on the way?
Kamimi confirms.
"Yes, briefly, we've just finished interviewing victims and witnesses."
"The story of a police officer beaten by a mummy boxer stinks. I don't think you should trust me."
"There seems to be something at the scene of the traffic accident that Mummy Boxer was offering. Why don't you check it out in advance?
"I wonder if the mummy boxer will show up there again. They're beating each other to avenge their victims."
"What does it mean to be revenge and not to discriminate? There seems to be something going on around here."
GM answers and the participating students mumble.
Well, I'll try.
That's why Kamimi also sat down.
"You've come to the scene of a traffic accident. A new offering is still on the telegraph pole."
GM explains the progress and status of the conversation. Kamimi remembers what GM said in her head.
"Let's check the offerings."
One of the students proposes.
"The offering was a vase and dumplings. Below the dumplings was a slice of mummy."
(Something a little bossy, convenience, uh... but I don't think it's a good idea here...)
I thought so after hearing GM's explanation, it was beautiful, but I refrained from penetrating it.
"Do you have any other clues?
"How about we wait here till midnight?
"Is it true that the mummy boxer was offering, and not necessarily coming again?
"That's right. I wonder if we're going to get rid of the offering?
Er, that's the way out.
"But I think it's a good way to lure them."
It's an exterior road, but let's go there.
"Eh... uhh, yeah... okay..."
Upon the decision of the participating students, the GM role female students were clearly puzzled.
"In the middle of the night, a mummy boxer finally appeared before you. As soon as I see you, the mummy boxer asks me questions." Do you deny any justice for revenge? Answer me one by one. ""
No vengeance!
"Yeah, I can't be saved because I avenged you."
"I also disagree. I know how you feel, but I can't admit what you're doing."
"Hmm... if you want to avenge the person who caused the accident, I still know..."
Among all the honorable remarks, Kamimi made a slightly skewed remark.
(Ah, I knew you didn't have to tell me... After all, I'm not a Futuno-on-Nanoko. Ahhh......)
Since the gaze of the other participating students was poured into themselves at once, Kamimi answered honestly and regretted it.
(I wonder... When I just answered, something....)
And at the same time, I feel uncomfortable. The moment I answered, I felt something echoing in the core of my body, but I don't know who it is.
"Did Mogaki-san make this game scenario?
After the game is over, Kamimi asks GM students questions.
"Eh, no. There are a lot of scenarios for beginners ahead of time, so I'm just doing it. I'm a little nervous because today is the first time I've ever played games."
A GM student who answers in a shy manner.
"Even though the scenario has been prepared, if you remove the offering just now, it's a completely unexpected move, it's not in the text, and I think it was the moment when the GM volume was tested. What was I supposed to do when they said that?"
"I see, I was building a scenario with Adobe."
At that time, Kamimi was convinced that something obviously went wrong.