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<p> Five tabletop gamers suddenly and without warning find themselves thrust into a series of dangerous and terrifying scenarios, forced to adapt and act like characters in a role playing game. They struggle to stay sane and in touch with their humanity as they try and figure out exactly what's going on and how they can stop the endless cycle. </p> <p> </p> <p> The twist? They <em> are </em> characters in a game, being played by the author as he writes the story. Survival Mode is a narrative solo roleplaying game Let's Play presented as serial fiction. Call it a LitsPlay, or a LPFic or something. </p> <p> * This is a solo RPG. It's me, using GURPS and some sort of GM emulator. Likely one that'll change as time goes on. I roll dice to decide what happens according to the game mechanics, and then write it up like a story. * The PCs were created randomly using the RPG supplement <em> Central Casting: Heroes NOW </em> and written up as 75 point characters in GURPS. That makes them somewhat capable but ordinary people unsuitable for a life of adventure, but they have to do it anyway. * The game is written in a narrative third person style. You can ignore the mechanical footnotes and just read it like a story. * We're using pre-written RPG scenarios as our base, but will divert as our GM emulator dictates. </p> <p> While the game is presented as fiction, it is in fact an Actual Play (simiar to a video game Let's Play) report of a game in progress, one that I play while writing, using real published RPG materials from different companies. </p>
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