[UA] Disinterest is for Sissies (was UA LARP)

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

I did something like this with a MET LARP, once.  It
was set in slightly-post-Byzantium Jerusalem
(actually, about 1000AD, when just before the Seljuk
Turks closed off the city to Pilgrims.  1 Gold Bezant
was still the asking price for those trying to get
into the city at that time -it cut down on holy
vagrancy) and I wanted to add an air of corruption to
it.  I told my narrators that they should actively
accept bribes (with the stipulation that anything a
player offered was a valid bribe) and gave each one a
subplot to be biased toward and one to be biased
against.  It seemed to work out well.  At least, a few
players got really creeped out by it and that's good
enough for me.

--- Liam Astley <esp.horsepie at btinternet.com> wrote:
> it could be fun to have
> different Refs who seem
> (to the players) to be normal impartial moderators
> but who actually have an
> in-game agenda of their own. it could be a nice way
> of adding that element
> of randomness that gareth hanrahan was talking about
> it.

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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