This is a one-shot of Alice is Missing , set on the date that the game actually takes place!
About Alice is Missing
Alice is Missing is a silent role-playing game about the disappearance of Alice Briarwood, a high school junior in the small town of Silent Falls.
The game is played live and without verbal communication. Players inhabit their character for the entirety of the 90-minute play session, and instead of speaking, send text messages back and forth to the other characters in a group chat, as well as individually, as though they aren’t in the same place together.
Haunting beautiful, deeply personal, and highly innovative, Alice is Missing puts a strong focus on the emotional engagement between players, immersing them in a tense, dramatic mystery that unfolds organically through the text messages they send to one another.
In the game, Alice was last seen on December 19th, and gameplay takes place on the 22nd. While those are a Wednesday and Saturday in the year that the game takes place, we’re sticking with the dates (in the western hemisphere, at least!).
Subject Matter Warning
- This game inherently deals with topics like missing children, tense family dynamics, grief, death, violence, and helplessness. Safety tools will be used.
Notes
- This is a GM-less game, though I will facilitate and teach as well as play along.
- No experience is required, game and tools will be taught.
- We’ll be using Discord for pre-game discussion, gameplay (using a bot to facilitate), and debrief. Video and/or voice chat will be used only for pre- and post-game discussion.
Information
- Game/System: Alice is Missing by Spenser Starke.
- Schedule: 1 session.
- Length: 3 hours.
- Breaks: One break after character creation.
- Tools: A private Discord server for video/voice chat and gameplay, and a Google Sheets aid for safety tools and (optional) note-taking.
- Recording: This game will not be recorded. Archives of the game’s text messages can be downloaded if requested.
- Sharing Recording: The game will not be shared.
- Contact: I will email RSVPed players to confirm attendance one week prior to play, and then send invites to the Discord server and the safety tools document several days before play begins.
- Safety Tools: CATS; X-Card; Lines & Veils; Open Door Policy.
- This game will follow The Gauntlet’s Community Code of Conduct.
Session & Sign-Up
- One-Shot - 2021-12-23T00:00:00Z → 2021-12-23T03:00:00Z