“I knew she was trouble the minute she walked into my office. ‘Course, the dame had done so quite a few times before. Didn’t matter. Every time was like the first time, enough perfume to make a man dizzy, legs that seemed to never end, a voice like silk. In short, she was a dame worth killin’ for. I knew that. I’d done it. She sat down in a chair, told me there was a problem. Knew she needed me. Situation looked bad. Crooks had been killed, and don’t get me wrong. I’m an honest, God-fearing man. I don’t mind the bad guys droppin’ like flies. They’re the bad guys, after all. But this was different. Small-timers were dying too and the Chinese had skipped town completely. Balance was threatened. This could get bloody.”
- Dicky Star, private eye
Scummit is an honest to G-d 1930s mafia larp being run by Daniel Y. Edman and myself. The three major crime organizations of Seattle, Eli Katzmann’s Jews, Rodolpho Marchetti’s Italians and, the most feared of all, Ludo Karel’s Russians, are meeting for the first time. Mysterious vigilantes in colourful costumes have been offing men from all sides, and it’s payback time. The police are under their collective thumbs, so it has to be someone from within… Intrigues will abound as Seattle’s professional lowlives gather to see who can come out on top or just alive. This is your chance to be one of the strapping strongmen, deadly femme fatales or despicable rabbis who vie for power in this most perilous Scummit.
The rules system will be very simple, not at all unlike Friday the Thirteenth. Some characters will have special rules, but it will be driven almost solely on roleplay. There are 19 characters, 5 Jews, 6 Italians, 7 Russians and the ‘heroic’ PI Dicky Star.
Please send Daniel a vague idea of what you want to play at Greyshoes@hotmail.com. Good things to think about is morally grey or wholly evil, amount of romance that would be prefered and where in the hierarchy you’d like to be.
Cost for the evening is $15 unless you’re a member of nzLARPS, at which point you only pay $10. Since we are at a bar, there will be alcohol at the event.
Date: Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Time: 18:30 - 22:30
Location: The Queen’s Ferry Hotel, Vulcan Lane
