- Aleksander R. Nordgarden Rødner(razumny)Norway
Oslo
Oslo
Proud father of Sarah Arwen
Live long and prosper.
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In A penny for my thoughts, each player plays a patient suffering from severe retrograde amnesia, trying to recover their memories. They have all been treated with a drug called mnemosyne, which allows them to sense the latent memories of others.
The book is written like an instruction manual for patients who treat eachother. The first two chapters deal with the treatment itself (i.e. how to play the game), while the third explains how to get the most out of the treatment. The fourth is a detailed example of treatment, after which follows an afterword and a few appendices.
The appendices include sets of facts and reassurances, definitions of the state of the world, questionaires and a chart showing the treatment process. Variants include "the ? identity", where you take the role of a secret agent who has lost their memory, and "the Shadow out of memory", a horror-setting.
While I have not yet had the opportunity to play the game myself, I am looking forward to doing so. It's a well written free-form experiment, and looks highly enjoyable.
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