Serenity is a cosplayer and TTRPG performer, who DMs the award-nominated AP series Tragedy of Theolosian, as well as Mass Effect: Mirage on FeyWildNOut. We both wanted to get deep in our feelings, so we dove into a game of You Know Me Still, and discovered the deeply toxic relationship between two warring fantasy spies, and the massive courts they represent.
It Takes Two to Tango is a 2-player, rules-lite, GM-less tabletop RPG about rival spies sent on a mission together. Two rival spies. Two rival agencies. One major job. And unfortunately, one way through the door: Pretending to be a married couple.
I sat down with the game’s designer, Mark Vertlib, for a superheroic espionage-filled game to see how it all works.
War, real actual war, changes you. Or, in the case of Intelligence officer Torch Saflam, war reveals to you who you really were from the start. This is his story. It is not a story of heroism. Continue reading →
Everyone hears the stories of the heroes of these wars among the stars. The bright, flashy wins. The dramatic choices. But those aren’t the things that win wars. There are much messier decisions happening just in the shadows… Continue reading →
Agent 21 has been abandoned on the field. His superiors compromised. His resources tapped. And his contacts burned. There’s only one thing to do from here: Escape. Continue reading →
LEYLA KHAN IN: THE DENIABLE WOMAN!
The Russian Government is concocting something behind closed doors, and let’s put this way: You know it’s bad when the Vampire Conspiracy wants you dead over it. Continue reading →
LEYLA KHAN IN… NEVER SAY DEAD
Special Agent Leyla Khan just woke up in a hospital in Budapest with no memory of the past several years, a bullet wound in her side, and two distinct bite marks in her neck. It’s going to be a long night. Continue reading →
You know what they say: What happens in Vegas… is strictly classified. Especially when it involves superpowers.
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The year is 1849. Undead monstrosities roam the desert. Demonic ore fuels dangerous, untested science. And in a small railway town, a deal is about to take place for a deadly, dangerous doomsday weapon.
Sounds like it’s time to send in the clowns. Continue reading →
Two ex-spies–one a field agent, one a mission control specialist–meet up in a crowded gala, years after leaving The Game behind. Can they cut through years of red tape and bureaucracy to find a sense of closure? Continue reading →