Experimental Masquerade
A downloadable game
After a long week at work, wouldn't it be nice to be able to let loose for a moment? Just forget about everything and have fun?
In Experimental Masquerade, you play as coworkers in a lab doing their work, sometimes bumping heads once in a while, until the invitation to the masquerade party arrives.
At the masquerade party, your characters are transformed into their chosen costumes. How will they react? Do they lose themselves in their new forms or have they been through this before?
Experimental Masquerade asks you what will you do if you're given a chance to embrace a new form in a liminal space, away from the strict procedures of working in a lab, just a temporary space to explore whatever your hearts desired.
If you are playing online over Discord/Roll20/Zoom, here's a link to a character keeper to help you play :https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fwtw4gorE5fE9MhDl1JXzykT1qIg_wNRmRZM3U53...
Experimental Masquerade is written and designed by Zuhayri Mohamed
Thanks to the people at Playtest Zero for testing this game!
Original version of cover Photo by Sieuwert Otterloo on Unsplash
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The game is divided into two phases: the Laboratory, and the Party. There are prompts associated with each location, and each player has a chance to choose a prompt for the table to engage with. Those for the lab gave the opportunity to build up the Lab and the relationships with co-workers there in a variety of ways. Those for the Party challenge the relationships and established norms of the Lab phase, urging players to consider what their characters do in a temporary space allowing them to explore their desires.
I really enjoyed the prompts in this game, and the vastly different environments introduced! I think there’s a lot of fun to be had in a masquerade party where people know they’ll be turning into their costumes. Especially contrasted to the formality and rigidity of the lab!
I'd suggest this for tables of 3-5 people, based on the numbers of availble prompts.
Read my full review [here].
Thanks for the review! Hope you enjoyed the game!