Overview | Saigon in Flames

Everybody wants the "Jade Buddha with the Golden Bat", a priceless artifact with reputed mystic powers. Secret Socieities and World Conspiracies are racing agents and operatives to war-torn Saigon.

Can you recover the artifact first? Can it really be used for world domination? Can you survive the mayhem of Saigon under siege? Or will the VC get you? Or perhaps your fellow team members are not what they seem?

"Saigon in Flames" is a team-based Freeform (3 teams of 3-4 Players) using our new-fangled "Bullets & Passports" Game Mechanic. Elements of the Feng Shui Role-Playing Game have been used, but lack of rules knowledge is probably safer!

References | Books & Novels

G. Greene | The Quiet American J. Conrad | Heart of Darkness H. G. Wells | The Time Machine E. Campbell | From Hell G. Grass | The Tin Drum

Cheapass Games | The Totally Renamed Spy Game F. Scott Fitzgerald | The Great Gatsby G. Orwell | 1984 R. Kipling | Collected Poems, Vol. 1

References | Films, Television Programs & Web Sites

Akira A Better Tomorrow Part 3 Reservoir Dogs La Femme Nikita Once Upon a Time in China Night of the Living Dead

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin The Killer Pirates of the Caribbean God of Gamblers Iron Chef - the servies www.redversusblue.com

Synopsis | Saigon in Flames

The plot of "Saigon in Flames" revolves around a mysterious artifact known as “The Jade Buddha with the Golden Bat”, a cursed item with mystical powers. Through the nature of its curse and the forces of fate, the artifact has ended up in South-East Asia.

The Freeform is set in April, 1975. The Vietnam War is in its final stages. U.S. forces are currently operating only in the south of the country, with the mainstay of units being deployed in the capitol, Saigon.

Rumours are abound that the artifact has made its way to Saigon. Conspiracies and various organisations around the world have sent agents into the city, in an attempt to locate the item. Players play Characters belonging to one of these Conspiracy groups and join the search in one of the world’s most dangerous cities on Earth!

Reviews | Saigon in Flames

Author: Thorfinn
Posted to: LiveJournal - Thorfinn's Journal

The first Pointless Mental Cruelty game was "Saigon in Flames", a 9-12 player freeform/multiform set in 1975 Vietnam. Despite our session running with only 6 players, it worked anyway... It would've worked a whole lot better with the full 12 players, but it was still fun anyway.