Random Thoughts on Stale Beer Espionage Gaming
“Intelligence work has one moral law - it is justified by results.” ― John le Carré, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold With John le Carré's A Legacy of Spies coming out this week I've been rereading his George Smiley novels. Doing so has been getting me thinking about espionage RPGs. I don't have a ton of experience running or playing in espionage RPGs. I've been involved in a number of one-offs using Top Secret , Top Secret S/I , and James Bond . Back in my middle school and high school days of the 1980s such games tended to emulate the James Bond movies - some investigation/information gathering, with a lot of thrilling chases. A lot of Call of Cthulhu gaming over the past several years has taught me that gaming can be quite exciting with a high degree of tension with minimal combat. In Call of Cthulhu combat is dangerous. If you need to fight someone, your best bet is to ambush. A fair fight is dangerous, even for someone with a high degree of...