True Man Don't Kill Coyotes.pdf

Trash Meets Steel

true men don’t

kill coyotes

Passion dripping from the coyote's eyes

He can taste his blood

And blood never lies

Red Hot Chili Peppers –True Men Dont Kill Coyotes

This was meant to be a Game Chef 2012 entry. Anyway, this game doesnt fulfill

the requirement of being easy-to-playtest, so Im not sure it will be accepted as a

legal entry. Should it get refused, Ill present it out of competition.

The ingredients are Coyote, Mimic, Lantern, and this thread, which talks about

oniric locations. The theme is “Last Chance”. In the last page of the game Ill

write how I used the various ingredients.

The title and the game are inspired by the Red Hot Chili Peppers song True Man

Dont Kill Coyotes .

Also Akira Kurosawas Rashomon has been a good inspiration.

I didnt smoke a peyote or used other drugs to imagine this game.

Really.

Ask who you want, Im a straight edger.

Blood never lies.

background

Yesterday the incarnation of the coyote god has been found dead. Killed. In his

tent.

The shaman who found the corpse called forth a vision for all the tribe, so that all

could meet the coyote god, and this way discover the murderer.

In the shared dream, all the people are dancing in circle, and one after the other

they tell what they know about the murder of the incarnation.

Since the coyote god is between people, also the blood speaks. You are dancing

with him, and he can taste your blood. And blood never lies.

get prepared

The object of the game is to have some sort of cathartic experience. Playing

youll create a shared virtuality where almost anything is clear, but a few points

that surely arent enough to clarify the entire situation. All the characters will

claim to have killed the incarnation of the coyote god, but no one will know what

exactly has happened. Youll play to discover the sense that everyone gives to

the murder, youll perceive the many interactions, youll explore the relativity.

To play youll need 4-10 players (included you), some sort of Fire (youll read

about it in the rest of this chapter…), some small pieces of red paper that well

call Bloods (two per player), some make-up to paint your body, an appropriate

location that enables all these people to dance in circle around the Fire, and an

appropriate soundtrack (youll read about this one too). Youll also need to print

& cut all the characters youll find at page 10.

Heres how you proceed:

Gather some people. You need to be at least four, and maximum ten, for the

ritual to work. It will probably be a lot better if there are also some hot girls in

there, but thats just my opinion.

Find a proper location. It must be large enough to allow all those people to dance

in circles.

Put something similar to a lantern in the middle of the location. A lantern is good

if you are in a room, but consider the possibility to play with a bonfire if youre

playing in an open space. About the bonfire: here in Italy its illegal, I dont

know about the rest of the world, so do what you can.

Youll also need some sort of soundtrack for the entire ritual. Ideally you need at

least a computer with good speakers in the room you are playing in; in that case,

prepare a very long playlist of songs and put the total replay, so that it can go on

and on nonstop. I recommend to call real musicians that can deal with tribal

music if you have the possibility and the proper location. Like a forest or so. It

doesnt necessarily need to be ritual music, it just has to be what I call “trippy

music”. Not so much lyrics (and possibly NO lyrics), unintelligible sense,

psychedelic atmospheres, somehow-relaxing effect. It must be like a sort of

mantra. Dont use rave music. Refer to the “music” chapter of this handbook for

suggestion about the music to use.

Read and cut all the characters in the “character” chapter and fold them so that

you cant recognize them.

If you are only four players use only the Coyote God, the Shaman, the Mimic and

the Hunter.

If you are five players, add the Old Man.

If you are six players, add the Vision.

If you are seven, add the Observer.

If you are eight, add the Mingle.

If you are nine, add the Rattlesnake.

If you are ten, add Mr. Mojo.

All the characters are put in a cup or something like that. Every player randomly

takes a character, reads it, and put it in his pocket.

Then, every player will then take the makeup and color himself as he wishes to

represent his own character. Not only the face, but also everything of his body

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