Prepare your coconuts, as players will be able to play an official Monty Python tabletop roleplaying game soon. Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme is an upcoming roleplaying game published by independent publisher Exalted Funeral. Players of this new tabletop RPG will choose between one of 20 character “situations” (a replacement for character classes) that range from knights to oppressed peasants. Each situation has five traits, with players making checks using a dice between a d4 and a d20, depending on how silly or serious the trait is. Rolling a critical success or failure also can trigger “dire consequences” that include rolling on a table to determine a range of surreal options. If faced with a deadly fate, players can also choose to sacrifice a member of their retinue, putting them in harm’s way instead of dying. The game is intended to be played either in a single one-shot or a very short campaign, which gives players more room to allow their character to simply flow with the humorous (and dangerous) storylines.
