Compagni - Un Gdr Rivoluzionario (GDR)

2-5 friends gather around a table. They 'create' revolutionaries, imagine threats, and fight to make their country a better place. If they are lucky, they will change the world. Otherwise, they will die as martyrs.

The players narrate this story together. Sometimes they roll dice, but mostly they talk. A gamemaster, or GM, is there to keep things moving, but it is the players who are the stars.

Drawing inspiration from games like Apocalypse World, Monsterhearts, and Night Witches, Compagni uses simple rules to tell complex stories full of hope, deceit, danger, and betrayal. The game is easy to teach, even for novice GMs, and is quick and dirty just like the revolution.

Compagni was created to remind those who identify as leftist that they are the heirs of a glorious tradition of struggle for the working class causes. We hope that playing it will give you strength and that, when the grind of real politics tires you, you will remember the moments spent as comrades, comforting yourselves.

The 170-page manual contains:

Ten playbooks defining various archetypes of revolutionary, including the Demagogue, the Mystic, the Artist, the Worker, and the Brute
A guide to the basic mechanics of the game, keeping the action moving at a breathtaking pace
Instructions for teaching the game and running the first session
A guide for the GM of Compagni, on how to bring your revolution to life with minimal preparation
Khresht: 1915, a complete setting to play immediately
Countless examples of play