Last Train to Bremen: Lean and Mean Edition
What it is. During a conversation in a discord server, there was a discussion of games that can run in an hour. I play in four weekly seven am games (B/X, oD&D, Delta Green) and three additional lunchtime games that all run for an hour. These must be focused and somewhat less dramatic in many cases because there simply isn't time to get deep into a lot of material/ A member of the server (who would play Cat) identified that she thought Last Train to Bremen could be run in an hour. Having not played that game but being interested in the themes, aesthetic, and a turn away from the OSR mines, I agreed to play. Between chatting and play there was about eighteen hours of wait. The beauty of the global internet. Prior to play we selected the members of the band we would represent. I would play Mule, and made sure to refresh myself on the variation of Liar's Dice used in the game. What happened. We read the introductory prose. Seven short pages total. There's a few places...
