2004 · Core Rules (min needed to play)
Chiaroscuro
Set in Berlin in 1929, the game follows three intertwined stories of a nightclub, a murder, and a film production. Players portray characters drawn into a world of cabaret, decadence, ambition, and artistic obsession as the final triumph of the silent-film era takes shape. Using character materials and handouts, the group develops these connected stories through scenes of desire, violence, and creation, shaping a dark portrait of art and decline in the Weimar Republic.
Free-form (minimal or no rules - think improv theatre)
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