MODELS is a unique roleplaying game, where the players play well fashion models who are also spies working for The Agency. We played a session of this game and it felt like we were playing though an episode of Charlie's Angels, the tv show from the 70's. We loved it.

The Tabletop Gaming Club recommends these product to gamers that want to try something new and a little different.

I loved the intensity of the storytelling through roleplay that A Single Moment helps create. It was absolutely perfect for two people who are trying to move into GM-less roleplaying games and who love this hobby because we love collective storytelling.

The basic premise is simple, make videos about fictional dreams with other people and riff off each others. There are quite a few random tables for inspirations.

In a lot of ways, this is a writing/acting video exercise rather than a larp, but its still a very interesting concept. There are some minor issues with the text, but it is still very usuable.

This is a great little storytelling game. Its easy to learn and produces great dream stories. The author has promised to make a supplement for it. I await eagerly!

This is SUCH a beautiful little game that really transported me! It was my first solo RPG and has opened my eyes to the possibilities. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to experience a great story (especially for fans of Studio Ghibli) - you really should buy this game!

It's an interesting playset and it guides players to create great RomCom stories full of recognizable tropes from the genre. The new twist rules make for crazy combinations. Loads of fun.

Deal of the Day turned out to be the bargain of a lifetime. A game so far ahead of its time, it's fantastic. Role Playing games are supposed to be cinematic in nature, so the idea of starting the game at the most exiting moment in the story, and then explaining how it came down to this moment, is pure genius. Plus, you get a game that plays in a single evening, needing only two players. Now it the time to draw steel, and define your legacy.

A Single Moment is a Roleplaying game for two players that tells the story of how two Samurai have come to odds and what bitter end awaits them.

Weighing in at a slim 43 pages, and with layout by Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games fame, A Single Moment would be best described in one word as “Focused.” While there is a greater narrative that unfolds, the assumption of the game is that it begins with the two principal characters already about to face off in a duel, and that the rest of the story is told in flashback.

Tobie shows a strong preference for the cinematic in this game, and the entire “experience” of the game must be envisioned through the context of a movie.

STRUCTURE

Rather than go over the full details of the game’s structure, I’ll go over it in broad strokes.

The game breaks down into several phases: The Opening Scene, which establishes who the two principal characters are, when and where the fight is taking place, how long this grudge has been left to fester, and what the tale is about. Each of these details are established in an alternating fashion by both players.

At this point, the players then go through the chapters, which detail the events that lead to the final single moment. Players use the chapters to build the tale. In playing through the tale the players attempt to resolve each scene and gain Choice Tokens.

At the end of the chapter, these tokens are converted to dice that are then rolled. Depending on how favorable the outcome, the players can either gain Edges, Hatred and Scars.

Hatred opens up a secondary scene wherein the Samurai in question has to deal with it by either Channeling their Anger or Letting Go of it. These can channel the story towards the final confrontation.

When all chapters are done, the finale is resolved, using the Edges and Hatred gained in the previous chapters. These form the dice pools used in battle, and the fight ends once a player runs out of Edges. Once the fight is over, the triumphant and defeated players get a chance to narrate the immediate and long term outcome of the confrontation.

OTHER PLAYSETS

Given the nature of the game, it becomes nearly trivial to strip out the base “setting” and replace it with anything from cowboys to space opera. As long as two things want each other dead, you’ve got a game of A Single Moment. Tobie acknowledges this by adding other genres to use from space opera to pulp and even romcom.

His additional notes also include a means to extend the game beyond a single confrontation to a longer format.

THOUGHTS

A Single Moment knows exactly what kind of game it wants to be. A two-player story game where the mechanics exist only to lend just that extra touch of uncertainty to leave both players guessing which samurai will walk out of the duel alive.

It’s emotional, gripping, and single-minded in what it wants to do and in that sense the game is as damn near perfect as I can think of as long as you buy into its singular premise.