Character March 2025: Bars on Mars

It's that time of day again. Let's go to Mars and see what's up there. Since this would require another coplayer to give downsides to my narc and weaknesses to the alien species, I'll just do that myself.

My ratings will be done on four scales, each ranging from 1 to 5:

• RPG: How much does this feel like an RPG to me, as opposed to a board game?
• Soup Stone: How little content does the game expect you to add? For this scale, 0 is a complete Soup Stone since I'd like to sum the scores to see the game's total score.
• Would I Play: If I were given a chance to, would I play this game?
• Would I Write: If I were inspired enough and had time/energy for it, would I get back to working on this game?

Bars on Mars

Miles Kite is a drug salesman in the Mars colony Redhill, populated by the aliens and humans alike. He's a human. He sells drugs out of necessity. His Number (the only stat in the game) is 7 because he's quite cautious and speedy and not that good at selling his drugs or lying. His weapon of choice is a pocket pistol, and the one thing that he loves the most in the world (other than money, of course) is his copy of the extended cut trilogy of The Lord of the Wings movies. An epic fantasy tale that he loves to experience time and time again, each time under the influence of a different drug. He starts with 19 megacredits.

The narcs he specializes in are IS10B and some other narc that would be described by another player. Since I get to describe this one, let's just say it's a chemical compound that makes you "high as ten bees", which is why it's got that name. Its primary downside is that it will make your sight blurry for a time.

Ratings

5/5 RPG. It's a bit of a stretch, but you know what? It feels like a TTRPG more than my other 200-worders so far, or even when compared to some of my one-pagers.

2/5 Soup Stone. At least this game gives you decent starting points for what to make.

1/5 Would I Play. If I feel like it, I might give it a go.

0/5 Would I Write. I'm rather uninterested in the project. It was made as part of a challenge, it is what it is.

8/20 Total Rating