| Fiasco - Lucky Strike

We just played our first game of Fiasco over Google Hangout and it went really well! Lot's of silly madness went down, but for being tired in the middle of a work week, we did a great job.

The story so far, so I don't forget:

Act 1

Scene 1 - Pvt Ricky Wilson (Rudy) - Ricky wakes up strapped into an operating table. Looking to his right he sees fellow soldier Dan Wayward (Eric) also strapped down, unconscious. Ricky frees himself, only to encounter a blood soaked scientist, Dr Tent, who proceeds to recapture him. Scene ends with the doctor drilling into Ricky's forehead.

Scene 2 - Dan Wayward (Eric) - Dan encounters Ricky (now a lunatic) and his handler (Frank) at the camp. Ricky freaks out thinking Dan stole his apple, but is able to win Ricky over and avoid getting cut.

Scene 3 - "Grease" Hawkins (Jon) - Grease, a Stars and Stripes reporter, is riding a motorcycle around with his Hell-raising ne’er-do-well pal Frank. They're both on the bike which has a sidecar attached that has a dog wearing aviator glasses and a press hat. Losing control, the motorcycle crashes into a bigwig's tent, that incidentally contains top secret info about the experiments that were done on Ricky and Dan. (The sidecar breaks loose, goes off on it's own. Fate of the dog? Unknown.) Grease gets busted and sent to the brig.

Scene 4 - Frank Synder (Peter) - Frank gets word that his French girlfriend, Marie, is off in a room above the bar that they're hanging out at (Le Prostis) with Dr Tent. Frank confronts them, but is outwitted by the Doctor who says he was only giving her an "examine".

Scene 5 - Ricky - Ricky's minder, Frank, convinces him to go play "asymmetrical poker" with some British soldiers inside a house near the base. Frank explains that in asymmetrical poker, you use your gun to take all the money from the table. Wanting to please his minder, Ricky complies. Luckily, the soldiers are both quite drunk and Ricky manages to walk out with the money. 52 cards.

Scene 6 - Dan - Quick flashback to when Frank was confronting Dr Tent and Marie at Le Prostis. Dan meets up with Grease to break into the doctor's tent in order to get the secret files regarding whatever experiments they were doing on Dan and his squad. Unfortunately, the file he finds is empty and Grease ends up publishing a story about Dan's ineptitude. (The actual files were up in the room with the doctor and Marie, oops)

Scene 7 - Grease - Dan, wanting to redeem himself, tips off Grease to something sinister going on at the Church of the Virgin in the nearby town. Grease and the gang head to the church which is guarded by a couple of MPs Dan knows. Dan buys them off with contraband cigarettes and they enter the church. While being hustled out, Grease catches a glimpse of Dr Tent's sinister operating room.

Scene 8 - Frank - Act 1 ends at a French farmhouse where a military band is playing for a dance that is going on. Frank gets word from Ricky that he spotted his girl Marie with Dr Tent again, so Frank goes to confront them. Frank calls the Dr out and gets into a fight, getting beat down by the doctor's guards. Having told Ricky to "play the ace on the doctor", Ricky shoots Dr Tent in the stomach and runs off into the night.

End Act 1.

I'm sure I left out some details, but that was the general flow of what happened. Pretty ridiculous and fun. After Act 1, Eric and Peter got to add some new elements to the story during "the tilt" and chose "Innocence - The wrong guy gets busted" and "Tragedy - Death, after an unpleasant struggle". How these will effect Act 2 and the aftermath, are yet to be seen.