If you are looking for a game which shows bizarre and surreal sides of capitalism, then stop now and play The Green Dawn Mall!
Fantastic art, writing and easy system which you can explain in 20 minutes and jump in to the mall immediately.
I recommend the keeper to read at least once through the entire descriptions & tables and pre generate a few plazas to pull off, because generating can take a bit of time ;)
The descriptions well written and in the end I started to create own factions and shops. I also watched a few episodes from the DEAD MALL SERIES to get into the mood.
Also, ask your players when their last time visited a mall and why - maybe you get some ideas for what's coming? Further, let your players decide who they are looking for, usually players come up with great ideas.
In our session, the teenagers searched the Mall for the mother of one of the characters. The mother wanted to by a birthday present, and I could create an entire journey along the birthday shopping tour. Our session included a singing gift card store (most challenging scene for me XD ), talking toy squirrel which just wanted to be hugged, toy shop with hostile amazons and a wrapping-paper-spider as final boss.
Already looking forward to playing it another time :)
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