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Pangolin Prom is a one page rpg based on the Lasers & Feelings engine.

You don't need to know Lasers & Feelings to play it. In fact, it's perfectly self-contained, and it makes good use of L&F's rules-light engine to pitch an excellent hook (you are pangolins at prom) while also being easy to learn and effortless to run.

P&P doesn't make a lot of modifications to the L&F engine, so in most circumstances you'll roll a number of d6s based on your advantages and try to score under or over the appropriate stat.

Weirdly, Pangolin isn't a stat. Instead your character is a mix of Textbooks and Dancing. Also, the +1 die bonus that you'd normally get for being an expert is a little undefined. Every character starts with a hidden talent, though, so it's easy enough to say that's what the PCs are experts in.

Still, the big selling points for Pangolin Prom are its premise (you are a pangolin at prom) and its random adventure table. That adventure table is chock full of giant robots, zombies, cthonic gods, and sapient punch bowls, and it's guaranteed to produce something fun and charming and compelling.

Overall, if you want a no-prep one-shot, it's tough to do better than this. Grab a copy if you can, and bring it out the next time you get a chance to run a one-shot.