A dark comedy love letter to Ars Magica.
You are wizards in a magical conclave. You are ambitious, self-centred and distrustful. You wield powerful magic that can lay waste to an army and a good deal of the countryside. You live together for protection against the enemies shared by all wizards.
Your leader is dead – a violent death breaking the Code of Wizards sworn by all of you. One of you killed him. All of you wanted to kill him.
You begin the story discussing who should be your new leader, but soon matters spiral out of control as hidden agendas and long suppressed hatred surface. Who is left standing when the purple smoke clears?
In Death of Rapacus, you and your friends get the tools to create a crazy and compelling story. The game provides characters, rules, and scripted story arcs that empower you and up to 5 friends to flesh out a dark comedy about duelling wizards. When someone narrates something happening you don't agree with, you shout "Over my dead body!" and you duel it out with a dice mechanic where everyone at the table gets a say.
A GM-less story game for 4-6 players. Death of Rapacus plays in 3 to 4 hours. You need dice and pens to play.