{"product_id":"death-in-berlin-solo-rpg","title":"Death in Berlin Solo RPG","description":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin, somewhere between 1961 and 1989. The Wall is up, the city is cut into four sectors, and every second stranger is working for someone. Death in Berlin is a solo journaling game by Jérôme Mioso, published by Critical Kit, the studio behind Be Like a Crow. You play an intelligence agent hunting a conspiracy in the largest nest of spies of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou choose a side, Western or Eastern Bloc, and a motivation: ideology, ambition, or something less tidy. The conspiracy is laid out as a pyramid of playing cards, each card a suspect and each suit a world of its own: the military and intelligence services, politics, business and finance, the arts and subversion. You put suspects under surveillance, roll against them, and work your way up to the mastermind at the top. Every connection you uncover comes with a narrative prompt, and your journal turns it into a story of dead drops, safe houses and people who are not who they said they were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGetting closer has a price. Each discovery and each failed roll adds Heat, and when it reaches six your cover is blown and the game ends. Foil enough plots and you rise in Rank, which gives you access to a Silver Bullet: a disguise, an accomplice, a favour that almost guarantees success and draws even more attention to you. The tone is closer to le Carré than to Bond: patient, a little grubby, and rarely certain who won.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 56-page A5 softcover is half game, half guide. The first part covers Cold War Berlin itself, with the four sectors, maps of the checkpoints and districts, the intelligence agencies, the equipment and the jargon of the trade. The second part holds the rules and the tables for suspects, names, places, weather, objects and code names. You need a standard deck of cards, a set of polyhedral dice and something to write in. A full investigation takes an hour or more, depending on how much you put on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath in Berlin suits solo players who like their history with a raised collar, fans of spy fiction, and anyone curious what espionage looked like before mobile phones and the internet. It is recommended for ages 16 and up because of its mature themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdd it to cart - it ships from Leeuwarden, ready to go.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Critical Kit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55812201972055,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/2270\/7287\/files\/DeathInBerlin01.webp?v=1794409320","url":"https:\/\/netherbook.com\/products\/death-in-berlin-solo-rpg","provider":"Netherbook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}