Alma Mater (role-playing game)

Alma Mater is a role-playing game published by Oracle Games in 1982.

Description

Alma Mater is a humorous and anarchic system of role-playing high school students.[1] Character classes include types like Brain, Cheerleader, Criminal, Jock, and Loser; other sections cover social rules, chemistry (explosives, etc.), alcohol and drugs, combat, and a section on academics.[1] The rules cover witches and magic, magistrates and the law, the town crier, life in 1692, etc.[1] The game includes an introductory scenario.[1]

Publication history

Alma Mater was designed by Steve Davis and Andrew Warden, with art by Erol Otus, and published by Oracle Games in 1982 as a 48-page book with a color poster.[1]

Reception

Lawrence Schick comments that "The illustrations (by the notorious Erol Otus) are in such poor taste that the game was actually banned at GenCon!"[1]

Reviews

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 250. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
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