The Shab Al-Hiri Roach

The Shab Al-Hiri Roach

Haven't had a chance to play this (seven-year-old) game yet, but it frankly sounds incredible. From the itch page:

The Shab-al-Hiri Roach is a dark comedy of manners, lampooning academia and asking players to answer a difficult question – are you willing to swallow a soul-eating telepathic insect bent on destroying human civilization?

No?

Even if it will get you tenure?

A fast paced and hilarious game, The Shab-al-Hiri Roach requires no Game Master and can be played in a single evening. If you enjoy crazed one-upmanship, furious stake-setting, and chanting guttural commands in Sumerian, The Roach would like to have a word with you.

The Shab Al-Hiri Roach, Bully Pulpit games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8yQGdAMEA

The game was created by Jason Morningstar (he of Fiasco & Night Witches) and the itch page has pull quotes from Ken Hite and Ron Edwards, lot of RPG firepower there especially if you are an online person of a certain age (old)* who plays RPGs.

* To be clear, that's a dig on myself, not any of the names in the above paragraph.

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