Hry s příběhem 1 - Zločin a trest – group of authors (2011)

What is the connection between the stones embedded in the faces of druids and the brutal murders of women in contemporary New York? What links the romance of Victorian England with the harsh reality of a prison planet in the distant future? And what do a sanatorium full of abandoned children and an ancient oak that only reflects its leaves for a single day each year have in common? Since the 1990s, hundreds of people in the Czech Republic have been playing RPG games that allow them to experience stories in fantasy worlds (the most famous of these games is Dragon's Lair). Yet, only now is a collection of short stories being published that presents all significant Czech RPG projects in one place. For the first time, you have the opportunity to taste the stories you can experience in game worlds created by Czech authors, the beings you can encounter, and who you can become. However, the book is not intended only for players - after all, storytelling is as old as humanity itself. The common theme of this collection is crime and punishment. Thus, you can anxiously follow how an aging grave robber is haunted by his past sins, how malicious British goblins can be, or how the encounter between a wounded commander of a knightly order and a healer, who has reasons to delay his treatment, will end.