Sense and Sensibility

From the description:

YOU ARE A DEAD GUY’S SECOND FAMILY IN 18th CENTURY ENGLAND. Your mission is to get one of your sisters to marry well, since you’re all women and can’t live without the favor of a man. You have no rights other than the right to marry and be a mother. In this game, you’ll explore the terrible vicissitudes of British bucolic countryside life and deal with neighbours and city people coming to visit the various families in the area, where gossip and marriage (and love, in the best of cases) are the order of the day.

A personal comment on expectations on historical context and how this game should be played: though I wish most of Jane Austen’s female characters had eloped with another woman, heterosexuality was a social mandate for the purposes of reproduction and the perpetuation of economic power. This doesn’t mean you can’t play this game in a way that challenges compulsory heterosexuality , but I firmly believe that juggling the intricacies of your desires and what is expected from you is the essence of the game.

GM?: yes
Players: 3-6
One-shot?: yes
Time needed?: 1-2 hours