TEXT: Your Beloved has been  
   kidnapped by monsters
  in a role-playing game by Ben Lehman
  for one player age 14 and up.
  
  Imagine your beloved. 
  She is, to you, perfect in every way. 
  Think on it. Take the time to know her 
  as a person. 
  (It could be that your beloved is a 
  he, or something else entirely. That’s 
  okay, just keep it in mind and proceed 
  appropriately.)
  Your beloved has been kidnapped by a 
  pack of horrible monsters. 
  You, the hero, are the only one who 
  can rescue her.
  
  On the center of a piece of paper, of a size that you can 
  carry folded in your pocket, draw a small picture of your 
  beloved. Draw the walls of a prison around her. 
  Outside, draw a horrible monster. Now, write down why 
  that horrible monster is undefeatable.
  Think about the monster. Think about how it is 
  undefeatable, exactly. Fold up the piece of paper and carry 
  it in your pocket, but continue to think about it. Play out 
  your battles in your mind, over and over, trying new devices 
  and strategies.
  
  At some point, you will discover a way that the monster can 
  be defeated. Don’t cheat and think of this ahead of time! 
  Make the monster as unbeatable as you can.
  The best way is that you find a way to circumvent or invert 
  the monster’s invincibility. This has to do with the exact 
  nature of it, and when you do it you will realize it was there 
  all along.
  The other way to do it is that you discover that the monster 
  has a secret weakness, and come up with a plan to exploit 
  it. Don’t just make it up! Discover it in your battles and 
  battles with the monster.
  Once you have defeated the monster, cross it out. You have 
  rescued your beloved!
  
  But it isn’t really her. It’s some other girl that the monsters 
  kidnapped. She is like your beloved somehow, and that 
  confused you.
  Take the time to get to know her as a person. Is she good 
  enough? Do you give up and live and love with her?
  If so, you live ever after together.
  
  If not, get a new piece of 
  paper. Draw a picture -- a 
  better picture! -- of your 
  beloved. Draw the prison 
  walls around her. Draw 
  two monsters and for each 
  write down a reason why 
  it is undefeatable.
  You must defeat both 
  monsters to reach your 
  beloved.
  But it isn’t really her. It’s some other 
  girl that the monsters kidnapped. 
  She is even more like your beloved 
  somehow, and that confused you.
  Take the time to get to know her as a 
  person. Is she good enough? Do you 
  give up and live and love with her?
  If so you live ever after together.
  
  If not, get a new piece of paper. Draw a picture of your 
  beloved in the center, then the walls, then three monsters, 
  each with a reason why it is undefeatable. 
  When you have defeated all these monsters, you reach 
  your beloved. But it isn’t her! She is just another girl the 
  monsters have kidnapped,  yet more alike to your beloved.
  Take the time to know her as a persona. Is she good 
  enough? Do you give up and live and love with her?
  Continue in this manner until you decide to stay with her.
  
  Copyright 2011 by Ben Lehman in Nostalgia Studio
  Art Copyright 2011 by  
  Vincent Baker, Emily Boss, and Ben Lehman
  Inspirations:
  Super Mario Bros.
  Braid
  Loved
  The Legend of Zelda
  Shooting the Moon
  S/lay w/ Me
  How to Host a Dungeon
  HQRPG
  D&D
  
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