On 8 Jun 2020 at 1:54, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:

>     When checking out the cargo, Badass-Moustache channeled Sir
>     Humphrey Appleby - a load of complete bollocks worthy of the Home
>     Civil Service about the folding tanks being necessitated by the
>     ship's refit (they'll be gone once we have enough boodle, take
>     them out and carry a decent cargo).  Rolling boxcars (and
>     reducing other players + GM to helpless laughter as he roleplayed
>     it with a straight face) helped.
>
> Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister could probably fit as a
> caricature of other governments than the UK. (Although some might be
> culturally less familiar with understatement and straight faced
> sarcasm)  

And House of Cards and its sequels are useful in potraying a rather
different sort of government.

PCs are *really* going to regret any encounters with Francis Urquhart
types...
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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com