A Dream Is Just A Dream
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It is 1951 and time has gone by since the events of the movie Casablanca, and the Charles’s investigations in The Thin Man movie series. Can a novel therapy using drug-induced shared lucid dreams revitalise the marriages of Nick and Nora Charles, and Victor Laszlo and Ilsa Lund, or will they find that their futures lie apart? A game where Film Noir couples (from Casablanca and The Thin Man series) engage in relationship counselling. Expect high drama, angst, and past wounds to be revisited.

Note: Please be clear that this is a game, and none of the authors are real-world therapists. Characters in this game are two canonical heterosexual couples, and the writers have extrapolated beyond the closing credits. This game includes married couples saying potentially unforgivable things to each other.

Content warning: the game has references to alcoholism, infidelity, medicinal psychotropic drug use, sexual references, relationship counselling, neglect, differing opinions on the equal rights movement, anti-communist sentiment, language in the character sheets could be considered jingoist and potentially xenophobic against the axis powers.

You can run A Dream is Just a Dream in parallel for one or more groups of four players, with a single GM for four players or with two GMs for eight players in two different rooms.

Basic information

Number of players: 4 (2 female, 2 male)
Setting: A relationship therapist's office
Time to run: 2 hours (including setup and debrief)
Space Requirements: Large room
Authors: Graham Arnold, Martin Jones and Sue Lee.

Cast

  • Nick Charles - private investigator
  • Nora Charles - amateur sleuth
  • Victor Laszlo - former resistance fighter
  • Ilsa Lund - Victor's wife

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