Tales from the Loop is a roleplaying game by Nils Hintze inspired by the art of Simon Stålenhag (including his 2014 book of the same name) and based on the engine of Tomas Härenstam's Mutant: Year Zero. In Tales from the Loop, players take on the roles of adolescents age 10-15 navigating the mundane tedium of everyday life while also solving mysteries and encountering uncanny trouble related to the presence of a nearby particle accelerator known as the Loop.
The game was played in the "To Be Young Near the Shore" arc of Bluff City's second season, with the Tunnel Project taking on the role occupied by the Loop in the game's original setting.
Game Description
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In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator. The facility was complete in 1969, located deep below the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna. The local population called this marvel of technology The Loop.
In this roleplaying game, you play teenagers in the late 1980s, solving Mysteries connected to the Loop. Choose between character Types such as the Bookworm, the Troublemaker, the Popular Kid and the Weirdo. Everyday Life is full of nagging parents, never-ending homework and classmates bullying and being bullied. Explore the secrets of the Loop in two main game settings – one based on the Swedish Mälaren Islands, the other on Boulder City, Nevada.
The Mysteries let the characters encounter the strange machines and weird creatures that have come to haunt the countryside after the Loop was built. The kids get to escape their everyday problems and be part of something meaningful and magical – but also dangerous.”