Date of Play: 2/27/14

Players: Brenna, Drew, Seth, Tim

Playset: Tales from Suburbia

Characters:

(1) Anthony "Red" Washington, Owner of Liberty Guns and Surplus. A big burly man with a bushy beard, he has less than above-board background checking and registration practices when it comes to the sale of his firearms. But who could blame him? The Amazon Firearms Department is killing the local gun shop owners, not only Red's business, but also that of his rival...

(2)...Dexter McPeters, Owner of Justice Guns (makes an awful pun when you say it out loud...try it!). A thin, meek man with glasses and (usually) a suit, he tends to be much more honest than his slimy competitor. Unfortunately for Dexter, his father is about to die...which, you know, sucks in general, but sucks more specifically because his father isn't leaving him anything. Instead, all of the money is going to...

(3)...Allison "Clea" Callison, Dexter's Ex-Wife. A royal bitch. No really, a worthless, horrible human being. Divorced Dexter a few years ago, but not before "inspiring" his (quite rich) father to leave everything to her. That version of the will still stands. Allison was very...ummm...convincing. One of her favorite pastimes is petty vandalism. A poser and a liar (and I can say that because she was my character), Allison--now going by Clea--has picked up a new "rebel" lifestyle with her wife...

(4)...Deidre "DeeDee...but don't you dare call her that" Davis. An employee of Liberty Guns and Surplus, she shares an ominous secret with Red. Namely, one of the guns they "sold" (but you know, there's no record of any such purchase) was used in a murder, by no less than the mayor himself. She grew up in the projects, but has now escaped to a (questionably) better life in the suburbs. Also a closet Star Trek fangirl, she has a full-scale replica of James T Kirk's command chair in her basement.


Play: The story began with the death of Dexter's father, Jim McPeters, and the subsequent taunting of Dexter by his ex-wife...at the hospital. Somewhat simultaneously, the ball started rolling on the other major plotline, as the police gave Red Washington (and Deirdre) a visit at his shop to question him about possible involvement in a murder involving a non-registered firearm. With the will reading closing in, Dexter McPeters' life was looking pretty hopeless, but Red lent him a "helping hand." Using one of Red's contacts at the courthouse, he would get the will changed over to Dexter's name...for a price. Act 1 ended with the will reading, wherein Clea made a big scene and promised to get revenge on Dexter.

The Tilts: Betrayal by Friends AND The Wrong Guy Gets Busted

Act 2 began with Clea fuming to Deidra about her ex-husband, and letting slip that she done "kinky" things with old Jim McPeters to make certain she got put in the will. Red Washington was brought into the police station for questioning after a checking deposit register found on his premises proved that he was lying about certain "missing sales." As Deidre left the station, she was approached by Dexter McPeters, who wanted her to turn on Clea and help him instead. After being released, Red approached Clea with a proposition to get the will changed back...for a price. And then Deidra, not at all certain that she could trust her wife anymore, approached Dexter and confessed Red's involvement in the "murder-friendly" gun sale. In the final scene, everyone showed up at Clea and Deidra's house. After a long, multi-directional argument and much confusion, Clea called the police to tell them that her ex-husband was trying to kill her and threw her own gun at Dexter to try to make it believable.

In the Aftermath, the police arrived...and found Red who, as luck would have it, had just had a warrant issued for his arrest. Red, after trying to pin things on a bunch of other people so that he could turn state's evidence, was convicted. One of the people he had ratted out just so happened to be in the same prison. Red was found one morning hanging from a rope in his cell.

Using the money "left to him" by his poor departed father, Dexter ended up going to law school, which he had always wanted to do. He graduated and ended up with a nice, non-psychotic wife and children.

Allison Callison, after being severely reprimanded by the police for trying to fool them into thinking her ex-husband had come after her with a gun registered in her name, was left all alone as Deidre drove away. Many years later, she attempted to rob a jewelry store, was taken into custody and charged. Much to her horror, her public defender ended up being her ex-husband, Dexter.

Deidra lived a rather pitiful life after divorcing Allison. For years, she found herself unable to form any real meaningful relationships. Ultimately, she took to drugs for comfort and became a full-scale addict.

And so our sordid tale came to an end.

This was an enjoyable game of Fiasco. The last scene had a lot of promise for an entertaining, full-scale four-person argument, but didn't quite live up to it. Even so, it (and the rest of the game) had some really funny moments. One of our needs never ended up coming up in game play. Dexter theoretically needed to "get laid to prove a point" to Red, but this never actually came up. But is it really that important to be a slave to the cards?

Thanks to Drew for facilitating, and thanks to Brenna, Seth, and Drew again for playing with me and ruining these people's lives together (except for Dexter...that meek little bugger came out pretty damn good).