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Playset Fiasco - Havana 1953
Playset Fiasco - Havana 1953
Playset Fiasco - Havana 1953
CREDITS
Written by Chris Bennett
BOILERPLATE
This Playset is an accessory for the Fiasco role-playing game by Bully
Pulpit Games.
MOVIE NIGHT
Cuban Rebel Girls (1959), I Am Cuba (1964), Our Man in Havana (1959), The
Godfather Part II (1974)
2 Ne’er-do-well cousins
3 Estranged couple
4 Separated at birth
2 Work
1 Newspaper writer and “source”
6 Musicians
3 Visitors
1 “What are we smuggling this time?”
3 Retirees
5 Political exiles
2 Unrequited love
3 Newlyweds
4 Reunited lovers
5 Crime
1 Pickpocket and fence
4 Casino cheaters
5 Corporate executives
6 Government
1 Diplomats
4 Bureaucrats
6 Secretarial pool
...IN Havana
NEEDS...
1 To Get Out
1 …of Cuba, forever
6 …of sight
2 To Get EVEN
1 …with the Batista government
6 …with a rival
3 To Get Rich
1 …through the Mob
6 To Get Ahold Of
1 …the papers that will prove your innocence
4 …a rich American
...IN Havana
LOCATIONS...
1 Havana Proper
1 VIP table next to Frank Sinatra’s floorshow at Capri Casino
2 Prado Prominade
1 Bridal suite in the Hotel Nacional, wired for sound
3 Seaside Malecon
1 Miramar Yacht Club, attended by waiters in white jackets
5 Barrio Colon
1 Aunt Nina club on San Martin St., “attended by pretty girls”
6 Outside of Havana
1 Fidel Castro’s guerrilla encampment in the hills
...IN Havana
OBJECTS...
1 Untoward
1 Pictures of high officials in flagrante with the local “talent”
2 Transportation
1 Off-white ‘52 Pontiac two-door with a body in the trunk
3 Weapon
1 Hand-crank generator, used for police “conversations”
5 Valuables
1 Bag of uncut diamonds in a cold ice chest
6 Identification
1 Calling card of U.S. stripper “Bubbles” Darlene
...IN Havana
A 90 MILES FROM FLORIDA
INSTA-setup
Relationships in Havana
For three players…
**Romance: Newlyweds
Needs in Havana
For three players…
**To get the truth… about what goes on in that vile place
For four or five players, add…
OBJECTS in Havana
For three, four or five players…