This summer I am publishing Abducted Negiotiators, a cinematic role-playing game, entirely based on roleplay.

During the game's central scene, the players discover the reason for their abduction and must negotiate crucial stakes within a limited time: will they be altruistic or will they each seek to gain an advantage?

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I created this game in March/April 2026. I was originally inspired by a short science fiction film: Final Offer by Mark Slutsky, which you can watch there on the DUST YouTube channel: 

After seeing it, I immediately thought, "This would be amazing to adapt into a role-playing game!"
And that's exactly what I did 😄

I built the scenario, which is quite simple, to create a sharp shift in atmosphere between the introductory phase and the main scene: following a few scenes introducing the characters, where supernatural abductions take place in a more or less stereotypical horror style, everything changes when the players realize the terrible stakes of their situation. Instead of veering into body horror or slasher territory, as one might expect from a horror game, the scenario evolves into a tense negotiation and a race against time. This change of tone midway through the story reminds me a bit of the one in Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn, which I loved as a teenager for this very reason.

I experimented with a few new ideas for this game:

• offering a very quick character creation system using a few randomly drawn Personality cards
• offering a scenario without dice rolls or a resolution system, purely focused on roleplaying
• sharing the game for free on a single page (downloadable there), but offering the complete game at a fixed price (€3)
• publishing it on itch.io and DriveThruRPG, with an English translation

I was also very tempted to use AI-generated images to illustrate the game: I quickly obtained some excellent ones, in the graphic style I was looking for, but after some thought, I decided against it.

My experiences playing Abducted Negotiators have been truly fantastic, and very different from one session to the next.
I'm quite proud to offer you this original scenario here, and I hope it will appeal to you enough to organize a little game on a stormy evening! ⛈️