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Anyone Can Dream Too Big
Welcome to Anything Could Happen—the real play experience where we put
players against problems with no easy answers, incomplete information,
and a ticking clock.
I'm Oscar, your host, and it's my job to set things up and then go
behind the scenes to pass messages to the players to keep knocking
things off track.
In this scenario we join the senior researchers at a leading academic
institution. Several years ago, they created a controlled simulation.
A closed system. Self-evolving. Designed to study emergent complexity.
It exceeded expectations.
It is still running.
Inside, something remarkable has developed; a fully realized culture of
apparently sapient digital beings. However, on the campus the costs and
infrastructure have struggled to keep up.
The team have predicted that the risk of a cascading power instability
is inevitable unless you can upgrade the facility. But there is no
budget - in fact - you have been told to make cuts. Worse If this
instability spikes, the simulation will collapse.
The players have been called into an emergency session and it seems that
there is only minutes to decide what to do. And of course, Anything
Could Happen...
ROLES:
ROLE 1: PROJECT DIRECTOR - António Salreta (He/Him)
ROLE 2: SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Asis Mansingh (She/Her)
ROLE 3: Ethics Committee Rep - Kat Welsford (She/Her)
ROLE 4: FIRST CONTACT RESEARCHER - Karim Kronfli (He/Him)
HOST and JUDGE: Oscar Clark (he/him)
EDITOR & PRODUCER: Elliott Clark (he/him)
SCENARIO: Oscar Clark (he/him)
---
NOTES: Format and narrative background are adapted from 'WestPoint:
Extra Planetary Academy' created by Oscar Clark with additional material
by David Hankins
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Stormlantern Productions 2025
AnythingCouldHappen Show is part of the Fable and Folly Network
(https://fableandfolly.com/)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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By Anything Could HappenWelcome to Anything Could Happen—the real play experience where we put
players against problems with no easy answers, incomplete information,
and a ticking clock.
I'm Oscar, your host, and it's my job to set things up and then go
behind the scenes to pass messages to the players to keep knocking
things off track.
In this scenario we join the senior researchers at a leading academic
institution. Several years ago, they created a controlled simulation.
A closed system. Self-evolving. Designed to study emergent complexity.
It exceeded expectations.
It is still running.
Inside, something remarkable has developed; a fully realized culture of
apparently sapient digital beings. However, on the campus the costs and
infrastructure have struggled to keep up.
The team have predicted that the risk of a cascading power instability
is inevitable unless you can upgrade the facility. But there is no
budget - in fact - you have been told to make cuts. Worse If this
instability spikes, the simulation will collapse.
The players have been called into an emergency session and it seems that
there is only minutes to decide what to do. And of course, Anything
Could Happen...
ROLES:
ROLE 1: PROJECT DIRECTOR - António Salreta (He/Him)
ROLE 2: SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Asis Mansingh (She/Her)
ROLE 3: Ethics Committee Rep - Kat Welsford (She/Her)
ROLE 4: FIRST CONTACT RESEARCHER - Karim Kronfli (He/Him)
HOST and JUDGE: Oscar Clark (he/him)
EDITOR & PRODUCER: Elliott Clark (he/him)
SCENARIO: Oscar Clark (he/him)
---
NOTES: Format and narrative background are adapted from 'WestPoint:
Extra Planetary Academy' created by Oscar Clark with additional material
by David Hankins
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Stormlantern Productions 2025
AnythingCouldHappen Show is part of the Fable and Folly Network
(https://fableandfolly.com/)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices