Brothers in Arms

This game is not about patriotism or courage…

It’s about the bonds that form between two people when they are far from home. Your characters are not heroes. They are not great generals or tacticians or decorated officers. Some were conscripted, some enlisted out of a sense of duty. Others signed up because of economic pressures, or to escape their past. 

Brothers in Arms is an RPG for two players about friendship, war, memory and loss.  In this GM-less game, players portray two soldiers sharing a moment of downtime and reflecting on the things that have brought them together. Each of the game's six acts represents a set of memories, and together players create the story of a shared past.  Only one character will make it out of the war alive.

The central mechanic of this game is a simple coin toss. It will decide which player guides the memories your characters share in each of the six acts. At the end of the game, it will decide who lives and who dies in the other's arms.

Inspired by the music of Dire Straits.

Purchase includes a PDF ebook and a print-and-play zine.