''Live and Let Die'' is a licensed adventure published by
Victory Games in 1984 for the espionage role-playing game ''
James Bond 007''.
Description
''Live and Let Die'' is a
boxed set containing a 64-page book of the adventure, an 8-page plan booklet, a cardstock
gamemaster's screen
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, and an envelope with 8 sheets of player handouts.
Plot summary
The adventure is based on the plot of the movie ''
Live and Let Die''.
The
player characters
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are investigating the murder of three
MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...
operatives in New York and New Orleans. The adventure takes the player characters from New York to New Orleans to the Caribbean to meet the mysterious oracle Solitaire and to confront Mr. Big.
Book contents
The 64-page book is divided into five parts:
# Introduction and Briefing: The team's briefing, and equipment provided by
Q
# Non-Player Characters: All significant personalities the players will meet
# Places, Events and Encounters: The details of the adventure
# Adventure Information: The consequences of success or failure, as well as possible modifications that can be added to the adventure
# Cities for James Bond: Details of New York City and New Orleans
Publication history
Victory Games, a division of
Avalon Hill
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, acquired the license to create a role-playing game based on the ''James Bond'' movie franchise, and published ''James Bond 007'' in 1983. The game was supported by many adventures and supplements, including 1984's ''Live and Let Die'', a boxed set designed by
Gerard Christopher Klug
Gerard Christopher Klug is an American game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Trained as a theatrical lighting designer, Gerry (Chris) Klug worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, opera, and toured with ...
, with artwork by Ted Koller and James Talbot.
Reception
In Issue 24 of ''
Imagine
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'', Nick Davison warned that this was a tough scenario, where "even experienced players with longstanding characters may need help." Nonetheless Davison recommended the adventure, saying it was, "Well worth the extra money."
Steve Crow reviewed ''Live and Let Die'' in ''
Space Gamer
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'' No. 76.
Crow commented that "
he priceis more than worth it to get this module. Its plot, which deals with drug smuggling as opposed to the usual James-Bond-ish world-shattering brink-of-destruction events, makes it more suitable for adaptation to other secret agent roleplaying games than Victory's other modules."
Awards
At the 1985
Origins Awards
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, ''Live & Let Die'' won "Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1984".
References
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James Bond 007 (role-playing game) adventures
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1984