Alma Mater (role-playing game)

Alma Mater is a role-playing game published by Oracle Games in 1982.

Description

Alma Mater is a humorous and anarchic system of role-playing high school students.[1] Character classes include types like Brain, Cheerleader, Criminal, Jock, and Loser; other sections cover social rules, chemistry (explosives, etc.), alcohol and drugs, combat, and a section on academics.[1] The game includes an introductory scenario.[1]

Publication history

Alma Mater was designed by Steve Davis and Andrew Warden, with art by Erol Otus, and published by Oracle Games in 1982 as a 48-page book with a color poster.[1]

Reception

J. David George reviewed Alma Mater in The Space Gamer No. 58.[2] George commented that "Despite the fact that Alma Mater is built on a workable and innovative set of rules, its subject matter is likely to prevent most campaigns from lasting more than a session or two."[2]

Lawrence Schick comments that "The illustrations (by the notorious Erol Otus) are in such poor taste that the game was actually banned at GenCon!"[1]

Reviews
gollark: Some people actually *did* have a model of how "pointless" rules could serve some purpose.
gollark: I think we are defining "discipline" too broadly.
gollark: I am, in fact, always correct.
gollark: There *is* a difference between "being able to achieve personal goals requiring hard work or whatever" and "being forced to comply to arbitrary rules and do pointless things you hate".
gollark: I do not think schools should have *more* pointless discipline.

References
  1. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 250. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. George, J. David (December 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (58): 42.
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