Zion curtain Credits Written by Michael Witry

Boilerplate This playset is an accessory for the Fiasco role-playing game by Bully Pulpit Games. This playset is copyright 2014 by Michael Witry. Fiasco is copyright 2009 by Jason Morningstar. Cover image from Wikicommons.

The Score in rural utah “The family can be together forever.” Which is good news for all your perfect plastic neighbors and their perfect plastic families, but which is bad news for you. You've had it with your flippin' family and all the flippin' dysfunctional people in it. You're sick of covering up all their flaws so they can look good at the ward meetings. And you've got a plan to make a name for yourself. Best of all, the bishop doesn't need to know about it… and you might walk away from this scheme with your temple recommend intact.

Movie Night Brigham City, SLC Punk!, Singles Ward

BOOK Night Under the Banner of Heaven, Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders

a note on character names Utah Mormons are known for their inventive naming practices. Players are encouraged to draw their character names from the Utah Mormon Baby Namer, available at http://wesclark.com/ubn/.

Relationships 1 FAMILY a Parent/child h Cousins i Grandparent/grandchild d Your brother's kid, for whom you're caring until your brother gets things straightened out e Oldest child and youngest child f Middle children

2 COMMUNITY a City employees (police, fire, code enforcement) h Next-door neighbors i Utah National Guard members d Rival Cub Scout Denmasters e Bloggers with a common interest f Students (high school, trade school, college)

3 CHURCH a Bishop and ward member h Relief Society bigwigs i Sunday School instructors d Church friends, secret enemies e Having doubts about the faith f Teammates on the ward's basketball team

4 ROMANCE a Broke it off when he/she left for college h Happily married i Staying together for the sake of the children d The affair you can't hide for much longer e Engaged f Unrequited crush

5 jobs a Health care provider and patient h Realtor and home buyer i Multi-level marketers d Retail sales e Mining or drilling industry f Recreational employees (skiing, golf, rafting)

6 seedy a Pornographers h Excommunicated i Human traffickers d Political radicals e Owner and property manager of dilapidated trailer park f Counterculture (Goths, hippies)

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Needs

1 to get rich a By abusing your position of authority h By selling cosmetics to everyone in the ward i Using your talent for creating authentic-looking documents d And keep it a secret from your family of moochers e Off the real estate market, which will rebound any day now f Through good, old-fashioned blackmail

2 to get respect a From your parents, who never believed in you h From your spouse, who doesn't listen i From those no-good punk kids d By having the best-looking lawn in the county e For your superior intellect f By winning souls for God from among the fallen

3 to get revenge a For your team's loss in the big sporting event h On the bishop of the Young Single Adult ward i On that nosy b-word from the Relief Society d On your spouse's ex, who makes everything complicated e On the Church, because of its political activities f On those socialist thugs who are taking over the country

4 to get laid a By your spouse, while indulging in your secret fetish h Because you've heard it's great i And produce a healthy child this time d By someone exotic e In a way that is totally not your fault, honest f If we can get the kids out of the house for once

5 to get out a Of this marriage h From your underwater mortgage i From under your parents' reputations d Of an unpleasant missionary assignment e Of the country, and return to that idyllic place where you served on your mission f Of having to move that flippin' piano

6 to get information a About that stranger who keeps visiting the bishop's house h About the One Mighty and Strong, who will set in order the house of God i About where the Kingston family get their money d About what Great-Uncle Rulon was doing in Mexico during the Revolution e About the sinister plan to take away your rights f About why you weren't invited

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LOCATions 1 center street a Pratt County Courthouse h Durham Realty i The Paramount Theater (built 1926, closed for remodeling since 2002) d The 60's-style lobby of the Zions Bank e J. Reuben Clark Federal Building, home to the Post Office, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Social Security Administration f QuickCuts Family Hairstylists

2 around the house a An unfinished basement full of canned goods h The shed, full of unsold boxes of Natural Berry Shampoo i A Gym Dandy swingset dating from the mid-1990s d The living room, reserved for when we have guests over e Next to a crack in the foundation f The only full bath in the house

3 highway 451 a Costco parking lot h Wrestling practice, South Pratt High School gymnasium i Kimball's Lawn & Garden Superstore d The donation drop box at Deseret Industries e A particularly hilly portion of the Edwards' cattle ranch f Along the irrigation canal

4 Salt lake city a On the field of Rice-Eccles Stadium, home to the Utah Utes football team h The homeless district along Third West i A sprawling Victorian mansion in Federal Heights d Utah Trax Planetarium station e Salt Lake City International Airport, Gate D2 (international flights) f A network of underground tunnels connecting the buildings of Temple Square

5 around utah a A remote part of the Wasatch National Forest h A greenhouse in the Plant Sciences Building, Brigham Young University, Provo i The abandoned cannery behind the Utah State Prison, Draper d The annual air show at Hill AFB, near Ogden e A ramshackle single-wide on the Kingston family's land near Bountiful f The Celestial Kingdom

6 Among the gentiles a A liquor store just across the Wyoming border h The Blue Boutique, an adult-interest store i The upscale Downstairs Lounge in Park City d A migrant labor camp in rural Pratt County e Wasatch Independent Baptist Church f Montego Bay Casino, West Wendover, Nevada

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Objects 1 weapons a The Great Salt Lake h Jell-O laced with strychnine i A ceiling fan with a loose screw d GAU-8/A Avenger 30mm rotary cannon, smuggled out of Hill AFB e An untested dietary supplement f Winchester Model 70 rifle

2 documents a A report from Child and Family Services h A blueprint showing a hidden room i The lost 116 pages of the Book of Mormon d Proof of someone's illegitimacy e A list showing where missionaries will be assigned f A recently-modified will

3 scandalous a Twelve crates of modeling glue h No Man Knows My History, a critical biography of Joseph Smith i An NCAA tournament pool bracket d An unusually large bra e The Communist Manifesto f Pueblo rock art, stolen from the Grand Staircase National Monument

4 Household objects a A well-used copy of the card game “Uno” h Deluxe bag of lawn fertilizer i A VHS tape of Ryan Gosling, from before he was famous d Great-Uncle Rulon's steamer trunk e An unlabeled thumb drive f Pinewood Derby trophy

5 vehicles a 1999 Subaru Forester with 195,000 miles on it h Little Tykes' Cozy Coupe i 2009 Cadillac Escalade with after-market speakers d Kayak e 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado, no license plates f Moving truck

6 animal & vegetable a Ephedra funerea plants, used for making ephedrine tea h An endangered black-footed ferret i A swarm of cannibalistic Mormon crickets d A police dog e An escaped ostrich f An infestation of dandelions

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Insta setup Relationships in rural utah For three players... • Next-door neighbors • Staying together for the sake of the children • Church friends, secret enemies For four players, add... • Cousins For five players, add... • Multi-level marketers

Needs in rural utah For three players... • To get respect by having the best-looking lawn in the county For four or five players, add... • To get information about the One Mighty and Strong, who will set in order the house of God

Locations in rural utah For three or four players... • A migrant labor camp in rural Pratt County For five players, add... • The Celestial Kingdom

Objects in rural utah For any number of players... • An untested dietary supplement