by Claudia Kabell og Peter Dalby
Four friends in their 40s grew up as neglected, tough girls from the suburbs. As adults, they’ve found roles in life but not themselves. The scenario explores friendship, confronting the past, and choosing the direction of their lives.
Presentation
Players: 4
Gamemasters: 1
Total runtime: 4 hours
Language: Danish
Age limit: 18+
Material to be read: 5 pages
Life Witnesses is about the lives and friendship of four women, shaped by a shared upbringing in Copenhagen’s suburbs. Their pasts are marked by violence, abuse, addiction, failure, and profound neglect. They are each other’s only life witnesses, bound by a connection that has lasted 25 years.
Now in their 40s, the characters live ordinary lives where their friendship has begun to fade. Life Witnesses unfolds over a weekend as they attend a reunion at their old school. Deep secrets resurface, simmering conflicts come to light, and they must confront both the issues dividing them and the past that binds them together. The friends are forced to face themselves, their friendship, and whether they can remain life witnesses to each other while moving forward. This emotionally intense scenario features confrontational arguments and explores life’s challenges that cannot be escaped.
- Poor suburbia
- Trauma
- Friendship
Players: 4
Gamemasters: 1
Total runtime: 4 hours
Language: Danish and English
Age limit: 18+
Material to be read: 5 Pages (Though all character material is also voice-recorded and can be accessed if the player brings their own headphones.)
Player types:
You enjoy seeing your character’s story play out and making choices with real consequences, where even the best ending carries a hint of tragedy. You’ll uncover your character’s story as part of a shared tale of friendship against the odds.
Gamemaster type:
You enjoy setting up dilemmas for players and weaving the strongest plot threads into the narrative. You can navigate character conflicts and intrigues to create a powerful story collaboratively with the players.
Content notes
The characters in the scenario are traumatized, and the scenario addresses themes such as neglect, substance abuse, sexual assault, PTSD, fertility issues, and violent assaults on women.
