Pinball City, Part 3 (Patreon)

When writing this episode, I found it sort of difficult to get into quite the ridiculous, almost punitive mindset the game is intended to play as, but while writing the script it was easy to come up with weird ways to hurt the players. The claw arm breaking the first time it was used was, once again, just bad luck on a "burnout" roll, but the cookies in this episode are unique to the podcast script. Even so, and with as much mercy as I held clashing against the very premise of the game, the players definitely got demoralized and run down as things went on. Being able to drive yourself forward in the face of constantly losing requires almost a spiteful level of perseverance.