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    The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal it Back: A dreidel-powered heist TTRPG!

    The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal it Back, with a hand-drawn menorah. A silly, Dreidel-Powered rotating-DM trifold heist TTRPG by Jess Levine about reclaiming the Temple Menorah from the Vatican.ALT

    We all know it’s true. After the fall of Rome—the very same Rome that destroyed the Second Temple and carted off the massive seven-armed menorah—the temple menorah didn’t really disappear. It passed from empire to empire until finally landing in the ultimate megadungeon: the Vatican Secret Archives, an eighty-five kilometer multi-layer bunker under Vatican City. They stole the menorah.

    You’re going to steal it back.

    TVSTMAWGTSIB, available now on itch.io just in time for Jewsh Christmas, is a silly, dreidel-powered, trifold pamphlet heist TTRPG about reclaiming the Temple menorah from the Vatican. It can be played in 1-2 hours with anywhere from 2 to too many people, a few dreidels (or d4s), eight candles (or eight of anything), and faith (or equally Jewish skepticism) in The Almighty One. It has a rotating dreidelmensch (or "DM") where players takes turns setting up problems and working to overcome them during each  "night" of play. It's built for one-shot play with no prep required. See the screenshots for some sample mechanics.

    Obstacles שש. Your parents (angry) נש. Another heist crew הש. Some shmuck גש. Halacha שנ. The Vatican’s many tourists (angry) ננ. The Vatican’s labyrinthian layout הנ. The Vatican’s most powerful relics גנ. The Vatican’s security system שה. The entire conclave (angry) נה. The Papal Swiss Guard הה. The Vatican secret police גה. That guy from the Da Vinci Code שג. The Pope’s hat (angry) נג. The Popemobile הג. The Young Pope גג. The regular PopeALT
    WHO ARE YOU? You’re one of a crew of Jews determined to break into the archives and take the menorah back. You have four attributes, each of which will be associated with a letter from the dreidel, representing how effective (or ineffective) you are when applying the associated methods of problem-solving. GREAT - Bravery, skill, prowess MIRACLE - Luck, divine favor HAPPENED - Forethought, planning THERE! - Kludging, improvisation Assign ג to what you’re great at, ה to what you’re good at, נ to what you can’t really do, and ש to what you regularly screw up. If you really trust in the Blessed One, spin a dreidel to assign them randomly—no repeats.ALT
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    Also, if we raise $613 in sales via this Itchfunder by January 1st 2026, we'll do a print run of the trifold! Pick up a copy of this no-prep TTRPG and perfect party game for your Jewish Christmas and/or goyish New Year party ASAP!

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