Freikugel

“A Free Bullet? Those are snares of the Evil One. My grandmother explained it to me. Six of them always hit, but the seventh belongs to the Enemy, who can steer it wherever he pleases.”

- Friedrich Kind, Der Freischütz

A community is caught in the middle of a violent conflict between an older establishment and some new challengers. A lone meddler with no stake in the conflict decides to fight for peace. And in the middle of it all, a weapon of terrifying power seems to have a mind of its own and a thirst for chaos. That’s what you know going in. You’ll sort out all the rest as you play.

Freikugel is a four-player storytelling game for creating messy conflicts in the vein of Yojimbo, A Fistful of Dollars, and Red Harvest.

Created for the Yojambo 2021 game jam.