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Rated PG-13 :: The town of Stratford is your common New England suburb. It’s an average populated town with..not a heck of a lot to do. The town itself is split by US-1 (otherwise known as Barnum Avenue). About a mile north of Barnum is the nice little town center called Paradise Green. Here there are various small shops including a Claugh’s Hardware, Vic’s Variety and Brooks Pharmacy. There are also a few places where people can get a bite to eat, like Paradise Pizza and Baskin Robbins. Paradise Green has long been a hang out spot for all ages of kids north of Barnum due to it’s central location and the fact that most of the people who work there know all of the moms in case something bad happens. This became even more true the summer of 1984 when across from Brooks Pharmacy a new Arcade called Grimm’s Den of Games. When it opened, it featured some of the latest and greatest in Arcade games including Punch-Out!, Marble Madness and Starfighter. The Green saw an instant boost in business as kid from all over flocked to play games. This boost lasted until in 1985 when Long Beach Skateland remodeled and added a large game room to their roller rink. Then in 1986, Milford Amusement Center, which featured games, batting cages and go-karts, opened up, lowering the business even more. Due to this, Grimm was not able to afford to get new games and any profits went towards the repair of the existing ones. This changed, Halloween 1987. Grimm’s introduced a new game, Demon’s Run. This game, an adventure game that allows for four players at a time, has been all the rage with kids since it’s introduction for a few reasons. On top of it’s story, a group of knights attempting to save 7 princesses from an evil demon, The biggest draw is the initials at the apex of the Top Scores. No one has been able to even come close to the score of the Mysterious “AYB” that sits at the top. Further more, no matter how many time the employees of Grimm’s attempt to reset the game, AYB and their score remains at the Apex. This apex has taunted players into spending their quarters in dollars to knock AYB out of their spot. This brings us to a Winter’s night in January, 1988. We begin our story at Grimm’s Den, the music is Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up and a group of friends are playing Demon’s Run. The atmosphere is tense as it looks like someone is within striking distance of the record….

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Beginner
All Characters must come from the Main Kids with Bikes 1st Edition Book. (This May change closer to the event as KOB 2nd Ed will be out by then. The Characters must be kids between the ages of 13 and 16. All of the characters will live in Stratford, CT north of Barnum Aveune. While everyone may not nesscarily go to the same school, you all already know each other. None of the characters will have any powers and must be realistic type characters approprate for the 1980s. As the GMs, we reserve the right to not allow a character if we feel this it will be too disruptive to the game and the story we are attempting to tell. After Making your character, Please make sure to answer the following questions. 1: What brings your character to Grimm's Den of Games? 2: What School does your character Attend? What type of Student are they? Are they in any Clubs? 3: Has your Character always Lived in their house in Stratford? If not, did they move within Stratford or came to Stratford from another town and how long ago? Why did the Move happen? In both cases, what is their house like, what type of house? Is their house Friend Central? Do you have that one room that no one can go into unless they have taken their shoes off and touched anything? 4: Does your character Believe in the Supernatural and the Unexplainable? If so, what are your characters' views? Has your character had that experience they can’t explain? If not, what causes their disbelief? How do they react to others who do believe? Does your character Watch Unsolved Mysteries? 5: What is your Family like? Siblings? Is your family the Nuclear Family? Did your Family go Nuclear? Also, What Class would you consider your Family? Do your parents work, is the job steady? How do you get your Quarters? (Bonus Points for Pets) 6: What Personal Event truly impacted your character's life? Is there also any Historical events that affected them as well? 7; What After-school / Community Clubs / Sports Teams is your character a part of. What groups was your character a part of that they are not anymore. Are the group choices ones you wanted your character to be a part of? 8: What's in your Backpack? 9: How do your parents view your character? Are they overprotective or super chill? Does everything have to be a plan, or do they just roll with it? How likely are they to believe you if you told them something outrageous? When your friends come over, do they make sure you have snacks? What’s your snack of choice (Remember 1980’s)

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