Good Society (game)
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Good Society is a tabletop role-playing game based upon the Regency era novels of Jane Austen. A live action role-playing game version is also available. Good Society was created by the two-woman Australian indie role-playing game design team Storybrewers, consisting of lead writer Hayley Gordon and graphic designer Vee Hendro. In addition to role-playing, the game mechanics include spreading rumors and writing letters. It can be played with or without a gamemaster.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Alex Meehan Senior Staff |date=2021-02-15 |title=Jane Austen RPG Good Society comes to Kickstarter with a new reprint |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/good-society/news/good-society-rpg-kickstarter |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}
Reception
Good Society won the 2019 Indie Game Developer Network award for "Best Rules."{{Cite web |title=Previous Award Winners |url=https://www.igdnonline.com/previous-award-winners |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Indie Game Developer Network |language=en-US}}
Dimension 20's ten-part actual play series A Court of Fey and Flowers used a combination of Good Society and Dungeons & Dragons for its campaign.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=2022-07-20 |title=A new actual play ports Jane Austen into Dungeons & Dragons |url=https://www.polygon.com/23271360/dnd-a-court-of-fey-and-flowers-aabria-iyengar-dimension-20-premiere-date-time |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} Good Society was featured as a two-part series on One Shot Podcast Network’s flagship actual play podcast hosted by James D'Amato, author of Simon & Schuster's "Ultimate RPG" books.{{Cite web |title=The Good Society Archives |url=https://oneshotpodcast.com/tag/the-good-society/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=The One Shot Podcast |date=6 July 2022 |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ultimate-RPG-Guide-Boxed-Set/James-D-Amato/The-Ultimate-RPG-Guide-Series/9781507218341 |title=The Ultimate RPG Guide Boxed Set |date=2021-12-28 |isbn=978-1-5072-1834-1 |language=en |last1=d'Amato |first1=James |publisher=Simon and Schuster }} Chase Carter for Polygon recommended it for fans of Bridgerton and Our Flag Means Death.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2022-04-16 |title=8 Tabletop RPGs for Bridgerton and Our Flag Means Death fans |url=https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/23026742/tabletop-rpg-ttrpg-bridgerton-our-flag-means-death |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}
In 2022, a Kickstarter campaign to reprint Good Society raised AU$148,059.