Wasted Hours

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Your job as a field researcher is to protect paranormal phenomena in a world of real monsters. Except for today, because today you’re on desk duty. How will you waste time till evening falls?

Wasted Hours is a roleplaying game for one about making the hours pass at an office desk. You will roll dice and write down on your timesheet the ways you waste time.

Wasted Hours is a game for 1 player and takes about 30 minutes.

Your stationary (print the files on A4 without borders for best results):

• Two six sided dice (2d6) in different colors
  • One representing WORK (black)
  • One representing WASTE (white)
• The character/timesheet
• The overtime sheet
• The rules file
• A pen(cil) to journal the day

Submit records of supernatural entities that haven’t been observed, snoop around in the drawers of colleagues or have a taste of everything in the communal fridge. And maybe inspect the sound coming from the corner office? Just make sure the boss doesn’t spot you doing nothing and don’t drink too much coffee trying to work.

An entry for the One-Page RPG Jam 2023 set at the Royal Institute of Paranormalities, a setting inspired by X-Files and The Office.

Let me know what you think of this game - it's my second one, so all feedback is welcome down below in the comments.

Thank you for playing!