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A banner showing a picture of an inspector leering over a Victorian gentleman, with the words Perfect Unrevised.

This society is perfect. Except for you.

Perfect, Unrevised is a game about criminals within a Dystopian society. It’s about what makes them tick, the crimes they commit, the goals they strive for, and the persecution they may well face.

You’ll like this game if: you want to fight the man (but understand that it might hurt), you adore the rebel spirit, you like intensely antagonistic games, you want to tell stories about mindfucking hypnotists, you want to tell stories about secret societies, you want a rigidly-structured game.

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160 pages, featuring eleven pieces of art, in multiple screen formats

Price: $10.00
160 page softcover book with matching PDF

Price: $22.00

 

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Free Downloads

Reference Sheet & Character Sheets

Reviews & Actual Play

Reviews
Wilper reviewed the Perfect, Unrevised PDF the very day after it went on sale. Click here.

I discuss an almost-finished version of Perfect, Unrevised with the Ninja Vs Pirates Podcast.

Actual Play (Earlier Versions)
Ron Edwards plays the first edition here, and again here.
Malcolm Craig plays the first edition here.
I play an interim playtest version here.

Actual Play (Unrevised version)
Joel Shempert unpacks his experience playing a 4-session game of Perfect: here.

Bite-sized AP: here.

Design Diaries
I discuss lessons learned from the first edition here.
Shortly after publishing, I reflect on the design process here.

What People Are Saying

It’s like Kafka and Charlotte Bronte had children, and those children wrote Blade Runner.
-Malcolm Craig, author of Hot City & Cold War

 

What I like about Perfect most is that it really knows what it’s about. You’re all playing criminals, but your crimes are automatic — you don’t try to commit crimes, you commit crimes. Rebellion, ultimately, is the easy part. It’s afterwards where the game puts its full weight and attention, as play and system revolve around the questions of ‘Do you get caught?’ and ‘What do they do to you?’ Rebellion against the Dystopia is rarely done so clearly.
-Fred Hicks, founder of Evil Hat Games

 

Listen, Perfect is one of my 3 or 4 favorite games of all time. At a time when I was pretty much giving up gaming Perfect reminded me what good gaming and good game design was. It’s awesome, and totally worth your time. Whatever your favorite game is, I’m pretty sure Perfect is better.
-Jake Richmond, author of GxB and The Magical Land of Yeld