The Shab-al-Hiri Roach is a dark comedy of manners, lampooning academia and asking players to answer a difficult question β are you willing to swallow a soul-eating telepathic insect bent on destroying human civilization?The Shab-al-Hiri Roach is a dark comedy of manners, lampooning academia and asking players to answer a difficult question β are you willing to swallow a soul-eating telepathic insect bent on destroying human civilization?
No?
Even if it will get you tenure?
A fast paced and hilarious game, The Shab-al-Hiri Roach requires no Game Master and can be played in a single evening. If you enjoy crazed one-upmanship, furious stake-setting, and chanting guttural commands in Sumerian, The Roach would like to have a word with you.
This gameβoriginally published in 2006β is soon to be completely out of print. These are the last copies, and have been bundled for sale with the supplement The Roach Returns while supplies last!
The Roach Returns
The Roach is back! This supplement to The Shab-al-Hiri Roach includes two new settings and 16 new Command/Opportunity cards. Overlord, written by Jason Morningstar, takes place in WWII England. Darker, written by Graham Walmsley, brings the Roach to the halls of Oxford.
