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Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter

by Sean Woods

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A Star-trek style away mission, powered by AI

Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter is a game that attempts to use an AI as a Games Master to facilitate a mystery plot. The action mimics a typical "Away Mission" in shows like Star Trek. Our intrepid investigators arrive with only a vague idea of what is wrong, and have to interview the witnesses, probe the evidence, and draw a conclusion.

This adventure has been fine tuned and optimized to permit a player to paste the prompt into either the free version of Claude.Ai or ChatGPT and have a play and entire adventure.

Instead of pre-selected "choices", players tell the GM "Investigate the smoking cabinet" or "Consult the legal department on ...". The GM, within the well known limitations of AI, will improvise a response and move the story along.

To play: past the contents of the attached file into either Claude.ai or ChatGPT. Feel free to try it out on other LLM platforms, but your mileage will vary.

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