Infamy of Crete
Infamy of Crete
A tale of ancient myth, conflict, and interpersonal discovery. In the depths of the Labyrinth of Knossos, Theseus and the Minotaur have their famous confrontation.
For two players. Lasts sixty minutes. Can be played either in person or over video conferencing software.
You all know the story --
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Poseidon sent a great snow-white bull to the island of Crete. King Minos vowed to sacrifice that bull, in gratitude, but he kept it instead. As a punishment, Poseidon afflicted Minos’s queen with a grotesque lust; she lay with the bull, and in due course gave birth to a hideous thing, a bull-headed creature that fed on the flesh of men and women.
Minos hired the wonder-worker Daedalus to build a vast impenetrable maze of stone, deep underground, and there he put his monster step-child -- his Minotaur -- to be imprisoned.
How he fed it, no one knew, and no one asked. Until...
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...the eldest prince of Crete, great Androgeus, went to Athens to compete in the Panathenaic Games. He did very well. He did so well that the Athenians, in hateful envy, tore him limb from limb.
Minos was overcome with grief and fury at the killing of his son. And he commanded the greatest army, and the greatest fleet, in the Greek world. In vengeful wrath, he issued a command to the king of Athens: Every year, in atonement for this crime, your city will send me seven young men and seven young women, to be given to my hungry Minotaur. Or all of Athens will burn, and all its people will die.
And every year, without any other option, poor King Aegeus did just that. Until…
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...the hero-prince Theseus, heir to Athens, could not bear it any more.
He volunteered to be one of the sacrificed youths. He was taken to Crete as a prisoner. And -- with some help from a disaffected Cretan princess -- he prepared to descend into the Labyrinth, alone, and to face the monster…
Infamy of Crete is a one-hour game for two players. It is centered on themes of masculinity, monstrosity, ambition, and self-definition. The conclusion of that tale is up to you.
Two participants are required. The game lasts for sixty minutes, which are sure to be packed with grand debate and grand passion. It can be played either remotely or in person.
The mechanics are very simple. Both player characters are male, and this matters to them.
Written by Warren Tusk. Contains some mature content.