Slartboz: The (Dreaded, Infamous) Anti-Slartophobia Cult


My game Slartboz is meant to be fun but also educational. A general theme is dystopia and human absurdity. 

I'll give an example...

In the game's world, a signif subset of people (living in Normerika's post-apoc wasteland of 2100 CE -- a wasteland caused by both democratic decay/subterfuge AND climate/pollution-induced ecosystem collapse) are OBSESSED with the idea of... (fixing the world? LOL no of course not, because hoomanz) ...  "slartophobia." 

And thus they are ALWAYS on the lookout for it. For slartophobia. Determined to *crush* it out of existence. To demonize and punish its accused (whether accused only remotely & online or while sitting nearby in their cobbled-together sea shanty) practitioners. And to generally get their little "jollies off" by feeling Powerful and Superior, however rare and lame that might seem to me and you. 

There is even a formal organization centered around that mission. Its official name, within the world, is... well, its not important. Others simply call it the ASC:

The Anti-Slartophobia Cult. 

And this org (and its aligned believers and zealots) can be a big PITA for... well, for *everybody* else trying to muddle along in the shared, collective shitshow that is life in 2100 CE. 

Here's the trick though... The real absurdity. Nobody *knows* what the word "slart" means! Who (or what) *is* a slart? There are theories and guesses, sure, some with stronger arguments in favor of them, and some with weaker. 

And so... thats one of the not-so-secret "open mysteries" within the world of Slartboz. 

It becomes a minor "adventure" plot thread too. A quest to answer the question, once-and-for-all, of what *exactly* is a SLART? 

If people could solve that mystery (or dispel that myth? assuming it proves to be that) then *perhaps* it will be possible to discredit, dismantle or otherwise defang the terrible, annoying (and sometimes utterly *hilarious* when not repeatedly nauseating) gang known as... The (Dreaded & Infamous) ASC. 

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