Tough Justice: Courtroom Roleplaying in the Time of the Bloody Code — Print Edition

Prosecution and defence battle over life, death and their own ideas of justice.

Tough Justice returns to the courtrooms of Georgian England during the era of the Bloody Code, when more than two hundred crimes could carry the death penalty.

Players take the roles of:

• Defence barristers and their allies.

• Prosecution barristers and their allies.

Each side fights for what it considers justice—even when that means securing freedom for a guilty criminal or sending an innocent person to the gallows.

The drama is not confined to the courtroom. The official setting material extends into:

• Gin-soaked streets.

• Bordellos.

• Clubs.

• Parlours across the social classes.

• Duels fought over honour.

• Violent personal disputes.

Tough Justice is described as an educational, historical, dramatic and adversarial story game for three or more players.

The central conflict is not simply guilt against innocence, but mercy against justice within a legal system where the consequences may be fatal.

This listing is for the physical print edition of Tough Justice: Courtroom Roleplaying in the Time of the Bloody Code. Written by Ian Warner. It is a 336-page, black-and-white A5 perfect-bound paperback. Contains mature historical themes, including capital punishment, prostitution and violence.