Contents • • • • • The Game [ ] Leverage is a tabletop role-playing game designed for running a team of who are trying to steal things back from the and because 'sometimes bad guys make the best good guys', although reviews have noted that, even where the con artists aren't white hats, they tend to follow the maxim that 'You can't con an honest man' and go for the sort of villains that the game would work perfectly with. Requirements to play are: • 3–6 players • A range of from 4-sided to 12-sided • A character sheet for each • Basic ideas for a to be conned and a • Approximately 2–3 hours per episode/heist Setting [ ]. See also: Leverage is set in a world very much like the real world. The game itself comes with a structure; each episode starts with a client finding the PCs because they've been wronged by someone too powerful to do something about.

Review of Leverage: The Roleplaying Game. The Leverage RPG is the latest licensed game from Margaret Weiss productions using a variant of their. Macromedia Flash Mx 2004 Portable Sawmill. The Rich & powerful, they take what they want. You steal it back. You and your Crew used to be the bad guys, but thee are worse people out there. The weak and the. The Leverage Role Playing Game puts you in the middle of a dysfunctional but highly-specialized group of con-artists, criminals.

The powerful person, the Mark, has two reasons that they're untouchable by ordinary means, and two concealed weaknesses. Based on what they uncover, the PCs have to put together a to take down the mark and ensure that is served.

Halfway through the, there is a, and the final act involves the team making their escape. Each player plays the role of one of the team of, with a based on the five characters in the show. The, the, the, the, and the.

Main article: Leverage uses the system, with each player rolling a die for their chosen, a that corresponds to one of the roles, and possibly dice for an asset, a distinction, or a talent. The total rolled on the best two dice is their result - and any result of a 1 creates a complication that may affect the story later. Leverage is also a game with, and one use of a plot point is to create a to explain how what appears to be happening in the game is simply what people can see. History and Reception [ ] Leverage: The Roleplaying Game (2011), co-designed by,, and others, was the second new roleplaying games from utilizing their new system.: 354 Shannon Appelcline notes that, like the first Cortex game, the, Leverage was well received.: 355 Many of the development team, including joint lead designer, had previously worked for and reviewers have noticed similarities between Leverage and. The game was well received, being nominated for an Origins Award for best game and being awarded 3.5/5 by RPGamer, with a 4 or higher in every category except the art.