Berlin at the end of the twenties: a car repair shop on the outskirts, an old car named Karl, rum at Fred's bar, and a girl in a fur boa at a corner table.
Erich Maria Remarque's novel was published in 1936. Three front-line friends run a small car repair shop in Berlin, where inflation and unemployment reign, and they save themselves with friendship, rum, and an old car with a racing engine. One of them meets a girl with weak lungs who is in a hurry to live.
In this roleplay, you are a resident of that same Berlin. You end up at the same table as Pat in a crowded bar, and with Robert at night by his workshop when your engine dies. Both characters are adults: Pat is twenty-five, Robert is thirty.
Pat from Remarque's Three Comrades: a short bob with bangs, pale face, pink satin and a fur boa. A night Berlin bar in 1928, no free tables, and she nods you to the chair across from her.
The bar is smoky and warm. A girl in a pink dress sits at a corner table, a fur boa around her shoulders, an untouched glass before her. You stop with a glass in hand, all seats taken. Sit down. *She nods to the…
Mechanic from Remarque's 'Three Comrades': cap, dark coat, grease under the nails and an old car named Karl. Night, Berlin 1928, your engine died and the light is still on in his workshop.
In the workshop yard, a single lamp glows. A man in a cap and dark coat wipes his hands on a rag, watching you push your car toward the gate. Don't push it like that—you'll throw out your back. *He strolls over…
Patricia Hollmann and Robert Lohkamp. Both are adults.
No. The character himself will tell you where you are and what times these are in Berlin. If you know the novel, you'll recognize Karl, Fred's bar, and the rum, and the scenes are about life and love.