| Good Society | |
| Subtitle: | A Jane Austen RPG |
| Designer: | Hayley Gordon and Vee Hendro |
| Illustrator: | Raven Warner, Aviv Or |
| Publisher: | Storybrewers |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Genre: | tabletop role-playing game, live action role-playing game |
| Skills: | role-playing, storytelling, letter writing |
Good Society is a tabletop role-playing game based upon the Regency era novels of Jane Austen. A live action role-playing game version is also available. Good Society was created by the two-woman Australian game design team Storybrewers, consisting of lead writer Hayley Gordon and graphic designer Vee Hendro. In addition to role-playing, the game mechanics include spreading rumors and writing letters. It can be played with or without a gamemaster.[1]
Dimension 20's ten-part actual play series A Court of Fey and Flowers used a combination of Good Society and Dungeons & Dragons for its campaign.[2] Good Society was featured as a two-part series on One Shot Podcast Network’s flagship actual play podcast hosted by James D'Amato, author of Simon & Schuster's "Ultimate RPG" books.[3] [4] Chase Carter for Polygon recommended it for fans of Bridgerton and Our Flag Means Death.[5] Good Society won the 2019 Indie Game Developer Network award for "Best Rules."[6] In 2022, a Kickstarter campaign to reprint Good Society raised AU$148,059.