The Bellagio Imbroglio (game)

The Bellagio Imbroglio
Main character(s):	Adventurers
Featuring:	Count Cagliostro, Casanova
Main enemy:	Daleks, Krillitane
Main setting:	Venice, July 1778
Key crew
Publisher:	Cubicle Seven
Writers:	Morgan Davie, Mark Lawford, Andrew Peregrine, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Nathaniel Torson
Release details
Part of:	Gamemaster's Companion
Release date:	12 January 2017
Adventures in Time and Space: The Roleplaying Game
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The Bellagio Imbroglio was an adventure for the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, included in the sourcebook Gamemaster's Companion. Uniquely for the series, this story was designed as a pure historical.

Publisher's summary

In this adventure, the time travellers are pulled into a swirl of intrigue, mystery and romance! They find themselves entangled with the legendary mystic Count Cagliostro and the ageing adventurer Casanova while dodging the Inquisition through the canals of 18th-century Venice. At stake: the lives of an innocent family.

Characters

• Player characters
  • The Doctor (possibly)
  • Clara Oswald (possibly)
  • Sarah Jane Smith (possibly)
  • Jack Harkness (possibly)
  • Amy Pond (possibly)
  • Martha Jones (possibly)
  • Donna Noble (possibly)
  • Rory Williams (possibly)
• The Ageing Rogue, Giacomo Casanova
• The Generous Hostess, Elizabeta Bellagio
• The Rebellious Daughter, Sabrina Bellagio
• The Special Inquisitor, Bernardo Battista
• The Ruthless Twins, Mariano Palladio and Carla Palladio
• The Murderous Assassin, Mostro
• The Roving Magician, Alessandro Cagliostro
• The Daring Gondolier, Vincenzo Cristiano
• The Ill-Fated Informant, Anton
• The Bellagio Servant, Teodor
• The Principal of the Fellows of the Red Lion, Aureo Mare
• The Police Captain, Fracastoro
• The Singing Gondolier, Cesare
• The Fool of the 40 Thieves, Umberto
• The Beggar Woman, Margarita

Worldbuilding

• The Bellagio Stone has a mystic significance, believed to be the Philosopher's Stone. While it may simply be an ordinary gemstone, it may also be a gem grown within the Time Vortex which emits artron energy or an object of significance to the adventurers such as a message from the Time Lords or a fragment of the Key to Time.
• Cagliostro's Elixir of Life, said by legend to have been shared with Casanova, may actually have been Time Lord technology. If the legend was true, Casanova may have been granted the ability to renew his body twelve times, and still resides in Venice today under a new face.

Notes

• If the gamemaster does not wish to play a pure historical game, there are options to add Daleks and/or Krillitane to the story, both well-integrated with the Venice setting.
• In the tradition of The Massacre, it is suggested that Casanova may look exactly like the Doctor. This can be taken as a reference to David Tennant's role as Casanova in Casanova, a show closely linked to Doctor Who.

Continuity

• Legends concerning Cagliostro's ability to renew his body twelve times are also referenced in PROSE: Managra ^[+]Loading...["Managra (novel)"], which also suggests a possible Time Lord connection.