Introducing: Lost In Manhattan

It's 1931. The Great Depression has hit, leaving many out of work. Prohibition has succeeded only in empowering organised crime. Day after day, people vanish without notice. And behind the veneer of everyday life, a group of people are gathering to rebuild what was once lost.

Lost In Manhattan is a live-action roleplaying game based on White Wolf's Changeling: The Lost and set in 1930s New York. Players play everyday people who were taken captive by the True Fae - terrifying alien beings of great power, ruled by whimsy and incapable of empathy. Taken to Arcadia, an impossible land of dreams and nightmares, they were used as pets, slaves, lovers and toys by their cruel masters. After fighting to escape, they returned home to find that they are no longer human; Arcadia had become part of them, although mortal eyes could not see it. Even worse, many of them discovered they were not even missed, as the Fae left an imposter in their place. And so they try to pick up the pieces and forge a new life, all the while knowing that their old masters are still out there, and don't always let their playthings go so easily.

Fortunately, you're not alone.

New York City has long been home to Changelings. Ever since the five boroughs were established, each had its own Freehold - an independent changeling domain, ruled by various courts and with its own laws. Then, 11 years ago, Manhattan's Freehold disappeared without a trace. Nobody knows who or what caused it; those few that survived saw nothing, although some have a hard time remembering events that were going on. For a while, Manhattan remained mostly empty of Changelings. And yet with time, more innocents were taken by the Fae, and some made their way back, and some settled down. At the same time, Changelings from the other boroughs trickled in, either curious about what happened, or merely glad to get away from the constraints of the other Freeholds. Eventually, the changeling population regrew.

Now a call has gone out to reform the Freehold, rebuild the Courts, and reforge the bonds that gave them the strength to protect themselves from their former masters. And so, the Lost gather together once more.