Inspired by @CherryBomb50’s incredible games!
[name_m]Welcome[/name_m] to Nameberry Academy, an elite all girls school nestled in the Swiss alps/English countryside/wherever takes your fancy. Classes are small, consisting of eighteen students and a teacher. To name your eighteen students, roll a D6 for each girl. Middle names are free choice and surnames can be generated here: Last Names — A generated list of random family names.
- A name you would consider to be upper class/‘posh’
- A feminisation
- A name in your country’s top fifteen
- A gender-neutral name
- A name that feels dated to an earlier era
- The name of a Catholic saint
Your teacher is fifty years old, so choose names from this list: Top names of the 1970s
Now for the drama! [name_m]Four[/name_m] events take place each term; roll a D10 to chose your four and then a D18 to chose the students involved.
autumn term!
- A fire breaks out in the girls’ dormitory! Thankfully D18 has the presence of mind to quickly smother the flames, and is hailed as a hero (hopefully no-one will ever find out it was her scented candle which started the fire).
- D18 trips D18 on the way to class. She refuses to accept it was an accident and the two girls become sworn enemies.
- A cat wanders into the grounds and when her owner cannot be found, the girls persuade their teachers to adopt her!
- Noticing the tension between D18 and D18, their teacher puts them together for a project. [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice: if you get an even number, it works and the girls become fast friends; if not, it’s an unmitigated catastrophe.
- D18 has a crush on D18! [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice: if you get an even number, the feeling is mutual and the girls begin dating; if not, their relationship becomes very awkward.
- The girls’ parents descend on the school for a fundraising event.
- D18 is revealed to be the heiress of a small European principality.
- D18 forms a close friendship with D18 when they sit next to each other in [name_f]English[/name_f].
- D18 is badly hurt during a school hockey match, and takes weeks to fully recover from her injuries.
- D18 and D18 are chosen as prefects.
spring term!
- D18 is caught copying from D18 and placed on a final warning by the school.
- The school holds a poetry competition and D18 wins! D18 is jealous as she considers her own poem to be superior.
- D18 needs to give a presentation in font of the whole school. Role the dice: if you get an even number she does a great job; if not, she crashes and burns, but her friends are there for her.
- D18’s mother gives a speech to the school about her career.
- D18 forms a close friendship with D18 when they sit next to each other in [name_m]Art[/name_m].
- D18 petitions the headteacher to modernise the school uniform. [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice; if you get an even number, she succeeds; if not, she doesn’t.
- D18 has a crush on D18! [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice: if you get an even number, the feeling is mutual and the girls begin dating; if not, their relationship becomes very awkward.
- Panic ensues when D18 vanishes on a school trip - turns out she just got lost looking for the bathroom.
- D18 leads a tour of prospective students around the school.
- D18, D18 and D18 represent the school at a model UN. [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice: if you get an even number they do brilliantly; if not they embarrass themselves with a lacklustre performance.
summer term!
- The school’s annual tennis tournament ends in a confrontation between D18 and D18. You chose which girl wins! [name_m]Roll[/name_m] the dice: if even, the loser graciously congratulates the victor; if not she storms off in a strop.
- The head of state for the country in which the school is set pays them a visit! Fortunately it’s a huge success.
- D18’s dads are upset about her grades and complain to the school.
- Auditions for the end of year play! D18, D18 and D18 all audition. The student with the longest name is cast in the lead and the student with the shortest name is rejected (the remaining student receives a supporting part). This causes tension between the star and the reject.
- A celebrity publishes a memoir describing her time at the school.
- The headteacher causes a stir when he announces out of the blue that he will be retiring next year!
- D18 is placed in charge if the school prom committee; she is overwhelmed by responsibility until D18 steps in to help.
- D18’s boyfriend visits the school (this causes much excitement, as the other girls had mostly assumed he was fictional).
- D18 passes all her exams with the highest grades in the year.
- D18 invites D18 to join her on a summer yachting holiday.