VN Ren'Py Karlsson's Gambit [v0.8.2B Final] [Grym Gudinna Games]

[Stan5851]

I discovered this game by happenstance. Downloaded it out of curiosity, since it was so highly rated. Played it as a survival dystopian game. Ended-up K9 (i cheated only for the blind test) and am now hooked!
I think she is making us wait, because the one playing as subs will enjoy the waiting, and squirming, and to punish the one whom dare playing as males' dom.

I'm very happy for you and for K9's accomplishment, but about your last sentence I'll allow myself to disagree. I don't think we need to look for a conspiracy theory where there isn't one. Tess had some of the data on her work computers corrupted, hence the delay. As for "sub" players, Tess does not separate dom and sub players and treats both groups as respectfully as possible. We were able to see this on more than one occasion.

When something went wrong, Tess sincerely apologized to everyone, even waiving the subscription fee for her patrons. And she always conducts herself with the utmost decorum and courtesy, so she's never had any "let them endure and dutifully wait for a new update because they're sub players" moments. She's a wise enough woman not to act like a teenager playing "cruel mistress".

 

[Mr. Chatty]

How can a woman be a romantic and sadist? Those two things seem to clash in my opinion.

Mostly these doesn't go well together but maybe a little bit in light masochism.

 

[DoverDad]

here3r the drubky mionkkeybn matew texte me vbake cue i ned a shite whe ru mtwe u where suporso be out font but al I is ufo little gnen tits want to do bad stf to mt qrss ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr my rear end idsam on fire fuk myty arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg shit why is rhter a brown patch in my undies

 

[kinkyshin]

here3r the drubky mionkkeybn matew texte me vbake cue i ned a shite whe ru mtwe u where suporso be out font but al I is ufo little gnen tits want to do bad stf to mt qrss ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr my rear end idsam on fire fuk myty arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg shit why is rhter a brown patch in my undies

 

[DoverDad]

That is a result of having 1 too many last night. Now my head got c4 going off inside.

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

so the interesting thing is that she said bodies will start dropping this episode or the next? Technically the nurse is probs dead if you arent on the veronica path, but any guesses as to who has death in their near future?

 

[DoverDad]

so the interesting thing is that she said bodies will start dropping this episode or the next? Technically the nurse is probs dead if you arent on the veronica path, but any guesses as to who has death in their near future?

Zach or Jake or both to die next

 

[Brandu33]

I'm very happy for you and for K9's accomplishment, but about your last sentence I'll allow myself to disagree. I don't think we need to look for a conspiracy theory where there isn't one. Tess had some of the data on her work computers corrupted, hence the delay. As for "sub" players, Tess does not separate dom and sub players and treats both groups as respectfully as possible. We were able to see this on more than one occasion.

When something went wrong, Tess sincerely apologized to everyone, even waiving the subscription fee for her patrons. And she always conducts herself with the utmost decorum and courtesy, so she's never had any "let them endure and dutifully wait for a new update because they're sub players" moments. She's a wise enough woman not to act like a teenager playing "cruel mistress".

I know, i read about her soft and hardware misadventures, and was quite impress about how a self declared sadist behave in such kind and civil manner (BDSM is something i played at in a very soft way, not something i'm attracted to as a way of life).
My post was a humorous reaction to what other people wrote, and about what the game is about... By which i mean, that those whom enjoyed playing the sub route should enjoy grovelling a little bit more to see what she has in store for them.
And those, like me, whom ended-up as K9, should keep focus, since she lefts us in a cliffhanger. Are we to be demoted? Promoted? A survival game indeed!

 

[Stan5851]

I know, i read about her soft and hardware misadventures, and was quite impress about how a self declared sadist behave in such kind and civil manner (BDSM is something i played at in a very soft way, not something i'm attracted to as a way of life).
My post was a humorous reaction to what other people wrote, and about what the game is about... By which i mean, that those whom enjoyed playing the sub route should enjoy grovelling a little bit more to see what she has in store for them.

Thanks for the clarification. On the "self-proclaimed" sadist thing, if memory serves, Tess has admitted in this thread that she is not only a sadist (within the confines of her bedroom), but also a big romantic. By the way, here's an interesting fact about "sadist" Tess - she once worked as a volunteer to help victims of family violence, particularly victims of incest, get over what happened, which, incidentally, affected her quite a bit and is the reason why our Karlsson's Gambit doesn't have that fetish. So she is definitely an interesting person.

And those, like me, whom ended-up as K9, should keep focus, since she lefts us in a cliffhanger. Are we to be demoted? Promoted? A survival game indeed!

As your fellow K9 ranker I give you a 100% guarantee that we will not be downgraded, unless of course we do something unimaginable and completely obvious stupid). The only thing I can see that might slow our progress somewhat is the probably very tough decisions in the upcoming game show that we'll have to make, which could theoretically partially ruin the relationship with Good Olivia and therefore slow GoodDom K9's progress towards the K10 rank.

But I hope that there are ways to keep Kane and Olivia's "shared" moral compass intact without screwing up the game show. In fact, who really should be worried is the guys who are fundamentally playing ranked K1 and naively hoping to survive and make it to the finals.

 

[WattsFU]

Fcuk you K9'ers! K1 is where it's at! I mean who doesn't want to wash their face with lava while getting pissed on?

 

[Stan5851]

I mean who doesn't want to wash their face with lava while getting pissed on?

I'm guessing all but K1.

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

Zach or Jake or both to die next

I doubt either of those two drop anytime soon, but if someone does drop between those two, I'd guess zack since he gets fucked with more than anyone else and the males in his family are dropping like flies

 

[Don Sucio]

I doubt either of those two drop anytime soon, but if someone does drop between those two, I'd guess zack since he gets fucked with more than anyone else and the males in his family are dropping like flies

It would be cool see Zack dead, he was with us since the beginning so it´s an important character, i need some drama.

 

[Stan5851]

It would be cool see Zack dead, he was with us since the beginning so it´s an important character, i need some drama.

I'm sure we're all in for some drama, and the fact that some of the unfortunate game show contestants won't live to see the end of it is very likely. But honestly, I'm more interested in another thing - which of her sisters Alessandra wants to kill and how that will turn out for everyone involved in Gambit, including Kane and Olivia. Right now, I'd hate to see what Alessandra has in mind come to fruition, even if I imagine her diabolical plan is to eliminate Juliette.

 

[Remembrance]

Love can be expressed in any form, most murderers romanticised their victims & the victim profile of serial killers often coincided with their Sexual preferences.

I'm more into mental stuff than physical, the free will of placing oneself into bondage position of another's power is so beautiful, the ultimate expression of love trust & surrender

Inequality & Denial rocks cause of that, but the only denial in in the sub path
Wish dev would atleast show us the cage fitting like they did with the branding.
Or maybe something on the fem pod content?
Dammit, my resolve to ignore part 1 & play the whole ep.8 together is wavering

Something got me thinking..... Yeah, it is obvious to everyone that there is no explicit sexual content of Olivia + Kane in the maledom route yet, yes, Kane Dom will not see much else that is in the pure sub routes, but Kane Dom can already dominate a little sex and fuck the brains of one of the most beautiful sisters, Alessandra. I think it's worth it, ha-ha!
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But this is just a lyric and an amusing observation, which in any case would not have prompted me to switch to Sub path, because, as we know, to each his own. I'm sure those who play pure sub path will probably laugh condescendingly at this, because they don't need their Sub Kane to dominate women at all.)

Okay, jokes and funny observations aside. I wanted to write about something a little different. To my shame, over the last few updates I've gotten too spoiled by the handy Sancho Mod and almost completely stopped looking at the official walkthrough, and if I did, it was only superficially to learn this or that thing on the spot. And, as it turned out, in vain. When taking a closer look at the ep7 walkthrough, I came across some interesting information about ranks and their influence on the events of the 8th and subsequent episodes.

Yes, a lot of things have already been discussed here, but one thing is our guesses and assumptions, and another is an official explanation from the developer. And if anyone, like me, missed this part, I'll just leave it here.
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So, guys and gals who don't play Star...., here's some food for thought while there's still a little time before ep8 comes out, in which we could use this knowledge.

Bro I literally copied the whole thing in one of my posts explaining the ranks. Can't believe you missed it

I want to eventually break Alessandra so that she becomes subservient to Kane. But I don't know if that can be done, because Alessandra isn't one of those characters whose personality the player can change the to suit him relatively easily. As for sponsorship, her friend's boyfriend has nothing to do with it, here is 2nd condition of sponsorship is that:

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So perhaps we should separate Alessandra's sponsorship and love relationship with her. In her case, it's not synonymous. At this point, the only condition of sponsorship that would guarantee the development of a love relationship with her is the already mentioned mandatory submission of Kane to her in the bedroom and his ostentatious dominance outside the bedroom. Personally, I don't need a relationship with her at that price, nor do I need her sponsorship. It's enough for me to fuck her.

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Well the only save I have is my my morally flexible, selfish play-through, so I'll be looking to be playing a balancing act game to get the most benefits.

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

I'm sure we're all in for some drama, and the fact that some of the unfortunate game show contestants won't live to see the end of it is very likely. But honestly, I'm more interested in another thing - which of her sisters Alessandra wants to kill and how that will turn out for everyone involved in Gambit, including Kane and Olivia. Right now, I'd hate to see what Alessandra has in mind come to fruition, even if I imagine her diabolical plan is to eliminate Juliette.

Id imagine she doesnt care who died between juliette and dominique she's all about the chaos at this point.

 

[Stan5851]

Id imagine she doesnt care who died between juliette and dominique she's all about the chaos at this point.

It's just not very clear how exactly this very chaos is going to help her achieve her ultimate goal. I haven't played the secret sub route, but in the dom route, Alessandra doesn't look like a very capable sister on whom the entire Karlsson company depends heavily, and with the possible death of any of her sisters, the entire company will be weakened and the DeKocks will become stronger on the contrary. We (or I) probably still know too little about her true ability to carry out management, but so far Alessa seems the weakest of the sisters (imho).

And her ability to just go with the flow, getting all the benefits of the existing order of things, may very quickly disappear when the flow turns into a chaotic flow and the number of responsibilities of her hypothetical victim are distributed among all the remaining sisters.

Dammit, my resolve to ignore part 1 & play the whole ep.8 together is wavering

I was originally leaning towards going through both parts at once too, but the issue is that we still don't know how long we have to wait for the second part to come out. So while that uncertainty persists, I'm leaning towards playing it in stages.

 

[Deleted member 4652206]

Damn this game is taking so damn long

 

[MilesEdgeworth]

It's just not very clear how exactly this very chaos is going to help her achieve her ultimate goal. I haven't played the secret sub route, but in the dom route, Alessandra doesn't look like a very capable sister on whom the entire Karlsson company depends heavily, and with the possible death of any of her sisters, the entire company will be weakened and the DeKocks will become stronger on the contrary. We (or I) probably still know too little about her true ability to carry out management, but so far Alessa seems the weakest of the sisters (imho).

And her ability to just go with the flow, getting all the benefits of the existing order of things, may very quickly disappear when the flow turns into a chaotic flow and the number of responsibilities of her hypothetical victim are distributed among all the remaining sisters.

I fear that you've fallen into the same trap that alexander did. She just plays dumb but is alot smarter than she lets on. Without knowing her motive and taking her at her word, I believe her main goal is testing Kane and seeing what hes truly capable of. Dom and juliette want to run the company, veronica wants to be a scientist, but I believe that alessandra wishes to see if Kane truly is worthy of running the company and shes more than willing to play the trophy wife. She can run it if she has but I believe testing is her true goal and she wants the sisters out of the way to see what kane is truly capable of

 

[| Vee |]

Why I have a feeling that Otto has lived his days!