Bundle of Holding has revived its Good Society offer, bringing back the full line of Storybrewers’ Jane‑Austen‑inspired RPG at a sensible (and sensible-ility?) price. With a second edition on the way, this bundle effectively serves as the complete first‑edition library in one place, along with a compatibility guide promised for the new rules. If you’re curious about the system or want the supplements before the update lands, this is the straightforward way to get them.
Good Society is a collaborative Regency drama game built around relationships, obligations, and social pressure. The mechanics stay light, and most of the play happens through scenes, letters, rumours, and the slow accumulation of reputation. It’s not a tactical system and doesn’t pretend to be; it’s built for players who want to shape character‑driven stories and let small decisions carry weight.
The bundle includes the core rulebook, the Deck of Connections, and the holiday playset, A Christmas Prince of Darkness. You also get Expanded Acquaintance, which adds a range of alternate playsets from low‑fantasy magic inspired by Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell to the Scarlet Pimpernel‑style Sense, Sensibility, and Swordsmanship. Think of them like different lenses for the same style of play. The Love & Longing deck rounds it out with extra prompts for emotional and interpersonal tension. That’s a fair bit of content for $17.95!
What stands out about Good Society is how clearly it knows its purpose. It focuses on the genteel and professional classes, keeps the scope tight, and treats everyday interactions as the engine of drama. The game’s structure – cycles of novel chapters, reputation shifts, scandal, and epistolary scenes – gives groups enough scaffolding to stay on track without dictating tone or outcome. It’s a system that rewards attention and collaboration more than optimisation.
If you’re interested in social‑drama RPGs, or you want a game that supports slower, more deliberate storytelling, this bundle is a practical entry point. With the second edition on the horizon, it’s also a good moment to see where the game started and what the new version will be building on.
You can click here to visit the bundle page at Bundle of Holding.
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