Notes about a Flash Gordon RPG written by one Erick-Noël Bouchard. It was in French, but this is what I could figure out. The game (as far as I can tell) intentionally plays up the comic strip's sexism, &c.

Male characters have three attributes:

• Dexterity: Used any action requiring skill, e.g. drawing guns or driving vehicles
• Endurance: Used any action requiring physical force, e.g. fighting
• Virility: ...

(Dexterity may need a better translation...)

Female characters have:

• Hypocrisy: Used to "handle a man" (v. Dexterity) or to lie to woman (v. Hypocrisy)
• Passivity: Used to be overlooked (v. Dexterity against a man, Hypocrisy against a woman)
• Charm: ...

To generate attribute scores, the player & GM play RPS.

• GM wins: 10 (done)
• Tie: 20 (done)
• Player wins: 30 (& continue as below)

If the player wins, they play RPS again.

• GM wins: +0 (done)
• Tie: +10 (done)
• Player wins: +20 (repeat)

No starting attribute value may be greater than 110.

Resolution:

1. The GM chooses a difficulty from 10–100 (normally 20)
2. The GM & player play RPS.
   • If the player wins, succes
   • If the GM wins, failure
   • If it's a tie, compare the character's relevant ability to the difficulty
     • If the ability ≥ the difficulty, success
     • Otherwise, failure

For contests, use the opponent's relevant attribute as the difficulty.

Notes:

• Women automatically fail at agression
• Men automatically fail at subterfuge

In combat, the first "wound" has no effect. A second wound causes its victim to fall unconscious for 20 minutes. Likewise, vehicles explode on the second hit.

If there are more than one character on a side, use the one with the highest relevant ability, but add 1 point for each additional character on that side.

(...much more to go...)

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The winner of a contest of Virility may decide whether the two characters will be friends or enemies.

(Virility v. Charm)

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RPS could be replaced with 1d6:

• 1–2 = failure
• 3–4 = tie
• 5–6 = success

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