25% Of The Time, They Work Every Time

Dr Corden’s Robot Extravaganza was a seminal moment in the fields of both robotics and marketing.

Dr Corden’s robots, however, were as poorly made as their incredibly well branded launch event was poorly planned. Even the now well-known and socially influencing slogan of “25% of the time, they work every time” wasn’t enough to help Dr Corden recover from the shame that the night in question brought them.

Dr Corden was so confident in their skills when they designed their patented ‘Totally Competent Robot Helpers’ that they put in no fail-safes in case of malfunction. Nor did they think to put in any precautions for the launch night, in case any of the Totally Competent Robot Helpers failed to attend to their duties properly. In fact, all of the staff at the event were robots of Dr Corden’s design.
The only issue was that Dr Corden’s Totally Competent Robot Helpers were far from totally competent. In fact, they were only totally competent 25% of the time.

25% Of The Time, They Work Every Time is a one-page RPG where players take on the role of malfunctioning robots, trying to make their own launch event go as smoothly as possible.