The Price of Freedom (role-playing game)

)[2] Each player rounds out the character with:[2] The Price of Freedom was designed by Greg Costikyan, and was published by West End Games in 1986.

Created as the Cold War drew to an end in the era of glasnost and thawing US-Soviet relations, the game failed to find an audience and rapidly went out of print.

[5][6] Stewart Wieck reviewed The Price of Freedom in White Wolf #7 (1987), rating it an 8 out of 10 and stated that "Even if you are an RPGer who already has established campaigns in several game systems, then you should still think about looking into TPF.

Swan called the packaging "gorgeous", the premise "outrageous' and the execution of the game "brilliant, flawed only be a narrow approach that limits its long-term playability."

Swan concluded by giving the game an excellent rating of 3.5 out of 4, saying, "Inexplicably Price of Freedom never caught on — maybe the satire was a little too subtle, or maybe the humor was a little too black — but it's nevertheless a classic, one that deserves a closer look from those who may have missed it the first time around.