…What? I did go back to bed. I apparently needed a three hour map.
Anyway, thanks to the magic of Amazon referrals (thanks!) I picked up the Atomic Robo Roleplaying Game. Action Science and funky d6 dice! Doesn’t get any better than that.
Moe Lane
PS: Also grabbed the Fifth Edition Player’s Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons), but that’s more practical (my group is planning to run a campaign). The Atomic Robo’s for swank.
Atlas Games is going to do a reboot, in fact – which makes sense; the action movie genre has evolved since it first came out, not to mention history in general. And what is Feng Shui? Well, it’s a roleplaying game… that. Well. Let me put it this way:
If you have ever had a player-character drive through a convenient window while simultaneously driving a motorcycling and cross-firing two Uzis at various Scorpion Cult mooks, then turned your mid-air dismount from said motorcycle (which may or may not be on fire at this point) into a forward roll from which you erupt in a furious maelstrom of punches, kicks, and casual violations of the law of inertia, until everyone is on the ground except for that one guy in a white suit and a couple of butterfly swords complete with glowing kanji, and that’s when the techno music shifts to something more punchy… well, you were probably playing either Feng Shui or Hong Kong Action Theatre, so there was no need to explain any of that to you.
It’s a fun game.
‘This’ being this map (original site here). That would make for a hardcore RPG.
Or perhaps that’s just the Sleep Madness talking.
Via Do-Gooder Press.
No: sequester or no, things aren’t grim. But prudent people plan and prepare. Although, admittedly, I’m not sure if I quite remember how to write gaming material anymore. The style is notably different.
OK, background:
Seeing as I am a roleplaying game geek AND a Cthulhu Mythos fan AND a Delta Green enthusiast… as you can imagine, I was more than happy to interview John about the book, get his thoughts on What Delta Green and the Mythos Means To Us, and tease out a hint or two about the planned update of the game setting. Plus, some hard truths about the gaming industry! – Which believe me, I kind of already knew.
MP3 interview at the link below. I’d like to do more of these, I think: they’re kind of refreshing.
John Tynes Interview – 04/20/2012
Moe Lane
…it’s very nifty. For those wondering: The Laundry is a roleplaying game based on the Laundry Files series by Charles Stross
Good times, good times.
This is so totally on my Wish List now:
It’s the RPG for Charlie Stross’s brilliant espionage/Cthulhu Mythos Laundry Files
Whatever Microsoft is charging for its “Let’s balance the federal budget!” game that the government has requested…
…I’m pretty sure that I can bring it in for less. I even have a script already planned out: Continue reading My brief foray into fiscal text-based RPGs.
And I don’t mean ‘gamer’ in this modern, I-have-my-own-Mt-Dew-flavor sense:
…and out of curiosity? Is the intent here really to suggest that the average World of Warcraft
No, I mean real gamers. Ones with multiple types of dice and more pencils than erasers. Well, here it is:
I own Champions
Moe Lane
PS:
You walk a mystical path, and are a creature of the spiritual and the supernatural. You are introspective and self-reliant, but nobody will ever question your bravery or commitment to justice.
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