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Putting the RPG Back in Game Night

Jan 05, 2010 19:10

We've had a weekly game night going at our place for a decade now. It started when Nik and I were living in an apartment in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle and has been at our house since we moved here in 2000. The three Ronins (Nicole, Evan, and I) have been constants and many other friends have cycled in and out. Those who leave inevitably do ( Read more... )

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Grimm crothian January 6 2010, 03:19:17 UTC

I don't know much about Fables other then some basics, but Grimm by FFG should work. It's about kids getting placed in a very dark faerie tale land based on all traditional stories. The d20 version is okay, but when the game was redone with its own system it become better.

If you enjoy making a game work Deliria could be interesting. The mechanics and deciphering how the game works can be a challenge though.

Zoercerer of Zo does seem to be a good bet though. It's weakness was setting not being well defined, but with Fables you already have a setting.

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wunderworks January 6 2010, 17:05:14 UTC

My wife is playing with John and Ro Wick in a game of Changeling:The Lost right now and LOVING it.

jcfiala January 6 2010, 05:16:51 UTC

Y'know, something like this, I'd be tempted to just use FUDGE. That would allow someone to have 'Charming: Good' as an attribute or a skill, or whichever.

princeofcairo January 6 2010, 05:33:50 UTC

As I was reading this post, I was thinking "I wonder if Chris will end by picking Zorcerer of Zo." I concur with your choice -- I ran Truth & Justice for a year or so, and the only real breaking point is the interface between mortal and super (between Batman and Flash, say), which shouldn't be as big a problem with a Fables game.

And the one session of ZoZ I ran as a scenario in my T&J game (Irene Adler reading a bedtime story to the kids of the PCs, essentially), it worked just fine.

chadu January 6 2010, 14:18:09 UTC

Just curious, Ken -- was the breaking in Batman's favor or the Flash's? (I can see how having a crapload of extra/high-ranked Qualities from Intense Training might overbalance T&J systemically in favor of "supernormals".)

armadillo_king January 6 2010, 19:12:03 UTC

I was also going to recommend PDQ (well, once you said FATE was too crunchy). I've been reading S7S, and it certainly seems to have the flexibility that you're looking for.

chadu January 6 2010, 14:15:19 UTC

The Zorcerer of Zo: [...] After a re-read, I'd say this is the clear front runner.

Aw, gawrsh.

Well, Fables was definitely in mind when I wrote the game, so I think it's pretty doable.

Mentioned upthread, Seven Leagues might be a good fit, but I think Grimm's setting has its claws in the system a bit more than I was ewxpecting.