Fifty Two Hooks Part 4
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babalon_93, I'm going to be doing 52 items of my own for the next year.
I'll be trying to come up with a new "game idea" for a RPG every week. These can be very minor (Suitable for a single session), to medium (suitable for a multi-week campaign) to major (Suitable to build a whole world around).
I have used NONE of these before, so although some of these have been kicking around the old grey matter for ages, this is the first time I have most of them down on screen.
Hook : Anno Dracula '87
Roleplaying in Kim Newmans "Anno Dracula" universe always struck me as such a good idea! The basic hook, if you aren't familiar with the universe, is that Dracula was real, managed to defeat Van Helsing and the others and vampires pretty much rule the world. This is also a world where fictional characters exist.
Why 1987? It's the tail end of the eighties, its a period I know reasonably well (and IMDB can probbly fill in the bits I missed) and it's the year Lost Boys came out, which is in itself the perfect hook.
babalon_93, I'm going to be doing 52 items of my own for the next year.I'll be trying to come up with a new "game idea" for a RPG every week. These can be very minor (Suitable for a single session), to medium (suitable for a multi-week campaign) to major (Suitable to build a whole world around).
I have used NONE of these before, so although some of these have been kicking around the old grey matter for ages, this is the first time I have most of them down on screen.
Hook : Anno Dracula '87
Roleplaying in Kim Newmans "Anno Dracula" universe always struck me as such a good idea! The basic hook, if you aren't familiar with the universe, is that Dracula was real, managed to defeat Van Helsing and the others and vampires pretty much rule the world. This is also a world where fictional characters exist.
Why 1987? It's the tail end of the eighties, its a period I know reasonably well (and IMDB can probbly fill in the bits I missed) and it's the year Lost Boys came out, which is in itself the perfect hook.
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Date: 2008-01-30 11:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-31 12:21 am (UTC)Lost Boys soundtrack.
17 Seconds - The Cure
First and Last and Always - The Sisters of Mercy
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun - Dead Can Dance
A Date With Elvis - The Cramps
Hunting High and Low - A-Ha
That's a start...
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Date: 2008-01-31 03:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-30 11:37 am (UTC)Don't forget Near Dark came out in '87 too.
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Date: 2008-01-31 01:12 am (UTC)In Pantheon you can build a whole universe in a single session!
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Date: 2008-01-31 01:25 am (UTC)By the definitions I have used above, using normally accepted terminology used by gamers, that would make an idea that "only" generates a whole universe in Pantheon into a "very minor" category.
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Date: 2008-01-31 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-31 02:39 pm (UTC)