• Sunnydale Slaying: There is a Buffy Boardgame

    From Ralph Glatt@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Tue Nov 8 07:40:02 2016
    On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 8:21:19 AM UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
    Coming soon to your friendly neighborhood games shoppe, it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Game. This time it’s you. You are the Joss Whedon.
    Ok, maybe you’re the heroes, but you do get to run through what is essentially your own special season of the show each time you play the
    game.

    Buffy is a fully cooperative action game with you and your friends
    slinging magic and martial arts against a barrage of monsters of the
    week as they terrorize the townies (yes, the game uses those terms).
    Their demonic/vampiric mayhem leads up to a final challenge with your season’s “bigbad” as you struggle to defend Sunnydale.

    The foes are drawn from enemies faced throughout the TV series, with
    many providing interesting twists such as keeping the players from
    speaking to each other or forcing you to sing. There are even mechanics
    for player controlled characters regularly becoming one of the bad guys
    for a little while, because that’s what happens in the show after all.
    You and up to 5 friends are, of course, major heroes from the show
    (Buffy, Xander, Giles, Angel, Willow, etc.). Perhaps controversially
    Spike is a playable character, not an enemy, but hey once in a while he
    can be the one to turn against the group.

    All of this is amidst a backdrop of stopping an ever impending
    Apocalypse, with its own countdown counter on the board. If you don’t patrol, find the baddies, and slay them the world as we know it comes
    to an end. No pressure.

    --
    BREAKING NEWS
    In other news, somehow Crooked Hillary still isn't in prison...
    Sounds almost as charming as the WWF "roleplaying" game.

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  • From Will in New Haven@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Tue Nov 8 18:41:27 2016
    On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 8:21:19 AM UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
    Coming soon to your friendly neighborhood games shoppe, it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Game. This time it’s you. You are the Joss Whedon.
    Ok, maybe you’re the heroes, but you do get to run through what is essentially your own special season of the show each time you play the
    game.

    Buffy is a fully cooperative action game with you and your friends
    slinging magic and martial arts against a barrage of monsters of the
    week as they terrorize the townies (yes, the game uses those terms).
    Their demonic/vampiric mayhem leads up to a final challenge with your season’s “bigbad” as you struggle to defend Sunnydale.

    The foes are drawn from enemies faced throughout the TV series, with
    many providing interesting twists such as keeping the players from
    speaking to each other or forcing you to sing. There are even mechanics
    for player controlled characters regularly becoming one of the bad guys
    for a little while, because that’s what happens in the show after all.
    You and up to 5 friends are, of course, major heroes from the show
    (Buffy, Xander, Giles, Angel, Willow, etc.). Perhaps controversially
    Spike is a playable character, not an enemy, but hey once in a while he
    can be the one to turn against the group.

    All of this is amidst a backdrop of stopping an ever impending
    Apocalypse, with its own countdown counter on the board. If you don’t patrol, find the baddies, and slay them the world as we know it comes
    to an end. No pressure.

    --


    There has been a quite good Buffy RPG for years.

    http://www.edenstudios.net/buffyrpg.html

    Eden Studios.

    --
    Will now in Pompano Beach

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  • From John Geoffrey@21:1/5 to Ralph Glatt on Mon Nov 14 23:55:33 2016
    On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:40:03 UTC+1, Ralph Glatt wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 8:21:19 AM UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
    Coming soon to your friendly neighborhood games shoppe, it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Game. This time it’s you. You are the Joss Whedon. Ok, maybe you’re the heroes, but you do get to run through what is essentially your own special season of the show each time you play the game.

    Buffy is a fully cooperative action game with you and your friends slinging magic and martial arts against a barrage of monsters of the
    week as they terrorize the townies (yes, the game uses those terms).
    Their demonic/vampiric mayhem leads up to a final challenge with your season’s “bigbad” as you struggle to defend Sunnydale.

    The foes are drawn from enemies faced throughout the TV series, with
    many providing interesting twists such as keeping the players from speaking to each other or forcing you to sing. There are even mechanics for player controlled characters regularly becoming one of the bad guys for a little while, because that’s what happens in the show after all. You and up to 5 friends are, of course, major heroes from the show
    (Buffy, Xander, Giles, Angel, Willow, etc.). Perhaps controversially
    Spike is a playable character, not an enemy, but hey once in a while he can be the one to turn against the group.

    All of this is amidst a backdrop of stopping an ever impending
    Apocalypse, with its own countdown counter on the board. If you don’t patrol, find the baddies, and slay them the world as we know it comes
    to an end. No pressure.

    --
    BREAKING NEWS
    In other news, somehow Crooked Hillary still isn't in prison...
    Sounds almost as charming as the WWF "roleplaying" game.

    WWE. They lost their trademark dispute with the World Wildlife Foundation.

    Anyway, I like wrestling. I think the over-the-top drama might make for a good game.

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  • From Ralph Glatt@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Tue Nov 15 07:19:20 2016
    On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 2:55:34 AM UTC-5, John Geoffrey wrote:
    On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:40:03 UTC+1, Ralph Glatt wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 8:21:19 AM UTC-5, Ubiquitous wrote:
    Coming soon to your friendly neighborhood games shoppe, it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Game. This time it’s you. You are the Joss Whedon. Ok, maybe you’re the heroes, but you do get to run through what is essentially your own special season of the show each time you play the game.

    Buffy is a fully cooperative action game with you and your friends slinging magic and martial arts against a barrage of monsters of the week as they terrorize the townies (yes, the game uses those terms). Their demonic/vampiric mayhem leads up to a final challenge with your season’s “bigbad” as you struggle to defend Sunnydale.

    The foes are drawn from enemies faced throughout the TV series, with many providing interesting twists such as keeping the players from speaking to each other or forcing you to sing. There are even mechanics for player controlled characters regularly becoming one of the bad guys for a little while, because that’s what happens in the show after all. You and up to 5 friends are, of course, major heroes from the show (Buffy, Xander, Giles, Angel, Willow, etc.). Perhaps controversially Spike is a playable character, not an enemy, but hey once in a while he can be the one to turn against the group.

    All of this is amidst a backdrop of stopping an ever impending Apocalypse, with its own countdown counter on the board. If you don’t patrol, find the baddies, and slay them the world as we know it comes
    to an end. No pressure.

    --
    BREAKING NEWS
    In other news, somehow Crooked Hillary still isn't in prison...
    Sounds almost as charming as the WWF "roleplaying" game.

    WWE. They lost their trademark dispute with the World Wildlife Foundation.

    Anyway, I like wrestling. I think the over-the-top drama might make for a good game.

    Back when I played it, it was still WWF. Basically, whoever got initiative the most won. I played it once, but I'll never play it again.

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  • From Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw@21:1/5 to John Geoffrey on Wed Nov 16 03:55:19 2016
    On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 23:55:33 -0800, John Geoffrey wrote:

    On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:40:03 UTC+1, Ralph Glatt wrote:

    Sounds almost as charming as the WWF "roleplaying" game.

    WWE. They lost their trademark dispute with the World Wildlife
    Foundation.

    For 'lost' read 'finally ran out of places to appeal their original loss
    over thirty years ago to.'

    Anyway, I like wrestling. I think the over-the-top drama might make for
    a good game.

    Apparently, there are all sorts of online wrestling RP communities[1].
    From some of the drama that has spilled out, they could use a good set of
    rules rather than "everyone votes on who wrote the best story of the
    match."

    [1] And similar things, such as the Poke Combat Academy: Based around
    anthro Pokemon in school and learning how to be the best in the arena.

    --
    Chakat Firepaw - Inventor and Scientist (mad)

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  • From John Geoffrey@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 18 04:25:26 2016
    On Wednesday, 16 November 2016 04:55:51 UTC+1, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw wrote:
    On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 23:55:33 -0800, John Geoffrey wrote:

    On Tuesday, 8 November 2016 16:40:03 UTC+1, Ralph Glatt wrote:

    Sounds almost as charming as the WWF "roleplaying" game.

    WWE. They lost their trademark dispute with the World Wildlife
    Foundation.

    For 'lost' read 'finally ran out of places to appeal their original loss
    over thirty years ago to.'

    Anyway, I like wrestling. I think the over-the-top drama might make for
    a good game.

    Apparently, there are all sorts of online wrestling RP communities[1].
    From some of the drama that has spilled out, they could use a good set of rules rather than "everyone votes on who wrote the best story of the
    match."

    [1] And similar things, such as the Poke Combat Academy: Based around
    anthro Pokemon in school and learning how to be the best in the arena.

    --
    Chakat Firepaw - Inventor and Scientist (mad)

    I guess wrestling needs to get writers from somewhere...

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