A conversation that I had with my game group last night: What do you think would be the hardest franchise to express as a TTRPG? (And as a follow up challenge, what would you do to make that TTRPG anyway?)
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Hmm. Maybe MechWarrior or Gundam. I feel like it is very hard to balance a game between mech combat and pilot combat without neglecting one or the other. Also, there are massive risks if your mech is ever downed.
may 11, 2025, 10:46 pm • 1 0 • view
This exists already. I pilotted a Marauder until I managed to capture a MADCAT. And I pumped my character full of so many cyber enhancements, that he wasn't that afraid of his mech being downed. ttrpgfactory.com/2022/04/13/b...
may 11, 2025, 10:50 pm • 0 0 • view
I think you can make anything a TTRPG if you try hard enough. Earthworm Jim? Clone High? ... I got it! Ren and Stimpy.
may 11, 2025, 10:55 pm • 0 0 • view
Toon?
may 11, 2025, 10:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah. Like Loony Toons, but way darker and less predictable. Loony Toons would be another tricky one... But there are enough similar gags for there to be rules, and I bet it would be fun as heck. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ren...
may 11, 2025, 11:02 pm • 0 0 • view
So Toon. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toon_(r...
may 12, 2025, 12:18 am • 1 0 • view
First. Holy crap that sounds like a load of fun! Second. I think that would cover it, but I'm a little hesitant to say for sure. The rule about breaking the rules is a pretty wide blanket. Third. I want to try this game soon! Thanks for letting me know about it!
may 12, 2025, 1:48 am • 1 0 • view
Gossip girl. I'm not even joking. But you take it and twist it into a sinister entity "gossip girl" who torments the party and they have to suss out and defeat. However, it's mostly a puzzle and logic campaign. Little to no murder.
may 11, 2025, 11:24 pm • 2 0 • view