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Anonymous Sat 29 Nov 2008 17:17:00 No.3082097 View View Reply Original Report

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Spirit of the Century, /tg/.

Personally, what I've read so far seems great, but I'm not sure I could scrap together a group that appreciates the pulp aspects. Most of the people I game with are too selfish, too used to being grimdark and morally ambiguous.

Has anyone here ever run a game that had good party synergy and captured the pulpy spirit?

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Anonymous Sat 29 Nov 2008 17:49:00 No.3082158 Report

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>>3082147
I'm cranky, and don't come here very often anymore. I don't know about anyone else. You can try, but /tg/ just flat out pisses me off now.

Oh, and Spirit of the Century is a great game, but I recommend throwing Adventure! at your players first to warm them up if you're trying to shift them from the DnD mode of thought. We used to have an Adventure! pdf on /rs/, work with that.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Nov 2008 17:49:00 No.3082160 Report

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My group would probably be very good at pulp games. I'm planning on playing a FUDGE pulp campaign, since my local games store has only Warhammer fantasy and D&d shit in its inventory.

I would give my left nut for a hardcover copy of Spirit of the Century.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 29 Nov 2008 17:58:00 No.3082168 Report

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>>3082149

This never struck me as the kind of game that would work online, it requires (or at least assumes) more intimacy in a group.

As for pulp setting, there's plenty of films that capture the genre pretty well. Indiana Jones, The Mummy, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Rocketeer, Dick Tracy, etc. Just run a game as if you're playing one of those films.

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Flower-patterned-shirt-wearing radiant destiny !!zffthw77diZ Sat 29 Nov 2008 17:59:00 No.3082177 Report

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>>3082130
>>3082132

Stop talking about how we can't talk about RPGs and talk about RPGs, idiots. I feel like I'm hearing some people on /v/ there.

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Also, good party synergy is something I unfortunately have tes to see. And, I don't think the pulp particularily encourages this. I mean, the idea is to get over the top, as HEROES with lots of CAPS to get the over the top ideas, leading to characters possibly going for a battle of egos, wether it is conscious or not.

Not that it makes this any less cooler. Pulp is awesome.

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Anonymous Sat 29 Nov 2008 18:11:00 No.3082224 Report

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>>3082177

True, but it seems to cultivate a sort of brotherhood mentality tha people could hopefully use to elevate each other at relevant times, rather than constantly steal the limelight.

I don't know, maybe I'm being to optimistic in folk's interpretation of the system.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Nov 2008 02:18:00 No.3083848 Report

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Calm down, OP. /tg/ plays SotC, you just asked at the wrong time.

I've run a campaign with it that turned out very well. The players worked together well on most things--this despite me having them chargen separately--and even though the PCs were rather morally dark for pulp heroes (my fault, as I hadn't said anything about that at chargen), their characters and actions were definitely pulpy. Let's see... we had the Capitalist Commando, Niels the blind cane-swordsman with an atomic radio backpack letting him "see", Mata Hari with hypnotism, and the prerolled mechanic character with a Porsche.

Among other things, we had someone dive off an airship after an escaping biplane to take out the pilot; a very pulpy car chase scene which included jumping into pursuing cars and caneswording the occupants, and the partial destruction of NY city hall by driving through it, then sending a pursuing biplane into it--after several million dollars of other property damage; and ramping a train into the air to take out a giant SCIENCE! powered Mt Rushmore golem.

That's just particularly pulpy PC solutions to things, btw; the setting made it feel much more pulpy.

>>3082168
>>This never struck me as the kind of game that would work online, it requires (or at least assumes) more intimacy in a group.
If you're referring to SotC here, you're wrong. I've GMed it online with great results.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Nov 2008 02:23:00 No.3083877 Report

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I would love to play Spirit of the Century.

I even made characters for it.

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Anonymous Sun 30 Nov 2008 02:36:00 No.3083954 Report

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>>3083848

Sounds awesome. I'm up for an online game then.

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