[Interest Check] A New Game From Harrigan

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Jun 19, 2022 6:19 am
Hi GPers. With a couple of games wrapping up recently and some other things soon wrapping, I'm starting to think about my next game.

This is an interest check to help me narrow down what I offer -- there will be at least one new game, might be two if they are one-shots or on the lighter side of things, mechanically.

Here's what's on my mind...

What might you be interested in playing, or observing? Multi Public

1. Mothership -- a quick and punchy one-shot of space horror using the current 'beta' (pre box-set) rules with perhaps a couple of minor tweaks.
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2. The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford -- a sandboxy, low-level OSR adventure I would run with The Black Hack, Cairn, Knave, or Into the Odd. Dragon slaying!
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3. Mork Borg. Nuff said -- I've talked about running this before.
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4. Dungeon Crawl Classics -- a classic first level adventure old hands at the game probably know: Doom of the Savage Kings. Not a funnel!
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5. Symbaroum -- dark fantasy in a stellar world. Would only run for people who know, or are willing to learn and lean into, the lore. I'd use the original system rather than Ruins of Symbaroum, the 5e version.
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6. Warlock! Basically a lean and mean version of Warhammer FRP 1e. Very mud and blood, grim and gritty. This would be human-centric, urban fantasy adventuring.
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7. Hit the Streets: Defend the Block -- a cool, narrative superhero game that leans into young, low-level heroes and heroines patrolling their neighborhoods and working part time jobs to pay the rent...
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8. And the biggie, a still unnamed science fiction opus that sees the PCs on a colony "sleeper" ship bound for a brave new world as war, famine, and climate change wrack the Earth. This game would have some survival, horror and base-building elements, but what I'm really hoping is that there is a very strong social component. I would be looking for PCs from all walks of life, and players interested in forging relationships with one another -- rivalries, romances, friendships, betrayals, factions, etc. I've not settled on a system for this yet, but the system will not be the focus. Offworlders, Alien, Warpstar!, FrontierSpace -- these and others are in the running, but I expect the game to be RP-heavy.
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Do note this isn't a recruitment post -- I'm just gauging interest. Usually I like 3-4 players in a game; for #8 I'd probably go higher as I want more of the action and narrative to come from the players.

Any input is appreciated!
Last edited June 19, 2022 6:48 am

KCC

Jun 19, 2022 6:51 am
I’ve been wanting to try Cairn, but I’ve been too timid to try it out myself! I usually like to play before running.

DCC, I’ll never say no to some of that!

Warhammer might be my favorite setting. I’ll always be in favor of some Warhammer too!

I do like almost all of the games, but no one wants to see someone vote 8 out of 8!
Jun 19, 2022 6:56 am
Weird, there's a glitch where it looks like nobody but me has voted for number 8 yet. But that can't be true
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am
bowlofspinach says:
Weird, there's a glitch where it looks like nobody but me has voted for number 8 yet. But that can't be true
😏
Jun 19, 2022 7:12 am
If you do 8

How hard science will the sci-fi be?
Jun 19, 2022 7:16 am
Jomsviking says:
If you do 8

How hard science will the sci-fi be?
Hard. Space travel is slow, cyropods are needed. No artificial gravity. Characters are people, not superheroes. Definitely science-based, not fantasy-based, no magical tech.

Though some of that may change depending on what happens and what vibe the players are feeling.
Jun 19, 2022 7:30 am
bowlofspinach says:
Weird, there's a glitch where it looks like nobody but me has voted for number 8 yet. But that can't be true
I looked at number 8 but I'm currently at my limit of learning new games I've never heard of lol.
Jun 19, 2022 7:57 am
Harrigan says:
Jomsviking says:
If you do 8

How hard science will the sci-fi be?
Hard. Space travel is slow, cyropods are needed. No artificial gravity. Characters are people, not superheroes. Definitely science-based, not fantasy-based, no magical tech.

Though some of that may change depending on what happens and what vibe the players are feeling.
Hard-Scifi in space is my jam dawg! I would be a priest of a brand new religion and a mycologist!
Jun 19, 2022 8:54 am
I'd be very interested in both 7 and 8.
Jun 19, 2022 10:53 am
Mork Borg of course for me.
Jun 19, 2022 11:04 am
Super interest in Mothership. what is better than sci-fi horror right? and second is Hit the street
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Jun 19, 2022 11:28 am
7 is something I am trying to get in to a long time

8 also sounds very interesting
Jun 19, 2022 11:36 am
Here because all the options are awesome, and there's voting involved! I've clicked on everything I am familiar with and am dying to try (and now have to go download Hit the Streets and Warlock because I'm unfamiliar with them but they must be good!)
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Jun 19, 2022 12:46 pm
#8 sounds really ambitious and exciting, both something unique and something you'd be uniquely suited to GM - your knack for characterization and high-stakes relationships would really set the tone for something like this.
Jun 19, 2022 4:49 pm
I take a good helping of the OSR goodness, tis my weakness sir!
Jun 19, 2022 6:51 pm
Thanks for all the input so far. There are some clear winners and losers. :)

Interesting to see the clusters of folks voting...
Jun 20, 2022 2:52 am
Now then, pretty sure I'm going to fire up the science fiction opus, #8. Need to do a little work on selecting the system first, but that shouldn't take too long.

Want to run all these games eventually, and I might run a couple of the others in short and snappy formats. Sad about DCC and Symbaroum, but I'll likely end up offering some of these other games fairly shortly as well.
Jun 20, 2022 3:15 am
And there was much rejoicing!
Jun 20, 2022 8:49 am
I restrained myself and only voted for half of the options :3
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