Pitch the game you don't have time to run

Maybe I'll add a couple others in when I have the chance to actually write a proper pitch :p

Pitch one: Space Seekers

The classic 80s space opera game in which players portray themselves as they are recruited from Earth into a galactic organization of heroes protecting life in the galaxy from a variety of cosmic threats. Or, as the tagline went 30+ years ago, "Go into space. Find a bunch of powerful equipment. Befriend a wide variety of fascinating aliens...and then fight the monsters that kill them."



Space Seekers was/is heavily inspired by the alien recruitment trope, following pop culture examples like Green Lantern, Thunderbunny, and "The Last Starfighter."

The game setting is incredibly detailed from 43 years of ongoing campaigns, but the universe is vast and there's always room for more stories. I love introducing new players to Space Seekers, but the difficulty is that it is a very dialog-heavy game, with a LOT of back-and-forth with the players and GM. To run it in play-by-post would require a titanic amount of writing/quick turnaround at a volume/pace that I could not sustain.

Pitch: Ancient Egypt + subtle magic.

For a long time I've been interested by popular(?) conceptions of the politics and technology in Ancient Egypt. Adding a sprinkle of magic would make the setting even more fun for me. I'd run this as a slice-of-life game focused more on interpersonal stuff than big bads or treasure-grabbing.

I have the book called Testament that was released by Green Ronin in the early days of the d20 boom. It is set slightly before Jesus' time, but it is a great resource for games set around that period. It had new classes, monsters, and spells.

I feel you. My Villains & Vigilantes campaign ran for more than 40 years until my best friend (and primary player) passed away. We have a lot of history built into that campaign and I would love to share it with others, but the game is difficult to grok and the one effort I made to run a V&V game on here failed both because of the complexity and because the players did not have access to the rules.

Strangely enough, I am working on a space opera Savage Worlds game right now. I plan to run it after our F2F horror campaign has run its course. I've been building aliens and setting backgrounds. When I get more done if people are interested, I might be persuaded to test drive it here.

totally this one. I was supposed to rip off all of bowl's hard work and re-run it years ago... I still believe that day will come...

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The one I'm "working on" now would be a series of one-shot fantasy (the best format for PbP I guess) based on an idea I got when I read some old DnD 3.5 diplomacy extension book or something. There was a suggested adventure about elves were plotting to overthrow humans there and this is sort of the caste-based feudal world I imagined could result from that.



The system and setting are home-made, and the first one-shot would have pre-made characters to help players get started, one of each race: an elven knight, a human clerk, a dwarf scout and an orc hunter. They were all affected in some way by some strange events in a remote village and have to figure out what is going on. Characters might have conflicting interests and will have to pick sides at the end, a choice which would link the adventure to the overall setting story.

I have the locations and plot structure and just need to flesh them out, but it's reviewing the rules that will take the time I don't have at the moment

Apparently this one, that had garnered a lot of interest before life prevented me from actually starting it.

The elevator pitch for it was:

"At the court of a pantheon of gods, minor gods with limited influence must navigate the whims, rivalries, and relationships of the divine. The player characters, lesser gods or powerful mortals, must deal with the politics of immortality, personal grudges, forbidden romances, and the dangerous intrigue of divine power struggles."

Oh hey I remember that one. I wanted to join the ranks of candidate-players.

It's definitely for you... lot of drama :D

Why else would I play an RPG?

I also wanted to run what would essentially be a one-shot of the one page RPG "Charming Mr. Darcy", where players take on the roles of guests attending a splendid party at Pemberley House. The focal point of this gathering is none other than the enigmatic and prideful Fitzwilliam Darcy Esquire aka Mr. Darcy, whose heart players shall try to win over through wit, charm, and elegant interactions.

An entirely social game with zero combat that takes place only during one party. Clearly right up my alley, and I think one person even expressed an interest.

I've just finished one game and would totally join that mysterious "interested person" after seeing the characters in January

Make it three! :D

The two main ones I want to run are Crystal Hearts, A monster of the week, arc based, rpg about relic hunters trying to find artefacts that give superpowers.


and a pulp game (for the Disney fans I know) set in the Society of Explorer's and Adventurers

I just want to be more familiar with Savage Worlds rules first.

I am currently running something similar, called Fantastic Feats of the Fear-Less Foundation, using SWADE!

If you ever run the explorer game, crazybirdman, let me know! I'd love to play it. :0 (Also, it reminds me of the video game Renowned Explorers; good game, it is.)

So you base your ch on yourself... Well people hate when I do that. Especially since age 6 everyone said I belong in the medieval times. Yes I do swords workout. Do martial arts was military. And am probably better stated than a 20th lv fighter dnd ch. So I've never been allowed to play my self in a game just parts of myself.

We did that years ago, playing Gurps Old West - Second bullet fired killed one of the characters... and the game.


I'd love to run some serious Traveller - but to do it right, it's a time sink.

The setting stuff for Pathfinder is excellent, but that particular adventure path (while it is fun) doesn't feel as much Arabian Nights as you might want.