Quote from: The Ent;847142Also awesome, moreover I don't understand why something like this hasn't been done - by wich I mean both a Court intrigue/soap opera RPG, and an actual soap opera esque TV series set in the 17th-18th c. (in Versailles say).

I would like both such things.

Our hobby is still kinda stuck in the idea that every game needs to be focused around combat. Even games where combat shouldnt be the main focus (Call of Cthulhu) still make certain to provide lots of crunchy combat bits.

Quote from: TristramEvans;847143I would like both such things.

Our hobby is still kinda stuck in the idea that every game needs to be focused around combat. Even games where combat shouldnt be the main focus (Call of Cthulhu) still make certain to provide lots of crunchy combat bits.

Very true.

Of course one could make a game like that very much about social combat.

Quote from: The Ent;847142That's an awesome idea.



Also awesome, moreover I don't understand why something like this hasn't been done - by wich I mean both a Court intrigue/soap opera RPG, and an actual soap opera esque TV series set in the 17th-18th c. (in Versailles say).

Smallville the RPG has actually been re-skinned by a lot of folks to play Soap Opera games with. The system is less concerned with people with powers beating one another up, and more concerned with emotional attacks and dealing with them.

It also has one of the most interesting character creation systems I've used for other games. Players go through their character's backgrounds together using a map, and drawing in important locations and NPC's there all connected to and what those relationships are.

A Song of Ice and Fire by Green Ronin also has one of the best social intrigue systems and could easily be reskinned for soap opera dynamics as well. Characters can manipulate others through flattery, persuasion, intimidation, seduction, bribery and other routes...all with different consequences on how that particular character will perceive yours afterward.

Quote from: Orphan81;847167Smallville the RPG has actually been re-skinned by a lot of folks to play Soap Opera games with. The system is less concerned with people with powers beating one another up, and more concerned with emotional attacks and dealing with them.

It also has one of the most interesting character creation systems I've used for other games. Players go through their character's backgrounds together using a map, and drawing in important locations and NPC's there all connected to and what those relationships are.

A Song of Ice and Fire by Green Ronin also has one of the best social intrigue systems and could easily be reskinned for soap opera dynamics as well. Characters can manipulate others through flattery, persuasion, intimidation, seduction, bribery and other routes...all with different consequences on how that particular character will perceive yours afterward.

Cool!

I've heard good and bad about Smallville - sounds like really awesome character creation though!

No knowledge about the ASoIaF RPG (shame, big fan of the show ), but it should be great at this stuff.

I guess Smallville would probably work well for a high-school drama game in general...