Quote from: RPGPundit;1008898Well, I don't watch wrestling, but I do agree with you about that, and comics. I think I mentioned earlier that the Legion of Super-heroes was a soap opera. The difference being, though, that there's also lots of adventure and combat.

I think with Soap Operas, you can take some of the core features and add them into something that serves well for gaming purposes. Soap Opera+Adventure can be a lot of fun. The writers on 24 used to say all the time that it was basically a soap opera (and I think that is probably true, though I have to admit, I am no soap opera expert). I think it could work in a game if done well, but I can also see some GMs just using it as an excuse to retcon all the time. I think those kinds of soap opera twists work better in a game if they are planted from the start so they feel more air tight. I occasionally inject soap-opera-like turns into my sessions, but I've learned to think them through because these are the kinds of developments I find players most critical of if they are done poorly.

I certainly agree you can use elements from Soap Opera to infuse into campaigns. Every Amber/LoO game I've ever run was part soap-opera; and so was my Legion campaign.

My current reading of Lincoln in the Bardo and the history of Russian Bolsheviks House of Government has got me thinking about unlikely games based on them. Any suggested systems that would handle them (not Fate or Gurps pls)?

1. A game about spirits moving through the Bardo and speaking/interacting with each other?

2. A game about the Russian revolutionaries, probably not only Bolsheviks as I find their fanaticism and readiness to commit violence off-putting. Perhaps a group of friends from school and the jails composed of SRs, moderates, Bolshies and Whites.

Quote from: Willie the Duck;1006272Reinterpretations of that genre have historically been very good watching.

A Ghastly Affair rpg is very nice and plays gothic romance straight.

Quote from: Voros;10094481. A game about spirits moving through the Bardo and speaking/interacting with each other?

That could be interesting. Especially if it was done with some degree of accuracy.

Yeah I think it could be cool. I'm enjoying Lincoln in the Bardo enough that I picked up a translation of the Bardo Thodol.

Quote from: Voros;1009927Yeah I think it could be cool. I'm enjoying Lincoln in the Bardo enough that I picked up a translation of the Bardo Thodol.

I still feel that there isn't any translation of that which is truly good.

I remember reading somewhere that in Japan, there was a hack of Call of Cthulhu that turned the game into a high school romance style game.  Even kept the sanity mechanic.
I would just about kill for a copy and translation.

Quote from: remial;1012193I remember reading somewhere that in Japan, there was a hack of Call of Cthulhu that turned the game into a high school romance style game.  Even kept the sanity mechanic.
I would just about kill for a copy and translation.

I would bet this is urban myth, but then, it is Japan...

I love strategy and simulation games, something like Crusader Kings 2 or Mount & Blade. I know there are some RPG systems which make things like dynasty and nation/city building possible, but I never played in one and I don't think there is a big demand for it.

I would like to once be in a campaign where I can start out as a lesser noble/baron with a village/town, and try to make it prosper, try to get greater titles, try to marry into important or wealthy families, maybe one of the descendants of the dynasty having a chance at the throne, or carving out their own as the Norse did in Britain during the Viking Conquests. (or even the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes earlier)

I'm also a huge Coat of Arms nerd, I made most of the CoA for the CK2 Game of Thrones mod, but while those were more or less already canon I also like to make new, ahistorical ones. While you can describe your CoA as knight or paladin in most games, or even a banner, they don't usually mean anything and you can't 'imbue' a meaning to it for your family (let's face it: most games don't even have an idea on how to handle noble dynasties)

As a bonus to explain my interest in nobility, I have noble ancestry myself. Among Hungarians from Transylvania, a Saxon/Swabian German branch, and some frontier/border lord on the Scottish/English border. However, even before knowing this I loved fairytales with nobles, knights, the history of Hungary being at war with Muslims and Mongols, games like Lords of the Realm or Knights of Honor.

Quote from: RPGPundit;1012968I would bet this is urban myth, but then, it is Japan...

On the Gauntlet podcast they interviewed the translator of a number of Japanese RPGs into English and he says that a series of light novels based on CoC games became very popular with young Japanese and so CoC has caught on with them. I didn't get the impression it is a different version of CoC, although perhaps played differently based on the source of the inspiration.

Quote from: Voros;1013184On the Gauntlet podcast they interviewed the translator of a number of Japanese RPGs into English and he says that a series of light novels based on CoC games became very popular with young Japanese and so CoC has caught on with them. I didn't get the impression it is a different version of CoC, although perhaps played differently based on the source of the inspiration.

There is an actual romantic comedy manga/anime(which I like btw) that is very popular and based on CoC, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.

You don't really need to know anything about CoC for it though and the connection is something like that between Hetalia characters and actual nations. I assume you speak of the same series.

Quote from: joriandrake;1013230There is an actual romantic comedy manga/anime(which I like btw) that is very popular and based on CoC, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.

You don't really need to know anything about CoC for it though and the connection is something like that between Hetalia characters and actual nations. I assume you speak of the same series.

Nyarko-san was hilarious and they did put in jokes that only Lovecraft fans would understand.

Quote from: Krimson;1013278Nyarko-san was hilarious and they did put in jokes that only Lovecraft fans would understand.

That is true, I enjoyed it a lot, but it was fun even without the knowledge of CoC. Interestingly it also created a boom in CoC related sales as fans of it went to purchase the actual source for their parody/RomCom and many liked it. So I think it was all great for both the typical anime fans and the CoC fanbase.

Quote from: joriandrake;1013230There is an actual romantic comedy manga/anime(which I like btw) that is very popular and based on CoC, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san.

You don't really need to know anything about CoC for it though and the connection is something like that between Hetalia characters and actual nations. I assume you speak of the same series.

That must be part of it but as I recall this wasn't anime or manga but a specific genre form that combined actual play report, light novel and primitive animation. Can't recall the name for this sub-genre/form. Here is the podcast with Andy Kitkowski.