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The end of the world: Zombie Apocolypse

Started by finarvyn, January 02, 2015, 07:10:13 AM

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Ronin

#15
January 03, 2015, 08:18:43 AM
I ran a game of AFMBE where the players where themselves. We just conveniently ignored the whole family thing. So no worries about the wife and etc. But the players got to be their normal selves. Started off in the very comic book shop we were playing in. First zombie was killed with a metal folding chair.:)
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January 03, 2015, 09:54:38 AM
Quote from: RunningLaser;807425+1.  Having kids, the idea presented in the game has no appeal to me.

I think my misses and daughter would really come into their own if we had to fight off an impending apocalypse. My mates are all much to scared of the wife do play her as anything less than the uber efficient killing machine she is in real life.
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January 03, 2015, 12:28:24 PM
Quote from: Necrozius;807570What I'd really like to see is a generic "End of the World" rpg that has tons of looting tables for urban and rural environments, as well as basic rules for several different apocalypses (eg.: zombies, giant insects, freakish weather, aliens, supernatural etc...) and even sub-types of each (eg.: rage zombies, giant termites, early ice age, enslaving martians, biblical plagues etc...). All in one book. That would be super sweet.

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January 03, 2015, 03:27:05 PM
Quote from: jibbajibba;807586I think my misses and daughter would really come into their own if we had to fight off an impending apocalypse. My mates are all much to scared of the wife do play her as anything less than the uber efficient killing machine she is in real life.

But would your mate playing your misses and daughter as GM portray this accurately (and even if he did, it's still kind of awkward)?

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January 05, 2015, 05:46:51 PM
I've seen this done before, never really saw the appeal of doing something like this myself, though.
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January 05, 2015, 06:13:22 PM
Just a few months ago, I've actually run a game like this, with everyone playing themselves. Fighting undead, even.

Only rather than some zombie apocalypse game, it was Ghostbusters Int. :D
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