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What is the best game for Stranger Things?

Started by Batjon, June 16, 2019, 12:43:15 PM

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jeff37923

#30
June 22, 2019, 04:44:25 PM
Quote from: Lurkndog;1093195It could probably do Stranger Things in a pinch. I think there was a provision for psychic powers?

Not for humans, some aliens can have psychic powers. I wonder how good of a fit it would be, though. Stranger Things is fairly gritty while Teenagers From Outer Space is a beer and pretzels kind of comedy game.
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#31
June 22, 2019, 05:05:23 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1092650For me, horror is always about the risk of imminent, gruesome death...or worse.

What I'm not sure of regarding RPGs, what replaces the "fear of death" in a Scooby Doo game as the stakes for failure?

It doesn't have to be the *PCs'* lives at stake. Most of Season 1 of Stranger Things turned on the threat to Will, who was offstage.

Alternately, throw some form of imminent family collapse into the mix. Maybe a PC's parents are on the verge of divorce, and will use proof of the kids getting into danger as ammunition against one another; or a PC is a child of a single parent who will lose custody if the kids are caught "causing trouble".  There are plenty of devastating stakes you can hit kid heroes with short of death. (Wow, that sounded bad didn't it?)
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Lurkndog

#32
June 23, 2019, 08:36:56 PM
Petty revenge would also work well as a motivator for kid heroes.

Just have the Evil Lab guys going around being obnoxious, or abusing their authority.  Maybe they get the ham radio lab at school shut down (because it is picking up things...) or threaten a teacher that they like, or the kids catch them lying their asses off after Will disappears.

So the kids go to prank the lab guys, and hear or see something...

GameDaddy

#33
June 25, 2019, 07:52:49 PM
Would the 5e Stranger Things for D&D Starter set work for you?

Stranger Things D&D 5e Starter Set
https://nerdarchy.com/stranger-things-dungeons-and-dragons-starter-set/
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cranebump

#34
July 03, 2019, 04:27:22 PM
Quote from: Mankcam;1093162Fate Accelerated is ideal for this kind of thing, but it takes a bit of GM tinkering to get role/archetypes built into Aspects.
Not normally a game I discuss much here, but I reckon it can portray this kind of genre quite well
I also know that the Fate Horror Toolkit describes how to do teen horror investigations like Buffy or Scooby Do, so it  wouldn't be hard to port that down to Goonies or Stranger Things.

Was going to mention FATE, as well. You've got lots of toggles and such you can use to tailor it.
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Mankcam

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July 04, 2019, 01:09:40 AM Last Edit: July 04, 2019, 01:14:27 AM by Mankcam
Quote from: GameDaddy;1093584Would the 5e Stranger Things for D&D Starter set work for you?

Stranger Things D&D 5e Starter Set
https://nerdarchy.com/stranger-things-dungeons-and-dragons-starter-set/
I don't think that has much to do with Stranger Things other than marketing and novelty value. It's for a new audience watching Stranger Things trying to work out what game the kids are playing - and this isn't it, they would probably be playing D&D B/X or possibly BECMI, not 5E with house rules to portray juvenile unchained ego-play ( I think it's a crazy mash-up of the actual PCs the kids are playing in the show).
 
But from the description it certainly doesn't sound like a D20 version of Kid Investigators

finarvyn

#36
July 05, 2019, 07:01:45 AM
Quote from: Mankcam;1094556But from the description it certainly doesn't sound like a D20 version of Kid Investigators
You are correct. It's a generic D&D set with an adventure in the style of what the kids played in the show. And "the demogorgon" mini isn't as cool as advertised. It's not similar to the mini used on the show, but instead looks more like the monster the kids actually encountered in the show. Only kind of small, IMO.
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#37
July 05, 2019, 11:37:20 AM
Just bought Stranger Stuff. Based on Tiny D6 engine.

Simple elegant system with more GM agency than the others.
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