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What is your favorite craziest-concept game?

Started by brettmb2, November 03, 2006, 08:47:34 PM

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brettmb2

November 03, 2006, 08:47:34 PM
I don't care if you don't play it or don't like the rules. What is the craziest game that you positively love? Me, I think Underground from Mayfair is a hoot (let's all have some Estro-Gin:)). Red Dwarf is cool just because of how cool the BBC series is.

What other craziness is out there? (no warhammer 40k or d20 derivatives).
Brett Bernstein
Precis Intermedia

Sosthenes

#1
November 03, 2006, 10:48:32 PM
Hmm, does Paraonia count?
 

brettmb2

#2
November 03, 2006, 10:55:11 PM
Quote from: SosthenesHmm, does Paraonia count?
close enough ;)
Brett Bernstein
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dar

#3
November 03, 2006, 11:55:54 PM
A game my brother bought back in the day, so I could run it.  I still have it, I dug it out because of the Erick Wujcik in LA thread. It's in pretty good shape.

The unintended humor is awesome. One funny table is the 'Psychosis' insanity table, where a roll of 86-00 is 'Become a psychiatrist'!

droog

#4
November 04, 2006, 12:01:59 AM
Does My Life with Master count?
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

Gang of Four
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brettmb2

#5
November 04, 2006, 12:35:58 AM
Quote from: darA game my brother bought back in the day, so I could run it.  I still have it, I dug it out because of the Erick Wujcik in LA thread. It's in pretty good shape.

The unintended humor is awesome. One funny table is the 'Psychosis' insanity table, where a roll of 86-00 is 'Become a psychiatrist'!
Is that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?


QuoteDoes My Life with Master count?
That's a tough one. I think I'd have to say no, because it is pretty limited. I can't see campaign play. And while I didn't state it, I think campaign play is something that further extends the craziness of the game. Take GhostBusters, for example. Wild and whacky, but you can keep playing it.
Brett Bernstein
Precis Intermedia

mattormeg

#6
November 04, 2006, 12:53:58 AM
I'm going to have to go with "45 Psychobilly Retropocalypse" from Postmortem studios: Gamma World and the Creature from the Black Lagoon go on a double date with Elvis and Betty Page. On their way to Sun Records, they stop for a malt at the Atomic Cafe.

I need an emoticon for the "devil horns" hand symbol.

:rock:
:metal:
:something:

Dr Rotwang!

#7
November 04, 2006, 07:01:42 AM
I want to give Encounter Critical some cookies and a nice, big mug cocoa every time we meet.  

Also, Og sounded like lotsa fun.  Oh, and one time, I came up with an idea for a game where you play aliens, coming to Earth, to abduct people and salvage jobs botched  by other teams.  Never did anything with it, but it sure was funny to think of in the bathroom!
Dr Rotwang!
...never blogs faster than he can see.
FONZITUDE RATING: 1985[/font]

Christmas Ape

#8
November 04, 2006, 07:12:23 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!I want to give Encounter Critical some cookies and a nice, big mug cocoa every time we meet.  

Also, Og sounded like lotsa fun.  Oh, and one time, I came up with an idea for a game where you play aliens, coming to Earth, to abduct people and salvage jobs botched  by other teams.  Never did anything with it, but it sure was funny to think of in the bathroom!
I'd play that. In a goddamn heartbeat. Might hijack the broad concept and weld a more comedic ORE variant onto it for one-shot hilarity. That alright with you, chief?
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jrients

#9
November 04, 2006, 07:48:27 AM
Encounter Critical is great.  I also think Low Life is freaky in a good way.
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Dr Rotwang!

#10
November 04, 2006, 08:34:22 AM
Quote from: Christmas ApeI'd play that. In a goddamn heartbeat. Might hijack the broad concept and weld a more comedic ORE variant onto it for one-shot hilarity. That alright with you, chief?
Uh, what?
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Christmas Ape

#11
November 04, 2006, 08:39:01 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Uh, what?
More explicitly, I'm confirming that you would in no way feel ripped off, stolen from, or otherwise put out if I were to use the concept of
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!a game where you play aliens, coming to Earth, to abduct people and salvage jobs botched by other teams
, played via the Nemesis/Godlike* engine (but made...funnier), as a kind of Destroy All Humans!/Invader Zim/Spaced Invaders game for when my entire group cannot meet. Extra-terrestrial hilarity! And so forth.



* Yeah, I know they're usually written in all caps. Not for this simian.
Heroism is no more than a chapter in a tale of submission.
"There is a general risk that those who flock together, on the Internet or elsewhere, will end up both confident and wrong [..]. They may even think of their fellow citizens as opponents or adversaries in some kind of 'war'." - Cass R. Sunstein
The internet recognizes only five forms of self-expression: bragging, talking shit, ass kissing, bullshitting, and moaning about how pathetic you are. Combine one with your favorite hobby and get out there!

Sosthenes

#12
November 04, 2006, 08:40:01 AM
Well, does this "ORE" have True Scientific Realism? I think not!
 

Dr Rotwang!

#13
November 04, 2006, 08:44:28 AM
Oh!  Oh, oh oh!  Okay, got it now.  That's what I thought you meant but I wasn't sure.  Mostly, I wasn't sure why you were asking if you could use the One-Roll Engine with it.

Pssssh.  Yeah, man, go ahead, get down.  You can run it with freakin' Tiddlywinks if you can figure out how, I'm not gonna feel anything but glad my idea was useful.

Quote from: SosthenesWell, does this "ORE" have True Scientific Realism? I think not!
Indeed it does not.  But my tie says it's OK.
Dr Rotwang!
...never blogs faster than he can see.
FONZITUDE RATING: 1985[/font]

Christmas Ape

#14
November 04, 2006, 08:44:59 AM
True Scientific Realism is for physics wonks and armchair engineers. If you can't fix an in-game technological problem with the Five Great Repair Routines*, I don't need it!

*1) Push the buttons harder.
2) Give it a whack.
3) Reverse the polarity.
4) Reboot/reinitialize/recalibrate it...you know, turn it off and on again really fast.
5) Hit it again, but harder. If it's bigger than a bar fridge, kick it.
Heroism is no more than a chapter in a tale of submission.
"There is a general risk that those who flock together, on the Internet or elsewhere, will end up both confident and wrong [..]. They may even think of their fellow citizens as opponents or adversaries in some kind of 'war'." - Cass R. Sunstein
The internet recognizes only five forms of self-expression: bragging, talking shit, ass kissing, bullshitting, and moaning about how pathetic you are. Combine one with your favorite hobby and get out there!
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