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The impending big game reminds me of a campaign my old group was always going to run but never finished our old campaign. We where going to be a group of runners bent on getting the Sea Hawks to the super bowl. It has a lot of opportunity for a mini-campaign. Figure out who you need to eliminate, threaten... what you can do on game days.. not to mention the money to be made from betting. Anyone else have great ideas for games they never got to run/play?
Damnyankee
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As far as SR goes vanilla running always kept me happy. I concidered running a Deadlands Roaring 20's once but then remembered I'm lazy.
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Couple of things, like a China game (possibly in Chinese) or an Amazonia game, but I really want to do a Jurassic Park game; cloned dinos, a theme park mixed with weapons R&D gone horribly wrong, and maybe finish with a cyberzombie T-Rex. Heh, can you imagine velociraptors with a tacnet?
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Couple of things, like a China game (possibly in Chinese) or an Amazonia game, but I really want to do a Jurassic Park game; cloned dinos, a theme park mixed with weapons R&D gone horribly wrong, and maybe finish with a cyberzombie T-Rex. Heh, can you imagine velociraptors with a tacnet?
You're an evil, <taking notes> evil, <scribbling> person.
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Thank you.
I wonder what it says about me that this kind of thing seems almost totally normal?
You know, I should try to run this. I wonder if anyone here would be interested? Of course, it'd be kinda hard to ask for design help without too many spoilers.
Is there a proceedure for that, or a way to gauge interest, or do I have to bite the bullet and create a game?
I can see doing this as a three or four part mini-campaign/module.
I do worry about railroading too much for this kinda thing. And having opportunities for all character types.
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Hmm...would possession or inhabitation play a part? I'm reading through Street Magic and am tempted to include "The way is shut. It was made by those who are DINOS ARRGH ARGH!"
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I want Dino stats!
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Something like a nastier Barghest or Hellhound, perhaps? I need to look at the books. The Shiwase Cybertooth Tiger might be a good start. Should they be feathered dinos?
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Heh, I've also wanted to run some kind of Road Warrior campaign; get the vehicular rules a really good run.
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Heh, I've also wanted to run some kind of Road Warrior campaign; get the vehicular rules a really good run.
In 2070, we've still got plenty of Open Spaces down under for that type of campaign. Although, you have to be pretty fast to outrun a mana storm....
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Hell, if Deathstar 9(I think that was the pirate/snuf trid channel back in the 50's) is still around they may sponsor road warrior like contests in various barrens or toxic/Z zones.
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i would think it wouldn't to hard to get go-gangers to sign up for this
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i would think it wouldn't to hard to get go-gangers to sign up for this
Indeed, just like Desert Wars....plenty of mooks around willing to get shot at for money.
However, it's trickier finding the open space to launch vast quantities of ammunition while travelling at breakneck speed over thousands of K's of unused roadway...
Welcome to Australia, people ;)
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now i really wanna see if i can con my players into trying this lol
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now i really wanna see if i can con my players into trying this lol
Always cool ;)
Let's face it, you have to love a country where, when turning on the GPS, you get the following instructions:
- in ten metres, turn left
- in one-hundred and fifty metres, turn left
- in one-thousand, four hundred and ninety-six kilometres, you will have arrived at your destination
I love Australia 8)...
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you forgot about the watch out for the kangaroos bit :P
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you forgot about the watch out for the kangaroos bit :P
Bullbars, mate. Big fraggin' bullbars....
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you forgot about the watch out for the kangaroos bit :P
Bullbars, mate. Big fraggin' bullbars....
lol i had to look that one up
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you forgot about the watch out for the kangaroos bit :P
Bullbars, mate. Big fraggin' bullbars....
lol i had to look that one up
Education and laughter in the same day...My work here is done... ;D
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you forgot about the watch out for the kangaroos bit :P
Bullbars, mate. Big fraggin' bullbars....
lol i had to look that one up
Education and laughter in the same day...My work here is done... ;D
I bow before my teacher lol
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Thank you.
I wonder what it says about me that this kind of thing seems almost totally normal?
You know, I should try to run this. I wonder if anyone here would be interested? Of course, it'd be kinda hard to ask for design help without too many spoilers.
Is there a proceedure for that, or a way to gauge interest, or do I have to bite the bullet and create a game?
I can see doing this as a three or four part mini-campaign/module.
I do worry about railroading too much for this kinda thing. And having opportunities for all character types.
A comment and a question.
Im a geology major. Dinosours are cool... But there are plenty of other creepy nasty things in the pile of long extinct creatures to use... Magically oxygenated Giant anthropoids anyone?
So, would a Dino campaign mean that "Chaos Theory" was a street skill then?
Damnyankee
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Thank you.
I wonder what it says about me that this kind of thing seems almost totally normal?
You know, I should try to run this. I wonder if anyone here would be interested? Of course, it'd be kinda hard to ask for design help without too many spoilers.
Is there a proceedure for that, or a way to gauge interest, or do I have to bite the bullet and create a game?
I can see doing this as a three or four part mini-campaign/module.
I do worry about railroading too much for this kinda thing. And having opportunities for all character types.
A comment and a question.
Im a geology major. Dinosours are cool... But there are plenty of other creepy nasty things in the pile of long extinct creatures to use... Magically oxygenated Giant anthropoids anyone?
So, would a Dino campaign mean that "Chaos Theory" was a street skill then?
Damnyankee
Just so long as none of the players try to act like Ian Malcom lol
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Cambrian Park, full of Awakened Trilobites! Can't stop here, this is Trilobite country. As for vehicular combat, it is the Seventies, why not Interstate 76?
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Trilobites... neat but try this on
Euriptorids
giant 6' long milipeeds (yep, they existed)
Nautaloids
Crazy armored fish
The list goes on.
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Hmm...so, the Runners are hired to extract/rescue someone from the park, and/or steal data, and/or eliminate witnesses, and/or commit sabotage...what other activities go down there?
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Hmm...so, the Runners are hired to extract/rescue someone from the park, and/or steal data, and/or eliminate witnesses, and/or commit sabotage...what other activities go down there?
Surviving. Surviving is good....
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Mm, right, a good secondary objective. What are your thoughts on in media res?
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Trilobites... neat but try this on
Euriptorids
giant 6' long milipeeds (yep, they existed)
Nautaloids
Crazy armored fish
The list goes on.
- Megalodon (http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/megalodon-facts.htm): 50-60' sharks with a conveyor belt of 7" teeth.... weight approximated to 100tonnes
- Sarcosuchus Imperator (http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/aquaticdinosaurs/p/sarcosuch.htm): 40' Crocodile
For more, try <here> (http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/tp/deadlydinos.htm)
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Mm, right, a good secondary objective. What are your thoughts on in media res?
I like it. Ive wanted to do it my self, but you need the right kind of group for it. I always figured I would bribe them with significant karma for it.
Damnyankee
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Trilobites... neat but try this on
Euriptorids
giant 6' long milipeeds (yep, they existed)
Nautaloids
Crazy armored fish
The list goes on.
- Megalodon (http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/megalodon-facts.htm): 50-60' sharks with a conveyor belt of 7" teeth.... weight approximated to 100tonnes
- Sarcosuchus Imperator (http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/aquaticdinosaurs/p/sarcosuch.htm): 40' Crocodile
For more, try <here> (http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/tp/deadlydinos.htm)
How.. Mesozoic. I was thinking some of the crazy Paleozoic stuff. Mississippian/Devonian crazyness.
Damnyankee
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How.. Mesozoic. I was thinking some of the crazy Paleozoic stuff. Mississippian/Devonian crazyness.
Damnyankee
Hell, start the runners as single cells...under attack by those multi-cell 'freaks'
Set the Wayback machine for the Paleozoic era
Huzzah!
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On the other hand, in media res is a way to skip backstory and everything. Kinda like Chandler's Law, I guess. When in doubt, dinosaurs!
All nifty creatures, but this (probably?) isn't an aquatic campaign; it's not Blue Planet, after all.
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On the other hand, in media res is a way to skip backstory and everything. Kinda like Chandler's Law, I guess. When in doubt, dinosaurs!
All nifty creatures, but this (probably?) isn't an aquatic campaign; it's not Blue Planet, after all.
Some of thoes are terrestrial. Also, now you have an excuse for cybering them.
Cyber-zombie-dinosaurs.
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On the other hand, in media res is a way to skip backstory and everything. Kinda like Chandler's Law, I guess. When in doubt, dinosaurs!
All nifty creatures, but this (probably?) isn't an aquatic campaign; it's not Blue Planet, after all.
Some of thoes are terrestrial. Also, now you have an excuse for cybering them.
Cyber-zombie-dinosaurs.
Heh one of the guys i used to play with back in 2nd said that his character had nightmares about that very thing
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How about stealing data from technomancer swarms of ants? or defending the Seattle matrix from their invasion aka march of the african ants, eating data, burning nodes...
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How about stealing data from technomancer swarms of ants? or defending the Seattle matrix from their invasion aka march of the african ants, eating data, burning nodes...
Technomancer ants VS the nanite Horde Was a Grade be Trid released in 2071.
Damnyankee
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Hmm...seems best for a oneshot, though a skillful gamemaster and merciful players could probably work with it; how about the usual goals of extraction and data recovery, but have one (or more) players be at cross purposes; eliminate witnesses, destroy surveillance, return data? Or I suppose there could be an open counteroffer...which seems to lead into game theory if the regular run is more lucrative in total but the treacherous one is more lucrative for the traitor.
I'm also considering having the players meet up on separate missions, possibly with a mexican stand off, for the in medias res. Maybe they've met before, maybe not.
This sounds like it calls for higher BP, more experienced runners.
EDIT: and possibly have one person to record a reality tv show, suitably edited, like that story in SR4Anniversary.
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Hmm...how about in media res, after a laes exposure? Take a lot of coordination, and trust in the GM, but it could be interesting. Better as a story, probably.
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My story, "A Night To Never Remember" ( http://canray.deviantart.com/gallery/2884133 (http://canray.deviantart.com/gallery/2884133) ) was intended as a game, but I burned out as a GM and couldn't run it.
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Hmm...how about in media res, after a laes exposure?
There's one of these in a supplement from SR2...maybe Super Tuesday?
Anyway, I always liked it, but as you say - you really need the right relationship with your group.
Edit: I think it was actually Shadows of the Underworld
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Hmm...so, the Runners are hired to extract/rescue someone from the park, and/or steal data, and/or eliminate witnesses, and/or commit sabotage...what other activities go down there?
Don't forget horribly playing with DNA to bring back stuff nature killed off might have an impact on the astral space, definitely need to raise the background count a bit :)
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I actually decided to run this game, calling it Jurassic Run, I'm trying to figure out various stats for velociraptors and the Cybersaurus Rex later tonight.
The way I'm going to do it, since my game is based in LA, the main group are going in undercover as security with simsense rigs to sell to Horizon. At least one will be secretly hired by the DF to find out if rumors about dragon bones is true (they aren't), an NPC will be doing an extraction playing the Nedry role, while an amazonian strike force is going to attack to scorch the earth and keep Aztechnology from testing their new bioweapons.
I was going to set it in Aztlan, Costa Rica, of course, but have the company be the subsidiary of another megacorp, just don't know which one...
And looking over the thread I realize Rockopolis pretty much described my game idea...
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This is an awesome idea dinosaurs make everything better.
How about one of the objectives be to capture a live one or two. I'm pretty sure allot of people would pay big money for a velociraptor biodrone.
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I do remember seeing an advertisement for a Shadowrun game at GenCon one year where a Johnson hires you to go to some remote jungle which was conducting secret biological and genetic experiments in the late 20th century. The runners are to find the research labs and steal the genetic information that's been kept there.
Naturally, it's Jurassic Park, and the dinos are still loose and thriving. Based upon the events of the movie, the labs would be overgrown and virtually useless, but records would show that one of the employees fled the complex with vials containing the genetic material of the subjects. The mission is fairly standard by Shadowrun terms - find the package while avoiding detection. Of course, the Johnson neglected that a very hungry T. Rex is on the island, along with packs of Velociraptors...
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Try to take some alive!
So didn't think of that...
It's genius but I'm not sure I have room left in this thing for that!
It's kinda spiraled out of control with three different extraction teams in the mix and a little kaern exploration for decent measure, I didn't want the players to get to comfortable with the plotline of the movie so I started changing stuff. Although I am going to keep "they do move in herds" in cuz I want to hit up the theme music there for maximum cheese.
I was going to start posting the stats up soon once I got them down but here's what I've thought of so far...
I decided that the velociraptors are emerged and they will team up with the facility's AI when shit goes down.
The Trex will be crazy cybered up, maybe with miniguns for hands. After it gets killed by the players it's machinery will be hacked by the AI and it will lumber again some more!
And things I'm calling terrordactyls which will be Awakened in some way I haven't decided.
Also I'm throwing in the main characters from We3 as one of the extraction teams and the amazonians will be changelings and dracoforms so I'm just going crazy with critter stats in this game.
And maybe some Red Samurai as a random encounter...
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What if one of the players hacks the Rex? That's what I'd do.
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That is an option, it depends on what they play, only have two players for this, so one is prob going to be a mage, and the other prob will be a decker, but they've traded roles once already and I just might end up with two sammies, so who knows?
A lot of threats will have hackability backdoors in them, I'm not really too worried about it. I encourage jack moves, makes it fun.
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Indeed it does I was playing a game where we infiltrated a facility and my A.I. got in there system and ended up controlling the entire thing...he lives there now.
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"So the Mage bursts into the room, riding the T-Rex..." "OK, now where have I seen this before?"
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It's A cyborg not a zombie. ;D
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It's A cyborg not a zombie. ;D
Quoting Hard Exit, "Cyberzombies, bucko. Mix 'em up at your own peril."
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Ah ok I thought you were talking about something else.
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Those are the Zomberatops. Infected.
Is there some kind of make your prey freeze in fear quality/power for the infected?
I think these would be great if the party tries to mob around in armored vehicles, charging and then ripping them open like can openers for the tasty sentient flesh inside.
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"They're talking?" "Yes, in Japanese. Just a moment, translation program coming up... Um... It thinks we're Spam." "FLOOR IT! FASTER FASTER FASTER!!!"