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Unlikely RPG Genres

Started by RPGPundit, November 05, 2017, 04:09:33 AM

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Willie the Duck

#45
November 14, 2017, 07:45:18 AM
Quote from: Voros;1007596Gamers love soap operas, they just want them dressed up in outer space, with zombies or high schoolers fighting vampires.

Or outer space zombie  high schoolers fighting vampires.

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#46
November 14, 2017, 10:06:11 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1007690Narrator: And so we come to the end of another fun filled episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle!

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#47
November 16, 2017, 05:10:52 AM
Quote from: Voros;1007596Gamers love soap operas, they just want them dressed up in outer space, with zombies or high schoolers fighting vampires.

And fighting. That's the main thing most soap operas don't have.
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#48
November 16, 2017, 05:51:14 AM
Not fighting per se but they do have a lot of murder.

Christopher Brady

#49
November 16, 2017, 09:06:22 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1008049And fighting. That's the main thing most soap operas don't have.

You don't watch 'Professional Wrestling' or read American comic books. Those are soap operas for men.
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#50
November 17, 2017, 02:31:52 AM
Quote from: TrippyHippy;1005776Soap Operas. Ordinary world soap operas like Coronation Street, Neighbours, Eastenders or Shortland Street.

The set up is simple really, but could be based upon families (a la Pendragon) and/or multi character troupe style play (like Ars Magica). You need to base the interaction on a central location and stories based on events and the rivalries and pressures placed upon the characters accordingly. If it was set in a hospital, for example, then you have a ready supply of events based upon casualties and so on.

Quite a few TV soap eras of the 1950s and 1960s started as more of 'mystery soap' or 'crime drama' shows. The soap opera "The Edge of Night" was originally a court room and cop drama - so you might do the RPG aspect as Cops, criminals, lawyers with a bit of romance thrown in the campaign story every once in a while.

Living in what was once the capital of radio and TV soaps - the HQ city of Procter & Gamble this topic actually gets talked about a lot locally.

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#51
November 17, 2017, 08:42:17 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1008187You don't watch 'Professional Wrestling' or read American comic books. Those are soap operas for men.

Yeah, I thought the genius of Claremont's X-Men was to combine superheroes with the romance comics aimed at girls. I think the soap opera elements of the X-Men ended up being as attractive to boys as to girls. One of the reasons X-Men was a 'crossover' comic that attracted girl readers.

Christopher Brady

#52
November 17, 2017, 09:31:03 PM
Quote from: Voros;1008227Yeah, I thought the genius of Claremont's X-Men was to combine superheroes with the romance comics aimed at girls. I think the soap opera elements of the X-Men ended up being as attractive to boys as to girls. One of the reasons X-Men was a 'crossover' comic that attracted girl readers.

Same thing applies to the Young Justice cartoon.  As bad as the plot and villains were, the hero interaction was what made the show really interesting and pulled in a large female demographic (which sadly is what got it canned originally)
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DavetheLost

#53
November 19, 2017, 10:00:55 AM
Quote from: cavegirl;1006053Or a slasher horror game (you know, friday the 13th style) where you kind of have a chance to take the slasher down but it's a slim one unless you're lucky or very smart.

This is exactly what the Shriek 1PG from Deep7 is written for. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/18189/Shriek?it=1&filters=0_0_10111_0_0

Also Crawlspace 13 from Peryton Publishing, in which your character is a horror movie actor and teh scenario is the movie.

Dumarest

#54
November 19, 2017, 12:04:19 PM
Quote from: Voros;1008227Yeah, I thought the genius of Claremont's X-Men was to combine superheroes with the romance comics aimed at girls. I think the soap opera elements of the X-Men ended up being as attractive to boys as to girls. One of the reasons X-Men was a 'crossover' comic that attracted girl readers.

Chris Claremont invented that, eh? Don't tell Stan Lee.

DavetheLost

#55
November 19, 2017, 12:22:40 PM
What about Jack?

Voros

#56
November 19, 2017, 03:02:07 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;1008459Chris Claremont invented that, eh? Don't tell Stan Lee.

I didn't say he invented it. He did push it further than Lee though with memorable women characters, I recall Bryne once said that if Claremont had his way entire comics would have been the 'superheroes' talking to each other in their everyday clothes.

Christopher Brady

#57
November 20, 2017, 02:39:46 AM
Quote from: Voros;1008486I didn't say he invented it. He did push it further than Lee though with memorable women characters, I recall Bryne once said that if Claremont had his way entire comics would have been the 'superheroes' talking to each other in their everyday clothes.

OK, this is seriously off topic:  Chris Claremont was both the BEST and WORST thing for the X-Men.

The Best Part:  He upped the female power level in terms of either raw power, or personality, making them relevant and enjoyable.

The Worst Part:  His inability or maybe lack of desire to write men, ended up killing quite a few characters, without removing them.  For example, he wanted to get rid of Scott Summers because he had no idea what to do with him, how to make him interesting (A good writer would see that as a challenge.)  So he created Madeline Pryor to give him a 'happy ending'.  (Marvel said No, and the Dark Phoenix Saga was born!)
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#58
November 22, 2017, 01:49:44 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1008187You don't watch 'Professional Wrestling' or read American comic books. Those are soap operas for men.

Well, 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.
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Christopher Brady

#59
November 22, 2017, 02:48:19 AM
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.

My point was that there are soap operas for men, they might be more action-y in general, but they exist.
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