Well?

The Young Ones.

Shoot me now.

Most gamers talk out of character as if they are in an '80s setting no matter what RPG they are playing.

The A-Team.

If I have a small group of players:  The Equalizer.

Because I was a kid in the 80's:

Bionic Six.

M.A.S.K.

He-Man and Masters of The Universe

Thundarr

Thundercats

Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors

Blackstar

I'm actually serious about The Young Ones - playing scumbag students, living in their own squalid, surreal, comedic fantasy world is actually a game I'd like to play in.

It's somewhat similar to my interest in seeing or creating a RPG version of Trainspotting. The 80s Thatcher's Britain backdrop is also perfect too, particularly if you combine it with Scooby Doo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVPYFsTlp4Y

Off the top of my head: Captain Zep, Red Dwarf, Quantum Leap

I've always wanted to write a Cthulhu scenario set in a certain café in Wartime France - Cthulo-allo. It would go with my Dad's army scenario :-)

Quote from: spon;989455Off the top of my head: Captain Zep, Red Dwarf, Quantum Leap

Red Dwarf has actually been done before, and technically it's a 90s show for most of it's run. It would actually make a good game though - it's actually similar in set up to The Young Ones, in that it is 'students-in-space' in terms of it's style of humour.

Robin of Sherwood

I would really love to play Miami Vice (blame GTA Vice City), but I think The A Team might be more feasible.

Quote from: estar;989460Robin of Sherwood

Ooo, I forgot about this one..

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How could you especially with dialogue like this

QuoteSir Guy of Gisburne: My Lord, I thought...

Robert de Rainault (The Sheriff of Nottingham): You thought, did you Gisburne? What a pity I wasn't here. When did you have this thought of yours? While I was in London? Or was it perhaps more recent? Surely such an earth-shattering event would linger in the memory? Or was it this morning perhaps, while I was being attacked?

Sir Guy of Gisburne: Attacked, My Lord?

Robert de Rainault: Ten Miles from Nottingham, by Robin Hood's men! That was when I had my thought, Gisburne. And do you know what it was? A simple, uncomplicated thought: Where is Gisburne? Where is the escort that I asked for in my letter?

Sir Guy of Gisburne: Your letter? Your letter says that you will be back in four days, dated the 8th!

Robert de Rainault: The 7th, Gisburne. The 7th! Don't try to get out of it!

Sir Guy of Gisburne: But My Lord...

Robert de Rainault: But! But! You're the butt of everyone in Nottingham, aren't you?

Sir Guy of Gisburne: You insult me!

Robert de Rainault: I do! And will, as long as you continue to give me cause."

I know that the movie was 1980's, but did the Highlander show start in the late 80's?  Because that would be really easy to make into an urban fantasy campaign.

I mean - PCs are 'special' and fight mostly 'special' NPCs and basically levelling up off of their deaths.  It might even work better with a system which promotes wary allies rather than a standard party.

Fraggle  Rock...a whole subterranean realm of adventure and wonder with the occasional excursion into the dangerous and mysterious surface world as well!

Also, Black Adder! I could even use Dark Albion as a resource for the first season...

Quote from: Charon's Little Helper;989476I know that the movie was 1980's, but did the Highlander show start in the late 80's?  Because that would be really easy to make into an urban fantasy campaign.

I mean - PCs are 'special' and fight mostly 'special' NPCs and basically levelling up off of their deaths.  It might even work better with a system which promotes wary allies rather than a standard party.

There was a pretty popular (for 1993-4 internet) hack/port of Highlander to WoD (who would have guessed that trenchcoats and katanas would be popular amongst that crowd?). It's a fan project, but pretty well done, considering (and considering your opinion of WoD).

Quote from: Dumarest;989484Also, Black Adder! I could even use Dark Albion as a resource for the first season...

Assuming that you don't happen to have genius improv comics at your table (and if you do, congrats), what is it that one gets out of playing The Black Adder/Blackadder as opposed to playing 'character in each of the four settings of the four series?' In other words, what makes Blackadder Blackadder, beyond the witty repartee?

Like, if you asked me right now, I'd have to say The Master. You know, the one where Lee Van Cleef is a Ninja.

Not because it's a good show (it's not), but because "Ninjas travelling around America in a righteous van, helping folks in small towns, fighting corrupt local authorities, and occasionally fighting a Ninja Bad Guy of the Week" is the most 80's thing I can think of. I think my group could come up with much better storylines than the actual show did.

And instead of a hamster, we'd have a fox. The season finale would be that the fox reveals that she's actually a Kitsune, and was hiding it this whole time.


That, or a Transformers thing. The setup suggests an interesting game structure to me--basically, you're a Decepticon or Autobot soldier who finds himself in an unfamiliar solar system after a starship malfunction. You don't know how many thousands of years you've been lying dormant. First thing--find out how many other Decepticons (or Autobots) are in the immediate area, gather them up, compare ranks, decide on a leadership hierarchy, and establish a headquarters. Second thing--find out how many of the enemy is nearby and are doing the same thing. Then settle into your own little corner of the Autobot/Decepticon war, until one side gathers enough Energon that they can repair their ship and leave for another system. Once you get there, repeat, with a different cast of allies and enemies.  

This suggests all kinds of complications. What if their highest-ranked guy turns out to be Soundwave, and your highest-ranked guy turns out to be Bumblebee? Heck, what if this time around, their leader is Laserbeak, and your commander is Ultra Magnus? You might get better comrades and win quickly, but as soon as you do, you move on to a completely different situation, and the setup changes again. Keep doing it long enough, and you're bound to run into Megatron eventually.  

It ain't easy being a million-year-old sapient war robot.