thread: 2009-12-18 : Seed content
On 2009-12-21, Jesse Burneko wrote:
Actually, I have very recent first hand experience with this.
I own the game Fantasy Flight Boardgame, "Android." I love it. I'd really like an RPG that works with the same material. I decided to try running a game myself using games currently available to me.
First we nailed down some tenants of the setting using a list of questions I put together.
Then we played one story arc using The Pool. (Note: I used Dogs in the Vineyard's Town Creation rules to produce the back story). It was... okay. Enough that the players wanted to do try it again with a different game.
We played an interlude in the same setting using Dirty Secrets. It worked a little better but had some strange results like when we randomly generated a romantic relationship between a guy and "male" android. Gay robot sex was not exactly something we had in mind when we started playing.
Finally, we did a third story using Primetime Adventures. This was going a little better but it was definitely Law & Order in Space rather than the kind of Cybernoir I was hoping for. We ended up abandoning the game after the second episode.
So yeah, I still really want a custom game that really speaks to the ideas of Cybernoir and the material found in the Android Boardgame because no less than *three* different system applications didn't cut it.
Jesse
