Author of CHROMATIC SHADOWS: Occult Cyberpunk RPG. Matrix Ghost Games.
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Kris H. retweeted
The filth and the fury of RTG’s “Cyberpunk 2020” filled many of my after school days as a kid and teen.
Sometimes the older me finds the genre a little tough to want to engage with, as “the future is now,” in many more depressing ways than I could’ve understood as a kid.
Even so, the retro-futuristic version of the 2020’s, along with the gritty mix of nihilism cut with a tiny glimmer of hope that raging against the corporate machine could actually make a difference still appeals on some levels.
Who has good memories of this one (or 2013)?
This looks very interesting.
Put something quick together for myself using lots of tables, “clocks,” and tightly containing a game loop into season, episode, scene hierarchy.
The idea is to use mostly recurring characters, “sets”/locations, and leave jobs and the like to tables until a “thread clock” dictates otherwise.
May give this a go this week if I can make the time to actually run a session!
Kris H. retweeted
Go ghosts and fairies exist? *Only* ghosts and fairies exist. Everything we see is a haunted by the virtuality of the past. Everything we think involves the constant intrusion of creatures of the world of the imagination.
Friends, Chromatic Shadows Core Rules is in the home stretch over on Kickstarter. It's a full length, D6 indie cyberpunk game, very much in the tradition of Shadowrun, World of Darkness, and Call of Cthulhu. If you like the idea of Shadowrun + cosmic horror, this might be worth a look.
There are currently FIVE active stretch goals unlocked, available to every backer. Also, you don't have to wait to play. Every backer receives immediate access to the 282 page Beta, which includes pre-generated characters and a sample adventure.
The KS campaign is running through October 31. Please check out the Kickstarter link below for more info!
Kris H. retweeted
TSR got REALLY weird in 1981. ❤️
That year, the company behind Dungeons & Dragons released an official Escape from New York board game based on John Carpenter’s film.
And look who was involved:
Design: Zeb Cook and Harold Johnson
Art credits include: Jeff Dee, Dave LaForce, Jim Roslof, Bill Willingham, and Erol Otus
Even better, the game featured what appear to be:
🛩️ Bill Willingham art on the instruction booklet title page
🧟 Erol Otus art of the Crazies emerging from the sewers
So yes, TSR really made a board game where players race through prison Manhattan to rescue the President and recover the tape before time runs out.
And the box proudly says:
“For 2 to 4 Adults Ages 10 and Up”
An R-rated John Carpenter movie.
Turned into a TSR board game for ages 10 and up. 😂
This is the kind of gloriously strange early 80s TSR history I live for.
Had you ever seen this one before?
Had a fantastic interview with Konstantine Paradias about Chromatic Shadows (still LIVE on Kickstarter). We cover all sorts of esoteric topics like cyberpunk fiction, philosophy of game design, political theory, and magick.
youtu.be/A4SIqJgMGaU?is=2JVi…
Thanks for the boost @MyEarTrumpet! This one was a lot of fun, Konstantine was a great host. Really enjoyed talking books and diving down game philosophy rabbit holess :)
Interview about Chromatic Shadows, an occult / cosmic horror #cyberpunk game with the creator @1matrixghost
youtu.be/A4SIqJgMGaU?si=RTGh…
Kris H. retweeted
Interview about Chromatic Shadows, an occult / cosmic horror #cyberpunk game with the creator @1matrixghost
youtu.be/A4SIqJgMGaU?si=RTGh…
