So here it is world. After a session of brainstorming and two weeks of emails, New Bay City is in it’s final stage. Tomorrow night, the dice hit the table and things get interesting. Special thanks to the players for coming up with some really wild shit that’s going to be fun. Enjoy.
New Bay City Final
May 172012
The Avengers is blockbuster and there’s already rumblings about the next big Marvel movie and maybe it might be Dr. Strange.
I’ll admit that I’m not a really big Dr. Strange fan. But the idea of movie just might be totally awesome. That is if the diverge slightly from the super hero aspect and delve into a gritty urban fantasy type movie sort of like Blade or even Hellboy. Hell, with a wizard blasting away all sorts of crazy horrors threatening the Earth, how could you go wrong?
Well, you could. Remember each and every movie is collaborative. From the writers, actors, directors and producers. If all those little thing don’t mesh it will show in the final product and the movie will just plain suck. But all this is just crazy speculation on my part. Let’s just what the future will hold.
While this looks like just an awesome movie (Yep, it’s on Netflix list.) I can’t but help think that our Deadlands posse is probably going to end up doing some wild and crazy crap like this. Not only are our characters like that but also us as players, we tend to do the crazy and unusual. Maybe that’s one of the reasons we’ve been gaming together so long. This sort of communal vibe for the silly and off kilter.
But any way, can’t wait till I grab the time and watch this one.
May 152012
Pinnacle Entertainment announced their new secret setting and it’s Deadlands Noir and their funding it via Kickstarter. It was only announced at noon Eastern time today and it’s already exceeded its goal. Wow.
Now, I know I haven’t been mentioning Savage Worlds too much lately. It’s not that I lost love for the game. It’s just that real life has gotten to say hectic plus I’m not playing it right now. But damn this one that I am kind of excited about. I don’t know if it’s because I’m currently in a Classic Deadlands game plus prepping for Dresden Files game. I mean come on get those two mixed up in your head and you’re right into Deadlands Noir territory.
But like anything, I’m getting a little leery on Kickstarter projects. It’s nothing against this or any other project. It’s just the dollars aren’t quite stretching as far as they used to. My first thought when I see a new project is “Can I play this game with the stuff I have now?” Second, “Am I going to play it?” Third, “Can I afford it?” Hopefully, Deadlands Noir is going to chocked full of new great stuff like most of Pinnacle’s settings. But I’m not sure if I can get the gang to play this. It’s a possibility. Can I afford it? Hmmm. Maybe.
May 142012
A fun time last week with the Deadlands game. We started off by meeting the local officer in charge of the Rangers and get to be “official”. That is the Huckster becomes a member of the official Texas Rangers “Band” and the rest of us end up as sort independent consultants/consulting detectives. And our first job is to head out of Texas and to New Orleans and investigate some grisly (possibly Voodoo related) murders.
Most of the session was detective work. Boring to read but was fun to play out. So here are some of the gems of the session:
If the Mad Scientist tells the curious, impulsive character not to touch anything in his lab then something is bound to happen. OK, it was only small fire. It wasn’t my fault, he shouldn’t have had those two chemicals next to each other.
Our randy Hukster decides he’s going to head off by himself to roughest part of New Orleans and checks out the local brothels. He ends up with a smile minus some cash and his shootin’ iron. At least, he didn’t get shanked in a back alley.
We wondered if women in the 19th century showed their ankles for beads during Mardi Gras.
Any way, our investigations uncover that a long lynched bad guy Voodoo guy was some how tainting a local beer. How dare he taint the beer? We fight some weirdos and mutant dogs with bark-like skin (No that’s not a pun about dogs. Tree bark. We aren’t that silly.) We had a couple of close calls but the fights went pretty well.
Next time we head off into the bayou and try and find the evil magical lynching tree.
May 102012
I have to admit it. I hate Superman. He’s just lame. Batman is just way cooler.
Let’s see Superman gets his powers pretty much just by showing up and he’s got every freaking super power on the standard wish list. His weaknesses are rare bits from his home world and his own uptight moral code. While that moral code may get him into a quandary now and then. He’s still a pretty boring character. There are a few villains who can stand toe to toe with The Man of Steel but his primary enemy is basically a smart rich guy.
Batman on the other hand hand is totally screwed in the head. When it comes down to it, he’s still just a normal guy. OK, a billionaire, vigilante, genius guy. The rest of it, he had to work for. There ain’t anything super about him. He’s broken, he’s flawed and he’s out trying to save the world in his own warped way. Sometimes, he can be just as bad as the villains. Hell, The Joker is crazier than he is. Crazy on crazy conflict. Now, that’s much more interesting.
So yeah. Batman wins in my book besides Superman is dick.
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