Looking for opinions on Xcrawl
Capellan
Explorer
I loved the concept of dungeoneering as an extreme sport, but was not enamored of the X-Crawl setting itself. North America recast as a latter day Roman Empire? Yawn.
I yoinked the basic concept for my X-Path games, but completely ignored X-Crawl itself in favour of using a less extreme (but far more perverse
) make-over of Earth as my 'background' setting.
I yoinked the basic concept for my X-Path games, but completely ignored X-Crawl itself in favour of using a less extreme (but far more perverse
) make-over of Earth as my 'background' setting.
I liked X-Crawl and sci-fi books that preceeded it- Larry Niven & Steven Barnes' Dream Park trilogy:
* Dream Park (1981)
* The Barsoom Project (1989)
* The California Voodoo Game (1992)
Or the classic Sci-Fi movie, Westworld. (Its sequel wasn't so good, though.)
The first book in the Dream Park series is set in 2051. Technology is used to create realistic games in which participants act out the roles of free-willed protagonists in various stories.
The books also inspired another game, (Dream Park).
Heck- you could even get ideas from video games like Smash TV.
If you're going to run X-Crawl, I'd advise reading at least one of the novels or watch the movie first- they'll give you great ideas.
* Dream Park (1981)
* The Barsoom Project (1989)
* The California Voodoo Game (1992)
Or the classic Sci-Fi movie, Westworld. (Its sequel wasn't so good, though.)
The first book in the Dream Park series is set in 2051. Technology is used to create realistic games in which participants act out the roles of free-willed protagonists in various stories.
The books also inspired another game, (Dream Park).
Heck- you could even get ideas from video games like Smash TV.
If you're going to run X-Crawl, I'd advise reading at least one of the novels or watch the movie first- they'll give you great ideas.
trancejeremy
Adventurer
If it were like Dream Park, it would have been much better, IMHO. But it's more like American Gladiators.
trancejeremy
Adventurer
Yeah, that's a pretty good summation. The presentation is somewhat Running Man-ish, and the scenarios are pretty much all Dungeon Crawls. And the setting itself is Roman-esque.
Dream Park was a lot more varied in terms of scenario types. Kinda like d20 Modern in that aspect. The first novel was set in the South Pacific. The 2nd was futuristic, I think, and I don't think I read the 3rd.
Dream Park was a lot more varied in terms of scenario types. Kinda like d20 Modern in that aspect. The first novel was set in the South Pacific. The 2nd was futuristic, I think, and I don't think I read the 3rd.
I haven't used XCrawl, but it inspired me to create something similar for use when I couldn't be hedgehogged into creating a serious adventure. I called it "Dungeon X-TREME", and the idea is similar. The Great Empire has more or less conquered the world, and in order to amuse the Emperor and to give the public something to cheer for, they are doing dungeon-crawling as a sport. Without the modern-day stuff, though.
This is where I let loose with my sillier ideas (like the Donkey Kong room) or scenarios set up just to make a good fight, rather than stuff that's supposed to make sense.
This is where I let loose with my sillier ideas (like the Donkey Kong room) or scenarios set up just to make a good fight, rather than stuff that's supposed to make sense.
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