Choose an RPG system for 'Saw'

[RyvenCedrylle]

My wife and I just got back from seeing Saw V and it got me thinking - were I to run a 'Saw'-like campaign, with the PCs in the 'game,' what system would I use? Maybe World of Darkness or Burning Wheel? Curious as to what you all might choose.

 

[jdrakeh]

I would use either Shriek or Pie Shop. Shriek if you want a tongue-in-cheek Saw riff. Pie Shop if you want your game group to seriously question your sanity.

 

[Vorput]

Hackmaster? Only cause the name fits

 

[scruffygrognard]

My wife and I just got back from seeing Saw V and it got me thinking - were I to run a 'Saw'-like campaign, with the PCs in the 'game,' what system would I use? Maybe World of Darkness or Burning Wheel? Curious as to what you all might choose.

Call of Cthulhu could work...

 

[Greg K]

I have only seen the first saw movie and I don't recall too much about it. I might try d20 Modern using the victim classes from RPG Objects's Blood and Blades: A Profiler's Guide to Slashers. I don't know if it would work or not, but it was the first thing that came to mind. I might also try using GURPS.

 

[Derro]

Dread.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Dread.

Try that Jenga system mentioned in another thread. However, you will need to set the game up in a large room...

...large enough you can ride 'round and 'round the table on a tricycle as you talk about "wanting to play a game."

 

[That One Guy]

Dread.

I was gonna' say it if no one did. Never played it, but it always sounded excellent.

 

[Asmor]

Dread.

The mods can probably go ahead and lock this thread now, nothing else need be said.

 

[Derro]

The thing about Dread is that the system is really player vs. him(her)self. Being physically responsible for the result of the challenge adds an element that is really only present in LARP. And it is very tense. I poo-pooed Dread a bit when it first came out but I take it all back. It is by far the best system for psychological horror one-shots to date.