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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 8865163" data-attributes="member: 6684958"><p>No. The big problem is that Tabletop games don't have a "story". </p><p></p><p>Comics, like novels, are easy pickings for making a movie. You have tons of story to pick from. The first third of the Iron Man movie is the basic first Iron Man comic story, The other 2/3 of the movie is a re-imagining of another Iron Man story or two. And a lot of the 'work' of the story is done by Iron Mans huge back story. </p><p></p><p>Take Shadowrun....ok, there is no story, it's just a game. You can write something where some characters run through the shadows as part of some plot and tell a story. But is that a "Shadowrun" story then?</p><p></p><p>Even if you just name drop people and places from the game lore, is it a "game" movie then?</p><p></p><p>We have had several Board Game and Video Game movies over the years......most are not all that "true" to the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 8865163, member: 6684958"] No. The big problem is that Tabletop games don't have a "story". Comics, like novels, are easy pickings for making a movie. You have tons of story to pick from. The first third of the Iron Man movie is the basic first Iron Man comic story, The other 2/3 of the movie is a re-imagining of another Iron Man story or two. And a lot of the 'work' of the story is done by Iron Mans huge back story. Take Shadowrun....ok, there is no story, it's just a game. You can write something where some characters run through the shadows as part of some plot and tell a story. But is that a "Shadowrun" story then? Even if you just name drop people and places from the game lore, is it a "game" movie then? We have had several Board Game and Video Game movies over the years......most are not all that "true" to the game. [/QUOTE]
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