dumb premise for a game - Medieval Aliens

[Benjamin Olson]

I think the fundamental question is, is this a "this is what was really going on behind the history in secret" premise, or is it a full on, alternate history, Knights and Aliens, scenario where aliens openly show up sometime in the middle ages.

Both are pretty cool. The prior has a lot more potential to be clever in a novel or what have you, but I think the latter has a broader range of interesting gameable scenarios.

 

[Tonguez]

You mean Merlin wasnt Galifreyan?

You also have the green knight being a robot or is it a Transformer?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I have an old homebrew in which elves are actually crashlanded “Greys” using holographic tech to visually conform to legends of the fey. In that setting, “Underhill” is the remnants of their starship, and the legends of how time passes differently there are due to their use of stasis tech. (And yes, tesseracts are also involved.)

OTOH, just look at the Asgardians and Goa’uld from the Stargate franchise…

 

[Shades of Eternity]

the greek horoscopes are true.

when a planet is in ascendant, it determines which aliens are on "vacation" on the planet.

 

[Thagdal]

It made me think of Poul Anderson's The High Crusade where aliens land in a medieval French village and the villagers proceed to kill them and take their ship. Goodness I really need to reread that book.

OP.. very fun idea.

Its a great movie too.

 

[Wolfram stout]

Its a great movie too.

WHAT??????? (Runs to Google) There is a 31 year old movie based on this book that I have never heard of before now. I had no idea and once I get over the shame of that I will be elated.

 

[Thagdal]

WHAT??????? (Runs to Google) There is a 31 year old movie based on this book that I have never heard of before now. I had no idea and once I get over the shame of that I will be elated.

If it helps, I just learnt there's a book to one of my favourite movies. And by an authour I've read a bit from.

I can imagine where the book/movie would differ, the movie has some slapstick in it.

 

[Committed Hero]

You can draw up plenty of similarities between alien abductions and fairy abductions - there's a switcheroo for unsuspecting players.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Aliens founded Atlantis and later come back and help the goths crush Rome as misguided revenge.

In the past, or the future?

I'm imagining angsty teenagers dressed in black trashing an H&M superstore. In Rome.

 

[darjr]

In the past, or the future?

I'm imagining angsty teenagers dressed in black trashing an H&M superstore. In Rome.

Absolutely in the future!!! lol!