Kids on Brooms: Potteresque RPG From The Makers of Kids on Bikes

Renegade Game Studios, who created Kids on Bikes and Teens in Space, has just announced a Harry Potter inspired RPG called Kids on Brooms. It's coming out in August, but you can pre-order it now.

You pull your wand from the folds of your cloak, and its glowing blue end illuminates the door in front of you—the entrance to the banned books section. You watch as the copper snakes twist and turn around the lock that keeps students like you out. But you’ve been left with no choice. Your barn owl hoots softly upon your shoulder as you raise your wand to the knob and whisper the unspoken words.

Kids on Brooms is a collaborative role-playing game about taking on the life of a witch or wizard at a magical school you all attend- a place full of mystery, danger, and thrilling adventure. From dealing with strict professors to facing down mythical beasts, players will get the opportunity to ride brooms, brew potions, and cast powerful magic as they uncover the incredible secrets their school and its inhabitants hold. Built using the ENnie Award-Winning Kids on Bikes framework, it is a rules-light, narrative-first storytelling game perfect for new players and gaming veterans alike!

• Create your own unique magical school for witches and wizards!
• Face down fantastical beasts, search for school secrets, and make sure you hand your homework in on time!
• Wield wands, ride brooms, brew potions, and cast powerful spells!
• Tell your own stories filled with magical adventure using the Kids on Bikes framework for rules-light, narrative-first storytelling!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This is just quirky for the sake of quirky, which is okay in a kid's book but nonsense as you grow up...

And not as funny as the monetary nonsense in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which is intended to be silly.

 

[Padmewan]

So sorry, that spell does not work on copyright lawyers. lol

But seriously, they are going to have to dance very carefully around some things, if they want to keep JK off their backs. Just that first descriptive paragraph felt like it was pushing the limits.

We recently started watching a TV series, "Worst Witch," that looked like a huge HP ripoff... then learned it was based on a book series that predates HP by decades.

It takes a while for a new genre to establish itself so the law can distinguish between genre conventions and truly unique attributes of a creative work. This is why most big creators rely on trademark as much if not more than copyright