Role Playing products that failed

[orsal]

Here is a real game that I thought was a real flop, although perhaps it might not have been.

I first saw in that very popular but far from gaming magazine Scientific American: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomic

Are you kidding? For a year and a half back in university my greatest preoccupation (with the exception of classes, and that only if you count all classes I took over three semesters as a single preoccupation) was an ongoing weekly Nomic game.

It certainly didn't take off, but for those few of us who latched onto it... we really got into it.

 

[Rockwolf66]

Palladium: The whining

Play as please don't make fun of other boards and their moderators - moderating isn't an easy job you know. Hey, it isn't even a job! - Plane Sailing

 

[Barak]

Palladium: The whining

Play as please don't make fun of other boards and their moderators - moderating isn't an easy job you know. Hey, it isn't even a job! - Plane Sailing

Best Edit Evar! It remains in context, and probably makes the joke funnier than the original.

 

[shadow]

Rejected White Wolf games:

Succubus: the Lust - To risque for even White Wolf standards.

Terrorist: the Jihad - Players were to play angst ridden terrorists who struggled with personal issues while trying to overthrow "the Great Satan". This game was canned for obvious reasons.

Ogopogo: the Splashing - Ogopogo and his Scottish cousing, Nessie, just weren't dark and angsty enough for a White Wolf rpg.

 

[Agent Oracle]

Oy, i figured i had picked on the one thing White wolf hadn't done...

Okay...

Skunk-Ape: The Aromatic
Become a mysterious, yet harmless backwoods missing link with a severe body odor!

 

[Bront]

Amnesia: Already played it, don't you remember?

Disclaimer: The RPG.*


* Warning, Company X is not responsable for the effects of playing this game. Women or men who are pregnant should avoid playing this game. You should see a doctor if sessions last longer than four hours. Do not mix caffine with Disclaimer: The RPG. Use of this RPG in any manor not perscribed by the rules could be hazardous to your health. Discuss use with your DM before playing this game. Playing could cause....

 

[JPL]

I was going to post something about the “Law & Order RPG” where each player has two characters; a detective for the first part of the adventure, and a lawyer for the second part. However, the more I thought about it, the more I thought this idea actually had potential and wasn’t all that funny after all. Oops.

So instead I’ll nominate From Justin to Kelly the RPG.

Or perhaps a LARP version of RISK.

I think procedurals don't work as RPGs because players won't have the detailed technical knowledge necessary to think in-character. On TV, lawyer show dialogue is carefully crafted to tell the audience what they need to know --- same with CSI. Can't be done very smoothly within an RPG.

 

[Scarbonac]

BARFLY: The RPG! Last one standing at Last Call wins! Try to figure out how to cadge free drinks! Hit on the increasingly attractive Blonde. Learn the feats: Stiff the Bartender! and "I'm Funnier When I'm Drunk!"


Hey, check out our sequel games "Coyote Ugly" (with new skills such as "Arm Gnawing" and "I'll Call You Tomorrow") and "Why Am I In This Alley And Where Are My Pants, Officer?"

 

[Hussar]

Iron Chef, the RPG - create any dish you want. In your imagination.

American Idol - LARP. Do I REALLY need to explain?

 

[STARP_Social_Officer]

American Idol - LARP. Do I REALLY need to explain?

No. No you do not. Now let us never speak of this again.