2023-11-25 Mini Series Options
My plan is to start running at least one mini-series per year so that we can experience some other game systems. Here’s the elevator pitches for next years options. Hopefully we’ll pick one in the next couple of weeks and I’ll be able to prep it for late February or early March. I expect the series to run for 5-6 weeks after which we’ll return to the normally scheduled D&D game.
Modern Age
The number of homicides has skyrocketed in recent years. You have reason to believe it’s vampires, aliens or maybe even a cult. You’re ex-military, a former CIA agent, or maybe a retired police detective. Whoever the bad guys are, they’ve taken someone from you, and you are determined to prevent it from happening again. This is an investigative, action, adventure with supernatural antagonists. This game will use the Modern Age rules from Green Ronin in an alternate earth setting.
Traveller
You’re the crew and owners of a 200 ton tramp freighter trying to make ends meet in a low security region of the Spinward Marches. You dumped your illegal cargo before being boarded for an inspection and now your former clients are looking for compensation or to make an example of you, either works for them. Everything seems to have gone from bad to worse but you know the payoff from the next job could solve all your problems. This game will use the Traveller 2e rules from Mongoose publishing in its Third Imperium setting.
Champions
The last superheroes vanished 50 years ago but now, in 2024, there’s been a few recent sightings and you know they’re legit because one of them was you. This run will be about street level heroes, forming a group, learning to use their powers and fighting crime in their city. Future runs would dig into the story of the vanished heroes from the past. This game will use the Champions 6e rules from Hero Games in a modern alternate earth setting.
Dune
In the time of the Corrino empire, 15 years before House Atreides will be betrayed on Arrakis. You belong to one of five minor houses that have sworn fealty to the same major house of the Landsraad. You have discovered rumors of a plot involving one of your sibling houses to betray your patron house. How do you proceed? This is a game of political intrigue, espionage and war that will operate on multiple scales and venues including streets, courts, and battlefields. This game will use the DUNE: Adventures in the Imperium rules by Modiphius.
Legend of the Five Rings
In the land of Rokugan great clans of samurai protect the Emerald Empire from threats, both internal and external, but after centuries of prosperity and relative peace the spirits of the lands have become restless and armies of evil march from the shadowlands. As a samurai, your duty lies in service to your lord, your clan and your emperor. Will you stay true to your duty no matter what sacrifice it demands of you? This game will use the Legend of the Five Rings fifth edition rules by Fantasy Flight Games.