Monty Python's Cocurricular Mediaeval Reeanactment Programme

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Toadmaster said:
I tend to quote from movies, but I mix it up and try to use something appropriate to the situation so it could be Monty Python, but just as easily be from Clint Eastwood or Ahnold.
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I've probably used in games the phrase "Come with me if you want to live" more often than is legally allowed in most countries.
 
Baulderstone said:
It also helps that the overquoters tend to focus on just a few sketches, so there is plenty of it that hasn't been quoted to destruction.
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I'm still annoyed that "woody" and "tinny" never caught on in my friendgroup, despite my fervant attempts.

Guess they're all just streets behind.
 
Flying Circus and the LPs were awesome. I did enjoy Holy Grail and Life of Brian. Meaning of Life started to get a bit formulaic. I enjoyed Spamalot when we went to watch it in the theater, but I really do see it for what it was: Eric Idle cashing in. I suspect that this is part of that effort as well.
 
It definitely needs to have soft fruit included in the weapons table.

The promo for it amused me. Big Monty Python fan.

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Toadmaster said:
Sure if I wasn't clear, there are certainly people who are bad about this, but that is a people thing. They probably poorly quote Airplane as well.

I tend to quote from movies, but I mix it up and try to use something appropriate to the situation so it could be Monty Python, but just as easily be from Clint Eastwood or Ahnold. Often times people won't even know I'm using a quote, it is just something that amuses me, and gets even more payback when the other knows the quote. A man has got to know his limitations. :happy:


I was commenting more on the idea that there are just people everywhere quoting Monty Python non-stop. I just don't run across that, but I have run across people who quoting anything Monty Python is too much even if they didn't know it was MP until explained.
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I think it's the usual irregular verb ; I quote aptly and insightfully, you quote occasionally amusingly, they quote without regard to the context.
 
Skarg said:
If the combat system can actually produce the type of gameplay suggested by the Black Knight scene, particularly before Arthur shows up, then sign me up. It's going to be hex-and-counter, right?
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...you, of all people, want hex-and-counter D&D:shock:?
 
I have a soft spot for comedy RPGs. I like games like OG, Red Dwarf, Tales from the Floating Vagabond, Kobolds ate my Baby, etc. And I ran Masque of the Red Death as a sitcom several times. Even if they aren't beer and pretzels, I tend to file them under that as I tend to prefer them as one shorts or short campaigns between regular campaigns. This one could be interesting but the one thing I do wonder about is what is going to hold the thing together in terms of setting (it doesn't need one necessarily but is this something where you will literally be playing sketches set all over the place or will there be a home base universe of some kind)
 
I like Monty Python, and don't blame it for being over-quoted. Meaning of Life is my favorite of their movies, largely vecause of how ambitious and, believe it or not, at times, subtle it can be.

That all having been said, this is gonna be a hard sell.

As for movie lines, my friends and I quote Repo Man enough that it probably is a crime. Other oft-repeated catch phrases include "That's a big twinkie" from Ghostbusters, and, inexplicably, "Come away from the window, honey", from Sam Raimi's not-quite-good-but-quite-enjoyable flop, Crimewave.
 
Gringnr said:
I like Monty Python, and don't blame it for being over-quoted. Meaning of Life is my favorite of their movies, largely vecause of how ambitious and, believe it or not, at times, subtle it can be.

That all having been said, this is gonna be a hard sell.

As for movie lines, my friends and I quote Repo Man enough that it probably is a crime. Other oft-repeated catch phrases include "That's a big twinkie" from Ghostbusters, and, inexplicably, "Come away from the window, honey", from Sam Raimi's not-quite-good-but-quite-enjoyable flop, Crimewave.
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Comedy RPGs in general are a hard sell I think. You sometimes have games that are on the line, where there is humor in the premise and idea but it's still a serious RPG, and that can be easier. But directly humorous is hard. They are also not easy to get players for. I think part of it is they tend to be more odd ball, but the other part is you are asking people to sign on for planned humor, and humor at the gaming table tends to be spontaneous. Still I am interested in what they are going to do with this one.
 
Gringnr said:
I like Monty Python, and don't blame it for being over-quoted. Meaning of Life is my favorite of their movies, largely vecause of how ambitious and, believe it or not, at times, subtle it can be.

That all having been said, this is gonna be a hard sell.

As for movie lines, my friends and I quote Repo Man enough that it probably is a crime. Other oft-repeated catch phrases include "That's a big twinkie" from Ghostbusters, and, inexplicably, "Come away from the window, honey", from Sam Raimi's not-quite-good-but-quite-enjoyable flop, Crimewave.
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You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I'm sure the girls turn the color of an avocado when you drive down the street in your Eldorado. :grin:
 
AsenRG said:
...you, of all people, want hex-and-counter D&D:shock:?
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No, I want hex-and-counter visceral medieval mayhem with the possibility of sudden unexpected permanent death and/or dismemberment, no healing magic, and no D&D-specific tropes, not abstract slowly whittling exchanges of hitpoints with an edge to who has higher level.
 
Skarg said:
And the weapon table has to have detailed combat stats for various fruits and vegetables . . . but stats for pointed sticks are in an expansion module.
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what about fish?
and should the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow be included? (not african of course, they are non-migratory)
 
remial said:
what about fish?
and should the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow be included? (not african of course, they are non-migratory)
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Fish as a weapon need to be in the core rules. Also large weights of various sizes, medieval weapons, cows and giant wooden rabbits flung by catapult from a great height, everything from "Salad Days" and "How Not to Be Seen", etc etc . . .
 
Nobby-W said:
What were you expecting - the Spanish Inquisition?
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Someone other than Skarg to have such a preference, frankly:thumbsup:!

Skarg said:
No, I want hex-and-counter visceral medieval mayhem with the possibility of sudden unexpected permanent death and/or dismemberment, no healing magic, and no D&D-specific tropes, not abstract slowly whittling exchanges of hitpoints with an edge to who has higher level.
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What? The Black Knight is THE example of D&D-style HP in action, man:shade:!

"Tis but a scratch."
"A scratch? Your arm's off!"
"I've had worse."
"Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left."
"Oh, oh, I see, running away then. You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!"

And all that time, the two of them were just thinking in different systems. Arthur's player was thinking about GURPS/The Riddle of Steel/Mythras. The Black Knight's player was looking at his 90 HP remaining and smirking, because he knew he's not dead yet, and he can still fight, until they are depleted!

And the GM was thinking "OK, maybe the idea of mixing two different combat systems wasn't so bright after all":devil:.
 
Giganotosaurus said:
I love how this thread started out with people saying how tired they were of Monty Python puns, and has now devolved into Monty Python puns.
This is some pure Pub right here.
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And I just realized one of the longest Monty Python quotes was posted by a guy who's genuinely tired of MP quotes...:shock:
Well played getting him to do that, Skarg Skarg well played:thumbsup:!
 
AsenRG said:
And I just realized one of the longest Monty Python quotes was posted by a guy who's genuinely tired of MP quotes...:shock:
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Are you suggesting that he might not be tired of Monty Python jokes if he had only been exposed to shorter ones?
 
PolarBlues said:
I've probably used in games the phrase "Come with me if you want to live" more often than is legally allowed in most countries.
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Did you use the accent though?
TristramEvans said:
I thnk it would be hilarious if the Monty Pythan RPG was as crunchy as Phoenix Command with hex-based movement
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Fully statted shrubberies as standard.
Nobby-W said:
What were you expecting - the Spanish Inquisition?
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These days I don't care what heresy it is -the last supper was from KFC, 4e was the most realised and accurate version of Gary's vision for D&D - just get me the damn comfy chair!
 
Baulderstone said:
I've got the first supplement right here.
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That would go quite well with "How to Recognise Different Types of Trees From Quite a Long Way Away".
 
Agemegos said:
That’s a rather personal question.
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Robin Laws' original "Dying Earth" RPG (not the new DCC version) had a whole paragraph or two in the GMing section trying to explain to GMs/players that Jack Vance /=/ Monty Python.

(....but still, Robin Laws' "Dying Earth" honestly was a *great* system to run Monty-Python-esque fantasy/comedy! I miss that game.)
 
mockman said:
Robin Laws' original "Dying Earth" RPG (not the new DCC version) had a whole paragraph or two in the GMing section trying to explain to GMs/players that Jack Vance /=/ Monty Python.

(....but still, Robin Laws' "Dying Earth" honestly was a *great* system to run Monty-Python-esque fantasy/comedy! I miss that game.)
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Now I want to try running the Argument Clinic sketch using the social combat rules from that game.
 
I'm not over the MP quotes. They still make me laugh. The problem fore is no one I hang around with does them anymore. Random people never really came up and quoted it to me. Just my friends. Some are dead and will never quote it again. Some are just too far away to see much and if it comes up on a phone conversation I'd love it.

I guess no one ruined it for me and I'm lucky like that.
But I dunno why i'd need an RPG. I just jump on a building and sail the Accountant Sea with whatever collection of rules I have handy, stapler in hand.
 
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