Simlasa
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I've started working on a Halloween game for friends next Fall. We're going with a 'traditional' theme (old school Halloween decorations and costumes)... so I was poking around for inspiration and remembered this old thing:
We had a copy at our house... but the game itself was less than the sum of its parts. As kids we'd sort of proto-roleplay the part of the creepy pets and make up more of a story to it all... because the board and pieces were quite evocative.
So I've decided to expand on its themes and plot (what there is of one) for my Halloween project. I'm aiming for creepy-cute.
Many moons ago I also ran a game based on Candyland... and all the sinister horrors it implies.
I'm thinking there are lots of old boardgames with fun themes but relatively crap gameplay.
So what other boardgames might be suitable fodder for expansion into a full-fleshed RPG... if not a campaign, at least an adventure.
NOTE: I'm thinking more of basic old games... not so much the elaborate modern games like Descent that are quasi-RPGs already. But maybe some abstract modern Eurogame...
We had a copy at our house... but the game itself was less than the sum of its parts. As kids we'd sort of proto-roleplay the part of the creepy pets and make up more of a story to it all... because the board and pieces were quite evocative.
So I've decided to expand on its themes and plot (what there is of one) for my Halloween project. I'm aiming for creepy-cute.
Many moons ago I also ran a game based on Candyland... and all the sinister horrors it implies.
I'm thinking there are lots of old boardgames with fun themes but relatively crap gameplay.
So what other boardgames might be suitable fodder for expansion into a full-fleshed RPG... if not a campaign, at least an adventure.
NOTE: I'm thinking more of basic old games... not so much the elaborate modern games like Descent that are quasi-RPGs already. But maybe some abstract modern Eurogame...
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