TV series with ideas for GURPS

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Originally Posted by lachimba

I will not entertain any suggestions that either of the two zombie shows have any 'new' ideas for t.v. let alone ideas for GURPS.

(Ill actually give one to walking dead everyone is infected and that's it, but you already had that in the comic book)

I suppose the other other zombie show (izombie) might be full of ideas though. I'm yet to see it.


Likewise none of the superhero shows have much of anything for GURPS that you can't find in the comic books or movies

What makes The Walking Dead work is that the main characters are all pretty compelling (well, except for Carl, who is pretty boring...), and the writers understand that the real enemy is not the zombies (presented as a background hazard, albeit a serious one that complicates everything), but the other survivors.

I've seen that in the movies, but the fact that it gets presented so clearly in a TV show is pretty nice. The Walking Dead provides a good model for any zombie apocalypse game, IMO.

Z-Nation is just silly, and not in a good way. I couldn't make it past two episodes. I haven't watched any of the others -- I'm just not a fan of the genre, really, and would avoid any long-term campaign. (G&AInc's one-shot zombie-culls are a lot of fun, though....)

As for superhero shows, I do watch the Marvel ones, and I enjoy Gotham. I tried to watch Arrow, but got sick and tired of being preached at. Every. Single. Episode.

Gawd.

The fact that Oliver Queen is in The Flash put me off that one, too, but I understand it's much better.

That said, I generally avoid superhero RPGs. I've never been a huge fan of the four-color versions (with a few exceptions -- Simonson's run on Thor was outstanding), and much prefer the darker, lone heroes.

See my avatar.

Unfortunately, as wonderful as The Shadow and his philosophical descendants may be, they're not really all that great for RPGs, in which the party needs to work together as a team.