TV series with ideas for GURPS

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Originally Posted by tshiggins

What makes The Walking Dead work is that the main characters are all pretty compelling (well, except for Carl, who is pretty boring...)...

I disagree with you there. I found very few of the characters compelling.

Z-Nation is just silly, and not in a good way.

Again we disagree. It's not serious, which is different than silly.

The reason I enjoy Z Nation and dislike Walking Dead is based on that manner in which Walking Dead demands it be taken seriously (it presents as serious, as if everything matters all the time) and thenfails to have the characters act intelligently, purely for the sake of drama and plot.

Z Nation conversely is not all serious (it has moments), often takes shots at the genre and it's own production company, and thus if a character acts stupidly for the sake of plot/drama (which happens far less often than on WD ironically) it's easier to overlook.


The reason I mention Z Nation as mineable as it has several Action! switches inherent in the setting that I feel would make for a fast paced 'back to the dungeon' style game. Like I said, It's DFed with a bunch of "not as important as in DF" switches (ammo count, rations, fuel, working vehicle, etc all serve the episodic adventure, as well as the overarching theme of 'survival').