Strange campaign themes

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by William

Your dungeon-diving team, armored up, magicked out and armed to the teeth, and faced with skull-wearing baddies who panic and attempt to shoot them

Been there, done that. MG42 teams get most upset when their gunners are shot with arrows. Heat Metal has most unfortunate effects on grenades and ammunition.

[srogerscat]

Following the general theme of Bollypunk.... I highly recommend the movie Kung Fu Hustle.

[cptbutton]

Originally Posted by srogerscat

Following the general theme of Bollypunk.... I highly recommend the movie Kung Fu Hustle.

Yes, everyone in China knows Kung Fu.

[combatmedic]

Gygax ran a game with Nazis versus an evil high priest and his monsters.

It's described in The Strategic Review # 5 and also, I'm pretty sure, in the first Best of Dragon compilation.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by William

Weird War Dungeon Fantasy

The Nazis' latest energy-weapon experiment has opened a rip in space that meshed with the summoning performed by the Cultists of the Void. Your dungeon-diving team, armored up, magicked out and armed to the teeth, and faced with skull-wearing baddies who panic and attempt to shoot them, must now fight their way out of Hidden Laboratory 12 at Castle Sturm, along with dozens of malnourished and tortured test subjects.

There is a roar of battle from miles away, so clearly your summoners have enemies nearby. Can you make it there and claim sanctuary? And was that a Cultist of the Void you saw groggily getting interrogated in the other room on your way out?

I ran a game in 3e based on the premise that elves had summoned Nazis to champion them against "lesser races". They were stopped by a "Super-Soldier" summoned from another world who sacrificed his life to end the war (but not before his blood serum was copied by human alchemists to create an order of super-knights). Now 1000 years later the war has restarted...

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I ran a game in 3e based on the premise that elves had summoned Nazis to champion them against "lesser races". They were stopped by a "Super-Soldier" summoned from another world who sacrificed his life to end the war (but not before his blood serum was copied by human alchemists to create an order of super-knights). Now 1000 years later the war has restarted...

Did you ever read David Brin's "Thor versus Captain America"?

Bill Stoddard

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Did you ever read David Brin's "Thor versus Captain America"?

Yes, that, an Elric short story (from a collection of non-Moorcock Elric homages) called, I think, Storm Trooper, and the basic conceit of Yrth were my inspirations. That and elves being pretty natural racial supremacists.

[tshiggins]

Originally Posted by William

Weird War Dungeon Fantasy

The Nazis' latest energy-weapon experiment has opened a rip in space that meshed with the summoning performed by the Cultists of the Void. Your dungeon-diving team, armored up, magicked out and armed to the teeth, and faced with skull-wearing baddies who panic and attempt to shoot them, must now fight their way out of Hidden Laboratory 12 at Castle Sturm, along with dozens of malnourished and tortured test subjects.

(SNIP)

<munchkin>

"Because every game is better when you get to kill Nazis!"

</munchkin>

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by tshiggins

"Because every game is better when you get to kill Nazis!"

Now I want to run a scenario that involves killing communists during the same era. After all, Stalin's achievements as a mass murderer outdo even Hitler's. Maybe the good guys could be fighting to defend Finland or something.

Bill Stoddard

[combatmedic]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Now I want to run a scenario that involves killing communists during the same era. After all, Stalin's achievements as a mass murderer outdo even Hitler's. Maybe the good guys could be fighting to defend Finland or something.

Bill Stoddard

A Winter War or Continuation War game could kick ass.