I don't know of any such game but I think it's a neat idea. Especially if it had a simple dueling system in place. I'd love to see some sort of pseudo-competitive MU to be honest. Pokemon, Pro Wrestling, Spartacus (Gladiator combat), etc. I wanna talk smack, battle, and deal with the consequences! With Pokemon you also get to go hunting for little monsters and then raise them.
So judging by what you've leaked of the theme is it safe to assume you'll be primarily using Age of Rebellion as your source? What I'm really asking here is...will there be Jedi? It seems like the answer would be no but I just want to confirm that.
I used a variant of FASERIP on a Masters of the Universe game that was modified just a bit. Karma was constant and could be spent during scenes as normal and just replenished in between scenes. We also largely did away with the chart options and just said you gain points for decent successes. A single point for yellow and two points for red. You could use those points for various things like increasing the effect attribute (so that someone with an AM Strength could actually hurt someone with an AM Invulnerability) or creating stunts for powers or what not. We felt it worked really well but there was just 5 of us.
So a year or so ago my wife and I were going to open up a Buffy the Vampire Slayer game. Set in modern day and treating Buffy canon as having happened when the show aired (so all potential slayers became full slayers in 2003). At the time this had given the world 10 years to evolve since then.
The problem is we were going to base it in a fictional version of Sleepy Hollow. We liked how The Reach had families which created instant avenues for PC connections and RP and hoped to emulate that with famous families from that story (Van Brunts, Van Tassels, etc) borrowing heavily from the Tim Burton movie. Then we read about a Sleepy Hollow TV show and decided to scrap the idea to avoid confusion. We were going to go with an alternate setting but could never quite settle on one.
So here we are 2 years later and my wife is like "we should do it anyway". So I guess my question to the masses is...could a non-WoD game work? I'm sure this has been asked before but I'm mostly concerned with could a BUFFY non-WoD game work. We'd be using the cinematic unisystem, which is all coded and ready to go and what not. I'm just not sure if the Buffy-verse would still be a draw going on 12 years since the show went off the air.
Going along the same lines about about other non-WoD systems? Call of Cthulhu (classic or Trail) for instance? I think the trick with that would be constant stories and making sure people did not get attached to their PCs.
Anyway, at work and bored and thought I'd toss this out into the wild to see what kind of responses I got. Thanks for reading!
I'm working on a Mike type from Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. Hoping to have him approved tonight or tomorrow.
Have you thought about using Fate Accelerated ala Dresden Files? I'm in love with Dresden Acclerated and think it would work wonderfully for a game. Just curious if you looked at that at all and, if so, why you dismissed it for Fate Core?
I do love the idea of the game though regardless. If I wans't ass deep in my own projects I'd offer up whatever help I could!
Just a note that work on X-Men Utopia has paused (possibly stopped). The reason is I'm working with some fantastic folk on another X-Game that we're hoping to have live soon. It's not X-Men Utopia but I like it and, for now, it's taking up my time for coding and what not. I'll re-evaluate X-Men Utopia once that game opens. Just wanted to keep everyone updated!
So I threw Empire Bay MUX up a year or so ago in the hopes that it'd become a nice little sandboxy place for superhero RP. That never really happened. We had some nibbles at first but interest just never took off.
I'm still jonesing for some hero RP and I have a bit more time on my hand lately so I figured I'd take a bit more of a direct hand with the game. I won't say it's "re-opening" because technically it never closed. What I'll say is I'm hoping to start sparking more RP. To do that I'm looking to do 2 things.
1: Draw in players. To that end I intend to start up a government based hero group. That's all I really know for now, that's it'll be government based. I figured we can hammer out the rest of the details as players come to claim slots on said team. While I have other obligations (such as my Force and Destiny game) I still think I could devote 1 or 2 days a week here for purposes of RP and scenes.
2: Draw in staffers. This can also probably be broken down into two areas. First, I'd like some app staffers. People familiar with the system who can help those unfamiliar with the system craft characters. People who could explain PL caps and help build power sets and what not. The code does a good job of checking to ensure characters remain within their points but app staffers would also help by ensuring no PL cap breaks happen on the sheet. They'd also need to be familiar with the coded systems to help code challenged people with apps.
Next would be plot staffers. People looking to run scenes, maybe 1 or 2 a week. They could be general scenes or if you have an idea you want to build on and explore (like a group of mutants or themed heroes or whatever) that'd be fine too. I think it'd be great to have a little bit of both.
I recently did a purge of all idle characters so if you had a character on the game they have likely been @nuked. This was just an attempt to clean up the DB, nothing more. So if you're interested in either of the above come on over and we can chat. 
We have a wiki at http://empire-bay.wikidot.com/ and you can connect to the game via muxmadness.com:1200.
Yeah, aside from what Faraday said, I can only think of one other game: that Empire hero game. We seem to be in a dry spot but I've heard of some good games in the works so hopefully that will change soon.
Yeah, that's what I wanted from my FAE too and that's what Dresden Accelerated is. It's JUST enough crunch to give the system some real meat, IMO. Essentially it adds mantles that give mechanical elements to different character types. Vampires, for instance, get the Hunger condition track and can mark boxes of Hunger to power various Vampire stunts they get with their mantle.
Anyway, even though I can't help out I'll def stop by and play if/when you get this up and running.
For the record, Mutant Genesis MUX is the game I've been speaking about.
Just a quick update. The massive amount of snow my area has gotten in the past week or so has managed to slow things down for me a bit. Even so things are moving forward. I continue to make progress on the grid. I'm fairly happy with it so far. I have a long weekend ahead of me and I'm hoping to get the grid down and some final troubleshooting accomplished on the character generation system. Once those are done I'll be inviting over those of you who offered to help build some hangouts.
Myself, my wife, and a few friends are working on a Vampire 2E game to mess around on and we're looking for suggestions for vampire bloodlines.
The game is set in Las Vegas and we're looking for bloodlines that fit the theme and feel of that city. I'd like 2-3 per clan for some variety.
We've already decided on Bruja for the Gangrel because I'm not that original and I love them. So we're thinking something like a gangster style bloodline, maybe 2 or even 3 that focus on entertainment(magic, singing, dancing, etc), prostitution(maybe a succubus style bloodline?), something that has to do with gambling maybe, or awareness/observation (like all the cameras in casinos and whatnot), uhm...just spitballing right now but any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Boxing and MMA are staples of Vegas so maybe some sort of a gladiatorial bloodline?
Anyway, like I said, any suggestions or idea would be very welcome. Thanks.
I much prefer it on the MUX with an option for it to be on the wiki.
I was unfortunately not able to do the testing I was hoping I'd be able to do yesterday on the game. I spent most of the day in the ER and dentists office after being assaulted by my next door neighbor. Today I'm at work but tomorrow I should be able to fully test the character generation system. Then, depending on how long it takes to find and fix any bugs, I'll either be posting the address tomorrow afternoon or Friday morning.
Thanks!
@auspice I wouldn't say the plotines is painfully predictable. They've thrown some curve balls in there. That said I think the show just feels good and, for me, makes me feel like I'm 13 again watching TNG. I get to sit down for an hour and just lose myself in some scifi goodness that doesn't take itself too seriously. I think the cast has good chemistry and I think they're developing some good story lines that could actually have impact on things down the road.
@Lisse24 If we go public it is certainly possible we tighten up what is allowed to mortal and vamp-centric characters. The ideas we have definitely center around those lines.
@bobotron I listed Kyle as a possibility but, really, I don't think he throws the curve off any more than Superboy, Mary Marvel, or Supergirl so I think I'd be open if someone wanted to app a teen Red Lantern or something.
And thanks for the additional characters. They're all going on the list. Right now I'm compiling just a big list of possibilities and I intend to whittle them down later if I move forward with this project.
My initial idea was that the second gen heroes get fed up because the first gen heroes (Superman, Batman WW, etc) refuse to step down and let the second generation heroes step up like they should. In response the second generation heroes create a counter to the Justice League for them and the third generation heroes but there's possible stress between the second and third gens as the second genners start treating the third generation heroes like the first generation treated them. That's a lot of generational garble there and I hope it makes sense. That was just an initial idea though.
This is all just "initial" poking and prodding to see if I can find something that makes sense. I miss DC Rebirth and would like to do something in the DC Universe. With Gotham: Flashpoint coming I think I'd like to do something that doesn't focus on Gotham.
So thanks for the help and the ideas! They are all appreciated.
Just bumping the ad. We're still alive and trucking along. We've hit a bit of a player slump but the good news is that means there are a bunch of new characters open for application. I've also tried to make the process of claiming previously played characters.
We're also at the beginning of a global plot designed to shake things up a bit so now is a great time to come check us out!
Address: dcrebirthmux.com:2001