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Re: RPG Themes

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Nov 16, 2001
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Kat,

Postman wasn't *by* Kevin Costner, it was *with* Kevin Costner; I think the
credits said it was by David Brin, but the "Postman" book (or short story?)
I remember which I think was by him wasn't *anything* like the movie, it was
set on another planet, inhabited by ursine sapients, and centered around
indigenous mail carriers.

Rod,

How about something based on the "Amber" series by Roger(?) Zelazney(?);
besides being a sadly missed opportunity for a sequence of movies, it has
infinite options for scenarios, since it's sort of based on parallel
worlds(one world "morphs" into another *slowly* as certain characters walk
with intention to travel from one to another).  Copyright problems might
negate it, though.

Another thought might be something based on that sapient "cat" series by
Cherrah(?), where humans play a secondary role, with main characters drawn
from a *variety* of other sapient species, with species characterized and
characters individualized with rare excellence.

Dan Moyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:33 AM
Subject: RE: RPG Themes


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> On 16 Nov 2001, at 12:27, Matthew Lewis wrote:
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rod Jackson [mailto:rodjackson_x at hotmail.com]
> >
> > > Typically, most RPGs fall into the category of fantasy. Some do the
> > > "cyberpunk" thing... together, these two seem to make up the bulk of
> > > computer RPGs. But I *know* that can't exhaust the possibilities of
> > > virtual worlds. Does anyone have any ideas on other theme ideas? The
> > > only non-typical one that comes to mind is a "superhero" theme, which
> > > I'm considering, but are there any others?
> >
> > You could try something post-apocalyptic.  One of my all time favorites
was
> > Wasteland (OK, so maybe you could argue this is a little fantasy and
cyberpunk
> > together) by Interplay, where you uncovered a robot conspiracy around
> > post-nuclear war Las Vegas.  Or, you could come up with something that
relies on
> > a familiar backdrop, but with unorthodox goals.  For instance, rather
than
> > focusing on fighting, you could be a merchant roaming around the
country,
> > building trade routes (and bank roll) and commercial/political
relationships.
>
> See "The Postman" by Kevin Costner.
>
> Strange this email should cross my desktop just now, as i was thinking
that
> as a person's body fails with age, their "life" is spent more and more in
their
> mind, like daydreams, re-living the past, playing what-if with memories,
> wondering where people went, etc.. As boring as it sounds, if you could
> make normal memories into a RPG, you might have a market. Like Matrix.
>
> Kat
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