Finally ran my first Monster of the Week session. Really amazing time! The group and I went to town on the history section and basically created the the first 6 episodes of our Scooby Doo-esque/Supernatural TV show. Complete with a love triangle between the plucky Snoop who loves the emo heart-throb Monstrous (Zombie) whose infatuated with the clueless Expert. Created the main baddie pushing the meta-plot along for the 1st season and we’ve already lined up the baddie for the 2nd season. The players decided to go with the “traveling family/group” idea, they’re hunters who are also a band touring the road to towns and cities following any clues or premonitions the Snoop & the Spooky come up with. This episode they had to deal with a mutant amphibious fish-man devouring joggers & homeless people and was hiding in Stow lake located in Golden Gate Park in SF. They were all newbies to the Monster of the Week & the Apocalypse engine, some have never played an RPG. They loved it! Getting together again this weekend.
Finally ran my first Monster of the Week session.
Finally ran my first Monster of the Week session.
Reminds me of the yearly Burning Chrome WOD game someone runs at a gaming convention once a year. Basically a band who travels the world going to weird places and having strange supernatural encounters. So far they have had a Psyco-Killer, Chemical Zombies, Vampires, Surfer Zombies, Robots wearing human skin and Were-Sheep thus far in the game. They tend to come out on top and stopping the supernatural threat although not without nearly dying in the process. The two “heroes” are the backup guitarists Bill and Ted who are extremely stupid and always high on drugs but have a special power to “Read the Subtitles” when they’re tripping on drugs. Through dumb luck they tend to come out the least hurt at the end of the game.