We saw Chikara vs Inspire last night, today we’re watching Lucha Underground. All in all, a great weekend.

We saw Chikara vs Inspire last night, today we’re watching Lucha Underground. All in all, a great weekend.

We saw Chikara vs Inspire last night, today we’re watching Lucha Underground. All in all, a great weekend.

Sorry if it’s slightly off topic, but I think members of this group may care about this petition to bring back the…

Sorry if it’s slightly off topic, but I think members of this group may care about this petition to bring back the…

Sorry if it’s slightly off topic, but I think members of this group may care about this petition to bring back the Fire Pro Wrestling game series…

There appear to be legit ties to the original development team: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/181/676/397/fire-pro-wrestling/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/181/676/397/fire-pro-wrestling/

Happiness is finding your old copy of the 2002 cd-rom Archive of the original WRESTLECRAP website, and getting it to…

Happiness is finding your old copy of the 2002 cd-rom Archive of the original WRESTLECRAP website, and getting it to…

Happiness is finding your old copy of the 2002 cd-rom Archive of the original WRESTLECRAP website, and getting it to work on your computer again.

Good times. Good memories.

Greetings, o’ spandex acolytes of the Squared Circle.

Greetings, o’ spandex acolytes of the Squared Circle.

Greetings, o’ spandex acolytes of the Squared Circle.

This weekend, whilst at the monthly London Indie RPG Meetup (http://www.londonindierpg.com) I was kindly gifted a pristine hardcopy of World Wide Wrestling on the proviso that I learn the game and offer to run it for interested gamers at a future IndieMeet.

I’m reading through the game right now (and also listening to Nathan Paoletta’s Journeyman Cup AP series on Youtube) and I’m already really excited to run it. Although I consider myself a very casual wrestling fan, my favourite aspect of wrestling is the inherent dramatic conflict between a wrestler’s in-ring persona and their real life (highlighted in movies such as Beyond The Mat and Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler), and I love how World Wide Wrestling facilitates this kind of drama at the table.

I’ll probably be running this game as a one-shot for experienced storygamers who have no more than a passing familiarity with the world of Professional Wrestling. Does anyone have any advice on how to bring out the backstage real-life pathos & drama in a one-shot game?

Cheers,

Paul.

http://www.londonindierpg.com/

Bonjourno

Bonjourno

Bonjourno,

Well, we wrapped up our four-session WWW mini-campaign, which was… look, Chikara got nothing on this. Do they have Hitler being suplexed in the middle of the Downfall scene? Do they have valiant Martians vs the evil armies of Emperor Trump? Do they have a werewolf crotching a mad scientist or a David Bowie-themed wrestler? Do they have anyone deliberately crapping their pants to win a tag match?

Hmm. Maybe next season. You never know.

Anyway, here’s a session writeup for anyone interested, along with GM commentary.

And that’s us done.

https://rule-of-three.obsidianportal.com/adventure-log/world-wide-wrestling-session-4

http://savevsfacemelt.tumblr.com/post/151786149550/rule-of-three-world-wide-wrestling-session-4

http://savevsfacemelt.tumblr.com/post/151786149550/rule-of-three-world-wide-wrestling-session-4