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Post by Finarvyn on Apr 20, 2009 11:54:12 GMT -6
I found this in another thread and thought I'd start a new discussion rather than hijack the old one.... I have been working on this on and off for some time but I always felt that Gangbusters would work great as the basis for a horror game (say Zombiebusters?). Say ... now that's a cool idea! The GB game mechanic is pretty light and cinematic, which seems like exactly the right kind of thing needed to simulate those old horror movies. If you ever put anything together, be sure to post it!  |
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Post by rick krebs on Apr 20, 2009 16:01:35 GMT -6
The undead takeover the city's transit system ? Ralph Cramden leading bus tours of cemeteries ?  |
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Post by Finarvyn on Apr 21, 2009 18:25:54 GMT -6
How about a 1920's campaign that seems to the players like a regular GangBusters game until the dead begin to walk the streets at night. Sort of a surprise for the players, and we get gangsters trying to battle zombies who rise out of the sewers to attack.
I think that it could start off as a few random murders without witnesses, then progress to vague rumors of something from the sewers responsible for the murders (perhaps interesting enough for players to investigate), then move onto a full-blown situation where hordes of zombies are flooding the streets. Try to keep things mysterious as long as possible, and then...BAM!
Several factions (gangs, Feds, local police) having to decide if they work together or not as the city is thrown into turmoil.
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Post by rick krebs on Apr 21, 2009 19:28:24 GMT -6
I really did like that Zombiebusers thing |
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Post by malchya on Feb 12, 2010 21:48:54 GMT -6
Hello everyone. I'm new to the board but quite excited to find others who not only remember but are still interested in one of my favourite RPGs! Thank you Mr. Krebs for hours of pleasure.
As far as zombies are concerned, I ran an adventure where an expatriate doctor from Imperial Germany's Weapon's Research Facility landed in Lakefront City University as a Research associate. He had discovered a poison gas that, basically, turned folks into zombies. This gas was stolen by Japanese agents who then hijacked the visiting airship Graf Spee. One of the p.c.s had been a pursuit pilot in the great war and kept an old nieuport at nearby Morgan Field. He chased the Zeppelin and shot it down just at the Canadian border. It detonated in the air. The gas was scattered all over the area and people began changing. Not that the P.C.s knew the cause, just the result. I thought it had great potential. The players on the other hand, were somewhat put off by '20s zombies...ah, well....
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Post by rick krebs on Feb 18, 2010 17:25:10 GMT -6
Darn, now I'll have to reapply for the Witness Protection program  And, its Rick, please, since no kid in my neighborhood has ever referred to me as anything but Rick. I like your approach in the Party vs Free Form thread. Great ideas. |
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I have been working on this on and off for some time but I always felt that Gangbusters would work great as the basis for a horror game (say Zombiebusters?).Say ... now that's a cool idea! 
And, its Rick, please, since no kid in my neighborhood has ever referred to me as anything but Rick. I like your approach in the Party vs Free Form thread. Great ideas.