Pluvinarch on RPGnet asks how would you do a game about something like The Addams Family?
While there have been various board games (including one on shelves now, using Addams original designs) and computer games, no actual RPG, though some in the style are mentioned in the thread. I’ve considered this before but...
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| The children playing a game together. |
For pure sitcom “family interpersonal issues as they deal with an outside problem” with strangeness defined by traits, probably something Cortex or DramaSystem, although they often aim interpersonal conflict rather than support so the players would need to work on making a supportive Addams dynamic rather than something more Dark Shadows.
(One time I actually played a closely connected group was a Wraith: The Oblivion one-shot where everybody’s connections were built into the system by Passions which were tuned so they’d support each other at times and clash at others.)
Of course there are a lot of ways to play it depending what the family is doing - the classic TV series would work with Prime Time Adventures, the movies with a cinematic adventure system, and Wednesday looks more like a Bubblegumshoe game.
From an outside perspective, I ran the Ghostbusters plot hook about a similarly ooky family hiring ghosts to spook an unwelcome houseguest.
And being me, I’ve considered a Buffy The Vampire Slayer or Angel game about a possibly-monstrous family having spooky adventures. (Indeed, such a family may have appeared as NPCs...) Other low-level supers games could also work.
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