27) Game you'd like a new EDITION of...
This prompt has an ellipsis...
2014 answer: A new Adventure! that gets sourcebooks and a new Star Trek game with more of a show than simulation feel. Hey, I got that!
(No official new Marvel SAGA, but two out of three ain’t bad!)
Now I’d like a different new Star Wars RPG, one that reflects the sequel trilogy and the Disney+ shows with more than one starter set and a couple of illustrations across several books.
A new edition of Buffy would also be nice because it would mean the recent attempt at a new Buffyverse show happened. Ah well.
One word prompt
27) EDITION
Newspapers and other news sources as (a) plot hooks and (b) campaign setups.
There are a few games focusing on journalism - most notably Weekly World News style bullshit journalism, which in the games is of course true.
I’ve previously RPGaDay-ed two seasons of plots for a college paper based Buffy game. Naturally they don’t get to break a lot of stories so it’s more of a reason to adventure.
It’s one of the standard occupations with a hook for Call Of Cthulhu, and it was an option in Gangbusters too so it goes back a long way, although it seems to be a distant third behind gangs and people actively busting them.
The Media was always a character option in Cyberpunk, thanks mostly to Max Headroom, but not as well supported with adventures as the basic mercenary types. They might both follow an investigation, but only one gets to take up the last hour of a session with gunfights.
Via Richard Bat Brewster: one of your answers reminded me of making newspapers & screamsheets, so I'll write about that 😃
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