In January I came across tweets about combining RPGs with TV Shows using #GamingTVShows. There were several people participating and plenty of excellent tweets. Always good to expand the #RPGMentalToolKit 😉
It was fun to think about, of note for myself was I said I’d make a comedy one-shot of: Coronation Street Fighters; sadly I had writing deadlines, which I hit, huzzah. Now I have some more deadlines, so I’ve not been able to start that yet. I also kept pondering and adding more to the list, which eventually helped spawn the idea for my forthcoming Play-by-eMail (PBeM) Twin Peaks like game I’ve nicknamed #Lynchcraftian. Of course it turns out Lynchcraftian has been used before in regards to summarising David Lynch’s work.
Regarding the comedy one-shot for SFRPG and Coronation Street. The moment I started working on it, I of course decided I wanted to do a good job, but:
- I have not watched Coronation Street in years and I don’t have the time nor interest to research plotlines.
- Artwork is always an issue, particularly for me and my poorly wrists.
- I have two impending deadlines.
There are still many Street Fighter issues of Punho Do Guerreiro to translate, which would be of more use to the community than a silly one-shot. Plus I have other projects I’d prefer to focus on, that might even help me earn some money 😉 After my current deadlines, I might work on the idea, as as part of writing warmup; reminding myself to keep it light of course.
I have also remembered the wonderfully fun artwork of Jim’ll Paint It, which literally encapsulates this zany idea.
My silly list of RPG TV show fusion ideas. I think there are some gems in here:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer – am I doing it right? 😉
- Jim Bowen’s Marvel Bullseye
- Coronation Street Fighters
- Forever Knights of the Round Table
- 7th Sea Heaven
- The One Ring Show
- The Strange Angel
- Sapphire, Lace & Steel
- Cult Kult
- Mr. Robotech
- Saturday Nightbane Live
- Better Call Saul of Cthulhu
- Dream Parks and Recreation
- Black Mirror Crusade
- Spaced (GURPS or D6)
- The Walking Deadlands
- The Good Life with Master
- Mad Men in Black
- His Dark Materials Heresy
- Heavy Top Gear
- GURPS Numberwang
- Golden Ball Heroes
- Eclipse Catch Phase
- John Carter, Warlord and the Biker Mice of Mars
- Hollyworldoaks
- To University Challenge Tomorrow
- Westworld End Games
- Marc W. Miller’s Travel Man (play as Richard Ayoade)
- Fading Sons and Daughters
- What We Do in the Shadowruns
- The Golden Girls Sky Stories
- Savage Builds Worlds
- QI the Warring States
- Don’t Tell the Bluebeard’s Bride
- RuPaul’s Dungeon Race
- Stormbringer Chasers
- Have I Got New World of Darkness For You
- Mock the Werewolf
- Numenerawang
- Stupid Man, Smart Pathfinder
- Panoramanoria
- Caught Red Markets
- Eating with My Ex Machina
- Poldarkaris
- 8 out of 10 Cats Does Cthulhu
- Airwerewolf
- My Little Cyberpony 2020
- Law & Orpheus
- The Benny Hillfolk Show
- The Unknown A Team
- Black Books Crusade
- Twilight Zone 2000
- Delta Green Street Fighters
- The Garou Dancer
- Sesame Street Fighter
- The Likely Changelings
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Changelings?
- I’m Alan Pendragon
- Middle Earth Behaving Badly
- Gimme Gimme Gamma World
- Faulty Towers of Castle Falkenstein
- Last of the Summer Changeling
- First of the Summer Changeling
- Saved by the CthulhuTech
- Bushido Hills 90210
- Demon or No Demon
- The Secret Diary of Aberrant Mole, aged 13¾
- Everybody Loves Earthdawn
- Everybody Hates Shadowrun
- Will and En Garde!
- Aberrant the Last Airbender
- Boy meets Apocalypse World
- Curb Your Esoterrorists
- Whose #Promethean Is It Anyway?
- The #Mechwarrior Singer
- The SLA Industries Gong Show
- The Joy of Painting Street Fighters
- #Lynchcraftian
- The Werewolf Waltons of the Apocalypse
- City of Mists on the Prairie
- Howard’s Everway
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