NYHET Walking Dead från FL

Rymdhamster

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Jag är faktiskt riktigt nyfiken på vad de kommer göra med det. Om zombies (förlåt, walkers) bara kommer vara ett monster som SLP år slänga in, eller om de kommer bygga in dem i mekaniken på något sätt. Typ någon pressningsmekanik där 1:or innebär att zombies gör entré.

Har inte nån koll på deras senare spel, så vet inte vad de redan har för mekaniker som kan passa in.

Men hur som vore det kul om zombies blir invävda mer som en del av setting och mekanik snarare än att bara vara SLP:er.
 

Dr_Dängrot

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Så walking dead blir alltså nästa stora licens som ligan knyter till sig.

Jag undrande vad ligan skulle ge sig på härnäst
 

Magnus Seter

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Och här är webbplatsen:

 

Magnus Seter

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Och detta är det mest intressanta tycker jag:

To immerse fans in this new extension of The Walking Dead Universe, AMC Networks, Free League, and Genuine Entertainment will also produce a limited Liveplay series, where real players will roll the dice at the game table and play an actual The Walking Dead Universe RPG campaign filmed in real-time. Featuring original events pulled from the series’ writers’ room, the Liveplay series will follow new characters who intersect with core story elements and cross paths with a familiar face or two. Kevin Dreyfuss, SVP of AMC Networks’ Digital Content & Gaming Studio, and Genuine Entertainment’s Joe LeFavi will serve as executive producers on the limited Liveplay series.
Nån slags Liveplay, troligen på Youtube, ett första steg att prova Matt Mercer-formatet?
 

JohanL

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Baserad på tv eller serierna? Gissar det förra, utifrån ingressen?
 

entomophobiac

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Intressant! Blir ju instinktivt tveksam till att det kan överträffa All Flesh Must Be Eaten, däremot. :D
 

entomophobiac

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Att få ett zombiespel att kännas unikt måste vara svårt.
Tycker det handlar helt om fokus på intraparty conflict, personligen. Zombiefilmernas (och AMCs) driv kommer ju därifrån. Och det känns som något som inte förekommit jättemycket i de FL-spel jag läst. Undantaget är väl Alien och dess agendor.

Men kan inte TV-serien jättebra, och tänker att spelet framförallt riktar sig till fans av den. Så osäker på hur stor relevans zombiefilm eller dess arv har överlag?
 

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Liksom hur zombieapokalyps-genren gärna kommer med inbyggd konservatism (Scott Alexander).

The Dead Have Risen, And They’re Voting Republican

Before I explain, a story. Last night at a dinner party we discussed Dungeons and Dragons orientations. One guest declared that he thought Lawful Good was a contradiction in terms, very nearly at the same moment as a second guest declared that he thought Chaotic Good was a contradiction in terms. What’s up?

I think the first guest was expressing a basically leftist world view. It is a fact of nature that society will always be orderly, the economy always expanding. Crime will be a vague rumor but generally under control. All that the marginal unit of extra law enforcement adds to this pleasant state is cops beating up random black people, or throwing a teenager in jail because she wanted to try marijuana.

The second guest was expressing a basically rightist world view. The prosperous, orderly society we know and love is hanging by a frickin’ thread. At any moment, terrorists or criminals or just poor management could destroy everything. It is really really good that we have police in order to be the “thin blue line” between civilization and chaos, and we might sleep easier in our beds at night if that blue line were a little thicker and we had a little more buffer room.

I propose that the best way for leftists to get themselves in a rightist frame of mind is to imagine there is a zombie apocalypse tomorrow. It is a very big zombie apocalypse and it doesn’t look like it’s going to be one of those ones where a plucky band just has to keep themselves alive until the cavalry ride in and restore order. This is going to be one of your long-term zombie apocalypses. What are you going to want?

First and most important, guns. Lots and lots of guns.

Second, you’re going to have a deep and abiding affection for the military and the police. You’re going to hope that the government has given them a lot of funding over the past few years.

Third, you’re going to start praying. Really hard. If someone looks like they’re doing something that might offend God, you’re going to very vehemently ask them to stop. However few or many atheists there may be in foxholes, there are probably fewer when those foxholes are surrounded by zombies. Or, as Karl Marx famously said of zombie uprisings, “Who cares if it’s an opiate? / It’s time to pray!”

Fourth, you’re going to be extremely suspicious of outsiders. It’s not just that they could be infected. There are probably going to be all sorts of desperate people around, looking to steal your supplies, your guns, your ammo. You trust your friends, you trust your neighbors, and if someone who looks different than you and seems a bit shifty comes up to you, you turn them away or just kill them before they kill you.

Fifth, you’re going to want hierarchy and conformity. When the leader says run, everyone runs. If someone is constantly slowing the group down, questioning the group, causing trouble, causing dissent, they’re a troublemaker and they can either shut up or take their chances on their own. There’s a reason all modern militaries work on a hierarchical system that tries to maximize group coherence.

Sixth, you are not going to be sentimental. If someone gets bitten by the zombies, they get shot. Doesn’t matter if it’s really sad, doesn’t matter if it wasn’t their own fault. If someone breaks the rules and steals supplies for themselves, they get punished. If someone refuses to pull their weight, they get left behind. Harsh? Yes. But there’s no room for people who don’t contribute in a sleek urban postapocalyptic zombie-fighting machine.

Seventh, you want to maximize wealth. Whatever gets you the supplies you need, you’re going to do. If that means forcing people to work jobs they don’t like, that’s the sacrifice they’ve got to make. If your raid on a grocery store leaves less behind for everyone else, well, that’s too bad but you need the food. Are woodland animals going to go extinct as more and more survivors retreat to the woods and rely on them for food? That’s not the kind of thing you’re worried about when you’re half-starved and only a few hours ahead of the zombie horde.

Eighth, strong purity/contamination ethics. We know that purity/contamination ethics are an evolutionary defense against sickness: disgusting things like urine, feces, dirt, blood, insects, and rotting corpses are all vectors of infection; creepy animals like spiders, snakes, and centipedes are all vectors for poisoning. Maybe right now you don’t worry too much about this. But in a world where the hospitals are all overrun by zombies and you need to outrun a ravenous horde at a moment’s notice, this becomes a much bigger deal. Not to mention that anything you catch might be the dreaded Zombie Virus.

Ninth, an emphasis on practical skills rather than book learning. That eggheaded Professor of Critical Studies? Can’t use a gun, isn’t studying a subject you can use to invent bigger guns, not a useful ally. Probably would just get in the way. Big masculine men who can build shelters and fight with weapons are useful. So are fertile women who can help breed the next generation of humans. Anyone else is just another mouth to feed.

Tenth, extreme black and white thinking. It’s not useful to wonder whether or not the zombies are only fulfilling a biological drive and suffer terribly when you kill them despite not being morally in the wrong. It’s useful to believe they’re the hellish undead and it’s your sacred duty to fight them by any means necessary.

In other words, “take actions that would be beneficial to survival in case of a zombie apocalypse” seems to get us rightist positions on a lot of issues. We can generalize from zombie apocalypses to any desperate conditions in which you’re not sure that you’re going to make it and need to succeed at any cost.
 

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Men kan inte TV-serien jättebra.
Det finns konflikter inom gruppen i TV-serierna, men det var bara i de första säsongerna av WD som det var riktig nerv i det. Efter det gick det utför på alla plan och orsaken till att jag är lite ljum inför nyheten är att serien numera är obeskrivligt usel. Tyvärr. För den var riktigt bra i början.
 

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Men kan inte TV-serien jättebra, och tänker att spelet framförallt riktar sig till fans av den. Så osäker på hur stor relevans zombiefilm eller dess arv har överlag?
Jag har bara läst, och inte ens hela den. Man vet att det är Rick Remender eftersom huvudpersonen är en pappa som tycker att han är en hjälte men i själva verket är ett arsel (precis som i allt annat han skriver).
 

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Liksom hur zombieapokalyps-genren gärna kommer med inbyggd konservatism (Scott Alexander).
Dock kan jag väl känna att specifikt The Walking Dead handlar betydligt mycket mer om det mänskliga ok vi måste dra när överlevnadsscenariot faktiskt aldrig tar slut. Det kan vara en vapenfetishists våta dröm i några veckor--kanske månader. Men en cool grej med serien är ju att det utspelar sig över väldigt lång tid.

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JohanL

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I WD TV-serien är sammanhållning, gemenskap och utveckling en viktig del.
Sammanhållning och gemenskap är för all del konservativa dygder. Särskilt när det riktas mot yttre hot.
 

Conan

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Det här blir hur grymt som helst!

Känner mig oerhört taggad.

Ett spel som perfekt passar ligans motor och approach.

Och ett spel som faller mig perfekt i smaken, peppra zombies och bad guys, leta ägodelar och bygga ark. Samt samla på sig schyssta SLPs.
 

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Second, you’re going to have a deep and abiding affection for the military and the police. You’re going to hope that the government has given them a lot of funding over the past few years.
I just Walking dead så är väl militären inga höjdare att ha som allierade, av vad jag minns?
 

JohanL

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Det här blir hur grymt som helst!

Känner mig oerhört taggad.

Ett spel som perfekt passar ligans motor och approach.

Och ett spel som faller mig perfekt i smaken, peppra zombies och bad guys, leta ägodelar och bygga ark. Samt samla på sig schyssta SLPs.
YZE är ju bra på resurshantering, så det passar.

Däremot hoppas jag på bättre Community-regler än de direkt usla Ark-reglerna i År Noll.
 
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