The only way this would be more awesome would be for it to be Classic Rules Deadlands instead of Savage Worlds. That being said, I backed it last week. I'm sorta a sucker for Deadlands stuff...
I doubt it. The enemies can be sane, and that makes a huge difference. You can be sane. The horror is a lot closer to the surface.
I mean, in Deadlands, you can fight. You can, sometimes, win[1]. And that you did, that someone did, that can literally change the damn world.
I call Deadlands "Cthulhu and Six-guns", sometimes--a term from theweaselking--but that's not "unbeatable eldritch horror and pop-guns". That's "in the bloody sneaking teeth of inhuman horror, among the crooked or the corrupt or the afraid, you may look into the darkness (or the pitiless glare of high noon) and pick up your weapon and stand your ground."
You may lose. Or you may die. But by god you can do it with grit or compassion or knowledge aforethought, flawed and human though you be, and that--that is where the game shines.
(Also? Zombies. Possibly even you.)
Deadlands is awesome. --- [1] Even if the Reckoners cheat. They cheat, the bastards, and I swear to god my heart practically breaks when I think of Coot Jenkins.
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Date: 2012-05-22 05:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-23 04:27 am (UTC)Met Mr SLH when he came out to our little convention 10 years ago. Nice man, glad that he's still managing to adapt and continue publishing.
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Date: 2012-05-23 04:46 am (UTC)Wouldn't this just be a 1930s CoC game?
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Date: 2012-05-23 10:57 am (UTC)There are similarities, I admit!
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Date: 2012-05-23 11:32 am (UTC)I mean, in Deadlands, you can fight. You can, sometimes, win[1]. And that you did, that someone did, that can literally change the damn world.
I call Deadlands "Cthulhu and Six-guns", sometimes--a term from
You may lose. Or you may die. But by god you can do it with grit or compassion or knowledge aforethought, flawed and human though you be, and that--that is where the game shines.
(Also? Zombies. Possibly even you.)
Deadlands is awesome.
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[1] Even if the Reckoners cheat. They cheat, the bastards, and I swear to god my heart practically breaks when I think of Coot Jenkins.