Been on a 1980s kitsch movie kick and wanted a comedic, dystopian future with a continuous supply of playable material. Don't know the system yet, maybe an iteration of Gamma World, or X-Crawl (very Smash TV, tho do not want the 3e-isms). However TORG or Rifts might work, as gates of TV Hell opening up into our world.
Idiocracy, albeit newer, has a large enough world to sandbox and an almost cohesive structure (it's obviously falling apart). Also sets a happier atmosphere for a blatantly hostile world. And it comes with a built-in PC entrance, as cryogenically frozen victims to a questionable future. So I like the foundation.
What I really need are quests, and that's where The Learning Channel (well, reality TV in general) and tabloids come in. Sure there'll be adventuresome violence around, but I like the voyeuristic exposé excused with 'advancing tolerance & understanding' glaze. I think I want my players to be paparazzi or Xtreme reality TV contestants strapped with Go Pros (or 'squids' from Strange Days) on them. Like, they have to be Investigators exploring the lowest common denominator, muckraking the tragic for fun and profit, without dying or before their prison parole gets canceled due to lack of viewers.
... I think I just made a Nybbas focused campaign (demon prince of media, IN SJG).
So, horrible TLC + tabloid mashup quests requested!
Idiocracy, albeit newer, has a large enough world to sandbox and an almost cohesive structure (it's obviously falling apart). Also sets a happier atmosphere for a blatantly hostile world. And it comes with a built-in PC entrance, as cryogenically frozen victims to a questionable future. So I like the foundation.
What I really need are quests, and that's where The Learning Channel (well, reality TV in general) and tabloids come in. Sure there'll be adventuresome violence around, but I like the voyeuristic exposé excused with 'advancing tolerance & understanding' glaze. I think I want my players to be paparazzi or Xtreme reality TV contestants strapped with Go Pros (or 'squids' from Strange Days) on them. Like, they have to be Investigators exploring the lowest common denominator, muckraking the tragic for fun and profit, without dying or before their prison parole gets canceled due to lack of viewers.
... I think I just made a Nybbas focused campaign (demon prince of media, IN SJG).
So, horrible TLC + tabloid mashup quests requested!
Setting Dystopia: Idiocracy + TLC reality TV + Tabloids
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