Topic: octane & pulp era rewrites
Started by: joshua neff
Started on: 6/6/2001
Board: Memento-Mori Theatricks
On 6/6/2001 at 5:39pm, joshua neff wrote:
octane & pulp era rewrites
j--
what exactly are the differences between version 1 & version 2 of these? (since yr being a lazy bastard & not putting them up, i thought i'd ask, especially as i've been in quite the pulpy mood lately)...
On 6/6/2001 at 8:15pm, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Quite a bit.
The PE system is a bit too...not good. I knew what I wanted to do (kinda) but I had 2 other guys adding their own stuff and it kinda got watered down.
octaNe: premium uNleaded has got tons of Roles, no attributes/merits/skills, a better way to handle Styles and more setting detail. It also has a dice AND a card mechanic (so you can play it with six-siders or playing cards). I think it's hot!
On 6/6/2001 at 8:33pm, joshua neff wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
jared--
sounds cool...you should get that up on yr website, sparky...
i know what you mean about the systems--i like pulp era, but there's just something about it that turns me off...otherwise, i think it's nifty...but the revised version sounds more up my alley, anyway...
On 6/6/2001 at 10:02pm, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Yup -- to throw some jargon around, PE is a tad too simulationist for my tastes.
On 6/12/2001 at 4:43pm, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
OK, screw this.
I had a small army of playtesters. They're pretty much all a bunch of gamer flakes -- then it hits me...the Forge. Passionate, freaky creative types who will look at a game and (gasp!) talk about it...oh, the Humanity!
So here you go, party people. octaNe: premium uNleaded.
http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/opu.doc
- J
On 6/14/2001 at 9:54pm, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
I just came across Ninjaburger.com (again) and I'm gonna add a new Role to the cast list of octaNe: the Fast-Food Ninja (ie: Hiro Protagonist from Snow Crash). Pizza, burger, sushi...just make the call and a black-clothed shadow warrior will get it to you or die trying. :smile:
On 6/15/2001 at 12:34am, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Three posts in a row in my own topic...is that a record?
Anyway, I just wanted to let folks know that after I do octaNe v2 and the Pulp Era supplement, I'm gonna tackle a new style of pulp adventure:
"The Riddle of Steel" -- down & dirty, blood & sweat sword & sorcery. Here's the cool part: aside from numerous new Roles (barbarian princess, king of thieves, horseman, sorcerer, etc), I'm going to replace the 6 styles with a bunch of new ones...and they're all going to reflect some sort of personality-type relevant to the source material -- Foolish, Lusty, Wrathful, Sneaky, Melancholy...that kinda thing.
So, look for that in the near future..."CRRROOOOOMMM!"
And props to Ron Edwards for writing "Sorcerer & Sword" (which kicks ass!) and to the Wick for introducing me to the genius of John Milius' Conan.
On 6/15/2001 at 12:55am, Blake Hutchins wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
octaNe: premium kicks much ass, Jared. Hardcore, kevlar-sequined ass. I look forward to "The Riddle of Steel."
Best,
Blake
On 6/15/2001 at 2:45am, Paul Czege wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Hey Jared,
How about a .rtf or .pdf version for the non MS-Word crowd?
Paul
On 6/15/2001 at 3:18am, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Done! Choose yer poison...
http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/opu.rtf
http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/opu.doc
I added the Fast-Food Ninja. :smile:
On 9/1/2001 at 3:40pm, blå wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
What in the world has happened to Pulp era? Where is it? I want it! You havent taken it off the site have you? See I was just checking out new games and I came across White wolfs "Adventure", since Ive I have been burned before by white wolfs products I decided against a purchase. Thats when I remembered this site and the fact that you had a game that looked JUST like Adventure, gimmicks and such I mean. But when I looked for it *sob* it was gone... Is there perhaps some way of getting it back?
Heart broken,
BLÅ
On 9/1/2001 at 6:19pm, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Here's the poop on Pulp Era.
One of the co-authors asked me to remove it as he's working on his own game -- and since "Pulp Era" is his creation, I agreed.
However, I have a Pulp serials game ready and rarin' to go. Actually, I have 3 Pulp games done...all using the same basic system (it's my "pulp thrillogy")":
Blood & Steel: sword & sorcery
Untitled pulp game: 20's/30's pulp cliffhanger action
octaNe: psychotronic, b-movie sci-fi
I don't know when they'll be up for public scrutiny. If I can get some art done, I want to PDF 'em and sell 'em as a single product (or, at least sell octaNe and throw in the other 2 as freeebies on the site).
And I agree with ya on Adventure. I picked it up, looked at it, went "Huh...I wrote this already." and put it down. :wink:
On 9/1/2001 at 6:30pm, Jared A. Sorensen wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
In case anyone is interested, the octaNe character sheet:
http://www.memento-mori.com/octane/octanesheet.jpg
On 9/5/2001 at 6:17pm, Jason L Blair wrote:
RE: octane & pulp era rewrites
Jared... my ass is now thoroughly rocked. That sheet is the bizzomb.