I was told by a player during this game that I had created the worst scene he had ever experienced in all his years of gaming. I felt pretty good about that.
I got a copy of the Beta for Danger Patrol from John Harper before we began this game, but my printer had died a while ago and I haven't picked up a new one yet. Plus, it was only a couple of hours from game time, so I doubted I could get members of the group to print the Beta up before we sat down to the table. Instead, we ran a modified Alpha version with some Beta rules thrown in for flavor and expediency.
PLANET X BLUES
I've tried to explain to people this should be read: Planet 10 Blues. I like the name Planet 10 better and I like to represent it with the Roman numeral. It gives it more of a Commando Cody feel.
The Players
Doc Tanget (Liz) - Psychic Professor with a sorted past, a dark secret, and a laid back attitude until the chips are down.
Singapore Sam (Anthony) - Two-Fisted Warrior of the New Shaolin Techniques. A down-on-his-luck fighter until Danger Patrol enlisted him. Will his past catch up to him?
Mac Mercury (JC) - Atomic Flyboy and one of the last surviving cyborgs to escape the Atomic Wars. Legend has it that he dropped the bomb that ended the world.
Damian Dagger (Storn) - Mystic Detective whose burn notice from the Cosmic Intelligence Agency left him with little but his wits, his otherworldy contacts, and his sordid affairs.
-Things we learned in introductions -
Doc Tangent was a bomb maker on old Earth. No one is sure what he was doing just before being hired by DP, but is older than he looks.
Singapore Sam had an affair that made him fall out of favor with his Sifu. He became a marked man.
Mac Mercury was the pilot of the Enola Ray and actually did drop the bomb that ended the World. DP hired him so he wouldn't be killed by angry citizens.
Damian Dagger refused to let his superiors at the CIA enslave a trans-dimensional race and was burned because of it.
The Teaser
A shadowy figure stands in the shadows of a hallway uttering the words: "... have been found to have committed high treason to our planet and to our crown..." the camera moves down the hallway to a balcony on which Princess Allura is addressing a crowd of Planet X citizens. She finishes the sentence the shadowy figure began: "...and so we have no choice but to render the judgment of DEATH upon The Danger Patrol!" Camera swings out to show our heros standing on malachite platforms over an abyss being menaced by Planet X guardsmen with electro-tridents.
Previously on...
Doc Tangent was working his way through the jungles of Planet X, searching ancient clues to what he considered to be a doomsday device.
Singapore Sam had come to Planet X looking for his long-lost brother Taiwan Tony.
Mac Mercury was threatening Princess Allura by stating: "I've blown up one world already, Princess. I'm not afraid to stop there!"
And Damian Dagger was showing that he spoke the interplanetary language with Planet X's ruler as they kissed passionately.
-Stuff I do to make things go smoothly for me -
I go clockwise around the table
I try to keep people from other thinking the situation
I invited others to chime in whenever, but limited the number of dice this generated.
More on this soon!
Friday, February 26, 2010
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