Game Geeks #70 C.J. Carella's Armageddon: The End Times

[grumpyjester]

I love Witchcraft + Armageddon. There are some goofy elements in it, but it does the Charmed/Buffy/Angel/Supernatur­al type games pretty well.

[Makingthebullet]

The Ghost of Ben Franklin? Really?

I'm at a loss for words... truly.

[MhicWombat]

Okay, this game sounds way too OTT for words. Decent review -- I now know that I wouldn't want to run it/play it, but something that high-powered just give me hives...

[YouKnowMeImJosh]

You're a moron. Why would you ever want to run/play anything that WASN'T OTT and high-powered??? I mean, wow, you must hate awesome.

[MhicWombat]

I have had grand times, in my 30+ years of gaming, with low powered and medium powered games .. the high powered stuff has simply never been to my taste

[YouKnowMeImJosh]

BOOOOOOOOORRIIIIIING.

[MicahWolfe]

@YouKnowMeImJosh

Yes, because anyone who has different tastes than you must be a moron.

Jackass...

[YouKnowMeImJosh]

@MicahWolfe Correct. Now you're beginning to understand. And don't call me a jackass, you're the jackass for disagreeing with me!

[trustrum]

One correction: the "Armageddon: the End Times" corebook is not the only product available for this game, it's just the only one put out by Eden Studios.

[Tombness]

Cthulu nazis? I must buy this game if there is mythos in it.

[jesternario]

Actually, the big bad is Leviathan according to this game. And if it wakes, reality dies. All of it, including the cthulu mythos if you were to include it.

[boytype]

The storyline works in a lot more modern end times theories as well. a Moonchild (crowley)/anti-christ(christia­nity) is born, called the Dark Prophet. He leads the Church of Revelation, and Levithian(lovecraft)s Earthbound forces.

Its also a very darkly satirical setting. the geographic local of CoR forces and "America (and a few allies) vs. The World" outlook speaks directly to current world affairs.

Each character type has its own power creation rules, and the types are greatly unbalanced.

[Ahrimanius666]

Glad to see you finally got around to WC & Armageddon.

[aramanx]

If I want to play it, do I need the Witchcraft books or can I just have fun with that one alone??

[Zenpanteki]

You won't need Witchcraft, pretty much all of the skills and abilities from Witchcraft are in the Armageddon book.

[Jeffrywith1e]

Good show. However...

[knitpicking]

Audio was a little hot

[/knitpicking]

[Lexicon1971]

Great review. I'm going to pick these games up!

[lordmonfort]

Another 5 star review...thanks Kurt.

..but now...one question...

I'm supposed to want to play this game? 0_o

Angels/Cthulhu/Nazis/and the ghost of Ben Franklin? WTF?!

[jfridy]

I got this book years ago, it was actually my introduction to the Unisystem.

[azirk83]

"Armed Forces" and "Enemies Archived" have been produced by Misfit Studios (in cooperation with Eden Studios) for the Armageddon RPG. So the core isn't the only book out there. In fact I believe they are PoD, and therefore don't ever go out of print.

[ConayR]

Recent reviews seem to be missing some sort of punchline, catchy summary at the end. But still it's a very meaty vid. Thanks for all the great work guys. :-)