The Name of the Game is Wrestling RPG

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Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• pro wrestling
• roleplaying game
• wrestling
• shoot
• kayfabe
• RPG

[allluckyseven]

Hmm... I wonder what approach you're going to take on its mechanics.

[LordStrange]

@allluckyseven I'll be making a video about that shortly. Suffice to say, most wrestling RPGs are made by marks: they make mechanics that assume the wresters are actually trying to win the match. This one is made by someone who knows that isn't true.

I was explaining the mechanic to a playtester, I said, "This game is not about moves; it's about spots."

[thadrine]

As long as there are mechanics building an ongoing career, I would be in.

[LordStrange]

@thadrine Then, you're in.

[CaptainCathode]

Surely the name of the game is "Wrasslin"

[LordStrange]

@CaptainCathode Indeed! The game takes place circa 1980, so there will be a whole lot of rassilin'.

[akodox]

"Because what you do to one Von Erich and what you do to one Texan, you do to all Texans and one Von Erich."

That's my favorite quote from the selection of clips you put in this video. Too funny, it must have sounded better in his head when he said it. The Battle Royals street fiight Battle Royals line was pretty good too. I was only a casual fan of wrestling at best but I do have friends who would be very interested in this game.

[DeepEndOfTheDicePool]

I could gripe, but I'm a JW fanboy of the worst kind. Don't care for the genre, but I know I'm buying this and I know as soon as I finish it I'm going to have to start figuring out how to convince my friends to try it. JW, you're embarrassing me. Please keep it up, good sir.

[jtheunfathom]

I'm excited! I've always talked about the potential of a wrestling RPG, why? Because ProWrestling has some parallels with what we do around a table top. I can not wait to buy it!

[LordStrange]

@Bl1ndGu4rd14n18 "To be quite sincere, I find a game of dungeon crawling/torture grinding unappealing which may be the reason why I don't think this game has much potential or replay value specially when compared to other RPGs, which is something I often do to choose which new game to play. But hey I don't even like 'generic fantasy' to begin with."

[Bl1ndGu4rd14n18]

To be quite sincere, I find a game of wrestling unappealing which may be the reason why I don't think this game has much potential or replay value specially when compared to other RPGs, which is something I often do to choose which new game to play. But hey I don't even like wrestling to begin with.