The good folks over at Actual People, Actual Play have begun a three-session game of Grey Ranks. Give this podcast a listen for a summary of how the first three chapters run and a really solid breakdown of how the game works.
Here’s a fun idea I’m playing with. Not sure what will come of it but I can see the art in my head, so that’s a good sign!
Theodore Roosevelt was truly a monumental figure in American history. His accomplishments read like a catalog of every child’s dreams – statesman, soldier, explorer, rancher, scholar, athlete, barbarian warlord, vampire, disembodied brain housed inside a mechanical man. His was a life well lived.
A many-faceted man; a hero to many. A man who cared deeply about the world around him. And when that world was threatened by the most deadly peril imaginable, Theodore Roosevelt was faced with a dilemma. Clearly he was the man for the job, and yet he couldn’t face it alone. He needed help – the sort of help only Theodore Roosevelt could provide. He put out the call, and eight versions of himself answered. It would have to be enough. For the world to survive, it would be…
NINE ROOSEVELTS AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE!
There are nine Roosevelts.
Roosevelt-69: Sickly child with a voracious appetite for knowledge and a keen intellect
Roosevelt-78: Bright-eyed Harvard man, pugilist, scholar and all-around campus swain
Roosevelt-85: Trail-weary buckaroo, rancher, outdoorsman and deputy sheriff
Roosevelt-99: The Colonel, commander of Rough Rider volunteers, soldier and patriot
Roosevelt-06: Diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize winner, President of the United States of America
Roosevelt-10: African adventurer, hunter and owner of “Big Medicine”, the world’s largest rifle
Roosevelt-A: Baron Téodor of Wallachia, vampire and ladies man
Roosevelt-B: Lord of the Dab-Qasar highlands, destroyer of Krodor
Roosevelt-C: Disembodied brain in an armored Tesla robot
Further Roosevelts are possible. Roosevelt-95, New York City Police Commissioner and scourge of the underworld; Roosevelt-D, Reptilian Progressive; Roosevelt-90, obsessive lovesick romantic and Roosevelt-13, explorer, scientist and conqueror of the River of Doubt, are all good possibilities. Feel free to make up your own.
For the April Playset of the Month, we bring you LUCKY STRIKE, set in an Army “replacement depot” in the waning days of World War Two. The black market has never been blacker.
Here’s a nice Shab Al-Hiri Roach review-slash-actual play report. Sounds like fun!
