Jay is onto something great here. He’s working on a comedy RPG. I had to make a WILL saving throw to keep from making a little “squee” sound when I read about it.
(The post mentions a hemp golem for crying out loud. There are about a hundred jokes in that idea alone.)
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It’s been done: Kobolds ate my baby
There’s also Toon. (And Munchkin.)
None of which, of course, means it’s against the rules to do another one.
Hopefully it’s BETTER than those games (Toon, Munchkin, etc).
I can’t access the link past my office web filter, but given the hemp golem reference, I’ll assume it’s a DnD spoof, or at least firmly entrenched in the fantasy genre. Here’s wishing it’s more of a “Nodwick” type experience than a “Knights of the Dinner Table” or “Dork Tower” experience.
The ‘hemp golem’ reminds me of some of the strange monsters from the game ‘Progress Quest.’ If you’ve never played it, do a search for it. It’s the video RPG that plays itself! Hilarity!
Three words: Kingdom of Loathing. I just played it for the artwork myself…
I second the KoL comment. I remember some pretty awesome things in the The Valley of Rof L’m Fao, such as a 1335 HaXx0r (not quite 1337) and a flaming troll (with fiery talons!). There are also several types of golems, including the fruit golem. I haven’t played the game much, but it’s been quite amusing when I have.
I played KoL too… but Frayed Knights isn’t that. The spoofing won’t be subtle, but it won’t be quite so over-the-top. It’s more character driven / character comedy. There’ll be plenty of poking fun at genre conventions, but since it is a custom game system you won’t have, for example, in-joked about D&D rules.
Kobolds Ate My Baby is a lot of fun. In terms of comedy RPGs, I also quite enjoy Human Occupied Landfill, although you *need* a good gm, more so than other tabletop games, as the rules are deliberately fairly broken.
I really enjoyed the remake of The Bard’s Tale as a comedy computer rpg. I reckon I’ll keep an eye on Frayed Knights.