episode 10 – Genre Emulation
No guests, no interviews this month. Just Ryan and WalkerP taking on the theme of genre emulation. What is it and what are the different techniques and tools that RPGs use to emulate genres?
We will continue this discussion over at the forum, so please feel free to participate.
(running time 46:38 – you can download the file directly here.)
Below are the games we talk about in our discussion:
Trappings
Deadlands: Reloaded
Dust Devils (out of print)
Aces & Eights (check out this website for an excellent example of genre trappings!)
Character Generation
Barbarians of Lemuria
Solomon Kane
Pirates of the Spanish Main
Spirit of the Century
Tone of Generic Games
Legends of Steel: Savage Worlds edition
GURPS
Risus
Oriental Adventures
Structural and Mechanical Genre Emulation
Cartoon Action Hour: Season 2
Slasher Flick
Beat to Quarters
Leverage: The Quickstart Job
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