Comments on: A Colder War http://www.stargazersworld.com/2008/12/15/a-colder-war/ A Role Playing Games Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stargazer’s World » Blog Archive » Ratings! http://www.stargazersworld.com/2008/12/15/a-colder-war/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Stargazer’s World » Blog Archive » Ratings! Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:52:19 +0000 http://www.stargazersworld.com/?p=444#comment-523 [...] A Colder War [...] [...] A Colder War [...]

]]> By: Stargazer http://www.stargazersworld.com/2008/12/15/a-colder-war/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Stargazer Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:40:31 +0000 http://www.stargazersworld.com/?p=444#comment-512 Thanks for the tip! Cold City looks very interesting indeed. But I think I will start to work on some "A Colder War" inspired campaign as soon as I have the time. It's just too cool. Thanks for the tip! Cold City looks very interesting indeed. But I think I will start to work on some "A Colder War" inspired campaign as soon as I have the time. It's just too cool.

]]> By: PatrickWR http://www.stargazersworld.com/2008/12/15/a-colder-war/comment-page-1/#comment-511 PatrickWR Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:22:08 +0000 http://www.stargazersworld.com/?p=444#comment-511 This premise pretty much forms the basis of Cold City, which is an indie rpg about monster hunting in the bombed-out ruins of Berlin in 1950. It's not as sweeping in scope as what you describe above, but it's certainly a ready-made intro setting to launch the players into a full-on CoC campaign. On a related note, Cold City uses an absolutely beautiful "trust" mechanic to model the inherent suspicion that builds among the members of the special teams. Definitely worth checking out. <abbr><em><abbr><em>PatrickWRs last blog post..<a href="http://rpgdiehard.blogspot.com/2008/12/cold-city-recap-we-were-playing-it.html" rel="nofollow">Cold City Recap: We Were Playing It Wrong</a></em></abbr></abbr></em></em> This premise pretty much forms the basis of Cold City, which is an indie rpg about monster hunting in the bombed-out ruins of Berlin in 1950. It's not as sweeping in scope as what you describe above, but it's certainly a ready-made intro setting to launch the players into a full-on CoC campaign.

On a related note, Cold City uses an absolutely beautiful "trust" mechanic to model the inherent suspicion that builds among the members of the special teams. Definitely worth checking out.

<abbr><abbr>PatrickWRs last blog post..Cold City Recap: We Were Playing It Wrong</abbr></abbr>

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