Click it. Youknow you want to. You won't regret it. And Doc Funkenstein and CD2.0 I would specifically love soemthing from you guys! And Kenada Ten! and ...Boy I just realized I better shut up or else I will have asked half the board.

FYI: Apparently CD took off for parts unknown.

The plot looks cool, though. Bug City is one of the Second Edition books I heard about and HAD to get, and it'd be really fun to do this.

I'm thinking... Have you seen the opening credits of the Dawn of the Dead remake from last year? I saw that and the first thing that came to mind was, "Bug City!" (or shedim, but not really since AFAIK there was never one major attack).

We know where he is, it just ain't here.

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Paul: Are you looking for a PM, or just a post as-is (w/ Spoilers)? And are you looking for everything to be within content, or also jsut some random fluff ( and the severed head was found at the bottom of the elevator shaft. .... Good news for egg lovers!"

You mean like the official press conference held by the city and Eagle Security?

We could do that too. I'm searching for ideas here, and so far you've been a wealth!

take the "radio broadcasts" from White Zombie's la sexorcisto devil's music volume 1 and adapt them.

the one that has "a transformed race of walking dead" seems like it could easily be changed to reflect bug spirits possessing people. i am greatly ashamed to admit that i can not recall the entirety of that or any of the other "broadcasts". oh how the mighty have fallen.

Here's some ideas:



Just remember, everyone, that the best survival horror game in the world is still Silent Hill. Not number 4, though. That one sucked hard.

Thanks for the ideas so far! This game won't take place until Halloween weekend, so we have time to refine this.

Oh come on, CrystalBlue's idea is great.

Like I said my players would literally lynch me. Tar. Feathers. Ropes. Nooses.

All kidding aside, they'd walk out of the game. And I wouldn't blame them.

Oh well, guess I'll just have to keep it in mind for my own players. As I GM I think it's my responsibility to come up with new and interesting ways to torment my players.

Note to self: Never run for Slacker. *shudder*

IIRC, there was a media blackout right after the bomb. Everything was played off as a VITAS outbreak on the official broadcasts, and (thought I need to confirm) everything else was jammed. That included cutting the Chicago LTG from the rest of the Matrix.

Therefore, I'd think you have to start with the reports of a VITAS outbreak and that "..everyone should stay indoors and wait for city health - OH MY GOD WHAT IS ARGHGHHGHGHGHGH ---" Hours of static.

Don't forget that a lot of the corps managed to pull their precious equipment and top executives so you'd also get corp radio play as they try to coordinate the escape (they could simply overpower the military jamming or piggyback or on security channels, "I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DAMN DAYCARE! GET DOCTOR ISLIE OUT NOW! KNOCK HER OUT IF SHE WON'T LEAVE THEM BEHIND!" static "We've got orders, now light it up! - There's still people inside! - They won't be people much longer; now do it!" static.

If you can use a computer durning the game then I suggest recording some static and the broadcasts as mp3s and then playing the static on loop whenever they try to find something on the radio.

Now, the Matrix is the real playground. Trixcams and podcasts will be the real source of information. Maybe one of the characters trys to contact his family over the Matrix and can see into his home from the telecom and there's nothing moving, but blood everywhere on the walls spelling out "HELP US".

I'll keep thinking about it and check up in Bug City late tonight.

That is true evil. I love it K10.

What day INGAME is this going to be taking place, and what time will it be starting, and what will the weather be like?

August 22nd 2055, which is a Sunday. I plan the weather to start out calm, sunny and cloudless until about midafternoon. Just after everything goes down things will start rapidly to cloud up, and get cooler. By the end of the first night it should rain.

You also have to remember that only a select few people are good hosts for the bugs. The UB was there to check that. They get bums and kids down on their luck to come int, they monitor them, then they test if it'll work. If a spirit doesn't hold, then do you think they'll just blank their memory and let them go? No no...you can't be that nice.

Alright...if my first idea doesn't fly, let's see if I can't pull out another one. I'd try these on my PC's, but they are rarely impressed by what I try in game. I don't think it's cause I can't impress them, it's that no one can impress them. They just out-right don't care. They care more about what their character had for breakfast or what they do in their spare time rather then actually running and playing the damn game. >.<

I would love to be in a game like this, except that I have too much meta-plot knowledge to have fun in character.

And it would have to all about the surprise about stuff going down, and how many people know something's wrong when the GM says, "Make a normal person, not a runner."?

I guess I'm lucky, half my players are play testers, and of course those of you who went to Gen Con know who Moo is. I suspect however they'll do just fine keeping IC and OOC knowledge seperate.

Oh and Cb-thats econd idea will be getting used, I like that.