My Role Playing Gaming Is a Mirror

Yes my gaming is a mirror of the movies I like to watch and how i see my life in my minds eye. Strange statement but I think it's always has been true. Since I first started playing and discovered the idea of licensed products.

I was in high school and discovered Palladium's Robotech Role playing game. That game gained more hours of my time then D&D at the time. We'd strap on our fight planes and played it like it was Top Gun. We even had cool call signs like the movie. We changed the world to emulate us flirting with girls and High School life and our take on the movie.

We soon found Dr. Who by Fasa. We found a way to map a TARDIS. We each had one and for some strange reason the we'd all show up on the same planet. I remember we did multi GM'd stories for that game. Someone would toss out a hook and we'd all land on the same planet in different places and weave the story lines together til the climax. That was my gaming.

I'm older now and I've gown up a bit. My tastes have also matured. My gaming has to advanced. I rewrote the old James Bond movies into a personal campaign long before the release of Casino Royale. My world looks about the same. Dark very dark compared to the late 60's to 90's stuff. I left the formula on the floor somewhere taking what I loved and sprinkling Le'Carre and Ludlum into the mix.

Is it any wonder you can see influences in my samurai games from the movies I love to watch? I love menga and Anime. I loved those old 60's samurai movies. I love the blood splatter and the ppl that lay down and get up and run away. The great sword fights and even the words missing the mouth and the traditions I don't really understand.

Sengoku is just like that. I've made rule adjustments to make it less lethal then the weapon. I use the free healing after every combat rule. Give armour just for wearing clothing. Thugs lay down after 2 levels of damage, Named thugs 4 and major villains surrender.

Amazing no matter how old I get. When I throw something on the table I get players. So it can't be that bad.