Comments on: One-Shots: Take the Gloves Off

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:35:46 +0000

Okay, you guys are making me miss Paranoia. I played quite a bit of it in high school, but since then I’ve only gotten to play one mediocre event at GenCon. Such a fun game — and you’re right, perfect for one-shots.

By: Serious Intra-Party Conflict: Usually Not Sexy : Treasure Tables

Serious Intra-Party Conflict: Usually Not Sexy : Treasure Tables — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:36:37 +0000

[...] part of your social contract discussion before the game — or better yet, trying it out with a one-shot to see how your group responds to a shift in dynamics. Trying new things is good, but this is one [...]

By: Kestral

Kestral — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:27:20 +0000

I agree. Paranoia’s awesome for that sort of gloves-off action. The system’s light enough to be quick and easy, but the action’s lethal enough and bizarre enough that you can have the character revolving door without problems.

By: longcoat000

longcoat000 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:09:17 +0000

Paranoia is a great game for a one-shot like this.

The computer is your friend.

By: gospog

gospog — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:53:23 +0000

One of the most fun games I’ve ever run was a Judge Dredd game where one of the Player Characters is secretly a Sov Blok spy.

This character has radically differnt mission goals than the rest of the group that usually lead to him harming or even killing other party members. This invariable leads to the other party members confronting and killing him.

On top of all that, they were all trapped on a giant, deserted Penitentiary now infested with Aliens (like from the movie).

I ran that game three times and not once did everyone make it out alive.

It was awesome.