2000AD's Damnation Station...
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Mongoose
I'm not sure, yet... The feeling I'm getting from the strip is that there's a LOT more going on than the "hosts" are prepared to reveal. After all, all of the information (so far) that we -- and the human characters -- know about the hosts and their "ownership" of the galaxy comes from the hosts themselves.
That said, it is an intriguing premise...
That said, it is an intriguing premise...
Yep, you may be right on the back-story... but I think that the way the strip's structured (intermittent short bursts of 2 to 4 episodes), the obscurity of the Host's intentions, and the simple obligations of mutual 'owing' as the premise behind individual missions lend themselves to one-off play. No one playing a commander, by the way.
Anyone reading who's not read it yet: I recommend picking up a 2000 AD to give it a glance... best new addition to the comic in ages. And Ichabod Azrael, n'all.
Ned
Anyone reading who's not read it yet: I recommend picking up a 2000 AD to give it a glance... best new addition to the comic in ages. And Ichabod Azrael, n'all.
Ned
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Mongoose
Oh, Ichabod Azrael... that is a great strip! 
When I read it, I could hear the Firefly background tracks in my head, and the monochrome rendition of "the other side", compared with Ichabod's recollections of his beloved -- in colour -- works on so many levels.
Re Damnation Station... black humour abounds in the dialogue!
"What? Death by space whale and exploding Nazi??"
When I read it, I could hear the Firefly background tracks in my head, and the monochrome rendition of "the other side", compared with Ichabod's recollections of his beloved -- in colour -- works on so many levels.
Re Damnation Station... black humour abounds in the dialogue!
"What? Death by space whale and exploding Nazi??"
If we're thinking of new-ish 2000AD stories to turn into RPG's, how about Kingdom?
Teams could be a pack of bipedal, genetically engineered dogs wandering around a post apocalypse earth fighting alien bugs.
And players would never tire of saying, 'Your mouth is full of wrong.' :} I know _I_ wouldn't!
Teams could be a pack of bipedal, genetically engineered dogs wandering around a post apocalypse earth fighting alien bugs.
And players would never tire of saying, 'Your mouth is full of wrong.' :} I know _I_ wouldn't!
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Mongoose
The fun part of an 'Aux' chargen would be in the naming -- When I began the first Kingdom story, I was wondering about names like "Ginny Woolf", "Oldman Gary", and "Gene the Hackman". Of course, when Gene finds the defrosted survivor in the bunker, it's revealed the Aux are engineered from dogs -- and jokey names were assigned to them.
