Reply To: Hobby Weekender 05/04/19 Weave me a yarn

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@mage : thanks 🙂 I shall look into those alternate textured paints.  I’m not sure about the colour yet, but it should fit the mushrooms that are on some of the bases already.

Human Interface is a cyberpunk themed dungeon crawler. The first version of this game had metal/resin miniatures, but this second kickstarter had the option for plastic minis.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-be-a-better-human/posts/2472159

I like the idea that the environment itself is interactive. So it’s not just you vs your opponent.
I believe that this is what is missing in wargames as well. You rarely see npc’s or animals that have their own agenda in (tabletop) games.
Zombies are a logical choice for such features ’cause their ‘AI’ can be reduced to ‘move towards nearest noise’.
The Purge in Core space are a bit like zombies, but the fact that there are civillians kind of pushes it into RPG territory.
If the game itself were to be boring then you’ve got enough material in-the-box to use it for a Firefly style RPG.

I saw trailer for Shazam, but it didn’t strike me as a movie I’d want to see because it felt it would be a superhero movie mixed with Karate kid. A bit too predictable

• kid gets bullied
• kid stops bully
• kid gets superpowers from creepy dude
• kid behaves irresponsible with new powers
• villain appears
• kid defeats villain by accident
• villain strikes back
• kid learns a lesson that with great power comes great responsibility
• the end

But hey … that’s me.
The recent Captain Marvel (which should have been Captain Mar-Vell … ’cause of reasons ?) movie was a bit of a dissappointment as well. It felt like it was only made to explain her return in the new Avenger movie.
So much missed potential … OTOH … she has the same ‘fish out of water’ theme that Captain America has already, so maybe that’s why it was ignored ?

I wonder if this time there will be more toys featuring female superheroes …