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[bryant]

So this is an experiment.

I like genre-mashing. I also like drawing on the tropes of Western media to give genres a new spin. I also think the Game WISH is the bee’s knees.

Thus, I’m kicking out Monday Mashup as a writing exercise. The format is pretty simple: I’ll toss out a roleplaying game/setting and a piece of pop culture, and you write up a brief rendition of a possible campaign that incorporates ‘em both in whatever unhealthy form you prefer. If people dig it, I’ll keep going, and if not, I will continue to chortle about my weird ideas in privacy.

This week: the forensic scientists of CSI meet Greyhawk. Go!

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[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Not to sound snooty, but... I've already done this. In high school, no less! :)

I don't know if I have the time to do this officially this week, but I did have a very close analog to what you're talking about when I ran my classic Greyhawk game in high school.

I basically lifted the plot of Twin Peaks whole hog and transplanted it to a logging town west of Greyhawk.

The protagonist was the wizard who basically was the star of our campaign; these "Five Oaks" episodes were meant as solo games to play when we couldn't get the Company of the Wyvern together. A lot of fun, considering that the player didn't even ever watch Twin Peaks. A quick primer to explain how it all worked out, which will probably mean a lot for the folks who are fans of both Twin Peaks and Greyhawk: Tharizdun = the Black Lodge. Heh.

[bryant]

That's really cool. Heh.