Visigoths vs Mall Goths
ENnie Nominated for Best Writing at GenCon 2020! Featured at Museum of the Moving Image¸ NYC in "Game Play: Between Fantasy and Realism" Visigoths vs. Mall Goths is a tabletop roleplaying game and dating sim about the conflicts and romances among the warriors who sacked ancient Rome and 20th century spooky teens¸ set in a suburban Los Angeles shopping mall during 1996. There are a lot of bisexuals. Imagine a surreal combo of The Craft¸ Empire Records¸ Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure¸ and Clueless. Available in pdf and 6x9 softcover¸ in gorgeous full color. Funded in 24 hours on kickstarter! * Easy to learn and video chat friendly. * Detailed mall setting: 2 maps¸ 17 stores¸ and 24 NPC clerks. * For 4-6 character players and 1 facilitator player ("The Mallrat"). * Rated PG-13. * Strange sense of humor required! The plot structure of Visigoths vs. Mall Goths resembles an open-world videogame RPG. Designed for either one-shot or campaign play¸ each adventure episode offers several quests that you may choose to pursue (or ignore)¸ and the mall setting is packed with many strange retro marvels to discover. Or you can just replay the game over and over to kiss all the kissable clerks. Also a LARPer-friendly introduction to tabletop. Bonus: you can also use this setting and these supporting characters (NPCs) in other roleplaying games! Expand your universe with goths! * * * Featuring writing and game design by Lucian Kahn of Dead Friend: A Game of Necromancy ¸ art by Robin Eisenberg of Thrasher and Vans¸ Lluis Abadias Garcia of Dungeons & Dragons Retroverse ¸ and Vee Hendro of Good Society ¸ maps by Olivia Fields and Jackson Tegu¸ and adventure episodes by Liz Gorinsky of Goth Court ¸ musician Mabel Harper¸ LARP designer and games theorist Jonaya Kemper¸ and runes expert Maja Bäckvall of Civilization VI and God of War. * * * Testimonials "It is the 21st century and I can finally get my Bisexual take on That Bit In The Mall In Bill'n'Ted and the world is better for it." - Kieron Gillen¸ creator of The Wicked + The Divine and DIE "A fun romp of a game that's compelling for veteran roleplayers and casual gamers alike¸ employing comedy¸ nostalgia¸ and teenage drama." - Sharang Biswas¸ Indiecade and IGDN winning designer of Feast and Verdure - "I love this project for its inherent comedic genius¸ '90s nostalgia¸ and because of how queer it is." - Trin Garritano¸ Games Digital Outreach Lead at Kickstarter¸ in "Projects We Loved: 15 of Our Favorite Kickstarter-Funded Projects from 2019" "VG vs MG combines everything I love: occult time travel¸ the '90s¸ and queer culture¸ with things I never knew I needed: an emo grudge tracker and a turf war that shouldn't really make sense but totally does. Lucian makes magic with his games always¸ and this is no exception." - Hannah Shaffer¸ designer of Damn the Man¸ Save the Music! ‐