We played a lot of TORG in high school. If you aren't familiar with it, here's the basic premise: earth has been invaded by a bunch of different "realities." Each of these realities is a different genre, so there is generic fantasy reality invading Great Britain, a cyberpunk reality invading Japan, a pulp reality invading Egypt, etc.
Do you ever look wistfully at your shelves and shelves of games and think, "Man, I wish I could run some of these settings I've accumulated over the years?"
Why not run them all at once?
What if earth was invaded by the "realities" of the game settings you've got collecting dust? Here's how I'd go about it:
WHOOOAA! I WANT TOSEE CARCOSA FOGHT WARHAMMER!
ReplyDeleteMake it happen! You have the power, dungeon brawler!
DeleteCarcose in oz would work too. But mutants in oz kewl 2. I liked all the torg worlds alone just not the in our world stuff.
ReplyDeleteEven Aysle?
Deletedaniel horne makes anything look good - his ayle art was an influence even if book wast so much.
DeleteThats pretty cool
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI'd move OtE to North Africa, 'cause (well) Interzone, and shift Spears of Dawn southward.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, I'd say that's just about right.
Arrrgh, yeah, that works better. I guess I always associate OtE with South America because of Burroughs being there after shooting his wife.
DeleteOH DAMN! Russian Carcosa is a fucking nightmare and a half.
ReplyDeleteIt does explain the Dyatlov pass incident though.
Deleteelegant solution for ruining the world , I love it
ReplyDeleteI ruin everything, eventually.
DeleteWait, Vornheim _isn't_ in Greenland?!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Al Quadim, hell yes.
Zak seemed shocked that I would put it there, I dunno!
DeleteThat's really a cool idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteDon't tell my players, but this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.elfshotthefood.com/?p=535
Is essentially my current campaign map. They're playing LotFP adventures in Warhammer, following a plot that should lead them to Vornheim. The map I'm using right now is a little different incorporating a few more influences into each big zone - London is Scrap Princess' Sigil for example, whilst the countryside is kinda Pendragon, but it's basically this, Moorcock post apocalypsed up rather than Torg'd.
Sounds awesome!
DeleteCanadian Toon is awesome. Cannot wait to annoy some of my Canadian friends with it...
ReplyDeleteExactly.
DeleteThis is the best blog post ever written about Torg. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for saying so!
DeleteI recall an Inspector Legrasse in the short story Call of Cthulhu. That works for me. The American South gets the Cthulhu Mythos.
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