With the Power of Conviction, There is No Sacrifice

A continuation of the GRIDSHOCK playtest recorded here.

I have SlimJim in leglock; is probably bad idea because he is so strong. Tactical error is fixed by help of new comrades. Zdravstvuyte! Is black knight who wrap SlimJim with chain. New comrade is like rainbow in the dark. SlimJim's muscles get deflate, now I am stronger so I crush him! New comrade knock him out while I crush. 

Girl and cactus get zapped by cobalt power; they disappear. Will miss them. Dos vedanya, comrades.

Now is time to shoot exhumans from observation deck. I shoot like Lyudmila Pavlichenko by using psychic adrenalizer. Riot break out, now people of Yankee Lake get taste of freedom! Comrade Deadman move exhumans with mind! Comrade barbarian put psychic axe into Alpha Dog's head!

We subdue remaining Youngman Mutts. I carry barbarian ghost man down stairs before psychic strength deplete. Alpha Dog threaten, but what can decadent tyrant do, da? Tables have turned on his regime, is victory for liberty. More gang arrives; we negotiate. People of Yankee Lake are very disappointment; they want ruler, even Supremacy, instead of self-determination! American spirit very weak here.

Deal is struck. We will go to Prism with SlimJim and Youngman Mutts to find special thing. In return, power structure in Yankee Lake is restructured. Is mess, but we sort that out later. At Prism, which is mirrored structure with no door, we make bagman open cylinder key. It contain...hand and head of GI Joe man named Skyline. Honestly, is bad start. Where the vodka?

Shooting at the Walls of Heartache Bang Bang

Nadya looks a bit like Kolin from
Street Fighter V, but her accent
is even worse.

I had the pleasure of helping playtest Paul V.'s GRIDSHOCK role-playing game. My character is a Soviet defector named Nadya Sibirskaya who joined the a secret organization who saw the SHOCK coming; she was trained as an agent of Harvest, placed in cryogenic suspension to ride out the apocalypse, and is now read to begin rebuilding the world. She's got psychic powers and is trained in Systema, so look out, evildoers. 

Here's what happened:

Vat a time! I awoke inside a Supremacy military vehicle, shackled to the wall with some sort of headgear placed on head. With me are talking dead man, American barbarian who makes smells, man who is cactus, and girl. Supremacy robot is standing guard. We struggle with shackles, eventually break free when vehicle is attacked. We feel vehicle lift from ground, we hear gunfire and yelling, explosions. I punch robot but is no good--metal body too strong for fist. Others deal with. We find our belongings; is good thing, Pat Benatar tapes and Walkman very rare.

We are greeted by large man call himself SlimJim. He is hulking brute, but is rescuing brute at least. He want to take us to his lead in Yankee Lake, is good. But his group going to execute Supremacy soldiers. Nyet! Is no good. Girl uses powers, crushes us all with heavy gravity until SlimJim relents. I control mind of man with blaster because he is weak to my superior mental powers. Now I have blaster. We negotiate deal. Supremacy prisoners go with us to Yankee Lake.

At Yankee Lake is Truck Night. Am disappoint that is not person named Truck Knight. We meet leader, Alpha Dog, and girl child who seem to call shots. Vat a place, this Yankee Lake. Alpha Dog vant us to go to Prism and find whatever Supremacy searching for. 

But this is problem because we see people of Yankee Lake treated horribly by Alpha Dog's gang. Is no better than treatment of Supremacy. Convening with new comrades we agree to overthrow Alpha Dog. But when? Is difficult situation. Is like how the Bruce Springfield say, we are dancing in dark.

Alpha Dog invite us to Truck Night. We watch truck with large tire crush other vehicles. Is stupid, decadent American entertainment. After truck crushing show, Alpha Dog have arena built--is going to make Supremacy prisoners fight exhumans. Nyet! Is also no good. Barbarian possess Alpha Dog, send him out window. Dead man also fly out window. Cactus punch SlimJim. I turn on Walkman, tape begin playing "The Warrior" by Scandal. It does me much inspire. I wrestle SlimJim, getting him in gulag leg-lock, but have feeling that he is strong like proud Russian bear. Vat vill happen next?