I've decided, in my manifest wisdom, that I'd like to run a game for the suitably inebriated ImmoderateGloranthaQuest posse going to Tentacles. It will be set in Caladraland.
However, rather than run it using that commie, narrativistic HeroQuest stuff, I'll be using a proper system that does justice to volcano-worshipping savages: Barbarians Versus...
And a preview here:
http://www.mysticages.com/bv/BVSample.pdf
[Daniel, it has special drinking rules...]
As opposed to adventuring as hairy neanderthals on icy wastes and windswept plains, you'll be tanned neanderthals with skimpier loincloths who navigate rumbling chasms, roaring lava flows, ash wastes, steaming forests, lava-scarred volcano priests, lost God Learner temples, found God Learner temples, Babeester Gor wrestling women, Caladran mummies, Babeester Gor wrestling women vs Caladran mummies, pterosaurs, man-eating tubers, flesh-boiling sulphorous fogs, Babeester Gor wrestling women vs man-eating tubers, lava-lit caves, bubbling volcanic mud pits, and Babeester Gor wrestling women vs Caladran mummies and man-eating tubers in bubbling volcanic mud pits.
You can sleep with your twin sister, and worship terrible Volcano Gods whom you don't have to remember, but can change the name and gender of as you see fit. In addition to sacrificing random bystanders to the glory of the Volcano Gods you fight with the power of tutelary totems, like Igudja Snot-Blower and Kulkkosu the Spikey One.
[Looking at my master spreadsheet, I see one tribe worships "Cliff".
Hmmm. May need to work on that.]
There are no big axes and fur jockstraps, but you can have weapons ranging from basalt mauls, obsidian-tipped spears and sakkar-tooth katars, to sloth-skull clubs, twin crocodile-jaw swords and toadtongue whips.
You can't smash your foes to the extent that a northern barbarian can, generally, but you can slice them, eviscerate them, gouge their eyes, and pull out their still-beating hearts while crying "UKAMU MAKAALA... CA-LA-DRA!" (and wearing a Mostali wristwatch).
Caladran women look like this!
http://tinylink.com/?ZBJeVzdBu9
Caladran men look like this!
http://tinylink.com/?UQd44B3jJQ
One of those statements is false. Maybe.
Obviously, the drinking rules need a slight overhaul, but you can imbibe blood, sapwine and/or lava-porridge (or a mix of all three).
The game will be fairly short, probably a couple of hours. But if we get suitably pissed, we can always take it freeform and live-action.
I was thinking of running it a bit after Jeff's freeform, while I'll still be in costume (mind you, I'll probably remain in costume for the whole weekend, so...). I'll run it as and where there's room... preferably near a bar. Volcano rituals generally involve cocktails and the Miami Sound Machine.
If you're interested, please (eh?!) shout up.
Pid.
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