I recently found out they made a apocalypse world hack on the soviet all-female bomber squadron The Night Witches.
Being a massive fan of the 588th Night Bomber Division just finding out someone made an RPG about them is it god send by it's self.
But depressingly everything I've read from the developers seems to be focus exploring socio political dynamics and other gender study wank rather than just not on letting us play is these amazing women in their fantastic flying machines.
Am I judging it too quick, or is that pretty much what they did with it?
>>48298819
>Pretty much what they did with it
Yup.
>> socio political dynamics and other gender study wank
Totally missing the fucking point of the series concept
What happened to learning WW2 history and facts in an enjoyable way via parodies and stuff?
>>48298895
I guess I was hoping for some good old-fashioned war gamer autism.
Having to balance the wind speeds modifies to fuel to weight ratios, and and crunchy historical elements.
As long as they have decent rules for aircraft and the like I can live with the devs throwing lesbians at us.
I'll be hard but I think I can manage.
>>48298819
>exploring socio political dynamics
Oh gee. I bet it's modern american sociopolitical dynamics, not WW2-era Soviet ones
>>48299035
> the wind speeds modifies to fuel to weight ratios
Magic Engine that literally runs on the person's mana reserves, remember?
>>48299035
>Having to balance the wind speeds modifies to fuel to weight ratios, and and crunchy historical elements.
Umm, you have no clue how PbtA plays do you?
>>48299392
Umm we're not talking about strike witches, the night witches were actual World War II pilots.
>>48299566
Well I was hoping they might do know you a start simple and start focusing on more crunchy sub systems for it.
I mean travellers 2D6 based as well and that's weaponised autism.
Regardless this probably isn't for me, I mean they're a pair fucking lesbians making out on the cover.
>>48299035
>>48299995
Sorry to burst your bubble, but *World games aren't meant to be simulationist or crunchy, but instead highly focused on exploring one specific theme or aesthetic, usually some kind of social dynamic.
>Apocalypse World: human interaction in situations of externe scarcity
>Sagas of the Icelanders: historical gender roles in the Icelandic settler communities.
>Monster Hearts: teen angst
>Undying: Vampire society.
>>48302014
Yeah, Apocalypse Engine does the HBO miniseries kind of thing, what you want is more of a plane porn thing.
Actually, I'm not sure if there's a good plane porn RPG out there.
>>48302278
What about that mecs and plane game that keeps getting shrilled?
>tfw it's impossible to talk about this RPG because /tg/ can't get past "muh SJW boogeyman"
Best military RPG I've played in a long time. Actually gives players a sense of purpose and direction, something most of that genre fails at. Fascinating and original setting, nice simple combat system. Certainly calls for top-tier roleplayers though, there is a great deal of personal investment in it.
>>48299265
Actually your PC's biggest challenges are their politruk, their CO, and their past.
>>48302623
>shrilled
This is no such thing as Planes & Mercs, it's a concept not a game. AirWar C21 or Mercenary Air Squadron are the systems usually used. If OP actually was the "war gamer autist" he makes himself out to be he'd just mod AH's Air Force or something similar.
>>48302278
>Actually, I'm not sure if there's a good plane porn RPG out there.
Depends on if you want realistic or not. There is Warbirds, which is basically "Crimson Skies: the RPG" and is pulp cinematic air combat
I don't think anything exists for highly realistic air combat RPGs.
>>48302733
>I don't think anything exists for highly realistic air combat RPGs.
Because at that point you might as well be wargaming. Why not just run the RPG of your choice for the downtime and switch to an appropriate wargame for the fighting?
>>48302014
And then you have Dungeon World, MotW, and the wolf one which don't do any of that shit.
>>48302867
A well designed *World game, then.
>>48302688
>Best military RPG I've played in a long time.
Wut. Better then only war? I don't think so.
>>48298819
I really don't see why you can't have both.
