My wife, my youngest son and I have all been binge watching Grimm. We burned through Season 1 and are not 3/4 ths of the way through Season 2.
It's great fun and my youngest (much like me at that age) loves all sorts of spooky, mystical stuff.
I was, as I typically do, working on some projects while watching. I was also spending more time with my D&D 5 DMG. It got me thinking about what sort of system would be the best for Grimm.
Typically if it is mystical or is modern monster hunting, then I first look to Unisystem; and Cinematic Unisystem at that. After all, it is TV and I quickly figured out several Qualities and Drawbacks that the star Nick Burkhardt could have as a Grimm (Enhanced Senses, Honor, Increased Strength, Hard to Kill...and so on). It's not a difficult exercise. But CineUnisystem, as much as I love it, is not really a perfect fit.
Despite some potions and some odd powers, there really is nothing along the lines (well yet) as magic as I defined it Ghosts of Albion or as was defined in Buffy/Angel. Sure, Army Darkness might work but still not just right.
So I was thinking Chill and it's more modern cousins, Majus and Cryptworld. I even know already there is a zombie episode coming up, so Rotworld is also in.
Why these games vs. the Unisystem line? Well I believe that system strikes a tone with how you play. Which is also why I ruled out Call of Cthulhu (despite how much I enjoy it). People in the Grimm world are, well, regular people. There are some monsters, some Wessen. But Cryptworld can deal with that. If I would opt to have Wessen as PCs then I can use some cues from Majus.
I thought about looking into the Fantasy Flight Games RPG "Grimm", and it looks like it could work a little too. But I don't own it and only know it through reputation. Other than that there does not seem to be a Grimm tie in RPG. I did a search and seems like most people would use Buffy/Angel/Ghosts of Albion, which does give me a bit of professional pride, even if I am not agreeing with them.
Does anyone watch the show? NO Spoilers please! If so, what system would you use? What do you think about Chill vs. Unisystem.
I've watched since the show began, but just binge watched with my wife before the holidays.
ReplyDeleteI'm like some of the others, if I was going to run a Grimm game, I'd probably use regular Unisystem, rather than the cinematic rules of Buffy/Angel. I haven't looked at the systems you mentioned, but I did back the Kickstarter for the new edition of Chill.
The show is a great deal of fun. My first thought watching it it was "Oh, it's 'Chill: The RPG!'" No spoilers, but seasons 3 and 4 get very interesting.
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