Have you ever wanted to get involved in running tabletop roleplaying games and thought “But I have no ideas!”? The Big Red Couch is designed to show exactly how easy it is to get from random notions that stick in your mind to playable concepts, all through the medium of the kind of casually weird spitballing that gamers engage in at the best of times. In every issue, the intrepid contributors to the Big Red Couch brave the noisome wonders of The Mystery Box to produce a randomly-selected seed idea, then return Some Time Later to share what they came up with and discuss how those concepts might work as games. If we can do it, anyone can: that’s the whole idea. Along the road, we discuss what RPG systems might work for implementing different concepts, together with reasons how or why. This frequently involves adaptation of systems from their original settings to the point where they creak under the strain.
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Episode One Hundred And Fifty Five – Happy Campers Adventures
An educational youth camp in a post-Gygaxian fantasy world
The low-stakes trials and tribulations of the staff of a summer camp
A much beloved summer experience turns out to be an insanely long-term covert intelligence operation
Wholesome adventures at a variety of oddly-themed campgrounds with suspiciously thematic problems
Tongariro National Park
NZ Department of Conservation
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The History of Pancake Day
Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
Lent
Pancakes from the 70’s. Apparently.Taranaki
TOPEC ( taranaki outdoor pursuits and education centre )
Iyashikei
Restaurant to Another World
Flying Witch
Laid Back Camp
Girls Last Tour
Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip
Slow TV
All Aboard: The Sleigh Ride – A Slow TV Christmas SpecialOnward
Danjon Meshi / Delicious In Dungeon
Kim Possible – Cap’n Drakken
Summer Camp
Summer Camp Island
Hi-de-Hi!
Monsterhearts
Apocalypse World
The Famous Five, by Enid Blyton
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Descendants
Butlins
Center Parcs
Ringu
The Manchurian Candidate
The Illegals Program
The Americans
My Own Worst Enemy
The Xenon File, by Richard Hayes
( Amazon Link, to prove to Craig that he wasn’t imagining it – There’s almost no information out there about this book ~ T. Jones )
Dr. Strangelove
Toy Soldiers
( Craig had completely the wrong film; He was thinking of Taps ~ T. Jones )
Sky High
Ruby Ridge Standoff
Timebomb
( the Michael Biehn film Craig couldn’t remember ~ T. Jones )
The Terminal
Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King
A Prarie Home Companion
Lake Woebegon
Jinkies!
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Beowulf
Blades in the Dark
Once Upon A Time
Fables
The Weekenders
The Banana Pancake Trail