Trollbabe website - ideas solicited
James_Nostack:
Ron, one idea might be a Trollbabe "non-canonical setting" wiki or soemthing, if there's a way to frame such a thing as to ensure that players don't take it as any kind of official setting. Reading some of the AP was really cool just to see the various bits of color that each player was throwing out there. Clinton's thing where trolls hatch from hardening lava-eggs in the middle of an Icelandic wasteland, for example, was pretty cool, and (based on my sole experience as a Trollbabe player) I'd love to learn more about the Sisterhood of the Blessed Crook and the Spider Nuns. I realize that part of the deal with Trollbabe is that it's meant to be wide-open, but sometimes it's fun to jam, too.
skatay:
new trollbabe strips!
rafial:
Excellent news! I'm very glad to hear that a new edition of Trollbabe is on the way.
As far as the website goes, I think the coolest and most original thing Trollbabe ever had was the strips. While it would be awesome to have an archive of all the old strips, I can understand that there might be significant obstacles to pulling that together. But new strips for sure! The strips were both unique and also evocative of the kind of stories that you can tell using Trollbabe.
I also think it would be neat to have a section where people can contribute situation kernels. Not everyone is skilled at coming up compelling stakes off the top of their head, so having a library of situation suggestions to complement the example that are sure to be in the book would be golden.
Finarvyn:
Yeah, if we can't have Trollbabe porn the next best thing would be the comic strips. I think that part of what makes Trollbabe so unique is also what makes it a bit hard to convey to others -- the whole idea of what a Trollbabe does and why. The comic strips show this in action and would be a nice thing to use to intro newcomers to the entire concept.
Of course, the map would be nice as well. While I know that the intent isn't to have an "official" world, Trollbabe seems like the kind of game where a collaborative world would be really neat. Having links to adventures that others have had is a neat idea because it builds on the "collaborative world" concept and a GM could use those ideas as adventure hooks in those same places in the world for his own players.
A couple of character sheet designs would be nice. Having a dozen or so Trollbabe icons that could be copied-and-pasted onto a character sheet would be pretty cool, or character sheets with pictures already on them so you could pick a character sheet, roll a 'babe, and play.
James_Nostack:
Ron, it's not my area of expertise by any means, but I've heard that the trick with websites is to
frequently added stuff from the top-downfrequently added stuff from the bottom-up
The latter is a lot easier once you get going. So I'd think about way to facilitate/encourage users to add their own content: maybe by breaking down the game design, allowing people to hack the rules; maybe set up some PBP forums (or come up with a version of the rules to work better with PBP), etc.
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I know I've said this before, but part of me thinks that Trollbabe could be an almost perfect introductory table-top RPG for 12-14 year old kids, particularly girls, if it were marketed in those channels and if that fits with your vision of the game.
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I also think that the last 15-20 years of escapist fiction has generally dealt with strong, heroic women in a very superficial way; sort of like kick-ass hot chicks who are, like, strong 'n stuff, which is a qualification for being the male hero's love interest. So it might be good to include a bibliography of books/movies that get this right, definitely including Salmonson and C.L. Moore.
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