Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Prototype Model of the Mashup Machine

Roll
Setting 2d6
Weapon/Tech d6
d6
Special Guests
1
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Lasers and Landspeeders
Drug Running…
Aliens
2
Medieval Europe
Swords and Horses
Rave Organizing…
Zombies
3
Starship
Clubs and Dinosaurs
Alchemically Enhanced…
Vampires
4
Medieval Persia
Sixguns and Wagons
Politically Conservative…
Ninjas
5
Ancient Persia
Steam Engines and Railguns
Regicidal…
Pirates
6
Ancient Mesoamerica
Magical Weapons and Transport
Overly affectionate…
Snorks
7
Planet Zorgon



8
Old West



9
Post-Apocalyptic L.A.



10
1930's Chicago



11
Ancient Greece



12
Deepest Africa 1700





First try: Post-apocalyptic+Swords and Horses+Drug Running+Snorks

“…on horseback, armed only with the swords you found in the mall knife shop, you must stand up to furious drug-running Snorks in Post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.”

2 comments:

  1. I like this a lot. In a sense it reflects the way we think when creating something new. Even if we don't feel we have such strict categories in our minds, we probably do.

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  2. Thank you. I think you're right. In some ways we do think in these categories, and for me, the real creativity comes out when I think of a new way to meld a couple categories together, rather than trying to make a new category from scratch. For example, the Jedi is a cool concept that might have come about from someone trying to meld samurais or knights with Shaolin mystics in the far future. There's probably an infinite number of ways to meld those elements, but that one guy (whoever invented Jedis) mixed 'em up that particular way.

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