Best Friends - Free RPG to Download

FGSerbia · Post by **FGSerbia** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:42 pm

An obvious p*ss take but this was the joint category winner with CoC for best modern RPG in the UK. If it wasn't a joke then I REALLY got out of there just in time.
http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/Best_Friends.pdf
Anyone up for a session?

ZergLord · Post by **ZergLord** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:57 pm

You gotta be f****** kidding me. THIS won an award?!?!?

Post by **Hypodermic** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:05 pm

ZergLord wrote:You gotta be f****** kidding me. THIS won an award?!?!?

Out of pure curiosity i dl-ed the book... now let's see wheter this is a perfectly good waste of bytes on my HDD or maybe good enough to be printed and used as toilet paper....

Post by **Hypodermic** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:22 pm

Ok, glanced at the book... no comment. The concept of deciding stats by your co-players is an intresting one... but everything else is... no comment.

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:06 am

Awesomeness. Love it to bits.

No, seriously. So completely off-the-wall ridiculous that I can't not love it. I'd give it an award easily. It's certainly better than yet another thwap-a-monster game with slightly different way of rolling dice from all the other thwap-a-monster games. Plus, this was written in 24 hours with no previous ideas involved. That man's hand needs to be shaken.

Also... it reminds me of Cold City system-wise. :lol:

Post by **Hypodermic** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:10 am

Dawngreeter i kinda anticipated you might comment something like this

And although i dislike the concept of petty bickering in today's modern child life, i must agree with you. The game, although completely ridiculous, is highly... simple and playable and easy to understand with a interesting stat system.

Hmm... imagine WoD systems in which your stats where defined by how much you're famous or infamous...

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:58 am

Don't know about fame and infamy but Chronicler's Handbook for Vampire: the Requiem has an excellent outline for a variant system they call "monster garage". You have just seven stats and they are represented by the seven Vices. It's awesomeness in a bucket.

FGSerbia · Post by **FGSerbia** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:43 pm

Guys!!
Who cares about the system - this is an rpg about playing a bratz where the object of the game is to bitch about one another.
It fabulous - really. Given the right mix of players, ambience and alcohol this could be such a great session (though I think a campaign could prove tricky).
It was the love-heart shaped boxes for putting your stats in that did it for me....
And NOBODY please put this into some kind of comparison with WoD. I haven't read cold city but I'm cyber-frowning at you DG.

Post by **Hypodermic** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:02 pm

Rick, i mean c'mon, not even out of pure drunkiness could i play such a game, sorry

I simply detest bratz bickering about nonimportant things. What can i say ,i did't had a very happy childhood

But the idea behind the system was the thing that draw me to read the .pdf (heh, better said, GLANCE at it :D).

As for the WoD comparisson, well... we all compare to things we find dear

It won't happen again, that's definite. Unless there's a RPG somewhere on that site which consists of rolepaying kttens in a litter... or something even more ridiculous.

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:42 pm

Oh, come on. I can totally see n awesome game session involving Best Friends and shitloads of Gin-Tonic.

As for the Cold City comparison, well it's not like it's a similar game or anything. It's just that Cold City has trust points which kinda resemble those friendship tokens, 'tis all.

Shark · Post by **Shark** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:08 pm

i could totally get a few people to bitch about one another... so, if you're up for a session, i think i've got a few players for it... i never thought whiners could be useful for anything until i saw this :D

great find rick, it bagged the award hands down

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:55 pm

There is an advertisement for this game at the end of the Cold City rulebook... *now* I find it funny.

PainBringer · Post by **PainBringer** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:46 am

People I play with bitch about each other constantly, and they ARE best friends - maybe there's some live action session going on, and I don't know about it...
Seriously, haw this "thing" got an award?

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:48 am

It's an innovative RPG. The issue here is more the perception of what an RPG should be than the quality of this thing. It has creative mechanics that deal well with issues he wanted to deal with and, besides, the advertisement in the back of Cold City indicates that it's probably gonna be a 'full RPG', not just this 24h blurb.

FGSerbia · Post by **FGSerbia** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:42 am

besides, the advertisement in the back of Cold City indicates that it's probably gonna be a 'full RPG', not just this 24h blurb.

Yeah, OK - I probably won't be stocking this one.

Shark · Post by **Shark** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:37 am

PainBringer wrote:People I play with bitch about each other constantly, and they ARE best friends - maybe there's some live action session going on, and I don't know about it...
Seriously, haw this "thing" got an award?

the game is honest, innovative and you get your stats based on how "best friends" you are with the rest of the group... AND you get to play little girls... what's not to like?

anyhows, how about that session?:)

Post by **Awakened** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:47 am

I would play it 8O

Shark · Post by **Shark** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:01 pm

well then, let's get on with the sessions

it does look like it can be done in one sitting so why not ?:)

Post by **Shunka** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:50 am

I am planing on trying this one out these days with some of my girl-friends (Fancy Roze Sismis etc.). Seems like a perfect system for the sort of game we are trying to pull off. I'll report here how it came out.

Post by **Awakened** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:40 am

Shark wrote:well then, let's get on with the sessions

it does look like it can be done in one sitting so why not ?:)

Is "right now I'm sitting about 8km away from prison in the Scheveningen" a good enough reason not to? 8)

Shark · Post by **Shark** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:53 pm

Awakened wrote:
Shark wrote:well then, let's get on with the sessions

it does look like it can be done in one sitting so why not ?:)
Is "right now I'm sitting about 8km away from prison in the Scheveningen" a good enough reason not to? 8)

No. Best friends know no bounds :D

FGSerbia · Post by **FGSerbia** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:57 am

You could always try and organise the inmates of the prison to have a game. I know that if I was trying to win the respect of criminals currently in the penal system - a macho game like best friends is what I'd use.

On a completely unrelated matter - Is there a translation for 'gang man-rape' in serbian?

Atriann · Post by **Atriann** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:37 am

Gang man-rape=redaljka

Post by **lord warrior** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:26 am

FGSerbia wrote:You could always try and organise the inmates of the prison to have a game.

Imagine it Awakened, playing it with Vojislav Seselj and others. That could be... unique.

Post by **Awakened** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:06 pm

lord warrior wrote:
FGSerbia wrote:You could always try and organise the inmates of the prison to have a game.
Imagine it Awakened, playing it with Vojislav Seselj and others. That could be... unique.

That would indeed be a unique, unforgettable experience after which normal RPG sessions would simply not be enough for me.

http://download.salchichagrande.com/ses ... de.com.wmv

Post by **Megabaja** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:21 pm

Imagine,

your friends from Scheveningen and you, playing best friends with world domination plot... that could be soo real.

You could do stuff like: You stole my wife/lover/car/part of country, so I will genocide your nation/ kill your pet/ use government security agency to kill you/ tell of your dirty house secrets...

Post by **Shunka** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:34 pm

We had our test-session, sort of, today.
Actualy, the girls refused to play textile design students, which was my original concept, so I dropped the whole plot I had in mind and tried to improvise. That didn't go well, so after an hour or so, we decided to continue tomorrow with a new plot suited to the current situation (generic american high school students).
On the other hand, character creation went realy well - one of the characters is pretty and smart, but poor and nerdy; the second is rich and stupid; and the third is cool but ugly. Basicaly, the girls play exagerated versions of themselves (though none of them is stupid or really pretty).
In the end, we proceeded to create other characters - their future love interests (pretty, cool boys without any toughness), and members of the opposing clique (dominated by their dreadful arch-nemesis and Prom Queen, Mary Sue, who has double the stats of a PC), which I illustrated.

I'm willing to hear any sugestions about the plot, so if anyone has an idea...

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:40 pm

I'd think having an actual proper antagonist kinda breaks the whole point of the game, but that's just me.

Post by **Awakened** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:45 pm

Shunka wrote:I'm willing to hear any sugestions about the plot, so if anyone has an idea...

When Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge 30 years later. Bill Nordham is now the principle of Hamilton High and his son is about to attend the prom with Vicki Carpenter. However, she is possessed by Mary Lou Maloney after opening a trunk in the school's basement. Now Bill must face the horror he left behind in 1957

Post by **Shunka** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:12 am

Dawngreeter wrote:I'd think having an actual proper antagonist kinda breaks the whole point of the game, but that's just me.

I tend to agree with you on that one... It was not my idea, but being a lazy GM (and not a really skilled one) I pretty much let the players have their way. Though if I don't thing of a subtle way of weaving the antagonism motive into the story I'll just drop it. Anyway, it's not going to be the focus of the game.

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:44 am

I'm curious as to how you intend to pull it off system-wise. The only way to initiate a conflict is to present someone with a challenge to one of his stats. The only way to overcome a challenge above your stat is to use friendship tokens. This clearly goes against the intended idea of initiating conflict with someone who isn't your best friend.

I mean, ok, I can see the prom queen becoming best friends with the PCs, but that's too much of a shiny-happy-people-holding-hands goal for a game that's supposed to be about petty little squabbles.

Anywho, do keep us posted.

Post by **Shunka** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:06 am

Of course there will be outward challenges... Which will require their best friends' help to overcome. But they already started working against each other, and it's working fine system-wise.

FGSerbia · Post by **FGSerbia** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:37 pm

I can't believe this - I've been stocking RPG's for a year and getting anyone interested in them is like trying to sell copies of "My 100 favourite Pork Recipes" to a Vegetarian Synagogue during Lent. And yet within a week of posting Best Friends on this site we not only have a group playtesting it, but there's discussions on rules and campaign ideas.
I don't know whether to be happy or angry. I'm going off for a big sulk.

Post by **Shunka** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:17 pm

Actualy, we never got around for that second session, and two of my players went to Italy today...
But I guess I'll be happy to participate if anyone else wants to try this one out. Especialy if there'll be no actual girls.

FGSerbia · Post by **FGSerbia** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:06 pm

Funnily enough the attendance of actual girls WOULD be the only thing to tempt me into playing BF.

Ko, jel' ja? · Post by **Ko, jel' ja?** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:54 pm

Maybe I'd play, but there at least has to be one girl. And of course, I would play a high school girl. (long hair nostalgia :lol: )

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:58 pm

I can put some makeup on for the duration of the sessions.

Ko, jel' ja? · Post by **Ko, jel' ja?** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:05 pm

Dawngreeter wrote:I can put some makeup on for the duration of the sessions.

Yes, and we could be lesbian and... this is geting out of hand :lol:

Dawngreeter · Post by **Dawngreeter** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:36 pm

We could, I suppose. But I do, in actuality, wear makeup on occasion.

Ko, jel' ja? · Post by **Ko, jel' ja?** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:46 pm

Dawngreeter wrote:We could, I suppose. But I do, in actuality, wear makeup on occasion.

Why would you do that?

Do know it's an off topic Q, but couldn't resist