Lets have some movies that would be fun /easy to run as a PbtA. My two would be Congo and Aliens: Resurection

52 thoughts on “Lets have some movies that would be fun /easy to run as a PbtA. My two would be Congo and Aliens: Resurection”

1. Scream

2. Scream

3. Die Hard

4. Die Hard

5. Strange Days

6. Strange Days

7. Die hard only has one real protagonist though

8. Die hard only has one real protagonist though

9. Not if you’re playing as the robbers.

10. Not if you’re playing as the robbers.

11. 7 Samurai

    Magnificent 7 (although perhaps better as a Dogs in the Vineyard game)

    Tropic Thunder

    Pretty much any movie with an ensemble cast where the characters DO stuff.

12. 7 Samurai

    Magnificent 7 (although perhaps better as a Dogs in the Vineyard game)

    Tropic Thunder

    Pretty much any movie with an ensemble cast where the characters DO stuff.

13. Well, how about catastrophe films like Armageddon? That gives you a group you can gradually kill off. 😉

14. Well, how about catastrophe films like Armageddon? That gives you a group you can gradually kill off. 😉

15. Tom McGrenery Or if you hack Everyone’s John (or whatever that game is called) with the protagonist of Die Hard being John…

16. Tom McGrenery Or if you hack Everyone’s John (or whatever that game is called) with the protagonist of Die Hard being John…

17. The Maltese Falcon, Saving Private Ryan, The Godfather, L.A Confidential, Terminator, The Usual Suspects.

18. The Maltese Falcon, Saving Private Ryan, The Godfather, L.A Confidential, Terminator, The Usual Suspects.

19. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (only need three playbooks) 🙂

20. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (only need three playbooks) 🙂

21. The final girls

22. The final girls

23. i really like the idea of a “The good, the bad and the ugly” hack where two players are always working together against the other depending on the situation.

24. i really like the idea of a “The good, the bad and the ugly” hack where two players are always working together against the other depending on the situation.

25. Christopher Meid Our Last Best Hope isn’t PbtA, but it does Armageddon style catastrophe movies absolutely amazingly.

    Back OT:

    Toy Story

    Titan A.E.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Avengers: Grimm

    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

26. Christopher Meid Our Last Best Hope isn’t PbtA, but it does Armageddon style catastrophe movies absolutely amazingly.

    Back OT:

    Toy Story

    Titan A.E.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Avengers: Grimm

    League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

27. Chris Shorb I think it is a fairly simple recipe: a group of different characters go somewhere dangerous and do epic things, generally while fighting against something.

28. Chris Shorb I think it is a fairly simple recipe: a group of different characters go somewhere dangerous and do epic things, generally while fighting against something.

29. Daniel Fowler Yup. In fact, the list of movies that DON’T fit that description might be smaller 🙂

30. Daniel Fowler Yup. In fact, the list of movies that DON’T fit that description might be smaller 🙂

31. I think there are some that would be more fun/ appropriate then others

32. I think there are some that would be more fun/ appropriate then others

33. Wesley Naval I love that movie but character elimination might be a problem…

34. Wesley Naval I love that movie but character elimination might be a problem…

35. Daniel Fowler Though I’m currently working on a hack that’s specifically for emulating sad horror movies like Don’t Look Now and Oculus.

    But back on topic, the Indiana Jones movies take failing forward to an art.

36. Daniel Fowler Though I’m currently working on a hack that’s specifically for emulating sad horror movies like Don’t Look Now and Oculus.

    But back on topic, the Indiana Jones movies take failing forward to an art.

37. Goonies

38. Goonies

39. Also all of the Back To Future movies…

40. Also all of the Back To Future movies…

41. Could you make some game generic character classes for signature rolls like: the tim curry, the Clint Eastwood, ect then use them in a game. World of expendibles style?

42. Could you make some game generic character classes for signature rolls like: the tim curry, the Clint Eastwood, ect then use them in a game. World of expendibles style?

43. Assembling an all star cast would make entry for new players easier.

44. Assembling an all star cast would make entry for new players easier.

45. Buckaroo Banzai

46. Buckaroo Banzai

47. Fraser Simons OH MY GOD, I must play an LA Confidential rpg immediately. Actually I must write one immediately. The lead characters have playbook written all over them. Everyone else ignore this comment. Don’t get your own ideas. This is mine now.

48. Fraser Simons OH MY GOD, I must play an LA Confidential rpg immediately. Actually I must write one immediately. The lead characters have playbook written all over them. Everyone else ignore this comment. Don’t get your own ideas. This is mine now.

49. Oli Jeffery yeah, all of the characters are playbooks for sure, it’d be a really fun playing a noir PbtA game.

50. Oli Jeffery yeah, all of the characters are playbooks for sure, it’d be a really fun playing a noir PbtA game.

51. Big trouble in Little China

52. Big trouble in Little China

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