I had a focus group on Metatopia this year, to talk about my new game idea. A Blades hack game about luchadores, Día de Muertos and Halloween:
XANTOLO
Halloween monsters are invading the Land of the Dead, threatening to corrupt and destroy all its unlife! But hope is not lost, Catrina is calling up a team of heroes—masked luchadores chosen among the bravest souls of the departed. These anonymous fighters, armed with their magical máscaras, wrestle on the ring to charge up their power—by the cheers of the crowd—so they can then face the werewolves, zombies, vampires, and witches of Halloween that threaten to destroy el más allá.
Do you have what it takes to be a luchador? Answer Cantrina’s call, and join this fierce fight, a dos de tres caídas, sin límite de tiempo!
Feedback was rad, and people showed interest! What do you all think of the pitch?
[Image borrowed from El Grimlock’s gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/el-grimlock/art/El-Santo-116609209]
Sounds badass. I’d be interested in hearing what one cycle of play would look like.
Sounds great!
Zachary Miller the basic idea is players are defenders of the Land of the Dead, they’ll investigate and hunt down the Halloween monsters that are invading, a bit of Monster of the Week trope there…that will be their “score” of sorts. And since they get their powers from their mask, during downtime they’ll have to wrestle to recharge their mask, by the cheers of the crowd.
One of those things I never knew I wanted, sounds wacky and wonderful