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Grendel: Stigmata

2010-02-02 10:44 — Simone Cooper
GAME IS FULL
GM Name(s): 
Simone Cooper

Hunter Rose, Grendel, has been dead ten years, but for half those years the stories didn't stop. A relative in Atlanta, a couple of kids in Detroit, hell, a whole group of otherwise sensible beat cops from Chicago, all caught up in the myth of Grendel. Murders, links to syndicates, bizarre gangland hits followed in their wake.

There is nothing worse for a profiler than a charismatic killer. Sure, they make careers -- when you get 'em. The ones that don't make the papers are the endless months of false leads, false arrests, false hopes. And even if you get the guy, the killing doesn't stop. That's only cured by time... you gotta hope people grow out of it.

You gotta hope people forget.

(This game is a reboot of Simone's Grendel games, taking place years after the Chicago incidents; you do not need to know about those incidents to play.  The game will use new, Portland-based characters; surviving Chicago-based characters from last year's Slot 1 game _may_ be accepted--make your argument--but you will get favored status to get into this game either way.)

Game Time
May run late.
Structure
Event: 
Role Playing Game
Structure: 
Stand-alone
Players: 
- New (and, if applicable , Returning) Players
Game Information
Genre: 
Adventure/Heroic
Type: 
Traditional Amber
Format: 
Tabletop/Traditional
Teen Friendly: 
No
Setting: 

2006, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., just at the point when the craziness began...

Though the game is based on Matt Wagner's Grendel comics, familiarity with them is not required.  The game works best with a mix of player knowledge levels.

Character Information
Character Instructions: 

Law enforcement types, people with a reason to work with the police, old enough to know the Hunter Rose Grendel stories. Past characters have included detectives, FBI agents, forensics specialists, informants, reporters, and outside expert consultants. 

(Game based on characters from Matt Wagner's original Grendel comic, Grendel by John Gardner, and versions the Grendel and Beowulf saga; familiarity with any version could be interesting, but is not required.)

Characters will be developed based on a questionnaire. Please do not sign up for the game if you will not have time to create and negotiate a character in advance.

Pre-generated Characters Will Be Provided: 
No
Players to contact GM(s) before the con?: 
Yes
If yes, enter whom to contact, and any details:: 
Simone Cooper - simonepdx@gmail.com