Episode 404: Toss In Your Werecows
July 17th, 2020 | Robin
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There’s nothing much going on in the Gaming Hut until beloved Patreon backer Rich Ranallo pops by to ask about incorporating boredom into the player experience.
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Insightful Patreon backer Louis Sylvester takes an aisle seat in the Cinema Hut to ask about John Carpenter’s classic film Aliens.
Finally, admirable Patreon backer John W S Marvin calls on the untapped military knowledge of the Consulting Occultist for a look at the esoteric secrets behind the Battle of Kursk.
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I have actually played in one game that featured were-cows. “City of Flashlights” was a World of Darkness LARP set in Paris, Texas, and was a parody of the authors’ own “City of Lights” scenario set in Paris, France. Some of the local ranchers were weres, and because it was Texas, they were were-cows. Even the hand gestures common to WoD LARPs was parodied: were-cow players held their hands to their temples, thumbs and pinkies out, to mime horns when in cow form–or held the horns high above their heads when in krinos form. The run I was in featured a scene where the were-cows used a stampede to flatten much of the town–until I, playing “Grandma Bubba” (Baba Yaga), sicced my chicken-legged hut on them.
On Kursk, there is a boardgame currently available as PDF called Prochorovka.
Also, Flying Pig Games has a Platoon Commander Kursk that may be helpful.
Panzerblitz? Because it sounds cool!