Re: [WW] Earth Vs. the Purple Worm!

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> >      All this talk about tanks and purple worms is
> >making me think about running a game set in the 50's,
> >with the OSI having evolved into a cross between the
> >Army in every 50's B-Movie and UNIT from Doctor Who -
> >imagine the fun applying lethal military force to
> >every supernatural dilemma possible - the Crayfish-Men
> >of Louisiana (Chuul), the Deep One resurgance in
> >Mssachussetts (Kua-Toa), the risen dead of Michigan,
> >the Black Pudding that ate Seattle, the Brain-Eating
> >Alien invasion of Florida (Mind Flayers) and of course
> >the Purple Worms from beneath Kansas.
> >      The Resistance Fighter class works very well as
> >an angst-filled teenage rebel - all you really need to
> >change is the nature of the contact ability and the
> >favors granted ("Let's get the whole team together -
> >we'll show those lizard men that nobody invades our
> >town!")  All that's really missing is a pipe-smoking
> >scientist class, to intone somber monologues at the
> >end of every adventure.
> 
> GURPS Atomic Horror d20, I can see it now.

Just wait until Graveyard Greg puts out New Era :) .

Nick Zachariasen
Editor Emeritus
Trojan Times