GNOMECHA - S*d this, lets fight!
This is a war that lets you strap yourself into a 20 foot tall lumbering mass of metal, gears, steam pipes and pistons built around a high pressure explosive engine core and then go and pound the living crap out of a Gnome who richly deserves it.
Old Kingdom Games is proud to announce a new, standalone RPG "Gnomecha".
By the year 40,001 Gnomekind has spread across the surface of the planet - their awesome steam fueled mega-cities stand as a testament to Gnomekind's place as the dominant race on the planet*.
The monolithic Onyx Dynasty** unites the nations of the north under one banner***, bringing technological advancement and a better life for all****.
To the south, the scattered peoples of the nations of the Barron-Gnomes+ live a nomadic life fraught with danger++. Gnomekind's expansion has taken a devastating toll on natural resources+++ and nowhere is it more evident than in the south. The Barron-Gnomes cast envious eyes towards the lands of the Onyx Dynasty and the now infamous battle cry echoes across the blasted plains separating the north from the south:
"SOD THIS, LETS FIGHT!"
...and so the Gnomemecha - great lumbering machines of iron, steam and flame now thunder across the plains driven by steadfast heroes++++ from both north and south, to do battle in the great war of our time.
This isn't just a war about differences between nations, this isn't just a war about resources+++++:
This is a war that lets you strap yourself into a 20 foot tall lumbering mass of metal, gears, steam pipes and pistons built around a high pressure explosive engine core and then go and pound the living crap out of a Gnome who richly deserves it.
.....and if you're really lucky, you'll stumble across some of those greenskin 'tree hugger' bast**ds and get to pound the living crap out of them too.
* also, our skin isn't green, you can't be dominant and green, stands to reason
** "the man"
*** in a purely friendly, tree hugging way of course
**** in charge
+ or Big Guns, as we affectionately call them
++ bloody greenskin "environmentalists"
+++ we ran out of doughnuts months ago
++++ argumentative, often inebriated bunch of overweight pixies that they are
+++++ it could be argued that its a war about doughnuts
YES, ITS A STANDALONE RPG
Gnomecha places characters on the front lines of a semi-gladiatorial conflict piloting insanely dangerous 'Gnomecha' - hulking steampunk machines that no remotely rational Gnome would ever strap themselves into; let alone use it to go looking for a fist fight with another idiot who is strapped into a similarly hulking and mind blowingly dangerous contraption.
There's rules for Gnomecha creation, character creation, character development (like you'll live that long, but eh its a marketing thing), a complete history to the conflict (honestly, doughnuts were involved) and richly detailed environments (safely away from the populace and, you know, back up) in which to win victory after victory and attain fame and doughnuts.
But wait, there's more - if pounding the crap out of all and sundry in an oversized pressure cooker isn't really.......challenging enough for you - you need something with a bit more danger to it to prove your mettle - you can take up the challenge of playing a team of greenskins - Orcish droo-ids and environmentalists determined to stop the Gnomecha onslaught with little other than a few big sticks, rocks, and harsh language. Oh, some of the mamby pampby green ground lovers sometimes um...well... they can talk to the earth or somesuch.....take a bottle of weedkiller on your next mission, that's all we're saying.
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I'm a bit dumbfounded...
Apparently the game industry has reached saturation.
Gnomes, the least popular race of most fantasy games. I'm not saying useless, just less useful and less played.
Mecha, which I deplore for purely realistic reasons. I could rant on this alot but it would add nothing.
Deathtrap, because the new version of Traveller doesn't allow for death during character creation.
I'm not saying that I have better ideas, just I fail to see any appeal of this one.
Hi there guys.
Gnomecha is designed to be utter fun, entirely unrealistic - think 40K meets Paranoia - its not meant to be taken seriously*.
If you would like the inside skinny, there's an interview over on TreasureTables: http://www.treasuretables.org/forum/index.php?topic=702.0
Check my post around half way down. We'll also be posting more on our developer diary at: www.oldkingdomgames.com/diary/
* Well you _could_ take it seriously - if you're one of those method actor types you'll probably want to play a greenskin and greenskins take everything too seriously.