Hi there, I recently talked with you on Reddit about this game. I am going to play it solo and wondered about the number of PC's needed. The rules just say that a group is needed, but it would seem difficult to do well as a solo for a kaiju drive and possibly an encounter with a large or behemoth with just 1 PC. I could of course play some sort of "specops" type missions by myself, but wanted to try the kaiju drive first.
The second question is regarding the reference to "kaiju riding" in some of the mech specs. Is this some sort ability that allows the mech to jump on the back of a kaiju? I'm not sure how this would be used with domesticated kaiju as they're about the same size as our mechs. I could see it being used against large or behemoth wild kaiju though.
When I was writing the game I kind of imagined 4-6 riders and however many NPCs the crew wants in the Wagon Vehicle (mechanics, laborers, maybe a veterinarian or whatever.) I was kinda basing those numbers around two things: 1) traditional RPG party size and 2) actual cattle drive size.
Historically cattle drives needed about 10-12 cowboys. So I kinda scaled everything down. There are Fewer Kaiju in a drive than actual cattle in a historical cattle drive so fewer riders than cowboys.
You pretty much nailed the purpose of Kaiju Riding as a skill. I kinda imagined it as climbing up onto a wild Kaiju as a way to get your riders into a "bucking bronco" type situation which I feel is essential for a western style narrative. Clarification/errata might be in order for that skill.
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Hi there, I recently talked with you on Reddit about this game. I am going to play it solo and wondered about the number of PC's needed. The rules just say that a group is needed, but it would seem difficult to do well as a solo for a kaiju drive and possibly an encounter with a large or behemoth with just 1 PC. I could of course play some sort of "specops" type missions by myself, but wanted to try the kaiju drive first.
The second question is regarding the reference to "kaiju riding" in some of the mech specs. Is this some sort ability that allows the mech to jump on the back of a kaiju? I'm not sure how this would be used with domesticated kaiju as they're about the same size as our mechs. I could see it being used against large or behemoth wild kaiju though.
When I was writing the game I kind of imagined 4-6 riders and however many NPCs the crew wants in the Wagon Vehicle (mechanics, laborers, maybe a veterinarian or whatever.) I was kinda basing those numbers around two things: 1) traditional RPG party size and 2) actual cattle drive size.
Historically cattle drives needed about 10-12 cowboys. So I kinda scaled everything down. There are Fewer Kaiju in a drive than actual cattle in a historical cattle drive so fewer riders than cowboys.
You pretty much nailed the purpose of Kaiju Riding as a skill. I kinda imagined it as climbing up onto a wild Kaiju as a way to get your riders into a "bucking bronco" type situation which I feel is essential for a western style narrative. Clarification/errata might be in order for that skill.
The pun alone is masterful. This is on my to-try list, for sure.
looks awesome
Thanks!