Violence (role-playing game)
- Violence (role-playing game)
Infobox RPG
title=Violence
subtitle=The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed
caption=Cover of "Violence".
designer=Greg Costikyan
publisher=Hogshead Publishing
date=
genre=Horror
system=Custom
footnotes=
"Violence: The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed" is a short, 32-page roleplaying game written by Greg Costikyan under the pseudonym "Designer X" and published by Hogshead Publishing as part of its "New Style" line of games. "Violence" is a parody of conventional dungeon-bashing games, being set in a contemporary metropolis where player characters run from room to room killing the occupants and stealing their stuff. It is relentlessly user-hostile, taking time out to insult the reader wherever possible (it opens with the words "Welcome to "Violence", you degraded turd"), and uses a mechanic whereby experience points can be bought for hard cash from the designer or publisher. Despite innovative games design and exhaustive lists of equipment and weapons (including both belt and orbital sanders), monster types, and possible scenarios, it is largely and deliberately unplayable.
Cover art was by Clint Langley. A Spanish language edition exists.
In August 2005, Costikyan released "Violence" under a Creative Commons license (Costikyan 2005).It is also [http://www.costik.com/weblog/2005_08_01_blogchive.html#112454587656432430 available for download] .
New Style
"Violence" was part of a series experimental/alternative role-playing games published by Hogshead Publishing. Other games in the series included the award-nominated "The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Münchausen", "Pantheon", and "Puppetland/Powerkill".
References
*cite web | author=Costikyan, Greg| date=August 20, 2005| title=Violence to Creative Commons | format=http | work=Games * Design * Art * Culture | url=http://www.costik.com/weblog/2005_08_01_blogchive.html#112454587656432430 | accessmonthday=January 10 | accessyear=2006
* [http://criticalmiss.com/issue10/LoadUpYourGuns1.html "Load Up On Guns, Bring Your Friends"] , a game scenario for "Violence" by Jody Macgregor (Critical Miss, issue 10).
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