#RPGaDay2023 Day 30
Obscure RPG you've played: This is probably an easy question to "game", if you just use a homebrew game or even setting. Or NSR/OSR (Durf?). Or, heck, from a global perspective I could just name any German game, even if it's rather common here (e.g. Midgard).
But I'm trying to be positive in these daily tasks (why do this if you're fighting the premise most days), so I'm trying to spotlight yet another weird game from my collection. If it's just obscure game I own, this might be even weirder.
I actually did play Hyperborea, the German edition of the French Bloodlust, where the game features a lot of chunky barbarians fighting it out in a bloodsoaked world. But wait, there's a twist: You're actually playing their weapons, Stormbringer-style (the weapon, not the BRP game).
It's a weird premise, but a rather trad game. It basically protects you a bit from player death and gives you some epic premise, but otherwise won't change the typical "sword & sorcery" adventure that much. From what I remember, the system was quite crunchy and a bit swingy at times (damage could vary wildly). Didn't quite live up to the weird promise.
The game was available a-plenty on ebay, so I guess they had a large enough print run, but not that many people actually buying into it. Never seen a supplement or adventure for it, too.
There's a more recent game with a similar premise called "Wield", which probably goes way more in the psychology and narrative consequences of this, given that it's by John Wick. But, well, given that it's by John Wick, I never was much interested in acquiring it. (Nothing against him, but I've come to know some designers I just don't vibe with. Wick, Edwards, Moran being examples of this.)