Steve Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) Never forget what happened one Christmas at Nakatomi Tower... Edited December 23, 2023 by Steve Scott Ruggels, Barton, Durzan Malakim and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 He's right, you know. Barton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durzan Malakim Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Die Hard: the story of a family away from home witnessing miracles ("You asked for miracles; I give you the FBI") and the rise of a savior. Barton and Steve 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 It would make a terrific game, but unfortunately nearly everyone knows the plot so you can't really run it as is. All the twists and surprises are spoiled. Of course you'd need more bad guys to deal with more good guys, but it would make a nice intro scenario: the reporter might not be such a jackass, maybe one of the FBI guys survives and is a good guy, the cop working on the outside might help clear the basement, even the limo driver could be a PC. Brian Stanfield and RDU Neil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 This would make a good Con game, I think. Maybe the PCs are all security guards on another floor, called in at the last second, bummed to be working on Christmas eve, drinking in a half-finished break room on one of the floors under construction. Crazy shit starts to happen... just throw in another set of euro-trash bad guys and be prepared for all kinds of attempts to derail things from the events of the movie. In fact, that is the point... once stuff starts going down, how do things go differently? Make sure none of the PCs have names... just Security Guard 1, Security Guard 2, etc. Minimal skills, just enough to get themselves killed if they get too out of hand, but maybe enough to actually be heroes if they get lucky. Hell, this would be a blast. I'll have to work on this. I think it would take having a clear "Plot" mechanic, where the GM had clear resources for throwing "And then THIS happens!" that railroad events, but those resources run out and the PCs can begin to change things. Also, at a CON, likely to get some younger players, who will likely be familiar with the movie, but unlikely to have worshiped at the alter of Die Hard for thirty years, like most of us, here. Hmmm... this could be a thing. Edit: oh... the more I think about this... each Security Guard has a major Complication... 1. "I'm retiring next month!" 2. "My wife is pregnant and about to have our first kid, and I'm stuck here!" 3. "My boyfriend, who works the front desk night shift, got me this job." 4. "I'm dating this real hotshot on the 30th floor. He's my white knight!" Steve, massey and Brian Stanfield 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 That reminds me of a throw away gag from a different movie or tv show, but curse my aging memory I can't recall the source. Anyway, one guy is pitching a show idea to another and says "It'll be like Die Hard, but in a skyscraper and its Christmas.". The other guy was like, "...so basically Die Hard then...". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 I actually ran a Die Hard themed session, in Shadowrun, but with a twist. The PC's were hired by a Mr. Johnson type to take control of a competing megacorps HQ during a New Years Eve party, control the civilians, coerce the CEO into opening a vault containing some McGuffin. Midway thru, an unexpected guest not on the attendees list who turned out to be a bad ass runner who was visiting his estranged wife at the party starts causing problems. Then a security team showed up outside and started working with that guy to cause further problems. This was just a few years after the movie came out, but it took my players a surprisingly long time before one of them realized "hey, this is kinda like Die Hard". Manic Typist, TranquiloUno, Brian Stanfield and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Stanfield Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 I love this sort of inside-out storytelling approach. It’s like Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil. If you haven’t seen that, then boy do I have a nice surprise for you . . . . bigbywolfe and Duke Bushido 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 10 hours ago, RDU Neil said: 4. "I'm dating this real hotshot on the 30th floor. He's my white knight!" This makes me so happy. RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted March 8, 2019 Report Share Posted March 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Brian Stanfield said: I love this sort of inside-out storytelling approach. It’s like Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil. If you haven’t seen that, then boy do I have a nice surprise for you . . . . One of my favorite movies, actually. Brian Stanfield 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 I just watched the movie again tonight, so I thought I would bump this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentry0 Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 I found this little gem the other day on reddit... Scott Ruggels and aylwin13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2021 Bumping for another Christmas. Scott Ruggels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorImpossible Posted October 22, 2022 Report Share Posted October 22, 2022 I could see running this without people noticing that it is just Die Hard, since you'd be having a whole team of PCs. You'd just need to avoid being *too* obvious... OR Lean into the obvious "this is you guys playing Die Hard", and let them have at it. DeleteThisAccount, CaptainCoulson, Scott Ruggels and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 Bumping for another Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 It's on today in Britain. Along with It's a Wonderful Life and Scrooged Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted December 26, 2023 Report Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 2:11 AM, death tribble said: It's on today in Britain. Along with It's a Wonderful Life and Scrooged It’s a Wonderful Life gets really dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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