RE: Re: POLITICIANS AND OTHERS IN GAMING

Popeye said:
>Modeling an NPC or game scenario personality using real-life or movie
roles 
is an okay thing. I balk however, at the short-hand involved in saying
"like
Sean Connery in Outland".

   You can say: "You're the lieutentant of a South African unit.  Your
platoon is driving through the bush, pursuing SWAPO insurgent forces,
when your lead APC runs onto a stump and gets stuck. SWAPO units are
known to carry RPGs so just sitting here to wait for a recovery vehicle
may be unhealthy." and that's a situation.  But you may add color by
saying: "Your lieutenant is Sean Connery; platoon sergeant is being
played by John Wayne; heavy weapons corporal is Charles Bronson; RATELO
is Will Smith.	Oh, and the SWAPO boss is Jack Nicholson, with a Soviet
advisor played by Ah-nold Schwarzenegger, and your colonel is Slick
Willy Clinton." 
  Or you may not.  You may have a player who says "Charles...Benson? 
Wasn't he a jazz musician?"  Kinda depends on who your players are.  

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