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Visigoths vs. Mall Goths
Visigoths vs. Mall Goths is an urban fantasy tabletop role-playing game with LGBTQ dating sim elements by Lucian Kahn, with art by Robin Eisenberg.[1] The ancient Visigoths have time traveled to 1990s Los Angeles and are battling mall goths for control of the mall.[2] The game's tone is silly and the setting has many puns. The game was inspired by 1990s movies The Craft, Empire Records, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Clueless.[2][3] It was nominated for the ENNIE Awards and the Indie Game Developer Network awards. GameplayPlayers make characters in competing teams of two-three Visigoths and two-three Mall Goths. Conflicts are resolved by opposed rolls with two six-sided dice plus character class bonuses. Players can use embarrassing traits to offer a teammate a bonus. Characters are not physically hurt in combat but receive hurt feelings they can heal through dialogue.[4] Adventures Jonaya Kemper wrote the adventure "The Little Mx. Scare-All Pageant.”[5] Design influencesAccording to the book, Visigoths vs. Mall Goths was influenced by the videogames EarthBound, Dragon Age: Origins, Monster Prom, and The Sims 3, and the tabletop roleplaying games Montsegur 1244, Witch: The Road to Lindesfarne, Shooting the Moon, Masks: A New Generation, and Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.[6] ReceptionVisigoths vs. Mall Goths was nominated for the ENNIE Awards for "Best Writing" in 2020[7] and the Indie Game Developer Network award for "Best Setting" in 2021.[8] It was in the exhibition "Game Play: Between Fantasy and Realism" at Museum of the Moving Image.[9] Kieron Gillen endorsed the game.[10][11] Justin Joyce for Polygon recommended it as a game to try from Indie Press Revolution.[12] Banana Chan for Dicebreaker called it one of the best games of 2020.[13] Linda Codega for Gizmodo recommended it as a queer game to play for Pride Month.[14] Trin Garritano, Games Digital Outreach Lead at Kickstarter, named it their favorite project of 2019.[15] Visigoths vs. Mall Goths was featured as a four-part series on One Shot Podcast Network's flagship actual play podcast hosted by James D'Amato, author of Simon & Schuster's "Ultimate RPG" books.[16][17] One Shot Podcast Network's show Character Creation Cast also aired a two-part episode about Visigoths vs. Mall Goths.[18] Publication historyVisigoths vs. Mall Goths was originally self-published in hardcover, softcover, and PDF form through a Kickstarter campaign in October 2019 that met its initial goal in 24 hours and raised a total of $21,393 from 751 backers.[19] It continued to be distributed in softcover and PDF form through Indie Press Revolution, Itch.io, and DriveThruRPG.[12] A PDF version of the game was included in bundles on Itch.io to raise funds for various charitable causes, including abortion funds in the south and midwest of the US[20] and funds for Ukrainians impacted by the Russian invasion.[21] In March 2023, Visigoths vs. Mall Goths was republished in softcover and PDF form by indie publisher Hit Point Press after their Kickstarter for Kahn's game If I Were a Lich, Man raised $84,590 from 2,049 backers.[22] References
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