Review & Commentary On 'Weird Romance' By Steve Miller, Steve Ditko, Howard Nostrand, Samm Schwartz, Joe Beck, Basil Wolverton From Nulow Games

 "LOVE IS IN THE AIR...

... but so is fear and laughter in this collection of off-center comics shorts by legendary talents such as Steve Ditko, Dick Giordano, Samm Schwartz, Basil Wolverton, and others!" 

"Weird Romance is a collection of romance-tinged humor, horror, and undefinably fantastic stories from the creators who helped build the foundation upon which the comics we know and love today stand. Whether you want escape from from the romantic sap of certain holidays, or if you're interested in studying rarely seen work from great creators, this is the book for you!"

Weird Romance is definitely the book for me combined pre code public domain horror stories with Steve Miller of Nulow Games hand at bringing Weird Romances to life for your old scool games. This is a forty two page book of romance, horror, and romance horror stories done by some the classic greats Steve Ditko, Howard Nostrand, Samm Schwartz, Joe Beck, & Basil Wolverton. So you know the comics are going to be solid & good. 
And they are with a new system agnoistic horror & romance themed system that Steve Miller has developed as an all-new universal roleplaying game aid. And it actually does work for developing fast & dirty adventure plot points. Adventure points that have a horrific & deadly romance aspect to them. And the comic book stories highlight how this system could & should actually be used. 

Where could Weird Romance actually be used for OSR games?! The first one that springs to mind is actually the Wretchploitation rpg.  One of the PC's get's him or herself caught up in a deadly romanctic triangle and only the other player's PC's can get hime or her out! 

Weird Romance could also be used with the Marvel Super Heroes rpg easily. With so many monsters, vampires, etc. The implications for romantic entanglements with things of the 'other realms' is a pretty easy fit for an evening's entertainment & adventure. 

Could Weird Romance be used for OSR or Dungeons & Dragons style games?! 

Certainly without question. Roll up a romance of horror or sci fi for your favorite retroclone & go. Lamentations of the Flame Princess rpg instantly springs to mind here. 

And if you want real complications for your Adventurer,Conqueror, King rpg domain game?! Well what happens when your betrothed isn't quite what you thought she was?! Could the prince in the oven actually be a monster waiting to be unleashed on your kingdom?! And what about Castles & Crusades?! The PC's new romantic interest turns out to be something unexpected & highly dangerous?! It's happened in various campaigns we've played in. 

All in all Weird Romance is a nice little romp of system agnoistic weirdness that will be of us coming up for us! 

Weird Romance  From  NUELOW Games

Is Available Right Over here! 

OSR Review & Commentary of The Sexual Holocaust Adventure By Miguel Ribeiro, Sílvia Clemente, & Joe Coombs For The Wretchploitation role-playing game From The Red Room

 "The scenario takes place in a fictional town, Hammettville, located in the surrounding area of a large metropolis - such as New York -, known among its inhabitants as Crime City, and it should be set from the early 1970s to mid-1980s, as those decades are more in line with the kind of horror movie being emulated."

As with every other Red Room scenario, this is a sandbox-style adventure with enough information and plot seeds to last from a one-shoot to a small campaign. Sexual Holocaust includes pregens and player handouts, so it can be run without much preparation."

The Sexual Holocaust Adventure By Miguel Ribeiro, Sílvia Clemente, & Joe Coombs is basically a love letter to the Eighties European horror films and this includes the early Clive Barker Hellraiser films. And in point of fact The Sexual Holocaust adventure could be viewed as a love letter to Clive Barker's literature & films  across the board. There's also a sub genre of European horror  films known as Giallo. Reading through 'Sexual Holocaust' there's a different vibe as a part of the undercurrent here.  And in point of fact adventure feels like if  a combination of the film 'Seven' & 'Hellraiser' had a child then 'The Sexual Holocaust' would be the wretched child.
And that's the fact that The Sexual Holocaust adventure wears it Pulp roots on it's sleeve. This is especially true of the 'Spicy Pulps' of the 1920's & 1930's even though 'The Sexual Holocaust' takes place in the early Eighties or even today. 

And even though 'The Sexual Holocaust' adventure takes place during the Eighties it could with a bit of work be transported to the 1930's.  The lay out for 'The Sexual Holocaust'  is solid, the fonts are readable, etc. 

'The Sexual Holocaust' is a rather nasty adventure that draws its party into a sexual horror  adventure that has happened but is still on going which is going to draw your party into it. The NPC's are well drawn & very 3 dimensional. And these are not people that you really want to invite to Sunday dinner. Instead these are folks who are at the center of demonic activity and debauchery. 
'The Sexual Holocaust' is one of those modern adventures that I'd say lends itself to an urban setting more then any other. So we're looking at London, New York City, Los Angeles, etc. Basically anywhere with an unhealthy amount of a demonic worshiping subcultures & cults. Where the knowledge of the supernatural is a part of the modern landscape. Now I haven't run this adventure.. yet but for the  Wretchploitation role-playing game 'The Sexual Holocaust fits the bill in spades. This isn't an adventure for the kiddies at all! And not for some adults to say the least. 'The Sexual Holocaust' is an adventure that will have ramifications for a horror campaign for years to come. 'The Sexual Holocaust' is going to take more then a few sessions & for a DM who knows how to spin the adventure it could be used as a mini mid level campaign. Expect a high body count with this one! 

The Sexual Holocaust Adventure By Miguel Ribeiro, Sílvia Clemente, & Joe Coombs For The Wretchploitation role-playing game Is Available Here.