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The Hard Way (Tabletop Game)
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The Hard Way is a freeware 80s action movie inspired tabletop RPG by Kobayashi that takes place in a dystopian setting inspired by Escape from New York, Scanners and other movies. It uses parts of Rafael Chandler's Disciple 12 rules from the Books of Pandemonium.The setting is straight out of a corporate-fascist America nightmare: the US, China and the Soviet Union are in a three-way conflict for the last remaining natural resources of the world. 90% of the population is poor, and the 10% that aren't are in charge. MICOM (the Military-Industrial COMplex) and the Yuppies have taken over the government and suppressed political dissent under the "Freedom Act." HOMSEC goons are black-bagging people and sending them to FEMA camps. Manhattan has become a giant state penitentiary. Chinese-Americans are being interned because of the current war against China. Survivalists, death cults and racial supremacists thrive outside the big cities. And pretty much everyone has slave wages, potato chips and TV sets. Meanwhile, the rest of the world isn't much better than America — Europe has become a fortress that will shoot you if you try to come in, the Soviet Union will shoot you if you try to come out, China shoots everyone who tries to come in or out, and the rest of the world takes sides or gets glassed with tacnukes, and outside of Soviet, MICOM or Chinese influence, have regressed to a medieval level of technology (if CNN is to be believed, that is). In space, the Soviets have Mars, which is currently a growing collectivist nightmare; the US has the moon, which is a research facility run by MICOM with several colonies still being built around it; and the Chinese have sabotage. Travel in space is mainly limited to those who can afford it (the moon) and Soviet supply ships (Mars).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })You play a Shell-Shocked Veteran who's returned from one of the many wars the U.S. was involved in. The horrors of the war have marked you in some way and given you a Nightmare that keeps you up at night. Though you've tried to fit back into normal society, you have found yourself unable to, and recently, you have suffered a Trauma that has put you on the warpath. With the help of the other members of your old squad, you intend to make those responsible for ruining your life pay. The hard way. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: The world of The Hard Way is one of these in spades, as mentioned in the description. | |
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Con Artist: One of the main backgrounds for your character. | |
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Badass Driver: Anyone with the Driver secondary background. | |
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Alternate History: The game, being based on 80s action cinema, posits a scenario where the Soviet Union never fell and things are deadlocked between the US, the USSR and Red China. | |
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Action Hero | |
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Action Hero: Pretty much all your characters, male or female. Especially if they pick the Badass main background, which allows them to use all weapon features. | |
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Cloning Blues | |
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Cloning Blues: Some characters in The Hard Way are clones. Clones are not treated well in the Crapsack World of this game — they're used as slaves on the moon by their military masters, they're harvested for organs, and Yuppies and MICOM officials use them as sex-toys. | |
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