Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Glorify Violence Wrestling!

GVW is a Mork-Borg powered hardcore wrestling zine that's a collaboration between Alan Bahr of Gallant Knight Games and HodagRPG. The zine is 20 pages of hardcore heaven! The rules are pretty bare bones, but Mork Borg isn't a game known for being super detailed so that works. This is what you get in the zine:
  • Gimmicks (archetypes): Brawling Bruiser, Technical Master, Hardcore Legend, Aerial Assassin, and Ring General
  • Rules: character creation, tests, getting hurt (busted open and injured tables), doing violence (how to run a match), common actions, how the crowd reacts to you, 
  • Random Charts Bay Baby!: Wrestler names, signature weapon, crowd reactions, audience object table, finishing move table, PPV name/location table, event space table, manager table
  • Two in-universe character bios (with hidden stats). I think I've decoded them:
    • Work Rating = Toughness
    • Pop Rating = Presence
    • Rope Rating - Agility
    • Power Rating = Strength
    • Tough SOB Rating = Hit Points
The art and layout is great. It definitely has a DIY zine feel to it and the art is fitting. It also has a faux magazine look which is nice. One issue some folks have with Mork Borg content is that it's super busy looking. This is one isn't. It's easy to read and easy to follow. If you want an ECW rpg, this is for you! Eventually the print zine will be avaible on the Gallant Knight Games page, but until this you can still get the pdf here.

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