Underground was a pretty crazy RPG. The background is somewhat complex. In Underground, the characters play genetically modified mercenary super soldiers who are brain washed into believing they are superheroes. When discharged from their mercenary duties the heroes end up as part of the "Underground" and fight against the oppressive US police state and the corporations. The 90s were a weird time.
In the game, the rebel superheroes used a pirate TV channel, "Channel Zero," to broadcast their message. I thought Channel Zero sounded cool and took it for my blog. Turns out, the designers of Underground are Public Enemy fans. The band figures prominently in the game's back story. So I'm guessing they did get the Channel Zero idea from the song. I never ended up running the game. I liked the comic books Underground was based on a lot more than the RPG.
Underground is still available in PDF from Drive Thru RPG. Mayfair made quite a few supplements for it, so it must have been somewhat popular. I owned the rule book and the Notebook supplement, but I don't have them now. I kinda wish I did, because writing about it is making me want to check it out again.
Yup, still looks like a blog from 2003.
ReplyDeleteYeah I'm not much of a graphic designer. I tried some of the more modern templates but they all just ended up looking like someone threw up on the page. I figured I should stick with a classic.
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ReplyDeleteIt's the little "g+1" button. The blog is google based so you "+1" it instead of "liking" it
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