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Straight to VHS has reared its head on a handful of podcasts over the years, but this most recent example clearly has the highest production values if nothing else!
If you're looking for an extremely fun actual-play podcast that's also a bonanza for the ears, may I happily recommend Worst Movies Ever Played. Huge props to Patrick Baker, Brent Butler and Geoffrey Golden! I know that some folks are currently playing games with the old ruleset. If you need links to the old PDFs, I've got you covered:
http://lostcatgames.com/stvhs0402.pdf http://lostcatgames.com/stvhsfillablesheet.pdf The fact that people have been enjoying StVHS d20 is part of why it's taken me so long to release the latest update. I was nervous about so drastically changing something people liked. I'm confident now, though. Straight to VHS has been improving bit by bit for years, and a lot has changed. The switch to the d6 pool system wasn't just some idea I wanted to try out. It was a direct result of a number of changes I'd been making over the last few years. What started out as a d20 system no longer made sense as a d20 system and it was time to make the change. Straight to VHS d20 didn't die. It went to bed after a long, hard day and then it woke up feeling new.  Hey everybody, Straight to VHS gets an update today.
Get it right here: Straight to VHS version 0.5 (Warning: Doesn't display correctly in Firefox. Fix Incoming!) A lot has changed! That said, the heart of the game is the same: Combine Tropes to create over-the-top characters, chew scenery, kick-ass, and change the script of the great bargain-bin film that never was! Let's have a quick bullet list of the headlining changes and additions, and at the bottom I'm gonna talk community stuff. I've gone ahead and fixed a few issues, most notably the rules for hiding, which hadn't been updated along with the rest of the rules. Also, I fixed an issue with the chapter header font and put a section header back where it belonged.
Fixed PDF here: http://lostcatgames.com/stvhs0402.pdf UPDATE: Implemented a hotfix in the wee hours of the 21st. Most importantly, it corrects the stealth rules. The link below has been updated.
Version 0.4.02 has turned out to be a fairly daring update. For one thing, I can't promise you these changes are fully field-tested. They're not. But in my continuing efforts to fail faster, I bring them to you so you might stress test them and let me know where I've erred and where I've hit on something good. |
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