World wide wrestling
Big Oily Men and Women grappling and punching, who could hate it!
Genre: Wrestling!
Touchstones: Wrestling! Japanese, Mexican Lucha, and American alike
What is this game?: WWF is a game about Wrestling! you can play the script, or maybe put your own twists on the plot...
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How's the gameplay?: WWW is a 2d6+stats game, however characters can build up Momentum during a fight, how generally Hype a match is, which can be spent 1-to-1 to improve rolls. Characters also have a "Heat" score with every other Character, Heat determines how hype the audience gets seeing those two characters in the ring, 0 is "Two Jobbers fighting for the first time" and 4 is "Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant" levels of Hype. Characters at character creation get to pick not only their Story Gimmick, but also their Role, are they a Heel or a Babyface? are they going for cheers or boos? in wrestling, those are synonimous, a good Heel is just as iconic as a babyface! after all, later on you can also pick up a secondary role, Icons embody their role, Legends are unforgettable masters no matter what they do, and Celebrities are famous outside of the ring. Gimmicks depend on what you want your character's ring role to be, wanna play my personal favorite wrestler, Kagetsu, and beat down your opponents brutally? play a Hardcore Heel wanna play a classic wrestler back for one last bout? play the Luminary, wanna always lose your matches? play the Jobber! The Gimmicks are basically everything you'd like from a wrestling game. The game also features some lesser known gimmicks for advanced players so get creative!
What's the setting (If any) like?: The real world, i guess? you could run in an alt history, that'd be fun, or even go full ace combat and create an entire alternate planet for a fairly simple game about wrasslin'
What's the tone?: It's wrestling, so its goofy, but can tell serious stories at times. The game will usually always tell the story of up and coming wrestlers becoming legends in their own right though!
Session length: 2-3 hours
Number of Players: 4-6 is the game's recommendation
Malleability: As long as its wrestling at its core, you could set this in any setting theoretically?
Resources: The game has ref sheets and a group sheet is available
It's wrestling! if its what you're looking for go for it. My only tip for running it: Ask your players to choose a theme song for their characters, to add some flavor!