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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: [MSN] There's going to be a Smurfs tabletop roleplaying game which is
 either an incredible or horrible idea
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:59:41 +0200
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Source: 
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/there-s-going-to-be-a-smurfs-tabletop-roleplaying-game-which-is-either-an-incredible-or-horrible-idea/ar-AA1szpyW

There's going to be a Smurfs tabletop roleplaying game which is either 
an incredible or horrible idea
Story by Jonathan Bolding
Tabletop Roleplaying Games have regained a marquee place in geek culture 
over the past decade, due as before to the meteoric rise of Dungeons & 
Dragons back into prominence. Just like back in the day this has 
prompted a ton of other roleplaying games to release, from questionable 
to comedic to one-off jokes and entire elaborate game lines. Now, one 
tabletop developer is going to kickstart a roleplaying game based on the 
tiny blue Belgian gnome universe of The Smurfs.

"So, what in the smurf is a tabletop roleplaying game? You, the Player, 
get to take on the role of a Smurf in an immersive story. As a Smurf you 
will go on adventures, solve mysteries, and help those in need. Your 
Smurf can be a well-known Smurf or a unique Smurf of your own creation. 
In addition, a Storyteller takes on the role of describing the world and 
its challenges to you," reads the official description.

Is The Smufs still relevant to pop culture? Do kids still care about The 
Smurfs? They must, because that's who this should be for. I really hope 
they do, because someone's parent is going to buy this to play with them 
which will either go fantastically or very poorly. Pardon my skepticism, 
though, because this seems like a real weird call but also Wikipedia 
says that The Smurfs is probably one of the highest-grossing media 
franchises of all time. That and tabletop RPGs for kids do a bit better 
than you might expect: So, you know, I'm ready to be wrong.
There's also the fact that unexpected tabletop RPG adaptations have done 
really interesting game design work in the past. The Looney Tunes and 
Rocky and Bullwinkle tabletop RPGs are both relatively famous among 
TTRPG designers for their innovative mechanics that wouldn't reappear in 
other games for decades.

There's a preview version of the game, a quickstart guide, that you can 
check out online as a PDF. There's also a Facebook group for sharing 
your feedback.

You can find The Smurfs: Roleplaying Game on Kickstarter, where it will 
launch on October 22 with a free Smurfs board game as a promotion for 
backing in the first 24 hours.. You can find creators Maestro Media on 
their website, where they describe their core values as Avant-Garde, 
Harmonious, Eclectic, and Masterful.

About a month ago there was a preview event for this at Gen Con, the big 
ol giant tabletop convention, where some Smurf-type enthusiasts who are 
also live roleplaying people took a shot at the game. You can watch that 
on YouTube or below.
https://youtu.be/pW_ngPV4ByU