Apollo 47 is a one-page RPG with 1,199 additional pages of flavor text

May 20, 2022 2:31 PM

The author of Thousand Year Old Vampire made something even weirder than that

"Wow! What the fuck! If we’re playing this at a table in person, we are faking being on the radio. Playing it in person is the fakiest way to play it. Damnnn."

posted by Etrigan (12 comments total)

I am simply doing that thing where Moe Howard from The Three Stooges falls on his side and he’s running in a circle on the ground and pivoting on his shoulder.

Let the record reflect that was a distinctly Curly move.
posted by jedicus at 3:26 PM on May 20, 2022 [9 favorites]

He was dismayed by the mistake and quickly issued a correction on twitter.
posted by rifflesby at 3:33 PM on May 20, 2022 [6 favorites]

He was dismayed by the mistake and quickly issued a correction on twitter.

This is the Timmest thing that ever Timmed.
posted by ursus_comiter at 3:49 PM on May 20, 2022 [2 favorites]

I misread that link as "Tim Hunkin". That was weird.
posted by aleph at 5:18 PM on May 20, 2022

I am here for 1177 pages of Apollo technical documentation.
posted by Verg at 6:08 PM on May 20, 2022 [5 favorites]

TIL that Bradley University has a game design major. What the hell.
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:30 PM on May 20, 2022

I literally bought the hard copy just to fanboi over the NASA stuff, but the game looks like fun, too.

Also, this is a Very Very Heavy Book. The DriveThruRPG page is not kidding when it says "over seven pounds".
posted by hanov3r at 10:29 AM on May 21, 2022 [2 favorites]

This is both peculiar and intriguing.
posted by rmd1023 at 1:18 PM on May 21, 2022 [1 favorite]

This is such a cool idea... Like admitting that a lot of people buy games manuals as art books. And you'll learn something nonfictional if you memorize the "lore" in this one.
posted by subdee at 5:03 AM on May 22, 2022

I'm also wondering about copyright on the NASA manuals lol. I guess none of them are under copyright.
posted by subdee at 5:03 AM on May 22, 2022

subdee: US government publications are (in general) not covered by US copyright and are in the public domain in the US.
posted by rmd1023 at 5:52 AM on May 22, 2022

Okay, I grabbed a copy of the pdf (which does not include the 1100 pages of NASA manuals - giant pdf is much less absurd an object than giant book that can be used as a lethal weapon). This is actually an adorable bit of nerdy improv theater. Very much leaning in to the improv "yes, and..." way of interacting.
posted by rmd1023 at 5:50 AM on May 24, 2022