Monsters and Other Childish Things

¿De niño nunca has querido tener un amigo magico como... un unicornio? Seguramente tendria como nombre Dewdrop, y hablaria contigo de tus pensamientos y sentimientos, lejos de todos los adultos y tambien de los matones que te hacian la vida imposible en el colegio... ¡y podrias vivir con el maravillosas aventuras!

Pues si de verdad crees eso, este juego, Monsters and Other Childish Things, es lo que estabas buscando. Si, no parece que sea un juego al uso, y eso es asi porque no lo es...

La verdad es que este juego es asi, los jugadores representan a niños que tienen un maravilloso amigo... salvo que si lo describen realmente como es, acabarian todos en algun lugar con un nombre como Hogar Morning Meadows para Perturbados y Jovenes Psicoticos.
Pues si, tu mejor amigo ¿imaginario? es un monstruo babeante de mas alla del tiempo y del espacio... y eso te puede dar algunos pequeños problemillas con la familia, los amigos, algunos profesores de ciencias chiflados, el director de la escuela, la Oficina de Investigacion de Monstruos (MIB)... lo que sea, tu solo nombralo. Y claro, eso ya complica bastante el tener que explicar por qué tu monstruo se ha comido al profesor sustituto...

Utilizando una version simplificada del sistema One-Roll Engine (O.R.E.) creamos nuestro personaje, dando valor a sus estadisticas y sus habilidades (bastante curiosas, por cierto), asi como a sus relaciones -Papa, Mama, Tio, bicicleta... lo que se te ocurra que creas que va a ser importante para el personaje, y elige con cuidado, que van a tener efectos reales en el juego, y pueden verse dañadas.

Pero el corazon de este juego es indudablemente los monstruos, y para eso nos dedican un Monsters 101 en el propio juego, en donde dejan muchas cosas sin respuesta, o con ella, pero sin decir nada realmente... y nos explican tambien la conexion que existe entre el personaje y el monstruo. Si, tambien hay reglas para crearlos :P

Bueno, el juego en si mismo no tiene una ambientacion propia, pero si nos dan en el propio basico tres posibles campañas, con un buen monton de ideas que desarrollar. Lo que si tengo claro, es que no es un juego al uso, de terror, sino un juego que mezcla el genero con la comedia perfectamente, utilizando un sistema de juego que es ingenioso e inusual, llevando de la mano a niño y monstruo. Y si esto no te gusta, puedes probar el Little Fears, en donde los niños luchan contra los monstruos...

Monsters and Other Childish Things Core Rules Monsters and Other Childish Things is a roleplaying game about kids with pet monsters. Like childhood, its tone is intended to be in parts whimsical and horrific. Kids from age ten up to early teens find themselves bonded to horrors from beyond time and space who want to be their friends, play fun games, and devour the souls of their enemies. The adult world is still reeling from the revelation of monsters, and many can’t help wondering, “Why now?” But while it’s about kids, this game isn’t really meant to be played by kids. Gamer kids could totally handle the mechanics, but I think mostly adults will appreciate the gallows humor and the occasional grownup themes. This is the original version available prior to the publication of Monsters and Other Childish Things: The Completely Monstrous Edition.

Monsters and Other Childish Things The Completely Monstrous Edition Monsters are real. You know because you have one. He's more fun and way tougher than all the other kids' monsters. Try not to let him eat your friends. Monsters and Other Childish Things is a distressingly fun and funny roleplaying game about kids and the relationship-devouring horrors from beyond time and space who love them. Players take the roles of kids and the vicious monsters who are their best friends in all the world -- and the source of all kinds of otherworldly trouble. Monsters and Other Childish Things: The Completely Monstrous Edition is a 180-page, monstrously-complete roleplaying game.

Monsters and Other Childish Things Curriculum of Conspiracy Welcome to Spring Crescent Middle School. It's an overachieving, high-scoring institution, and all the grownups say you're lucky to be there. Sure you are. You're the new kid. With a troublesome monster for a best friend. And some of those teachers sure have been giving you funny looks. Don't you feel lucky? Curriculum of Conspiracy is a complete game setting and adventure for the roleplaying game Monsters and Other Childish Things. Curriculum of Conspiracy features dozens of enemies and potential allies, all of them alternately entertaining and creepy, and plenty of opportunities for monstrous action and suspense. There's the bell -- time for home room. Have a nice first day at school.

Monsters and Other Childish Things Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor This is a tale of sorrow and woe, waiting only for you to tell it. The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor sees doleful foundlings with murky pasts in a great, dreary orphanage filled with dangerous truths. Players together face the monstrous dangers of their new home and uncover their own forgotten secrets. Can you learn the truth of your own sad history? And can you make friends with the monster at the bottom of the well? How about the one in the rickety old mill? Or the one in the cave by the sea? Or the one. . . . The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor is a sourcebook for the roleplaying game Monsters and Other Childish Things, written by Benjamin Baugh and illustrated by Rob Mansperger. It features ghouish humor, grin-worthy chills, and innovative guidelines for creating storylines and characters all loaded with mystery.

Monsters and Other Childish Things Bigger Bads Bigger Bads is a new sourcebook for the multi-Ennie Award-nominated roleplaying game Monsters and Other Childish Things. Bigger Bads is written by Monsters creator Benjamin Baugh and illustrated by Robert Mansperger. Bigger Bads introduces REALLY big monsters to the game, along with fun new rules options, new options for “weird kids” with their own monstrous powers, a new campaign setting, and a ton (actually, a LOT of tons) of new antagonists. Bigger Bads was sponsored directly by diehard fans of Monsters and Other Childish Things in a January 2010 fundraiser at Kickstarter.com. Thanks to their support we are proud to bring this fun book to game stores everywhere! Bigger Bads features . . . New rules for HUGE monsters. New optional combat rules for kids and monsters. New “weird kid” powers. New rules for making major hazards and disasters a part of the action. A new campaign setting, Go Go Monster Force Zeta! Loads of new antagonists! Corporate monster Levi A. Than . . . Mi-Go’Jirrah the mighty Fungus Lizard . . . Your (Hot) New Stepmom (from California) . . . and dozens more.

Monsters and Other Childish Things Road Trip The Best Summer Vacation Ever . . . and maybe the last! A crazy cult plans to destroy the world -- not just a school or the boring grown-up shops at the mall, but the WHOLE WORLD -- and it’s up to you to stop them. Now you and your friends, and your horrible friendly monsters, are taking on the Cult of the Ur-Monster from one end of the United States to the other. You'll explore creepy amusement parks, dusty tourist traps, and quaint roadside farms in the throes of violent revolution. Also, the land of Oz. ROAD TRIP is a full-length adventure campaign for the roleplaying game Monsters and Other Childish Things, with nine complete adventures, ideas for plenty of extra weirdness the players might encounter on the way, and six full-color, full-size postcards from some of the strangest places in America. ROAD TRIP is written by Ross Payton (Curriculum of Conspiracy) and illustrated by Monsters and Other Childish Things artist Robert Mansperger, Jr., with color postcards by Kate Ashwin, K.C. Green, Violet Kirk and Ean Moody. Gas up the van, put ice in the cooler, and don’t forget the trail mix. It’s time to hit the road!

Monsters and Other Childish Things SkyMaul You're flying across the country! Along with a few teachers, parents, and classmates—and your horrible, awesome monster. And you’re not alone in the sky. Can you survive the Terror at 35,000 feet? "SkyMaul" is a complete adventure for the roleplaying game Monsters and Other Childish Things. Written by Arc Dream Publishing’s Shane Ivey (Wild Talents, Delta Green: Eyes Only) and illustrated by Rob Mansperger (Monsters and Other Childish Things, The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor), "SkyMaul" has all the ingredients for a funny, spooky night of gaming: Take one kid per player and one pet monster per kid, add a plane full of bystanders and a heaping helping of Evil, and you're ready to cook. Just add dice.

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