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Re:Send the Barbarian in First by munificent on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:36PM (#16275640)
Oh, God, this makes me imagine what it would be like to play a corporate-bureaucracy themed tabletop RPG.
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by dbcurtis on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:48PM (#16275776)
I can imagine it, but..... I hope the dungeon master has a good sense of humor. I could be hilarious, or it could be very, very dark.

The idea makes me recall one day when I was driving with daugher, and I did a "What?? Oh.. chuckle" and she says: "What's up?" -- me: "The sign on that building says 'Realty World', but in a quick glance I misread it as 'Reality World'". Her: "Reality World? The graphics are totally imersive and the physics engine is perfect, but the game play often sucks."

Re:Send the Barbarian in First by summerdown2 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:01PM (#16275907)
Brings to mind this cartoon:

https://www.shopontheborderlands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/20...

And, of course, the ultimate spirit of a corporate-bureaucracy themed RPG would probably be Paranoia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)

Re:Send the Barbarian in First by tech2 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:35PM (#16276824)
Oh how I miss that game. Robot Imana 665C, Clones in space, Daisy-R-YLW. Good times (and by that I mean a lot of shouting, name-calling, insinuations about mutant powers and secret affiliations...). Yeah, good times :)
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by mcguire on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:41PM (#16277357)
Who did that cartoon? I recognize the style,....
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by thedailymail on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:45PM (#16279508)
It's by Will McLean, who did artwork for early AD&D manuals and Dragon magazine.
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by tvon on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:56PM (#16276460)
Reminds me of this post to r/writingprompts somewhat recently:

> [WP] A barbarian warlord, a goblin king, a mighty necromancer, and a dark elven high priestess meet for one reason... To play Suburbs and SUVs, the hottest mundane suburban family Tabletop RPG!

https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/7pf9gr/wp_a...

Re:Send the Barbarian in First by flyinfungi on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:19PM (#16276683)
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by Kostchei on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:30PM (#16279468)
Nope, that's the opposite of luck. Run!
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by digi_owl on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:41PM (#16275698)
Paranoia?
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by andrewflnr on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:43PM (#16279134)
A Laundry Files rpg might be fun. Bonus points if the bureaucracy encounters are scarier than the eldritch monsters.
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by jokermatt999 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:04PM (#16279389)
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by justinpombrio on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:04PM (#16279214)
I still get little shivers thinking about paperclip audits.
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by Pamar on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:56PM (#16278320)
Here you go: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1106063658/papers-and-p...

(Backed it and received it but haven't read yet)

Re:Send the Barbarian in First by harlanlewis on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:40PM (#16276304)
You might be interested in the podcast Offices and Bosses, in which fantasy-world characters improv their way through a D&D-style game for our everyday world. (a spin-off of Hello From The Magic Tavern, which is pretty funny itself).
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by shabda on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:50PM (#16275795)
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by swombat on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:05PM (#16277062)
You could just join a company that runs Holacracy... it’s like a board game for the company rules. Not strictly RPG - but it does have roles...
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by achileas on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:40PM (#16275685)
This would be immensely fun to create
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by walshemj on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:50PM (#16276955)
Paranoia would fit the bill
Re:Send the Barbarian in First by porker on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:38PM (#16275660)
Bring it on!