Other Genres?

By Lindsey, in The Crystal Ball and The Wishing Well

It seems like Fantasy Flight likes to have a game or two in all the major genres of fiction -- Fantasy, of course, but also Science Fiction (Twilight Imperium, Starcraft, Battlestar Galactica, Cosmic), Horror (Arkham Horror, Fury of Dracula), Superheroes (the now missing Marvel Heroes), Noir/Mystery (Android), Anime (Anima), Epic Adventure (Beowulf, Conan), and War (Tide of Iron, Tannhaeuser).

So... What have they missed? Here's what comes to mind for me:

  • Westerns
  • Post-apocolypse
  • Courtroom/legal
  • Superheroes (now that Marvel Heroes is no longer in print)
  • Giant robots
  • Sports
  • Suspense/Thriller (maybe Cold War counts? I haven't played it.)

Oh, and Romance. Gotta have a Romance game. ;)

I'm all for another (better) Superheros game definitely, and a good Western game, particularly if it has a tactical element of gunfights like the old SPI game Gunslinger.

I would like to see a good Kaiju, giant monsters and robots destroying a city game.

I'm always up for a superhero game, but am getting tired of the constant disappointment.

A post apocalyptic, death race, game would be fun. Think Formula De with guns.

I'd like to play a good Haunted House game since no one can afford Betrayal at House on the Hill anymore.

I'd also like to see games with FFG quality, but a 20-45 minute playing time.

I'm on board for the western game, a superhero game that is not like Marvel Superheroes (it just didnt work for me), and always more horror games. I always imagined a Descent/Arkham Horror combo.

As far as Betrayal at House on the Hill, there's a reprint coming in 2010 with some new haunts and other stuff. It's posted on the geekdo website so check it out.

Oh, and the Godzilla game. I want that, too. I fondly remember playing the Creature That Ate Sheboygan as a kid.

Yeah, I'd be in for the giant rubber monster game, too. Certainly somebody needs to knock down Tokyo Tower.

Descent/Arkham Horror sounds like a good mix to me. Maybe the Overlord could be automated somehow, making it a fully cooperative game like AH? The Ancient Ones are supposed to use incomprehensible alien logic, so strange card-dictated tactics might make a weird kind of sense.

Fantasy Flight used to have a game called "Wreckage," which I think was in the death race direction.

For a western game, I'd favor some character and a little story mixed in with the gunfight tactics. Don't ask me how they should manage that, though.

Another missing genre is Martial Arts.

Or some family game.