Infinite Typewriters for Everyone

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

According to the BBC, there is apparently another large group of monkeys on the internet with typewriters. Better yet, according to - they've quite close to completing the works of Shakespeare.

Should we aim for the works of William Burroughs next, or a cogent RPG system? Let us just hope we use this power for good and not evil.

[Rob Lang]

BBC do a bit of shoddy reporting now and again and sadly this is a case of it. It's not a thought experiment at all, it's a mathematical certainty to demonstrate the properties of infinity.

I think choosing 16/17th Century bardic ramblings is a bit boring. Let's go Kerouac or Hunter S Thompson. The stream of consciousness seen through the eyes of someone chemically losing touch with reality.

[misterecho]

A gonzo rpg? now there's a thought!

[Groffa]

But what type of RPG do you suggest running for a bunch of monkeys? I'm thinking diceless, very free form. And certainly not using bananas for fate tokens.

[Rob Lang]

Freeform is a bad idea but too much crunch is bad. Even simple rulesets can be a pain. I'd choose Risus or Sketch I think.

[vulpinoid]

I'm running FUBAR for 40+ monkeys at a convention this weekend.

I figured it'd be appropriate to run a game with a name that was a self-fulfilling prophecy for the events about to unfold.

[SheikhJahbooty]

If they are Howler Monkeys we can expect Ginsberg pretty soon.

bada tsh-----!

I'm so sorry, but the pun had a gun.

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

The funny thing is that I read BBC because its less shoddy than the local reporting.

So, table top Naked Lunch vs Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas... Well, I'd mention another but rule number one is we're not allowed to talk about the Fight Club RPG. (On your first night in RPG club, everybody roleplays?)

"My first impression of Gandalf was of a young Gene Autry - trim, thin-hipped, blue-eyed, with a real Anórien accent - a sideburned hero of the snowy West." - Kerouac reads Lord of the Rings...

Or for the truly amusing - look into the Novel "" - available freely through the Creative Commons license. Short summary: Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs take a road trip to Ryleh.