Nice review! So good, in fact, that this quote regarding clichés:

"They can run from general and broad (Barbarian, Super Spy, Galactic
Mercenary) to weird and specific (Brooding Teen Vampire, Roller-Skating
Waitress, *William Shatner*)."


...gave me a rather interesting thought. I crossed paths with one other
Shatner reference today that would be genius as a Risus adventure module.
It's intriguing as a book, but I believe this would be pure comedy gold in
comedy RPG form:

*Shatnerquake! <http://www.amazon.com/Shatnerquake-Jeff-Burk/dp/1933929820>*
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*[image:
Shatnerquake]<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1933929820/ref=dp_image_0?\
ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books>
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*For the link afeared:*

Product Description
It's Shatner VS Shatners!

William Shatner? William Shatner. WILLIAM SHATNER!!! It's the first
ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed
terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that worships Bruce
Campbell, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly
sucked into our world. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the real William
Shatner.

Featuring: Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny Crane, Rescue 911 Shatner, Singer
Shatner, Shakespearean Shatner, Twilight Zone Shatner, Cartoon Kirk,
Esperanto Shatner, Priceline Shatner, SNL Shatner, and - of course - William
Shatner!

No costumed con-goer will be spared in their wave of destruction, no
redshirt will make it out alive, and not even the Klingons will be able to
stand up to a deranged Captain Kirk with a lightsaber. But these
Shatner-clones are about to learn a hard lesson...that the real William
Shatner doesn't take crap from anybody. Not even himself.

It's Shatnertastic!


*Yes, it would be an entire adventuring party of Shatner parodies hunting
down the nefarious and elusive Shatner Prime chalk full of over-the-top
explosive Shatner action. The entire night would basically boil down to
everyone doing the one impression EVERYONE can do in some hilarious form or
another: Shatner. Each player's unique spin of said impression only adds to
the army of Shatner variations aspect that fills his many different
incarnations.*

When imagining such a game, I find myself afraid to even go down the road as
I can't help but imagine all the pain I would be in from laughing for hours
straight. With loss of breath, I believe I would, in fact, seriously fear
for my life. But what a way to go....

Cheers,
Brian Dean Jennings

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:16 PM, S. John Ross <sjohn@...> wrote:

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> http://www.blackgate.com/2009/05/26/risus-rules-lite-to-the-min/
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> A new review of Risus, by Ryan Harvey at Black Gate
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> || In That Order
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