You gotta pledge to Messhof, the man drops games like they're blog posts. You Found The Grappling Hook is so retro, yet so crisp, a re-imagining of the old grapple-hook mechanic done with post-modern irony.
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Everything Cool in Games -- OUT of the Mainstream
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The most telling aspect of carry is its subtitle. Most RPGs, as proud descendants of wargames, are games of war. carry is a game about war. The Vietnam war to be exact, but also war in general. The game doesn't focus on the combat; the focus is on how the combat affects the people in the war.
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