(Top Secret) Sporty Spice, Counter Espionage Agent- #CharacterCreationChallenge - Day 22

Way back in October, I set goals for my "gaming year" which runs, October through September.  Most involve painting (and playing with) more gnomes of some sort or at least getting the kids back at the table, chucking dice, playing cards, and moving minis.  I've still got time to get those projects moving forward a bit more, but the final one caught some readers off guard.

Top Secret: Spice Girls

And not the more user friendly, more cinematic Top Secret/SI.  No, I own a copy of the original rules, with all the chart-strewn goodness. 

With a deep, gravely voice, Wannabe is one of my go-to Karaoke songs, so I have a friendly knowledge of the 90's mega-group.  But I will barely admit to watching four different music videos and a whole twelve minutes to get an idea of what Sporty Spice is all about, much less moving to stat out all of the girls.  

Like an obtuse GDW product, Top Secret is poorly written and even more poorly organized, but with a good reference sheet, the game could be a lot of fun to those who love crunch.

Secret Agent Sporty Spice (aka Melanie, aka Mel C), Counter Espionage Agent
Height 5'6"   132 lbs

Primary Personal Traits

Physical Strength  76
Charm                  42
Willpower            83
Courage               74
Knowledge          56    Languages, English, Japanese, and Chinese.
Co-ordination      93

Secondary Personal Traits: 
Offense:              83
Deception:          58
Evasion:              67
Deactivation:        74
Life Level:          10
Movement Value: 252

Tertiary Personal Traits
Hand to Hand Combat Value  143 
Surprise                                   125 

Areas of Knowledge  Ecology/Earth Sciences   86%, Physical Education  86%,  Computer Science 86%, Geography 86%,  Education: Construction 86%.  Language: English (Native) 89%,  Chinese 49%, Japanese 40%

#RPGaDay2021 - Day 29 - Spice Girls the RPG, Using Top Secret

Day 29 of #RPGaDay2021 and they finally drop "SYSTEM" on us... on a single word weekend no less?

 Like a bad clickbait website, let's list all the options that 8 years of #RPGaDay has given us.

First System Purchased: Red Box D&D

Favorite Game System:  AD&D 2nd Edition still get the nod, although Call of Cthulhu is closing in.

Favorite System I Never Get to Play:  Still goes to Talislanta, although it's been awhile since I played Call of Cthulhu.

Favorite System I Stopped Playing:  The list grows longer as the years pass, but GURPS still tops it.

With that out of the way, let's talk  obscure games and the Spice Girls.

Ever since we started singing "Wannabe" as a gag at Karaoke back in college, the Spice Girls have taken over a disturbed part of my soul.  I've managed to include them in some of one-off online games, involving  Kim Cattrall, and formerly introducing Pumpkin Spice into the fold.

I've used Risus, and would be happy to do so again, if the time and mood struck me.  

However, I have a bit of a death wish.  I'd like to set up the Spice Girls RPG along the guidelines of the oldest System I still own - The original Top Secret. 

This might be the level of crunch to kill the concept, but I own the boxed set, and I think it would make a great project for me to set up and run with the guys, possibly face-to-face when that is feasible.  I daresay, once the characters and backgrounds are generated, this might be my new, definitely "weird" convention game.  

Stay Tuned!