Rider Game Concepts

Other concepts, or modifications, can be suggested

Once a player chooses a given series to base their powers on, that series' mythos gets added to the pile and mixed into the setting, unlocking NPCs and other plots. Reinterpretations will be applied liberally, however. Some options will allow for additional series to be added in as well, for NPCs only.


Options:

Invasion - The Multiversal Decade Empire has attacked your world, threatening total conquest, or even worse. But a plucky few have gathered the Drivers of this world to fight back.
Concept: Fight against the big bad army and its collaborators
PCs: Probably a normal-sized RPG party
Non-PC series: The armies of the 4 Century Kings
Mechanics: Yes, probably something like Blades In The Dark or Spire, to balance action with having to avoid notice

XECT-Com - The Kaijin attacks intensify daily, but still no government has figured out where they are coming from. They pin all their hopes on The Foundation, who have gathered the best and brightest from around the reponse team to unravel this mystery, and stop it from undoing civilisation.
Concept: Start with the basest of base forms, building up an arsenal, but also studying the enemy
PCs: Probably a normal-sized RPG party
Non-PC Series: No
Mechanics: At least some way to track research, equipment, and enemy progress

Secret War - It is the Swinging 70s, the Cold War is icy, and behind the scenes, super-terrorists and monster cults are on the rise. Travel the world, to a variety of locations more sexy than the last, and apply justice and kicks to the problems of international relations!
Concept - That one meme of a bunch of toku heroes doing random shit all over the world, but also its a bond movie and you're all bond
PC: This will be fairly open, I'd imagine a bunch of individual adventure with a couple of you meeting, then jetting off to seperate other adventures
Non-PC Series: Other toku cameos
Mechanics: Maybe not?

Mirror War - The world seems normal, but, on the other side of the glass, something is happening. To stop it breaking through, you'll need a Mirror Driver, to take the fight to the other side. But if you don that belt, you are making a contract...
Concept: Rider action, but also it might be a Grail War?
PCs: Capped at 13, otherwise open
Non-PC Series: Ryuki and/or Dragon Knight, nothing else.
Mechanics: Maybe?

Battle Fight - You took the card. Maybe for power, maybe for eternal life, maybe you were tricked. But now there's an Undead inside you, granting you a new transformation, and a dire warning: Someone must win the Fight, to determine the Earths future.
Concept: Mirror War, but with higher states and even more pressure to kill each other
PCs: Open, casualties expected?
Non-PC series: Blade is sorta mandatory. Maybe also W?
Mechanics: Possibly some kind of stress mechanic, or something else to encourage PVP

MultiLiner - Sometimes, people lose their identity, or their history, or even their entire world. But even if they have no place to exist, they might still have a journey to go on. That pass allows them on the train that rides between worlds, but at each stop, someone will have to get out, and put something right...
Concept: Quantum Leap, Sliders, and Loki, other episodic world-hopping
PCs: Free and easy, drop in and out of the carriages and the missions as you like
Non-PC series: Den-O if unchosen, probably also Decade. Others could be cameos
Mechanics: Maybe?

Jet Set Rider-0 - In the Castle Town of Zaname, where the Sky Wall connects and the Three Kingdoms can interact, bored teens seek the latest fad to compete with each other for turf and cred. Dance battles, Fullbottle Tagging, and Inves fights are old news: Now, Drivers are appearing, and the gangs who get those can do the sickest shit, and even stick it to the man.
Concept: Gaim, but even more about gangs of kids trying to style on each other. Maybe also a bit more Yugioh?
PCs: Unsure how many PC gangs I'm ok with, but maybe a few, with a couple of PCs in each
Non-PC series: Gaim obviously, Build, probably not others
Mechanics: Maybe something to manage street cred, turf, or similar gang stuff

Desire Grand Prix - The city needs heroes! Kaijin from everywhere, threatening the people! But, we know not everyone wants to be a hero, or fight out of the goodness of their heart. How about we make a little game of this? Winner will get their heart's desire...Don't worry about the loser:
Concept: Competitive PVE, also more of that 'Build up from base form' idea
PCs: High numbers permitted, but possibly high turnover?
Non-PC series: Potentially
Mechanics: A points system, obviously, but also ways to power up? Also a round structure?