Odd Gods is a '90s-style RPG about the '90s

Paul Bellow · Nov 7, 2017

Two things are notable about the pre-alpha demo of Odd Gods I'm playing. One is the characters I choose from: either a modern-day skate kid or goth. Soon I meet a Scotsman from three centuries earlier armed with a saber, who becomes my companion, and the two of us explore a building full of junk from different eras, find some secret doors and a half-finished ritual, and fight cultists. Which brings me to the second notable thing.

I gave orders to both characters, but they didn't complete those orders until I hit end turn—at which point my opponents moved as well. When I took a shot at an enemy the hooded jerk ran out of the way and the shot went wide. When I aimed a kick at a cultist, they retaliated in kind and we knocked each other to the floor like a scene out of a slapstick comedy.

Odd Gods is an RPG about time, in both its story and its systems. The main characters are time-traveling kids from the '90s who pick up companions from other timelines as they bounce between them, and the combat combines turn-based and real-time in a way that's reminiscent of Frozen Synapse but hasn't been done in many other games.
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Odd Gods is a '90s-style RPG about the '90s

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