Strange And Beautiful Are The Stars

About the adventure

BAM! YOINK! ZIP! The world of animation is at your fingertips. From the Golden Age of cinema where cartoon shorts reigned, to the halcyon days of Gen X's Saturday morning rituals, step out of the boring world and into the celluoid dreamscape. Is this is a campaign? How does that even work? Well, first of all, the first and cardinal rule of TOON is--"Act Before You Think!" Don't question it. It's zany fun. But if you feel the need for some continuity, consider this: Eccentric multimillionaires Ernest and Greta Drummond were the mysterious King and Queen of an animation studio that could have rivaled Warner Brothers and MGM--if anyone had seen their work. They commissioned brilliant shorts, employing up-and-coming artists and, later, figures blacklisted from polite Hollywood society. Their works were screened for a single night at a theatre owned by the Drummonds in the backwater town of Munchley, Idaho, before being sealed in a vault, never to be seen again. Now, decades after the Drummonds' disappearance, their lawyers have unsealed that vault as per the directives left by the owners. What follows are a sampling of the genius put to film. This is a game of Toon, where players take on the roles of cartoon characters. Gone are hit points and death. Instead, characters are 'boggled' or 'fall down'--only to get back up in time for the next cartoon (3 minutes). The goal is not to accumulate treasure or defeat monsters; it's to leave your fellow players and the GM (called the Animator) laughing so hard they can't help but applaud. Give Toon a try. Toon is easy. Comedy is hard.