Final Thoughts

It was a great tournament. I have never played a Lycaon before in RSBM so I was shocked how effective leap and vicious were together. Next time I would cost leap at +9 so either the signatures would be fewer for Copeira or Dee Jay's attributes would have to be lower.

Thoughts of overall play:

I really enjoyed playing this tournament. I was surprised how easily the Punch Out Your Lights from Red Sand Brown Sky supplement rules with the RSBM Signatures created a convincing MMA enviroment.

I used Shield Bash to simulate legs sweeps and throws. Bite and Tail attacks were used to simulate choke holds and bear hugs. This worked with decent results.

I considered using the Net Attack to represent grappling and ground fighting but it really didn't work right.

I was thrilled with how all the elements of these kinds of tournaments shown in movies were here.

• The single punch knockout.
• The tough guy who takes a beating but pulls it out at the end.
• Long drawn out fights between defensive style fighters
• Offensive styles fighters finishing fights fast

The defensive abilities work well with numerous turns have multiple retakes and ending in a standstill

Even the longest fight was well less that 2 hours. Most of the fights were in the 20 to 40 minutes range.

I can really envision rule set being built on RSBM mechanics using the Punch Out Your Lights rules and creating a few signatures and developing special attacks that properly represent MMA fighting.

I had a wonderful time. I hope you enjoyed reading my reports.

Tom