So after several years of not doing a RPG game my Vietnam War/Shadowrun (1st) session "Jungle Hike" has been played with complete strangers over at a youth centre. The resonance at the end was pretty good. The session was peppered with Vietnam War references and the player characters went through a two-year boot camp to make them ready for Vietnam in 2050. And there a certain notorious drill sergeant gave them nicknames just like in "Full Mithril Jacket":



- Fortunate Son

- Medusa

- Movie Monster

- Tranquility

- Valkyrie

- Wrecking Ball



There were a few moments where PCs could earn tokens to avoid future encounters via answering questions via a quick quiz which would present itself via an encounter with NPCs. Those questions referred to the Trashmen, Paint it black, Surfin Bird and We gotta get outa this place. There were also easter eggs hidden in the true names of some of the characters.