The Warriors meets Necromunda? Genre Notes 03/03/2012

[kitrok]

I got the novel and I've begun reading it. 

[kitrok]

I'm about half-way through the novel. 

Wow, the Family - the protoganist group in the story - are a bit messed up; they are certainly anti-heroes and the violence they cause at the half-way mark is horrifying.  I don't remember the movie being like that but I'll watch it after I complete the book.  I've got some ideas already.

According to a concept in the book; the majority of these "J.D." (Juvenile Delinquent) members are between 14 and 20 years of age.  They are outsiders to organized crime and have little access to fire-arms, but those do exist.  The prophet "Ismael" alludes to there being about 20,000 active members within NYC. 

There something else; I'm not quite sure what a "tank" is as referred to in the book, but I think it may be a large car.  It is possibly designated for running over people?   

[kitrok]

I finished the novel.  Yikes, the main character is a mess.  It's a really good story and the ending is very appropriate.  I'm thinking that the movie is where I need to go next because that is what I mostly remember from my younger days. 

In the version 1.3 of the MEST Basic Rules I threw in some sample assemblies for the "Inner City Jive" sample genre.  It's really sketchy (as are the rest of the sample genres) and doesn't include the proposed features identified above by aggro84.

[aggro84]

I haven't started the book yet, but I just rewatched the movie a couple times last week.
It was still a lot of fun.