Any games, module, intersting experiments?

  • anaximander
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    Two games I really really to run right now.

    One is Lancer. As much as I love fantasy games, the sci-fi setting looks like a nice change and battlemechs are cool. The character creation and levelling mechanics are interesting and I like the way you can reconfigure your setup so easily.

    The other is the fantasy TTRPG I’m writing myself. Its current working title is Saga, and it’s loosely inspired by ideas from D&D, Lancer, Fate, and my own experiments in game design. The aim is something more structured than Fate but more story-focused than D&D where non-combat challenges are given more emphasis and mechanical support.

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      Its current working title is Saga

      Somewhere, an Activision-Blizzard-King lawyer just got a nosebleed

      Lol JK but I am actually interested, I’d love to play-test someday!

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      My group is doing Lancer next. I’ve done a few one shots, and I like it. Rules are softer and more Fate-like out of battle, and super crunchy in it.

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    Homebrew stonepunk setting with GURPS

    Duskvol with HERO (don’t care much for FitD, but the setting seemed cool)

    AD&D 2nd Edition game in a post-cataclysmic Forgotten Realms, where magic is only done by specialty priests and thus cults are getting increasingly important. Basically a mixture between regular FR, those wu xia movies with lots of hidden sects and the cults of RuneQuest.

    Speaking of RuneQuest, now that BRP/ORC is out, I want to use it for something. Torn between a Qin dynasty not-quite-Wu Xia game and MERP-style Middle Earth.

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      Huh. Tried posting this response before, but Jerbo apparently ate my post.

      I frickin love GURPS Ice Age supplement. But never have run it for two reasons:

      1. After years of consideration I’ve come to the conclusion that I just don’t particularly like GURPS as a system.
      2. I can never think of stone age scenarios that feel compelling in my mind. Not sure what quality would quite seem satisfying.

      But still have some fascination with a dawn of humanity type setting.

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        @PTR_K Well, of course every group and individual has their own rules preferences. I kinda like GURPS, it fits my mental model quite well.
        But my conception of “stonepunk” wouldn’t mean ice age/neolithic in a pure/historical form, as I’m not that fond of Quest for Fire/Clan of the Cave Bear storylines. Mixing in a bit of spirit-based religion or even Sword & Sorcery would be possible, but my conception of “stonepunk” would go quite beyond that. Meso-america mixed with early dynastic egypt and mesopotamia, with some anachronistic tech based on “weird rocks”.

        @Red_Ed

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    Hot Spring Island its just so interesting.

    Worlds without Number, I love the way rules and spells are described using natural language.

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      I was involved for a short playtest of Stonetop, but wasn’t impress with the mechanics of the game. It claims it is a game about your community but, once again, there is no real mechanics for it. Playing as the Judge (?!?) playbook the best social mechanic I had for a problem in the community was to declare it Anathema and hit it with the hammer for +1d6 damage…

      I wish there was some more focus on the actual personal nteractions and community side. But it was my impression that is again a bait and switch game. It claims is about building a community but doesn’t really offer much in regards to interacting with said community. My feeling for the intended gameplay was that it wants you to go into the forest, fight things, get loot and then spend it to buy something for the town. But that short last bit is not exactly a big part of the gameplay, so calling it the focus is a bit bait-and-switchy imo.

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    I am personally keep thinking about The Halls of Arden Vul, seems like an awesome thing to run. But I have to admit it’s a bit intimidating due to size and complexity and I can’t, for the life of me, decide what system to run it with. But it’s been there brewing at the back of my head for almost two years now…

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      and I can’t, for the life of me, decide what system to run it with.

      There’s a youtube channel called 3d6 Down The Line having a blast playing through it right now, and they’re using the Old School Essentials rules.

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        I know it, I’ve been watching them. But OSE is not quite right for me. So far I think the closer to what I want would be either AD&D2e or Hyperborea.

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    I’m looking forward to running my own fantasy setting I’ve been dreaming up, and Knave 2e looks like it should cover my system needs. Until I get the physical book from the kickstarter, I’ll be working on world building. I don’t have anything to show off here yet.

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    Games: I recently purchased a set of Genesys dice. I’d like to use them someday.

    Modules: On my shelf, I have a copy of “Odyssey of the Dragonlords” just waiting to be used. However, my bestie is a big fan of greek myth, so I need to make sure she’d be able to play it with me or it’d just feel mean.

    Modules (Part 2): I’ve recently gotten into writing my own adventures, and have a pair of murder mysteries almost ready to go. I’m not sure if they’re well-made or not, but there’s really only one way to find out.

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    I recently backed a FATE-based game called Monster Rangers. It’s an occult-pulp old timey scouting adventure and looks like an absolute blast to play!

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    I really want to run Alien RPG. Specifically the cinematic scenarios. I really like the concept of everyone having they’re own agenda and sometimes having to work against each other. Unfortunately I don’t have many interested friends so it’s hard getting to the table.

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    The games I want to run right now are:

    • Forbidden Lands
    • Swords of the Serpentine
    • Ultraviolet Grasslands
    • Delta Green
    • Trophy Dark
    • Electric Bastionland