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Closest RPG book to you right now

Started by TheShadow, July 22, 2008, 09:06:58 AM

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TheShadow

July 22, 2008, 09:06:58 AM
As I sit here, there's a copy of Avalon Hill's Runequest Deluxe at my elbow. If I were in my office, the answer would be the complete Dragon Warriors set (minus book 5). To the sometime amusement of my colleagues.

So what have you got next to you at the moment?
You can shake your fists at the sky. You can do a rain dance. You can ignore the clouds completely. But none of them move the clouds.

- Dave "The Inexorable" Noonan solicits community feedback before 4e\'s release

Danger

#1
July 22, 2008, 09:28:48 AM
Ah, to my left in the midst of my clutter lies the Serenity and Warhammer rpgs and in the top drawer of the cabinet just behind me is the 1st edition d20 Star Wars rpg.
I start from his boots and work my way up. It takes a good half a roll to encompass his jolly round belly alone. Soon, Father Christmas is completely wrapped in clingfilm. It is not quite so good as wrapping Roy but it is enjoyable nonetheless and is certainly a feather in my cap.

Caesar Slaad

#2
July 22, 2008, 09:31:06 AM
Physically? I don't carry books with me to work, but I have a printout of Spycraft Mission random tables from Spycraft (1.0) Agency in my backpack to serve as inspiration for plotting my GenCon game.

Electronically, I've got a ton of stuff on my flash drive... including every Spycraft 2.0 book (and most 1.0 books), Spirit of the Century, the D20 SRD, a slew of oft used D20 supplements (hyperconscious, untapped potential, Postmodern: fantastic classes, etc.) and adventures (the adventure begins, Rappan Athuk, City of Brass) and ComStar/Avenger and QLI Traveller stuff, and a smattering of other games.
The Secret Volcano Base: my intermittently updated RPG blog.

Running: Pathfinder Scarred Lands, Mutants & Masterminds, Masks, Starfinder, Bulldogs!
Playing: Sigh. Nothing.
Planning: Some Cyberpunk thing, system TBD.

KenHR

#3
July 22, 2008, 09:33:08 AM
Like Caesar Slaad, I have a bunch of stuff on a flash drive: Traveller Book, Runebearer, a bunch of Judges' Guild stuff and a few Basic D&D modules.

In my bag next to me I have the Moldvay/Cook B/X books.
For fuck\'s sake, these are games, people.

And no one gives a fuck about your ignore list.


Gompan
band - other music

Sweeney

#4
July 22, 2008, 09:42:18 AM
D&D 3.0 Monster Manual. (It's heavy, flat, and holds my ashtray. I can never have too many surfaces.)

I don't remember why, but the next closest book is Nobilis. :) (Not a good surface -- those D&D 3 books are friggin indestructable.)
 

Ian Absentia

#5
July 22, 2008, 09:43:20 AM
Traveller, Book 1: Characters and Combat, 1979 printing.  I've kept it in my work stachel for months now.  Everway is currently on my nightstand, though.

!i!

mhensley

#6
July 22, 2008, 09:47:35 AM
Gurps Low Tech is sitting in my car where I'll finish reading it at lunch today.

droog

#7
July 22, 2008, 09:50:32 AM
It would appear to be Trollbabe, though a set of Burning Wheel books I really must return is nearly as close.
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

Gang of Four
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dar

#8
July 22, 2008, 09:54:22 AM
GURPS Traveller: Starports

GURPS Traveller: the signed and numbered Traveller 25th anniversary collectors edition.

Dirk Remmecke

#9
July 22, 2008, 10:01:57 AM
In less than an arm's reach I have
  • Quicklink/Far Future's reprint of the Traveller Basic Books #1-3.
  • Microlite20
Swords & Wizardry & Manga ... oh my.
(Beware. This is a Kickstarter link.)

TheShadow

#10
July 22, 2008, 10:08:26 AM
Hmm, GURPS and Traveller both making a surprisingly strong showing...if I move the radius further out from my desk, I've got the GDW Traveller Book on a shelf just behind me, along with some Rolemaster stuff and T&T 7th ed.
You can shake your fists at the sky. You can do a rain dance. You can ignore the clouds completely. But none of them move the clouds.

- Dave "The Inexorable" Noonan solicits community feedback before 4e\'s release

Allensh

#11
July 22, 2008, 10:16:13 AM
Closest at hand is my playtest materials for Cubicle 7's Doctor Who RPG, sitting next to my keyboard.

Next closest is my Traveller rulebook and the Spinward Marches supplement (new versions of both) on a card table a few feet behind me.

Allen

joewolz

#12
July 22, 2008, 10:54:07 AM
My 7th Sea GM's Guide is closest to me at the moment.
-JFC Wolz
Co-host of 2 Gms, 1 Mic

jrients

#13
July 22, 2008, 10:58:34 AM
Equidistant from me in a pile on top of the printer and within easy reach are the following:

Encounter Critical softcover
my ODD houserules notebook
Moldvay Basic D&D
Cook Expert D&D
Modules X1, L1, and A4
Mutant Future
Kinko's-printed spiral-bound omnibus of Mazes & Minotaurs and its first three supplements
Jeff Rients
My gameblog

Mcrow

#14
July 22, 2008, 11:02:09 AM
Roma Imperious, it's about 200 feet away in the trunk of my car in a parking ramp.
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