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What games have you run from PDF

Started by aramis, September 17, 2009, 06:59:55 AM

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Dirk Remmecke

#15
September 21, 2009, 11:27:22 AM
Savage Worlds Test Drive - of course I did a printout; I even did a German translation (that was before the publication of the 1st edition hardcover).

Donjon Krawl (by Clinton R. Nixon, later renamed Donjon) - again, I printed it; not from a PDF though, I believe it was a HTML page that I made into a Word doc.

Inter Alia - a long-forgotten, Over the Edge-style, minimalistic, universal rule engine. Printed.

Since I don't want to have a computer running and humming at my gaming table I have to print all PDFs I intend to use.
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September 21, 2009, 02:56:53 PM
Quote from: aramis;331901Since the topic is implied in a few other threads...

What games that you got in PDF have you run, and did you print out the game?


Dead Meat - Sean Wipfli - loads of fun on a few sparse pages.  I printed the pages out.  

d20 Modern - WotC - Run from a laptop

Star Wars D6 - WEG - Run from a laptop

Active Exploits - Precis Intermedia - An occult/WWII homebrew setting.  I think I printed the skill list, but everything else was on PDF.  However, the first few times we played I didn't have access to the PDF during gameplay (pre-laptop).

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Claudius

#17
September 21, 2009, 03:05:33 PM
I've always been a diehard fan of physical books, but I'm starting to appreciate the advantages of printing PDFs.

So far, I've printed PDFs of supplements of The Riddle of Steel (The Flower of Battle, Of Beasts and Men, and The Companion) for a game that unfortunately folded, and the PDF of Usagi Yojimbo. I've got those PDFs in book version too, and books are great for recreational reading, but for actual play, I prefer printed and bound PDFs.

I no longer have a laptop, but even if I had it, I'd never use it to run a game. What if anything happens to the laptop?
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#18
September 22, 2009, 03:42:03 AM
I've never run a game exclusively from PDF.

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September 22, 2009, 03:42:13 AM
I've never run a game exclusively from PDF.

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Kyle Aaron

#20
September 22, 2009, 04:02:02 AM
I should note that I don't have a proper printer, so I rely on players to print things; sometimes they don't manage to. And I always GM at home, if I were having to schlep the laptop around - well, I wouldn't, I'd print something out.

Mostly it's just homebrewed systems like GAMERS. But with those, the rules are so simple I don't have to look things up on the pdf anyway. The file sits there open on my laptop just in case.
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September 23, 2009, 01:50:11 AM
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