What obscure RPG would you love to see become mainstream

kosmos1214 · February 16, 2016, 06:17:27 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;879394True, but there are hardly any things worse than an RPG which tells the GM they're not allowed to kill player characters off without the player's permission.

i disagree think about it the dm is allowed to do any other number of terrible things to your pc so whats worse letting your pc die or being forced to watch them kill every one they ever knew likely in a very "unfriendly" manner

Orphan81 · February 17, 2016, 05:46:54 AM

A version of Kazei 5 that was not reliant on the HERO system.

I don't think that counts though, as it's not so much wanting it to be mainstream as wanting a different version.

A second edition of Fuzion though, as was stated earlier, might be interesting. Fuzion was always HERO's leaner trimmer little brother. It would be nice to see an updated version.

RPGPundit · February 17, 2016, 10:49:28 PM

Quote from: kosmos1214;879451i disagree think about it the dm is allowed to do any other number of terrible things to your pc so whats worse letting your pc die or being forced to watch them kill every one they ever knew likely in a very "unfriendly" manner

Doesn't matter. A PC not dying because the Player doesn't want him to die is immersion-breaking.

JesterRaiin · February 18, 2016, 02:27:42 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;879714Doesn't matter. A PC not dying because the Player doesn't want him to die is immersion-breaking.

Perhaps, but this is nowhere near "there are hardly any things worse than an RPG which tells the GM", and this was the point here, not the immersion. ;]

TBH, such a rule is also nowhere near that bad. Any DM worth his salt is capable of bypassing it quite easily. In fact, I can think about at least a few scenarios, where the player himself would ask for his PC's death.

Of course, I assume "the player is a dick, overuses the rule and care neither about the story, nor other players".

DarcyDettmann · February 18, 2016, 07:03:02 PM

Quote from: Orphan81;879531A version of Kazei 5 that was not reliant on the HERO system.

I don't think that counts though, as it's not so much wanting it to be mainstream as wanting a different version.

A second edition of Fuzion though, as was stated earlier, might be interesting. Fuzion was always HERO's leaner trimmer little brother. It would be nice to see an updated version.

Let's see what happens after Mekton Zero finally gets published.

S'mon · February 19, 2016, 02:55:00 AM

Mini-Six. I'd love to see a cheap print version and conversion guides in books like Achtung Cthulu! - which covers Savage Worlds & Call of Cthulu, but Mini-6 would suit it a lot better IMO.

cranebump · February 19, 2016, 07:38:47 PM

Quote from: S'mon;879935Mini-Six. I'd love to see a cheap print version and conversion guides in books like Achtung Cthulu! - which covers Savage Worlds & Call of Cthulu, but Mini-6 would suit it a lot better IMO.

A nice and overlooked system. Came close at actually getting a game up with it, but we ended up doing a Barbarians of the Void (turned out to be) one shot.

Old One Eye · February 20, 2016, 09:52:22 AM

Quote from: JesterRaiin;879405[certain RPG that won't be named] uses genderless personal pronouns when the gender of a person — a character or a player — is unknown or is irrelevant. In these cases, [certain RPG that won't be named] uses the genderless personal pronouns preferred by many contemporary gender theorists, using "zie" instead of "she" or "he", and "hir" instead of "he" or "she"

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As a professional who has accidentally pissed off colleagues in my industry by guessing wrong on the Mr or Ms when the person's name is ambiguous on gender, I fully support genderless entirely for business reasons. It would avoid accidental awkwardness, and my reasoning has nothing to do with whatever you are complaining about.

Matt · February 20, 2016, 12:54:04 PM

pirates & plunder

Matt · February 20, 2016, 12:55:15 PM

Quote from: Old One Eye;880207As a professional who has accidentally pissed off colleagues in my industry by guessing wrong on the Mr or Ms when the person's name is ambiguous on gender, I fully support genderless entirely for business reasons. It would avoid accidental awkwardness, and my reasoning has nothing to do with whatever you are complaining about.

Avoids accidental awkwardness in favor of deliberate awkwardness.

RPGPundit · February 21, 2016, 01:26:37 AM

I don't think you can really call Amber and its derivatives (Lords of Olympus and Lords of Gossamer and Shadow) "obscure", but I'd certainly like to see more people getting into them.

joewolz · February 21, 2016, 02:02:09 AM

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;877422Og. It is intended as a bit of a joke/party game but the premise works really well for endless exploration and adventure if you take it seriously. It is also easy to expand upon. May not be that obscure though.

I've run a couple of good one shots of Og. I have the second editions. It's a damn fine game!

Orphan81 · February 21, 2016, 03:20:01 AM

Quote from: DarcyDettmann;879873Let's see what happens after Mekton Zero finally gets published.

I honestly can't wait for Mekton Zero...I didn't get to back the Kickstarter sadly, but I'd love to purchase it when it's available. Mekton Zeta for me was the best "Mech" based RPG out there.

JesterRaiin · February 21, 2016, 04:58:51 AM

Quote from: Old One Eye;880207I fully support genderless entirely