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Game of Thrones. What system would you use?

Started by Llew ap Hywel, August 15, 2017, 10:17:09 AM

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Llew ap Hywel

#15
August 15, 2017, 02:06:44 PM
Don't think there's a right or wrong answer on game choice.

I'd be using Mythras as a personal choice at the moment but I don't think there's a wrong answer.

For me Mythras has the right mix of gritty, skill use, passions and tone.
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#16
August 15, 2017, 02:42:28 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;983851the precious dragon girl is my least favorite bit.

Ha, that's the bit I saw and then turned it off. :p

Llew ap Hywel

#17
August 15, 2017, 02:55:39 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;983878Ha, that's the bit I saw and then turned it off. :p

Give the Last Kingdom a go, in my opinion it's actually the better show but ymmv.
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#18
August 15, 2017, 03:02:14 PM
Quote from: tenbones;983788If I'm being lazy - Savage Worlds.
Yeah, Savage Worlds would actually work really well. The core rules for gritty damage, mass combat, social conflicts, magic, and interludes would cover a lot of the bases necessary for Game of Thrones, and there's plenty of sources for other stuff like running houses. I've got all the A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying books, but if I was to run it in some other system Savage Worlds would probably be first choice just for ease of use.

Shemek hiTankolel

#19
August 15, 2017, 03:45:22 PM
Quote from: GameDaddy;983779D&D works. It did for George R. Martin's first Westeros campaign.


I didn't know that, but I am not surprised. The first time I read one of his books, the first thing that popped into my head was that this had to be based on a D&D game (like Feist's Magician series).
Do you have any more information on his Westeros campaign?
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Psikerlord

#20
August 15, 2017, 04:11:08 PM
Quote from: Shemek hiTankolel;983910I didn't know that, but I am not surprised. The first time I read one of his books, the first thing that popped into my head was that this had to be based on a D&D game (like Feist's Magician series).
Do you have any more information on his Westeros campaign?

I'd use Low Fantasy Gaming RPG but remove the magic user class, making it a GM/NPC special only. Of course I'm highly biased.
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#21
August 15, 2017, 04:16:26 PM
Quote from: Shemek hiTankolel;983910The first time I read one of his books, the first thing that popped into my head was that this had to be based on a D&D game (like Feist's Magician series).
D&D specifically, or just an RPG campaign in general? I haven't read the books but nothing on the show screams 'D&D' to me... not much zero-to-hero, few identifiable classes, no psuedo-Vancian magic or non-human races. Its setup feels more like Dune than Tolkienesque Eurofantasy.

Manic Modron

#22
August 15, 2017, 04:19:23 PM
I'm curious about that as well.  A few minutes of Googling comes up with a bunch of stuff about D&D play in Westeros, but nothing about Martin himself being a GM for it.  I DID find references to roleplaying being the foundation for his Wild Cards series, though.

Simlasa

#23
August 15, 2017, 04:29:42 PM
Quote from: Manic Modron;983917I DID find references to roleplaying being the foundation for his Wild Cards series, though.
That was a Superworld game, IIRC.

Dumarest

#24
August 15, 2017, 05:44:04 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;983916D&D specifically, or just an RPG campaign in general? I haven't read the books but nothing on the show screams 'D&D' to me... not much zero-to-hero, few identifiable classes, no psuedo-Vancian magic or non-human races. Its setup feels more like Dune than Tolkienesque Eurofantasy.

I heard he ripped it all off from Dark Albion.

Schwartzwald

#25
August 15, 2017, 05:47:09 PM
The same one used in paranoia. Given both kill characters at about the same rate.

The Exploited.

#26
August 15, 2017, 05:51:58 PM
Wasn't he really big on Villains and Vigilantes (I read somewhere)?
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Willmark

#27
August 15, 2017, 06:51:05 PM
I've read the series at least four times through and watched all of the seasons twice. That said I don't think there's anything system related that it fits to one way or another.

The only caveat I'd say is it must be low fantasy.

Lastly if it we're me? I'd run it as 1st edition WFRP. Easy to file off the bits to make it low fantasty and n Chaos stuff.

KingCheops

#28
August 15, 2017, 07:02:35 PM
I'd just use D&D.  One of the older editions so that domain management is more baked in than WotC editions.

Shemek hiTankolel

#29
August 15, 2017, 08:12:46 PM
Quote from: Simlasa;983916D&D specifically, or just an RPG campaign in general? I haven't read the books but nothing on the show screams 'D&D' to me... not much zero-to-hero, few identifiable classes, no psuedo-Vancian magic or non-human races. Its setup feels more like Dune than Tolkienesque Eurofantasy.

An RPG campaign in general. D&D is my default/go-to fantasy RPG system.:o It was just a feeling I got when first reading the novels. To me the stories just felt like someone's recollection of their old mid to high level campaign set to paper.
D&D doesn't always have to be Tolkienesque Eurofantasy. My preferred RPG setting, Tekumel, certainly isn't.;)
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