Leagues of Adventure

jan paparazzi · December 26, 2014, 07:44:22 PM

So how does this adventure RPG hold up compared to Hollow Earth Expedition or something like Amazing Adventures? (I probably missed another big adventure style RPG)

It looks really cool and I like most of the games Wiggy makes, so consider me interested.

jan paparazzi · December 27, 2014, 10:02:26 AM

League of Adventure is a Victorian adventure setting with some steampunk elements. It's from Triple Ace Games and it uses the Ubiquity system just as HEX. Am I right that Ubiquity is reaaaaally similar to the nWoD system?

jadrax · December 27, 2014, 10:09:16 AM

Quote from: jan paparazzi;806275Am I right that Ubiquity is reaaaaally similar to the nWoD system?

I played in a three musketters game I think used Ubiquity, it did not strike me as that similer to nWoD.

It felt more like Savage Wolrds, but with a dice pool where you get one degree of success for every even number rolled.

jan paparazzi · December 27, 2014, 01:55:16 PM

Quote from: jadrax;806277I played in a three musketters game I think used Ubiquity, it did not strike me as that similer to nWoD.

It felt more like Savage Wolrds, but with a dice pool where you get one degree of success for every even number rolled.

Ok thanks. I saw a character sheet and it had almost the same skills and attributes as nWoD. So it looked very familiar.

3rik · December 27, 2014, 02:32:00 PM

Ubiquity isn't much like nWoD, except for the fact it uses dice pools.

If pseudo-Victorian exploratory adventure with some weird science is what you're looking for Leagues of Adventure is a solid option, unless there's something about Ubiquity you don't like.

In the same vain, genre-wise, though more subtle and IMHO tasteful, would be Terra Incognita, which uses the Fudge system.

jadrax · December 28, 2014, 05:20:37 AM

Quote from: jan paparazzi;806319Ok thanks. I saw a character sheet and it had almost the same skills and attributes as nWoD. So it looked very familiar.

Maybe I am misrembering then; the game I played pretty much had the D&D stats, although Con was renamed Body and Wis was named Willpower.

jan paparazzi · December 28, 2014, 11:24:13 AM

Quote from: jadrax;806407Maybe I am misrembering then; the game I played pretty much had the D&D stats, although Con was renamed Body and Wis was named Willpower.

This sheet has the same skills as nWoD. Academics, empathy, indimidation, investigation, drive, medicine, survival etc. Maybe most modern systems are just somewhat similar.

TristramEvans · December 28, 2014, 03:21:51 PM

Quote from: jan paparazzi;806443This sheet has the same skills as nWoD. Academics, empathy, indimidation, investigation, drive, medicine, survival etc. Maybe most modern systems are just somewhat similar.

Yeah just looked at it the skill list is very similar to WoD. But the calculations on skills reminds me of Rolemaster (shudder)

jan paparazzi · December 29, 2014, 02:37:09 PM

Quote from: 3rik;806324In the same vain, genre-wise, though more subtle and IMHO tasteful, would be Terra Incognita, which uses the Fudge system.

No longer available on rpgnow. So that's a shame.

3rik · December 29, 2014, 03:24:38 PM

Quote from: jan paparazzi;806770No longer available on rpgnow. So that's a shame.

Perhaps something can be arranged if you contact the publisher.

Leagues of Adventure

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