Have you played any great games using Moorcock's works as source? Did you use the Stormbringer system? Any great modules out there? (I have the Stormbringer system but any stories about this type of RPG are of interest)

Yes, I'm a big fan of Chaosium's Stormbringer.  2nd edition is what I played.  "Rogue Mistress" is a campaign for it, as well as the "Stealer of Souls/Black Sword" (two separate books) campaign).  Supplements such as "Demon Magic", "Perils of the Young Kingdoms" and "Stormbringer Companion" had some scenarios, I believe.  Theatre of the Mind Enterprises published a lengthy adventure for the game titled "The Octagon of Chaos."  And then there were the source books for various nations like "Sorcerers of Pan Tang" and "Sea Kings of the Purple Towns" -- I wish Chaosium had published more of those.  There was another supplement called "White Wolf" that had extra rules for the game but no scenarios, IIRC.  After the game was rebranded as "Elric!" I lost interest in it, as I didn't care for the extensive changes.  I also never played Chaosium's "Hawkmoon" RPG, but am told that it's really good.  I think it also had some supplements that could probably be used for extraplanar adventures in Stormbringer.

Quote from: I on March 31, 2025, 06:03:21 PMYes, I'm a big fan of Chaosium's Stormbringer.  2nd edition is what I played.  "Rogue Mistress" is a campaign for it, as well as the "Stealer of Souls/Black Sword" (two separate books) campaign).  Supplements such as "Demon Magic", "Perils of the Young Kingdoms" and "Stormbringer Companion" had some scenarios, I believe.  Theatre of the Mind Enterprises published a lengthy adventure for the game titled "The Octagon of Chaos."  And then there were the source books for various nations like "Sorcerers of Pan Tang" and "Sea Kings of the Purple Towns" -- I wish Chaosium had published more of those.  There was another supplement called "White Wolf" that had extra rules for the game but no scenarios, IIRC.  After the game was rebranded as "Elric!" I lost interest in it, as I didn't care for the extensive changes.  I also never played Chaosium's "Hawkmoon" RPG, but am told that it's really good.  I think it also had some supplements that could probably be used for extraplanar adventures in Stormbringer.

Thanks for the info! Never seen 2nd edition, is that a boxed set?
I have 4th edition as PDF. Do you remember what you preferred about the older editions? 

Yes, 2nd edition was a boxed set.  Art was by Frank Brunner. (If you've never seen Brunner's Elric illustrations, you should definitely look for them).  I'm a Michael Whelan fan too, though. There's not a huge difference between 4th edition and 2nd edition Stormbringer.  I probably didn't buy 4th edition because of that, just like I didn't buy every new edition of Call of Cthulhu.  I certainly bought supplements for 4th edition (a number of those I listed above were for 4th).  It was only when the game became "Elric!" that I dropped it, mainly because it was too much work to make it compatible with older editions.  That wasn't a problem between 2nd and 4th.  IIRC, making demons for "Elric!" was a lot more complicated and the whole nature of the magic system changed.  It wasn't a bad game at all, just incompatible with the large amount of stuff for the game I already had.  Stormbringer was my favorite RPG for years, and I still love it.

Moorcock has quite a fan following in France, where there are currently at least two rpgs based on his works: Hawkmoon and Mournblade.
They are produced by Le Départment des Sombres Projets.
https://titam-france.fr/jeux-de-role/
The games use the CYD (Choose Your Dice) system, which is described here:
https://www.legrog.org/systemes/cyd-system

There was also a Corum rpg, which a lot of people don't know about. I always preferred Corum to Hawkmoon, so I kept my copy.

Quote from: Rhymer88 on April 01, 2025, 05:32:08 AMMoorcock has quite a fan following in France, where there are currently at least two rpgs based on his works: Hawkmoon and Mournblade.
They are produced by Le Départment des Sombres Projets.
https://titam-france.fr/jeux-de-role/
The games use the CYD (Choose Your Dice) system, which is described here:
https://www.legrog.org/systemes/cyd-system

Got any links that aren't in cheese-eating surrender monkey? (/Groundskeeper Willie)

Quote from: Trond on March 31, 2025, 04:07:29 PMHave you played any great games using Moorcock's works as source?

Sadly, no. I love Moorcock's Eternal Champion series, but I've never gotten the chance to roleplay in it. I find that Moorcock is a lot less popular, even with grognards, than Howard or Leiber. Most of the OSR people I've played with have never even read him.

Quote from: Rhymer88 on April 01, 2025, 05:32:08 AMMoorcock has quite a fan following in France, where there are currently at least two rpgs based on his works: Hawkmoon and Mournblade.
They are produced by Le Départment des Sombres Projets.
https://titam-france.fr/jeux-de-role/
The games use the CYD (Choose Your Dice) system, which is described here:
https://www.legrog.org/systemes/cyd-system

Do you know if those are getting an English-language release? I'd really like to run a Hawkmoon game one of these days, and I think a fancy new game would be an easier sell to potential players.

I haven't run Stormbringer in ages, I use the Games Workshop edition that Ken St Andre contributed to and added the GW RQ 3 with a few elements from Mongoose supplements I picked up.

Mournblade rough translations are here: https://stormbringerrpg.com/catalogue/mournblade/

Personally, I have used Stormbringer as a "generic sword & sorcery" game, just filing off the names and a few other things (I always found Moorcock's names a bit too weird, though I suppose it was deliberate on his part). It was actually a really fun campaign, and higher-powered than most Chaosium products. I suppose this is part of the reason why I'm curious how it worked out for folks who actually used the whole nine yards.

I totally filed the serial numbers off of things as I myself find it difficult run games where someone else is the main draw (Conan, Nehwon, Elric, etc).

Yes, you can easily use Stormbringer for a generic fantasy RPG.  With its gritty and deadly combat system, a sort of stripped-down and simplified version of that used for Runequest, it works particularly well for sword & sorcery games.  The magic system wouldn't be a a universal fit, though.  Probably spells from BRP, CoC's Dreamlands or other Chaosium games would work better.  Just depends on the world.  I used the system to run a Thieves' World game and it worked well.

Quote from: I on April 01, 2025, 03:37:08 PMYes, you can easily use Stormbringer for a generic fantasy RPG.  With its gritty and deadly combat system, a sort of stripped-down and simplified version of that used for Runequest, it works particularly well for sword & sorcery games.  The magic system wouldn't be a a universal fit, though.  Probably spells from BRP, CoC's Dreamlands or other Chaosium games would work better.  Just depends on the world.  I used the system to run a Thieves' World game and it worked well.

10 years ago or so I actually ran some games that were more inspired by Conan and Kull but using Stormbringer. It was a blast. None of the players had read anything about Kull, so I borrowed heavily from those stories.

All my fantasy games *somewhere* have Moorcock influences. Specifically the Law/Chaos conflict as a meta-war that supersedes even the gods of whatever worlds I'm using. I'll occasionally make reference to "old gods" implying that for whatever reason those gods are not worshipped any longer (or the world in question is simply not on the frontline of the Law/Chaos conflict - just like in most of the Moorcock novels.)

Most of the time I use it to scare the PC's. They find some ancient temple in some weird place dedicated to Slortar the Old, or some renegade cult of Kossuth or Lathander (in the Realms) worshipping Chekkalakh of the Flame Body.

I've never run any of my current crew here in Dallas *in* the world of Elric or Corum, my old LA crews, yes.

Quote from: ForgottenF on April 01, 2025, 08:55:36 AMDo you know if those are getting an English-language release? I'd really like to run a Hawkmoon game one of these days, and I think a fancy new game would be an easier sell to potential players.

Mournblade RPG had a PDF option in the Elric Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ledepartement/elric-rise-of-the-young-kingdoms-0