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Best RPG name?

Started by Aos, October 25, 2006, 09:37:39 PM

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SunBoy

#30
October 26, 2006, 05:58:49 PM
Macho Women With Guns!!!
Or her companion, Renegade Nuns On Wheels!!!
Nice, strong sounding and to the point.
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Quote from: SosthenesWerewolf the Forsaken. Never has an abbreviation been closer to the truth.
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Knightsky

#31
October 26, 2006, 07:01:50 PM
Traveller
Dungeons & Dragons
Macho Women With Guns
Timelords
All Flesh Must Be Eaten
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blakkie

#32
October 26, 2006, 07:39:39 PM
Oh missed another excellent one word title, "Exalted".  I think it hits the mark of what the game is about even better than "Traveller", and sounds decently cool to boot.
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ColonelHardisson

#33
October 26, 2006, 07:42:04 PM
Mutants & Masterminds is a great title for a superhero game.
"Illegitimis non carborundum." - General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell

4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

Akrasia

#34
October 26, 2006, 08:06:04 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonMutants & Masterminds is a great title for a superhero game.

I'm not sure.  It sounds a bit too 'focused' (esp. the word 'mutants').  Also, whenever I hear 'M&M' I think of either a rapper or candy.

I like the name 'Villains and Vigilantes' better.  It's more 'general'.
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The Evil DM

#35
October 26, 2006, 08:41:07 PM
The hands down best RPG name is:

Boothill

For example:

Gary: "hey let's play Boothill."

Bubba: "Whats that? Some kinda western game?"

Gary: "Yup."
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flyingmice

#36
October 26, 2006, 09:55:37 PM
Quote from: SosthenesWerewolf the Forsaken. Never has an abbreviation been closer to the truth.

I always read that as "Werewolf the Foreskin."

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David R

#37
October 26, 2006, 11:09:11 PM
Quote from: Andy KBut it's evocative enough to make the real RPG fans want to know, heck, just a little more...

-Andy

In this spirit my contribution is Tribe 8 and Over the Edge, the latter pretty much IMO is a good description of the game :)

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Dominus Nox

#38
October 26, 2006, 11:26:52 PM
Quote from: flyingmiceI always read that as "Werewolf the Foreskin."

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Maddman

#39
October 27, 2006, 11:01:52 AM
Quote from: blakkieOh missed another excellent one word title, "Exalted".  I think it hits the mark of what the game is about even better than "Traveller", and sounds decently cool to boot.

Beaten.  Exalted lets you know exactly what it's all about right upfront.  Very evocative.

I also like Armageddon.  Evocative, descriptive, simple, and has that cool factor.
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Sosthenes

#40
October 27, 2006, 11:14:06 AM
Quote from: MaddmanBeaten.  Exalted lets you know exactly what it's all about right upfront.  Very evocative.

Really? I always associate that word with a social status, not a divine one. More like a form of address or title. But then again, I'm not a native speaker...
The German translators botched it totally, though.

Quote from: MaddmanI also like Armageddon.  Evocative, descriptive, simple, and has that cool factor.

In a world that never knew Jerry Bruckheimer, that might be true.
 

ColonelHardisson

#41
October 27, 2006, 11:56:19 AM
Quote from: AkrasiaI'm not sure.  It sounds a bit too 'focused' (esp. the word 'mutants').  Also, whenever I hear 'M&M' I think of either a rapper or candy.

I like the name 'Villains and Vigilantes' better.  It's more 'general'.

I can kinda see where you're coming from, but Villians & Vigilantes has made me think more of pulp-style early comics, where nobody had powers. You know, the late 30s era when characters like Batman and the original Sandman were typical of comics. Not a bad subject for a RPG. But it took me a while to find out that V&V was a supers game. Mutants & Masterminds lets one know right off that it's a supers game - mutants could be in a post-Apoc game, true, but masterminds combined with mutants is almost certainly a supers game.
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4e definitely has an Old School feel. If you disagree, cool. I won\'t throw any hyperbole out to prove the point.

Maddman

#42
October 27, 2006, 11:57:21 AM
QuoteReally? I always associate that word with a social status, not a divine one. More like a form of address or title. But then again, I'm not a native speaker...
The German translators botched it totally, though.

It can mean that, but it also has strong connotations of holiness or being raised above.

I hear translations in RPGs are generally pretty bad.  I remember meeting some french canadian gamers who said they get all their books in English because the French translations were horrid.

Quote from: SosthenesIn a world that never knew Jerry Bruckheimer, that might be true.

The bigass angel on the cover you can point at and say "You can have *that* for your PC!" gets any space asteroid nonsense out of players heads real quick.  :p
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Sosthenes

#43
October 27, 2006, 12:27:39 PM
Quote from: MaddmanIt can mean that, but it also has strong connotations of holiness or being raised above.

I know, but in this mundane world, I first think of the society bit, the theological background comes a bit later. Well, the DB Exalted are raised in society...

Quote from: MaddmanI hear translations in RPGs are generally pretty bad.  I remember meeting some french canadian gamers who said they get all their books in English because the French translations were horrid.

Well, the French and foreign languages are a subject of its own...

The general German translations are pretty okay. But as always, some terms can't be translated without losing meaning, sub-text or simple coolness. And RPG's are just sprinkled with technical terms. I can't remember how they translated charms, but "Exalted" is "Die Hohen" in German, which basically just means "The High Ones". Sounds as stupid here as in English. Part of the theme is that it's not about them _being_ above mortals, but that they were _raised_ above mortals.

Quote from: MaddmanThe bigass angel on the cover you can point at and say "You can have *that* for your PC!" gets any space asteroid nonsense out of players heads real quick.  :p

Meh, angels...
 

Joey2k

#44
October 27, 2006, 01:14:35 PM
D20 SRD. Hands down the most inspiring, evocative title ever.

My serious vote is for The Riddle of Steel.  Didn't take to the game, but the title captures the spirit of what I want in a fantasy RPG.
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