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Best RPG name?

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

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Ian Absentia

#45
October 27, 2006, 01:20:50 PM
Traveller is high on my list, but when I was just a teen, the name RuneQuest grabbed me by the short & curlies and pulled me in.  The name really sold the game well: What do you do?  You quest for runes!  What're runes?  Ancient, cryptic pictograms, often associated with mystical power.  Ohh...right!

!i!

ColonelHardisson

#46
October 27, 2006, 01:23:37 PM
Quote from: TechnomancerMy 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.

Good call. Riddle of Steel really does evoke exactly what the game is all about. The only thing about it that I guess could be a criticism I could level at it is that it also evokes the Conan movie for a lot of people. But even that's not a bad thing.
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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.

Balbinus

#47
October 27, 2006, 04:16:10 PM
Traveller and Space 1889 are both great.

But to be honest, for sheer does what it says on the tin cool factor I have to give Dungeons and Dragons kudos.  It sounds like dangerous adventure, had it been called something else I wonder if I would ever have entered the hobby.

Torg to me is like Gurps, very meh.

ColonelHardisson

#49
October 27, 2006, 04:55:05 PM
Quote from: BalbinusOh, among the indie games I think My Life with Master is easily the best title.

After reading a review of the game, I have to say that My Life With Master really is a good title. Here's why I think that: I knew absolutely nothing about the game besides the title. My guess, based purely on the title, was that it sounded like it was a game about the minions/assistants of mad scientists. Guys like Igor and Fritz in the Frankenstein movies. I figured that no way was that what the game was about. Turns out, that is what the game is about! A fantastic title. I may even buy the damned thing because of it.
"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

#50
October 27, 2006, 04:57:39 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonAfter reading a review of the game, I have to say that My Life With Master really is a good title. Here's why I think that: I knew absolutely nothing about the game besides the title. My guess, based purely on the title, was that it sounded like it was a game about the minions/assistants of mad scientists. Guys like Igor and Fritz in the Frankenstein movies. I figured that no way was that what the game was about. Turns out, that is what the game is about! A fantastic title. I may even buy the damned thing because of it.

Wow.  That's what 'My Life With Master' is about?
:eek:
I always thought that it had something to do with martial arts for some reason.
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James McMurray

#51
October 27, 2006, 04:58:31 PM
With the derision I've seen aimed at it and my own personal weirdness I always assumed it was some sort of S&M game.

Andy K

#52
October 27, 2006, 05:18:41 PM
I am probably biased, but I think that MAGESTRIKE: ULTIMUS is the best name for a game, ever.

jrients

#53
October 27, 2006, 05:19:57 PM
Quote from: James McMurrayWith the derision I've seen aimed at it and my own personal weirdness I always assumed it was some sort of S&M game.

I've always assumed that was the subtext of the game.
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SunBoy

#54
October 27, 2006, 07:30:01 PM
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.

Ditto for Spanish translations.
Ask any spanish-speaking AD&D 2ed player for the x-bow.
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Sosthenes

#55
October 27, 2006, 07:38:44 PM
Quote from: SunBoyDitto for Spanish translations.
Ask any spanish-speaking AD&D 2ed player for the x-bow.

The German AD&D 1st edition PHB let you believe that medieval shops sold you flashlights -- obviously the translators didn't know the original meaning of "torch"...

So what's up with the x-bow in Spain? ;)
 

Aos

#56
October 27, 2006, 08:34:33 PM
Quote from: James McMurrayI always assumed it was some sort of S&M game.
Hah! Me too.
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droog

#57
October 27, 2006, 09:19:40 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonA fantastic title. I may even buy the damned thing because of it.
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James McMurray

#58
October 28, 2006, 03:02:19 AM
QuoteI've always assumed that was the subtext of the game.

QuoteHah! Me too.

Whew! I'm not the only weirdo around here. :)

Lucifuge

#59
October 28, 2006, 03:20:15 AM
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