Quote from: TrippyHippy;1003851So there isn't really any drive to make a Bladerunner RPG itself - it's already there really. However, if there was a broader game based upon the worlds of Phillip K. Dick, I'd be interested in that.

I don't think there is a single game big enough for all of that. Any of the books you mentioned would do well run Bladerunner for a group. I'd add in Mindjammer as well as Spycraft tweaked just a bit. With any of these I could run a Bladerunner game... I know I would enjoy playing in such a game as well.

I'll be honest... I was joking about Kult. You guys though? It doesn't sound like you are joking about some of these suggestions, and that's making me feel like I stepped into the gaming equivalent of the fucking Twilight Zone.

Shit, I'm just waiting for someone to say that Nobilis would do it perfect or something. Hey, howabout Dogs in the Vineyard? We haven't had someone swear that game is perfect for everything.  You know what would do Bladerunner Juuuussssttttt Right?  Dark Heresy, man!  No, no! Deadlands!!! What else have I got on my shelf?  Wasteworld!!!! Perfect. Wasteworld would...


See... I sorta feel like its a cross between 'my favorite game' and fucking mad-libs.

This cover alone is enough to justify the game.

Quote from: Spike;1003864I'll be honest... I was joking about Kult. You guys though? It doesn't sound like you are joking about some of these suggestions, and that's making me feel like I stepped into the gaming equivalent of the fucking Twilight Zone.

Shit, I'm just waiting for someone to say that Nobilis would do it perfect or something. Hey, howabout Dogs in the Vineyard? We haven't had someone swear that game is perfect for everything.  You know what would do Bladerunner Juuuussssttttt Right?  Dark Heresy, man!  No, no! Deadlands!!! What else have I got on my shelf?  Wasteworld!!!! Perfect. Wasteworld would...


See... I sorta feel like its a cross between 'my favorite game' and fucking mad-libs.

Bro, neither Transhuman Space nor Eclipse Phase are my favorite games. Far from it.

That's a damn cool cover though.

Quote from: kobayashi;1003835I even made a cover... Gives you a hint about the system.

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Why WEG and not GDW?

Quote from: Itachi;1003879Bro, neither Transhuman Space nor Eclipse Phase are my favorite games. Far from it.

That's a damn cool cover though.

Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't talking about your picks.  Now: what specifically makes eclipse phase a good choice.

Improve the signal to noise ratio.

Quote from: kobayashi;1003835I even made a cover... Gives you a hint about the system.

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Hmm... Well there's only one WEG game that features Harrison Ford so it has to be The World of Indiana Jones.

EDIT: Okay, so maybe I forgot about that OTHER game with Harrison Ford.

Quote from: Krimson;1003914Hmm... Well there's only one WEG game that features Harrison Ford so it has to be The World of Indiana Jones.

EDIT: Okay, so maybe I forgot about that OTHER game with Harrison Ford.

Paranoia?
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The war is about China waking up Cthulhu out in space somewhere. Outworlders are getting their minds eaten from their insides. Replicants are not affected by the spaceness out there.

Quote from: Dumarest;1003883Why WEG and not GDW?

WEG got some movie licences at the time (Star Wars & Ghostbusters) and they stuck in my mind as the "movie license guys" and I liked the Ghostbusters system a lot. But yeah considering the style of the cover GDW would have been a more logical choice. And for Blade Runner, now I'd use Traveller (1977 version or Mongoose 2nd edition, doesn't matter).

I had great fun making those covers :

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Quote from: Schwartzwald;1003743OK I know the technology in the blade runner movies won't happen in the timeline  as according to it Roy batty has already been "incepted" by now.

But if we create an alternate timeline where something "jump started" a human tech advancement that made flying cars, replicants, off world colonies, star travel, etc (possibly fubaring earth's ecosystem like it was shown in the movies) then the blade runner universe would make an interesting RPG setting especially if we had the aforementioned off world colonies as part of the setting. Roy batty was a warrior, he'd seen c beams glittering in the dark bear the Tannhäuser gate, he'd seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Who was fighting? Human vs human or something else?

Would anyone else be interested in a blade runner RPG universe? If so is there any company you'd like to see get it?

For me, i'd like to see FFG do it. Their 40K RPG stuff was pretty high quality and had damn good atmospheric writing. Plus their basic system was pretty good, easy to learn and not bad to play.

The StarCluster 4 - Cold Space and StarCluster 4 - FTL Now universe - one would actually need only the SC4 - FTL Now game book, but both games share a universe - would work, along with StarCluster 4 - Tool Kit 1: People for creating the Replicants as a Bioroid 'species'. That would give you 2017 with flying cars, out-system colonies, space war, no aliens, and a damaged Earth. The only actual work would be using the tool to create the Replicant 'species'

I'd run this using AD2300 (either original or the new version for Mongoose Traveller). The official setting is too upbeat and frankly bland, but there is nothing to make you include all the aliens and so forth, and it is well suited to the sort of environments, characters and action a BR game would call for.

Quote from: Spike;1003898Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't talking about your picks.  Now: what specifically makes eclipse phase a good choice.

Improve the signal to noise ratio.

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Well, heres a serious answer: both Transhuman Space and Eclipse Phase already deal with the themes Blade Runner present (replicants and artificial beings struggles, freedom and civil rights issues) in a pretty well-thought way. In TS it's one of the settings central issues, and it shows how different nations and cultures view it, how each have structured their laws around it, etc. (Eg: the in European Union replicants have full human rights, while in USA they're killed on sight, and the off-world habitats usually don't give a fuck). It's worth a read even if one won't play them. My problem with those games is their rules. Both GURPS and EP's are beyond what I consider fun to interact with these days. But your mileage may vary.

Quote from: kobayashi;1003986WEG got some movie licences at the time (Star Wars & Ghostbusters) and they stuck in my mind as the "movie license guys" and I liked the Ghostbusters system a lot. But yeah considering the style of the cover GDW would have been a more logical choice. And for Blade Runner, now I'd use Traveller (1977 version or Mongoose 2nd edition, doesn't matter).

I had great fun making those covers :

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Looks better than the real deal:
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Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1003796I had repressed that memory. Thanks for victimizing me again.

I suppose I shouldn't mention the movie 1998 Soldier with Kurt Russel is set in the same universe as Blade Runner.