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Desert Island Question: Which 1 RPG Book, assuming you had a flat surface, & Dice?

Started by Razor 007, January 19, 2019, 01:02:13 AM

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Steven Mitchell

#15
January 20, 2019, 09:09:07 AM
Rules Cyclopedia would have been my choice for a long time.  Now, it's just a printed copy of my own system.  That's nowhere near complete.  But sounds like I'll have a lot of time on my hands, and time is the biggest impediment to getting it done.

EOTB

#16
January 20, 2019, 01:14:40 PM
Quote from: Chainsaw;1072005One book? AS&SH packs solid AD&Dish rules along with spells, magic items and a full gazetteer for Hyperborea, into one book, so that's what I'd use. Pretty easy choice for me considering that's what I'm running now anyway, heheh.

This, or the 1E DMG.
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spon

#17
January 20, 2019, 02:33:14 PM
I'm thinking 1st Ed DMG, The Arcanum or the big Traveller book ...

finarvyn

#18
January 20, 2019, 03:55:59 PM
Quote from: Tanin Wulf;1072008Amber.
I was going to say the Rules Cyclopedia, but this one is a great answer as well. Now I'm not sure which one to take.
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Brad

#19
January 20, 2019, 05:57:47 PM
Spawn of Fashan or FATAL, of course!

Non-joke option, what about HERO or GURPS basic set 3rd edition? You can make whatever game you want with HERO and GURPS is great for gritty fantasy and pulp stuff with just the main book. Most likely I'd probably just end up taking Advanced Labyrinth Lord because it's pretty much how I play AD&D now.
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Panjumanju

#20
January 21, 2019, 10:27:06 AM
Quote from: finarvyn;1072083I was going to say the Rules Cyclopedia, but this one is a great answer as well. Now I'm not sure which one to take.

Amber would turn the desert island into "Lord of the Flies".

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#21
January 21, 2019, 12:11:49 PM
Probably either Savage Worlds Adventure Edition or Hero System Fifth Edition, Revised.

ffilz

#22
January 21, 2019, 12:21:33 PM
Ignoring the idea of collating a PDF to create a single book, and relying on stuff actually published...

Good choices for me would be:

Burning Wheel Gold (really this is all you need to run that game)
The Traveller Book (as mentioned before - I would have to print the PDF...)
Rules Cyclopedia (I've never owned this before, but it is a complete D&D in one book)
RuneQuest 1st ed (oh, well, I'll have to invent my own cults - ok, maybe 2nd ed and I'll try and remember the bits I prefer from 1e, then I do have better sample cult descriptions)
Empire of the Petal Throne (the Different Worlds print at least has a map of Jakalla)

Frank

BronzeDragon

#23
January 21, 2019, 07:13:24 PM
Quote from: Panjumanju;1072131Amber would turn the desert island into "Lord of the Flies".

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More likely it would turn the island into Miranda, the Pax planet from Firefly.
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ArrozConLeche

#24
January 22, 2019, 12:37:10 PM
What would the point be? You would have nobody to play with.

I guess in that situation I could do with GURPS and HERO. It's complex enough that it might be fun to build characters I might use in a game...after I'm rescued.

nope

#25
January 22, 2019, 12:56:42 PM
Probably either GURPS 3rd (since 4th Basic Set is two books) or Hero 5th. I briefly thought of Heroquest 2e for its flexibility but quickly discarded that thought, as the game is simple enough to recall from memory anyway.

GameDaddy

#26
January 30, 2019, 08:28:42 PM
0D&D 1974 White Bookset.
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Nerzenjäger

#27
January 31, 2019, 01:31:52 AM
Usually, I would pick 0E/S&W Whitebox.

But on an odd day, I might even go for something like Shadow of the Demon Lord.
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#28
January 31, 2019, 09:33:46 AM
Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1072242What would the point be? You would have nobody to play with.

I guess in that situation I could do with GURPS and HERO. It's complex enough that it might be fun to build characters I might use in a game...after I'm rescued.

The other voices in my head (which I assume will follow after a few weeks of loneliness) will work out perfectly for most games.
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