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Pretty much, yeah. It was only a notional/jokesy sort of thing.

In the "it should never be tried for the Almighty will curse you", I submit D20  Gor.  Including the dreaded "save vs. slave orgasm".

*ducking*

Samarkand

Quote from: Zachary The FirstYeah, Earthsea is great for inspiration, but it'd be a tall undertaking for any company to get right.

Even LeGuin herself couldn't handle it anymore after the original trilogy

Quote from: hgjsLord of the Rings

Actually, this is kind of what I'm talking about. I know a hell of a lot more folks who have converted this setting into a rpg using homebrewed or published systems, and were satisfied with the results than gamers who have used and liked the official published adaptation.

A lot of stuff which I like, are a source of great ideas, but would make lousy rpgs. Comics like Sandman and Strike Force Morituri (sp) have concepts and themes which could provide the basis for really cool campaigns but the setting themselves don't IMO translate well to rpgs.

A lot of it has to do with rules, I think. It seems to me, that capturing certain elements of the source material and translating them into rules is a very dicey ( ) proposition. Add to this, the whole subjectivity of those elements, and most times you have a recipe for disaster.

I mean, I really dig the vampire western Near Dark, but I think it would make a lousy rpg. One of the reasons for this, is that any gamer could turn the concept of these vampires into a campaign without the need for a published setting - I think this goes for most other films/books/comics out there.

Regards,
David R

Quote from: SamarkandIn the "it should never be tried for the Almighty will curse you", I submit D20  Gor.  Including the dreaded "save vs. slave orgasm".

*ducking*

Samarkand

I have to agree with you on this. I knew one person who liked Gor. He was an honest to god neonazi who took over every game he was in and kille dother PCs so he could be the absolute ruler of the game, as a player.

His favorite quote was "Everyone's gonna do what I say or I'm gonna shoot you, alright?"

As to products I wouldn't want to see done as games, Lexx would be on the top of the list, even tho I liked the show it's not really game material.

How about Anne Rice's vampire chronicles?

Quote from: JongWKSchindler's List.

You're too late.  White Wolf did a Holocaust sourcebook for oWoD

Sandman would make an interesting setting for Nobilis or Amber.  Heck, you could even run it with Primetime Adventures

Some of the complex hard SciFi settings (the Culture, Ken McCloud's books) would be tricky to make into a game that wasn't too complex for me, but I don't like the compexity in GURPS or Shadowrun.  nWoD is about the limit for my gaming group and d20 is right out

Licensed RPGs need to die. If there's never another one, than there is truly a loving God up there in His Heaven.

Quote from: YamoLicensed RPGs need to die. If there's never another one, than there is truly a loving God up there in His Heaven.

Alas, when every breakfast cereal is composed of little lightning bolts and magic wands (i.e. Alphabits rejects), every bookshelf in every bookstore is suffused with the sheen from the covers of "The Art of Hogwarts:  A Picturebook", and all toothpaste shows you the smiling face of Hermione or the scowling visage of Alan Rickman, then J.K. Rowling, at the end of her licensing rope, will turn towards a Harry Potter RPG.  And it will likely suck arse....

Quote from: YamoLicensed RPGs need to die. If there's never another one, than there is truly a loving God up there in His Heaven.

I dunno. I'm willing to wade through all the stinkers to get to stuff like Conan and Babylon 5. Decipher's Lord of the Rings RPG was also pretty nifty, but they upped and abandoned that game without warning.

Quote from: David RActually, this is kind of what I'm talking about. I know a hell of a lot more folks who have converted this setting into a rpg using homebrewed or published systems, and were satisfied with the results than gamers who have used and liked the official published adaptation.

I've done both. Decipher's RPG I used for a campaign lasting a couple of months. I was pretty happy with it. There is a lot to like about that game.