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Forgotten RPGs

Started by brettmb, September 22, 2020, 06:44:01 PM

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Dropbear

#210
July 10, 2022, 01:01:33 PM Last Edit: July 10, 2022, 01:09:09 PM by Dropbear
Quote from: tenbones on June 24, 2022, 08:06:29 PM
did you check out the Atlantis 2e game from Khepera Publishing?

I wasn't a huge fan of the Morrigan Press or Khepera versions of Atlantis. I had the original books for years, replaced by the Death's Edge versions when they disappeared. Then those books disappeared, and I sighed deeply and resigned myself to paying higher prices to re-acquire the originals. And don't even get me started on the 30th A niversary game.

I still need a copy of The Lexicon for completeness, but I have a copy of The Lost World already so playability is there.

Now I just need someone willing to play...

Omega

#211
June 16, 2023, 08:44:58 AM
Some more forgotten RPGs.
 
Kabal: Saw an ad for this in Dragon but never saw it in stores locally where they had one distributor.
 
Pirates & Plunder from Yaquinto: An age of sail RPG from around 1982. I remember Yaquinto for their quirky board games often advertised in comic books like Attack of the Mutants. They also did the Timeshop RPG about time travel and a Greek Myth themed RPG Man Myth and Magic.
 
Behind Enemy Lines: Weird never heard of this one. A FASA RPG for playing in WWII.

Exploderwizard

#212
June 16, 2023, 08:55:04 AM
I got a kick out of It Came From The Late Late Show. Very fun beer & pretzels game.
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

Quote from: Old Geezer;724252At some point it seems like D&D is going to disappear up its own ass.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.

Danger

#213
June 16, 2023, 10:21:34 AM
Dream Park by R. Tal was a favorite of mine; think it'd have made a swell generic-esque game system without being too mired in details like GURPS and Hero can be at points.
I start from his boots and work my way up. It takes a good half a roll to encompass his jolly round belly alone. Soon, Father Christmas is completely wrapped in clingfilm. It is not quite so good as wrapping Roy but it is enjoyable nonetheless and is certainly a feather in my cap.

brettmb

#214
June 16, 2023, 10:21:47 AM
Quote from: Omega on June 16, 2023, 08:44:58 AM
Some more forgotten RPGs.
Pirates & Plunder from Yaquinto: An age of sail RPG from around 1982. I remember Yaquinto for their quirky board games often advertised in comic books like Attack of the Mutants. They also did the Timeshop RPG about time travel and a Greek Myth themed RPG Man Myth and Magic.
Man, Myth & Magic and Timeship

David Johansen

#215
June 17, 2023, 10:28:45 AM
I actually ran Time Ship.
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RPGPundit

#216
June 17, 2023, 08:53:33 PM
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Omega

#217
June 18, 2023, 12:06:29 AM
Quote from: Danger on June 16, 2023, 10:21:34 AM
Dream Park by R. Tal was a favorite of mine; think it'd have made a swell generic-esque game system without being too mired in details like GURPS and Hero can be at points.

For a while there was some hype for Dream Park and then it just seemed to putter out.

David Johansen

#218
June 18, 2023, 11:28:17 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit on June 17, 2023, 08:53:33 PM
Quote from: David Johansen on June 17, 2023, 10:28:45 AM
I actually ran Time Ship.

So did I!

The mystery in Murder At the End Of Time was too easy.
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Danger

#219
June 18, 2023, 05:25:45 PM
Quote from: Omega on June 18, 2023, 12:06:29 AM
For a while there was some hype for Dream Park and then it just seemed to putter out.

The dangers of working with licensed property, I'd wager.

It's a game that clued me into the concept of effect as generic event/damage/power/etc. where the players get to dress up their effect in whatever trappings they wanted.
I start from his boots and work my way up. It takes a good half a roll to encompass his jolly round belly alone. Soon, Father Christmas is completely wrapped in clingfilm. It is not quite so good as wrapping Roy but it is enjoyable nonetheless and is certainly a feather in my cap.

El-V

#220
June 18, 2023, 07:11:44 PM
GDW's Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - I knew nothing about the comic it derived from, but it intrigued me and I ran a game of it for about 8 months, mixing in Dark Conspiracy stuff - another almost  forgotten GDW outing.  ;D

David Johansen

#221
June 18, 2023, 11:18:50 PM
KABAL, Knights and Berserkers and Ledgergermain was pretty clearly some high school kid's attempt at publishing their own game with money from their parents.  It was two or three little booklets, badly organized and pretty much stream of consciousness.  The art was a bit better than High Fantasy with a few ink wash, maybe pencil or maybe a water color pencil drawings, but not a lot of art and none of it particularly good.

Your attributes were 6d20 and you made percentile rolls against the square root of your attribute divided by the difficulty times 100.  In the case of combat the difficulty.  Fighters got one attack per level.  Magic used spell points and the list was pretty generic.  The monster book was pretty standard with a brief description of each creature and a stat block.  I had a copy long ago, fished out of the discard bin at The Sentry Box, I've always loved small press stuff.  I did always wish I'd gotten the floor plans that came with it.
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#222
June 19, 2023, 02:22:04 AM
Quote from: El-V on June 18, 2023, 07:11:44 PM
GDW's Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - I knew nothing about the comic it derived from, but it intrigued me and I ran a game of it for about 8 months, mixing in Dark Conspiracy stuff - another almost  forgotten GDW outing.  ;D

Had it but never ran it.
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The most famous uruguayan gaming blog on the planet!

NEW!
Check out my short OSR supplements series; The RPGPundit Presents!


Dark Albion: The Rose War! The OSR fantasy setting of the history that inspired Shakespeare and Martin alike.
Also available in Variant Cover form!
Also, now with the CULTS OF CHAOS cult-generation sourcebook

ARROWS OF INDRA
Arrows of Indra: The Old-School Epic Indian RPG!
NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

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Simon W

#223
June 19, 2023, 05:11:11 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit on June 17, 2023, 08:53:33 PM
Quote from: David Johansen on June 17, 2023, 10:28:45 AM
I actually ran Time Ship.

So did I!

Same here. For, I think, two sessions.

Omega

#224
June 19, 2023, 06:52:43 AM
Quote from: El-V on June 18, 2023, 07:11:44 PM
GDW's Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - I knew nothing about the comic it derived from, but it intrigued me and I ran a game of it for about 8 months, mixing in Dark Conspiracy stuff - another almost  forgotten GDW outing.  ;D

I saw it on shelves once in a hobby store alongside Wizards and Rogue Trader.
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