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Games that are not pen and paper RPGs but you wish were

Started by thedungeondelver, June 25, 2014, 01:49:21 PM

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The Butcher

#15
June 25, 2014, 04:50:16 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;761323TES has gone from rigidly class-based to basically completely open (Hey check out my heavily armored stealth guy who casts destruction spells and healing magic!), so I wonder what system one might use to game across Tamriel

Nowadays I default to RQ6 to just about every fantasy scenario that D&D might not cover, but in TES' case there is an actual fan conversion out there.

Opaopajr

#16
June 25, 2014, 04:52:58 PM
Phantasy Star (has killer dungeons and a fleshed out sci-fantasy ecology & mythology)
Phantasy Star Online (it's a different civ facing similar evils)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (esp. 7 & 8)
Gemfire

Mother (Earthbound)

Valis series

Castlevania & Metroid

Panzer Dragoon (another beautiful ecology and mythology)

Assault Suit Leynos (mech fighting cyborg invasions around Galileo moons!)

Shining Force (would make a killer D&D 4e setting)

Fallout & Mass Effect

Space Quest, Star Control, Star Flight

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DKChannelBoredom

#17
June 25, 2014, 05:03:12 PM
Back in the day we used GURPS for X-Com. One of the best campaigns I've played in.

I'm a big fan of the new(ish) Martin Wallace boardgame, A Study in Emerald (based on the Neil Gaiman short story of the same name), about anachist rebels fighting against Cthulhu royalties and their henchmen, around the turn of the century - with Sherlock Holmes, Moriaty, et al. And zombies. And vampires.

I want to run that. And I'm think Savage Worlds. But a game/source book of its own would be cool.
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#19
June 25, 2014, 08:17:54 PM
Quote from: Opaopajr;761370Phantasy Star (has killer dungeons and a fleshed out sci-fantasy ecology & mythology)
Phantasy Star Online (it's a different civ facing similar evils)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (esp. 7 & 8)
Gemfire

Mother (Earthbound)

Valis series

Castlevania & Metroid

Panzer Dragoon (another beautiful ecology and mythology)

Assault Suit Leynos (mech fighting cyborg invasions around Galileo moons!)

Shining Force (would make a killer D&D 4e setting)

Fallout & Mass Effect

Space Quest, Star Control, Star Flight

Kyrandia



Someone did a starflight rpg.

Ronin

#20
June 25, 2014, 08:26:54 PM
Quote from: golan2072;761331S.T.A.L.K.E.R

Now I could be wrong, but I believe there is an RPG in Swedish or Finnish. I dont remember which.
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#21
June 25, 2014, 08:27:34 PM
Quote from: dragoner;761359I have used plenty of Roadside Picnic's themes and items in games, but many people either don't get it, or if they get it, don't like it. I think a lot of people are more comfortable with Campbellian Golden Age sci-fi.

Been down that path myself.
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#22
June 25, 2014, 08:51:45 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;761315Axis&Allies (squad level)

Totally agree with this. Would also go with Sgt. Rock as well.

As for others,
Bladerunner
Black Lagoon
Gunsmith Cats
Mad Max (original)
The Karla Trilogy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Honorable Schoolboy, and Smileys People)
The Sandbaggers
Queen & Country
Tom Clancys "Ryanverse"
Spec ops type stuff based on Brad Thor's work
The Dogs of War
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MonsterSlayer

#23
June 25, 2014, 09:37:50 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;761323Ohh shit yeah, a squad level WWII RPG would be a fine thing.  

Yeah I think the small squad idea would be cool. Like some of the Call of Duty expansions based on WWII.

Taking it one step further I also wondered if a rpg based on G.I. Joe would work. Has that been done? It has the small a quad aspect and the characters are well defined. I think that helps with a military rpg.

Silverlion

#25
June 26, 2014, 01:17:36 AM
Such good stuff.

Freedom Force/Freedom Force Vs The Third Reich
Phantasy Star Universe/Online
Mass Effect
Fallout
Pacific Rim
The Elder Scrolls
Simon Green's Hawk & Fisher Series
Glenn Cook's Garret Series
Simon Green's Deathstalker Series
Astro City
Castlevania
Legend of Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon
FEAR (Shooter)
City of Heroes
G.I. Joe
Transformers
Thundercats
Thundarr the Barbarian


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#26
June 26, 2014, 02:27:53 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;761323Ohh shit yeah, a squad level WWII RPG would be a fine thing.
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#28
June 26, 2014, 06:20:44 AM
Quote from: Ronin;761427Now I could be wrong, but I believe there is an RPG in Swedish or Finnish. I dont remember which.
Translation to English is out on Lulu. Though it is based primarily on the original Roadside Picnic, which isn't quite the same deal.
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#29
June 26, 2014, 07:52:34 AM
Quote from: Warthur;761564Translation to English is out on Lulu. Though it is based primarily on the original Roadside Picnic, which isn't quite the same deal.
Yep, I know of the Roadside Picnic "Stalker" RPG, and have bought its PDF. But I was talking about the S.T.A.L.K.E.R computer-game adaptation and re-imagination of Roadside Picnic.
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