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Whats your favorite spy game?

Started by Ronin, July 15, 2007, 08:55:47 PM

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Silverlion

#15
July 16, 2007, 08:19:52 AM
While I adore Top Secret SI (especially for FREELANCERS, and Agent 13). I voted for MSPE because of its solid play, its discussion of the genre, its talk of live clues and the fact it does all this in one tiny solid package.

I think Spycraft  2.0 is beautifully put together huge tome, of really good stuff that's just a might bit too complicated for me. It's very nice for what it is, but I really like simpler systems.
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stu2000

#16
July 16, 2007, 06:39:06 PM
D'oh! I forgot about Millennium's End. I played a good bit of that. I loved the crispness of the rules and the techno-thriller feel. The overlay shooting was novel. I guess Aces and Eights is doing something similar, but I haven't seen it in action yet.

Another I've had a surprising amount of mileage out of is CORPS. Not the hexy generic one, But the little black $8.00 one from back in the day. It was conspiracy investigation. The rules were light, but clear and surprisingly detailed. They held up well under play.
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Caesar Slaad

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July 16, 2007, 07:05:29 PM
Quote from: stu2000Another I've had a surprising amount of mileage out of is CORPS. Not the hexy generic one, But the little black $8.00 one from back in the day. It was conspiracy investigation. The rules were light, but clear and surprisingly detailed. They held up well under play.

I had the hexy one, and was pretty impressed with how much he did with how little.

It seems like his subsequent effort, EABA, was a step backwards to me.
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July 28, 2007, 01:32:37 PM
James Bond 007, no contest. However, Slaadman's posts make me want to check out Spycraft at last.
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Alnag

#19
July 28, 2007, 02:49:40 PM
Spycraft never dies! :p :D

I like the dramatic conflict part and the fact that it is d20, so it is half the work to learn the system.
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