This is a site for discussing roleplaying games. Have fun doing so, but there is one major rule: do not discuss political issues that aren't directly and uniquely related to the subject of the thread and about gaming. While this site is dedicated to free speech, the following will not be tolerated: devolving a thread into unrelated political discussion, sockpuppeting (using multiple and/or bogus accounts), disrupting topics without contributing to them, and posting images that could get someone fired in the workplace (an external link is OK, but clearly mark it as Not Safe For Work, or NSFW). If you receive a warning, please take it seriously and either move on to another topic or steer the discussion back to its original RPG-related theme.

Merc from FGU

Started by Dumarest, June 08, 2017, 11:59:52 PM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages 1 2 3 4 ... 7
User actions

Dumarest

#15
June 13, 2017, 11:02:19 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;967880To those interested in the "Mercs in a Third World warzone" genre I highly recommend the brutal and gritty 1968 flick Dark of the Sun. A tragically unsung classic. Just don't get the official WB Archives DVD, it's from a censored print and chopped all to fucking Hell.

Also, MS&PE is a cool little semi-forgotten game. Eccentric, but cool. The cover is also one of the coolest pieces of RPG art of all time.

So what version of Dark of the Sun is the good one?

Just Another Snake Cult

#16
June 13, 2017, 11:46:49 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;968355So what version of Dark of the Sun is the good one?

Turner Classic Movies used to air a pristine, uncut version. Badger TCM for a re-airing or find someone who recorded off the air. The fact that this great movie never got a decent DVD/Blu Ray/Whatever release really annoys the fuck out of me.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Dumarest

#17
June 16, 2017, 01:44:01 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;968360Turner Classic Movies used to air a pristine, uncut version. Badger TCM for a re-airing or find someone who recorded off the air. The fact that this great movie never got a decent DVD/Blu Ray/Whatever release really annoys the fuck out of me.

Good to know. I don't get TCM, though, so I'll have to see what else there is.

Black Vulmea

#18
June 30, 2017, 12:41:12 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;967878I'm thinking of running a game set in a fictional island dictatorship (shades of Cuba) with a Merc company paid by either corporate sponsors who want access to markets or materials or else a Western government or Western governments who want to overthrow the place due to ideology and to stick it to the Reds. Obviously all the money is laundered and the sponsors will have plausible deniability.
I had a similar idea for a d20 Modern campaign years back, only the player characters would be UN peacekeepers, NGO workers and journalists caught in the middle of the agro-company supported junta and the revolucionarios .

I've wanted to run something merc-oriented for a long time. Back in the day I ran an Algerian War d20 M campaign that would've transitioned into the ex-legionnaire characters hired as mercs in Katanga in the early Sixties, and the still-born Top Secret pbp I started on this site a couple of years ago would've pulled the characters into Angola and Namibia circa 1980.
"Of course five generic Kobolds in a plain room is going to be dull. Making it potentially not dull is kinda the GM\'s job." - #Ladybird, theRPGsite

Really Bad Eggs - swashbuckling roleplaying games blog  | Promise City - Boot Hill campaign blog

ACS

Dumarest

#19
June 30, 2017, 01:28:31 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;972332I've wanted to run something merc-oriented for a long time. Back in the day I ran an Algerian War d20 M campaign that would've transitioned into the ex-legionnaire characters hired as mercs in Katanga in the early Sixties, and the still-born Top Secret pbp I started on this site a couple of years ago would've pulled the characters into Angola and Namibia circa 1980.

I'd be all over that. I'd also love to play a PC more and not get stuck as GM 95% of the time. :rolleyes:

This is one of the harder genres to get anyone interested in, at least it has been for me.

marksolino

#20
July 01, 2017, 11:36:38 AM Last Edit: July 01, 2017, 11:38:59 AM by marksolino
Quote from: Dumarest;972340I'd be all over that. I'd also love to play a PC more and not get stuck as GM 95% of the time. :rolleyes:

This is one of the harder genres to get anyone interested in, at least it has been for me.

These are my thoughts exactly. Players always seem to opt for fantasy settings. Black Vulmea, if you ever want to run something in this genre PBP/PBEM count me (and presumably Dumarest?) in. :)

Dumarest

#21
July 01, 2017, 08:27:06 PM
Quote from: marksolino;972499These are my thoughts exactly. Players always seem to opt for fantasy settings. Black Vulmea, if you ever want to run something in this genre PBP/PBEM count me (and presumably Dumarest?) in. :)

Sure, as long as I have the time and access to post as needed. I'd give it a try.

marksolino

#22
July 02, 2017, 09:00:47 AM
Quote from: Dumarest;972577Sure, as long as I have the time and access to post as needed. I'd give it a try.

Cool! Let us know! :)

RPGPundit

#23
July 04, 2017, 01:08:41 AM
I don't think I'd personally be too interested in a straightforward (non-cinematic) modern mercenary war campaign.
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
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

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

Dumarest

#24
July 04, 2017, 12:05:29 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;972948I don't think I'd personally be too interested in a straightforward (non-cinematic) modern mercenary war campaign.

That's all right, I'm not interested in gonzo D&D so it evens out.

condottierie

#25
July 05, 2017, 08:58:23 AM
Quote from: Dumarest;967295I was rolling up some characters in Merc the other day and either I am misunderstanding something in the character creation rules or else they managed to publish a game where you can roll up a character's attributes and end up with a set of numbers that doesn't qualify for ANY of the "specialties" (a.k.a. classes or occupations)! Am I mistaken? Any Merc players or "Corporations" (a.k.a. GMs) out there that can tell me if I am missing something?


I recently created my first character for Merc. He has a highest score of 36, and doesn't have high enough attributes to have any specialities. He's English and has no previous military experience, so he seems ideal fodder to be recruited to go to Angola in 1976.

RPGPundit

#26
July 09, 2017, 03:40:09 AM
Quote from: condottierie;973259I recently created my first character for Merc. He has a highest score of 36, and doesn't have high enough attributes to have any specialities. He's English and has no previous military experience, so he seems ideal fodder to be recruited to go to Angola in 1976.

Welcome to theRPGsite, Condottierie!
LION & DRAGON: Medieval-Authentic OSR Roleplaying is available now! You only THINK you\'ve played \'medieval fantasy\' until you play L&D.


My Blog:  http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/
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

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
The new Diceless RPG of multiversal power, adventure and intrigue, now available.

Bunch

#27
July 09, 2017, 10:18:55 AM
I'd give it a shot. I have MSPE, Merc and Advanced Revised Recon. I never get enough chances to play any of them.

Dumarest

#28
July 09, 2017, 10:32:51 PM
Quote from: condottierie;973259I recently created my first character for Merc. He has a highest score of 36, and doesn't have high enough attributes to have any specialities. He's English and has no previous military experience, so he seems ideal fodder to be recruited to go to Angola in 1976.

Are you playing a game or just rolling up some guys?

Dumarest

#29
July 09, 2017, 10:33:52 PM
Quote from: Bunch;974128I'd give it a shot. I have MSPE, Merc and Advanced Revised Recon. I never get enough chances to play any of them.

Too bad the handful of guys who know of the game and have an interest in playing it are geographically scattered. :(

I'd love to play Recon, too, but I'm not sure about being a GM for it unless it's a mercenary campaign rather than Vietnam.
Print
Go Up Pages 1 2 3 4 ... 7
User actions