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My academic library has these RPGs. Which books would you recommend?

Started by Trond, April 07, 2025, 04:03:00 PM

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Banjo Destructo

#15
April 08, 2025, 05:24:19 PM
I've heard good things about shadowrun, looks like its on the shelf, so yeah go for it.

Opaopajr

#16
April 09, 2025, 08:04:39 AM
Nice selection! Any of them would be a hoot to play. To run... I'm biased toward personal darlings of AD&D 2e, Changeling the Dreaming, and Cyberpunk, though the rest ARE very fun. :)
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BadApple

#17
April 09, 2025, 11:38:31 AM
Quote from: Banjo Destructo on April 08, 2025, 05:24:19 PMI've heard good things about shadowrun, looks like its on the shelf, so yeah go for it.

Shadowrun is a great setting in desperate need of a decent system.  I have played 2e-5e (or tried) and all of them are just broken.  It's sad because the system has some really cool ideas like how to handle armor and glitches.  Everyone I know that plays it has house ruled it to the point of being almost an entirely different game.

Btw, this is the same system that people joke about throwing a brick of d6s on the table and taking an hour to calculate the final result.

I say this as someone who generally loves FASA.  I was a big time Battletech guy in the 90s and got in some Renegade Legion and FASA Star Trek.  I'm unhappy with how Catalyst Labs has treated the IPs.
>Blade Runner RPG
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D-ko

#18
April 12, 2025, 10:58:07 PM
Gurps Religion is probably a freaking fascinating read. There's a reason they're allowing it in an academic setting-- ha! Cyberpunk 2020 is a great read and predicted a Chinese flu that would cause worldwide havoc among other interesting ideas.
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