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RPGs: Setting vs. System

Started by Bloody Stupid Johnson, April 25, 2012, 10:12:48 PM

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Benoist

#45
April 27, 2012, 05:38:35 PM
Quote from: Dan Davenport;534566I take it you've never played Kult? :)

Man, I did. Had a lot of fun in the process but... yeah. Dark RPG if there ever was one.

Marleycat

#46
April 27, 2012, 05:40:40 PM
Quote from: Dan Davenport;534566I take it you've never played Kult? :)

I love using that game for my own setting/vision of Mage the Awakening.:)
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PaladinCA

#47
April 27, 2012, 05:42:12 PM
Quote from: Dan Davenport;534566I take it you've never played Kult? :)

I have not. Horror is not usually my genre of choice.

We had a GM at our local RPG Meetup that is preparing to run a game of Unhallowed Metropolis at Kubla Con next month. She wanted to test out her adventure with us at the meetup event.

She did a good job. We all had a great time. But the setting was no place I would ever want to be! :D

RobMuadib

#48
April 28, 2012, 03:01:16 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;533975The d20 system when applied to almost any setting with modern firearms. The d20 system when applied to Star Wars was one which I found completely failed to emulate the action in the films or TV series.

Yeah, they stuffed a lot of stuff into D20 very poorly. Farscape, Wheel of Time, and especially Iron Kingdoms, awful.

As for one of the better System Setting combos, The One Ring, by Neplitio, captures both the details of the setting, and the style of the books adventures.

SIFRP is pretty good too.

3rik

#49
April 28, 2012, 04:58:36 PM Last Edit: April 28, 2012, 05:06:10 PM by 3rik
Quote from: PaladinCA;534565Unhallowed Metropolis has an even more depressing setting than Shadowrun. I didn't think that was possible.
Switching to Cinematic Unisystem would allow you to actually kick some ass without immediate risk of death or spiritual/moral corruption, making the whole thing a lot less gloomy.

As for Shadowrun's setting being depressing... depressingly silly maybe. I do consider the system to be quite depressing.

Quote from: Dan Davenport;534566I take it you've never played Kult? :)
I played in a Kult game once but if it's supposed to be depressing we were probably doing it wrong. I'd prefer to call it unsettling. Pity the system sucked. Is there actually an edition of this game that has a decent system?

I think most of the Cinematic Unisystem games have a pretty good system-setting-match.
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#50
April 28, 2012, 06:17:50 PM
Quote from: HombreLoboDomesticado;534737...
I think most of the Cinematic Unisystem games have a pretty good system-setting-match.

I agree! I had forgotten completely about BtVS and Angel.  Those games are great, and capture the feeling of the shows 100%.
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Rincewind1

#51
April 28, 2012, 06:37:16 PM
BtVS?
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

misterguignol

#52
April 28, 2012, 06:38:05 PM
Quote from: Rincewind1;534763BtVS?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Marleycat

#53
April 28, 2012, 06:49:30 PM
I have always thought that Unisystem was a great system. Games like Witchcraft/Armageddon/BtVS and Angel were really good games, if sadly underrated and unknown by alot of people.
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Daddy Warpig

#54
April 28, 2012, 07:08:27 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;534766I have always thought that Unisystem was a great system. Games like Witchcraft/Armageddon/BtVS and Angel were really good games, if sadly underrated and unknown by alot of people.
And All Flesh Must Be Eaten. The encyclopedia of Zombie roleplaying.

Pity I've never had the chance to try the system out in practice, much.
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Marleycat

#55
April 28, 2012, 07:19:11 PM
Quote from: Daddy Warpig;534771And All Flesh Must Be Eaten. The encyclopedia of Zombie roleplaying.

Pity I've never had the chance to try the system out in practice, much.

Never played it or read it. Playing zombies isn't my thing even though I love good zombie movies.:)

I have heard alot of good things about that particular game though.
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LordVreeg

#56
April 28, 2012, 08:16:46 PM
I hate being too busy with work and my groups to really join into these worthy questions.   Carry on...
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#57
April 28, 2012, 09:08:01 PM
Although I can think of some improvements to the Cinematic Unisystem, I've got Buffy, Angel, and the Classic Unisystem games Witchcraft.

They do work well, but I think its the neutrality of the system rather than optimal connection to the setting, they work well enough though.
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#58
April 29, 2012, 01:10:56 AM
Awesome setting, shit system: Dark Heresy and Exalted.  Love both of these games but can't stand to play them because of the mechanics.  Urban Arcana for d20, too.

Awesome system, shit setting: Shadowrun.  I've heard good things about it, but I can't get into the setting at all.

Shit system, shit setting: nWoD core.  Your characters don't even get magic!

Awesome setting, awesome system: Nothing I've played.
Quote from: Black Vulmea;530561Y\'know, I\'ve learned something from this thread. Both B.T. and Koltar are idiots, but whereas B.T. possesses a malign intelligence, Koltar is just a drooling fuckwit.

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Marleycat

#59
April 29, 2012, 01:55:29 AM Last Edit: April 29, 2012, 01:57:45 AM by Marleycat
Quote from: B.T.;534855Awesome setting, shit system: Dark Heresy and Exalted.  Love both of these games but can't stand to play them because of the mechanics.  Urban Arcana for d20, too.

Awesome system, shit setting: Shadowrun.  I've heard good things about it, but I can't get into the setting at all.

Shit system, shit setting: nWoD core.  Your characters don't even get magic!

Awesome setting, awesome system: Nothing I've played.
Partially agree about Dark Heresy like any Warhammer system it doesn't hand hold you like 4e if you understand that, the system is fine.  Have no idea about Exalted.  You are so fucking wrong about the NWoD blue line I can only assume you're drunk.  Shadowrun you're mostly wrong and backwards, in parts (rigging/decking) it has "issues". The setting is awesome sauce.
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