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What Genre is in Most Urgent Need of an RPG?

Started by RPGPundit, April 13, 2011, 12:01:49 PM

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April 13, 2011, 12:01:49 PM
Just that.  What genre/setting could most use an RPG in 2011; either because its (somehow) a setting or genre that has never been approached before, or it was only approached ages ago, or it was never approached well?

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April 13, 2011, 12:13:35 PM
Steampunk? Cyberpunk?

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arminius

#2
April 13, 2011, 12:14:25 PM
Cops. Clash & I bantered a bit about it a while ago, and I think the concept roughly fits the mold of some of his other games, but he hasn't done anything with it so far as I know. There's Gangbusters of course but it's very old, and focused on the Prohibition era. I think a good game could be made of contemporary cops, including fighting street crime, tracking down murderers, taking on gangs, SWAT situations, etc. Some nod to genre could be included--60s and 70s shows, Starsky & Hutch, Kojack, Jack Lord, Streets of SF, etc.

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April 13, 2011, 12:20:42 PM
Prison drama, no magic, no powers, just harsh reality with a system that is appropriate for running the politics, dealing and brutality of it all.
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April 13, 2011, 12:41:13 PM
None at all.
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#6
April 13, 2011, 12:43:32 PM
I think it's time for a classics rpg - with xena level realism and time line, putting the roman, Greek, and Persian empires at there peaks.

Fill that game world with over the top gore, deities, and magic.

misterguignol

#7
April 13, 2011, 12:51:17 PM
Quote from: AikiGhost;451540Prison drama, no magic, no powers, just harsh reality with a system that is appropriate for running the politics, dealing and brutality of it all.

Coming this fall from Vincent Baker & Co.: Prison'd.

Benoist

#8
April 13, 2011, 01:14:01 PM
Quote from: estar;451543Robin Hood
There's Lionheart as a systemless supplement, and ICE's Robin Hood RM supplement. Both good sources, particularly when combined with each other (as the former has a more historical approach to the period, while the other presents more specifics as it relates to the legend, a particular fantasy system as a template, and stuff like castle plans and so on).

What would you have in mind for a dedicated RPG?

As for the OP, my first reaction was comparable to Imperator's: I don't think any genre is "in need" of a RPG at this point.

Koltar

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April 13, 2011, 01:15:05 PM
Quote from: AikiGhost;451540Prison drama, no magic, no powers, just harsh reality with a system that is appropriate for running the politics, dealing and brutality of it all.

No thank you.

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April 13, 2011, 01:20:33 PM
Quote from: Koltar;451551No thank you.

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Yeah, same. I can appreciate a game of Cthulhu for instance where the PCs are in an asylum (I remember a convention game with a plot along those lines, where the PCs were dubbed "insane" and in fact the whole staff was in a vast Cthulhoid conspiracy using the inmates as sacrifices to the Old Ones), but a dedicated RPG that combined "Locked" and "Oz"? Yeah. No. Not for me.

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#11
April 13, 2011, 01:33:45 PM
What I could go for is a light-hearted Spy game - not as silly as Get Smart but perhaps in the general Chuck or Man From Uncle ballpark and with a system as streamlined as ICONS or Barbarians of Lemuria.  If could also be a little futuristic with a touch of cyberpunk but without the angst.

I expect I may have to wait a while.
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#12
April 13, 2011, 01:47:23 PM
Prison Planet does all that and more. Traveller covered a LOT of ground in its old adventures.
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Cranewings

#13
April 13, 2011, 03:05:47 PM
Quote from: Benoist;451550As for the OP, my first reaction was comparable to Imperator's: I don't think any genre is "in need" of a RPG at this point.

Is there anything you think we need if you discount all the crap that was either released in PDF only, small press crap that never saw the light of day, or things out of print?

Personally, I'm not, at all, inclined to buy out of print crap, books with flat pages, books with crap art, or anything sold only in PDF form. While I know a lot of people that will steal things included above, I don't know anyone off line that will pay 2 cents for a PDF. Nor does anyone want a shitty looking small press book on their shelves.

I think there is a lot of room for new games if we are just talking about games of better material quality.

arminius

#14
April 13, 2011, 03:06:27 PM
Quote from: estar;451543Robin Hood

Well, ICE (Fantasy Hero/Rolemaster) and SJG (GURPS) did supplements a while back, but those (admittedly) are kind of old. But there's this for Savage Worlds/OGL, and this forthcoming for BRP.

Can't speak to the quality of either, and the BRP one looks like a bit of a hodgepodge, not focusing specifically on Robin Hood.
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