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Post by Gaien on Jan 26, 2005 2:18:29 GMT -5
Back to the old school Pen and Paper RPG! I was wondering what PnP RPG's everyone had played? What were your favorites? What did you like about it? What did you dislike about it? What do you think could be done to make it better?
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Post by chevonne on Jan 26, 2005 7:09:16 GMT -5
i will need some examples of PnP before i can answer your question G. i am not familiar with the fancy names for the rpg's but if i get an example of some then i can figure out if ive ever played one or not.
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Post by Phelan on Jan 26, 2005 8:53:14 GMT -5
Well Chev, I am not Gaien but I know what he is taking about. Dungeons and Dragons, starwars, Sword and Sorcery, etc etc etc....
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Post by Zugarok on Jan 26, 2005 11:00:37 GMT -5
LOL!
The games I have played are Legion!
D&D
Travellers
Star Frontiers
Villains and Vigilantes
Cyberpunk
Star Trek
Marvel Super Heroes
Top Secret
Gamma Worlds
Champions...
We have all the core books for EQ RPG but have never played
Let's see
Marvel Superheroes...I liked their rating system with things such as Class 1000 ratings for the "Uber" such as the Hulk's srtrength (when enraged) or Magneto's magnetic control ( I think their definition was class 1000 represents being able to destroy a planet)'
I liked Star Frontiers for it's simplicity and self contained missions. you could have a scenario ala the beginning of Star Wars IV where you would play out the star battle and the onboard battle in an hour and a half or so...so you could accomplish alot quickly.
Travellers I liked for it's adaptability.
D&D I bought in 1981 when I was 11 and have given up on learning all the new editions after editions...give me the DM's guide with the crappy art of the Efreet on the cover any day!!! So I guess what I don't like is that I have bought three editions of the AD&D books and 2 of the basic sets (lol I liked that they used ta give ya a crayon to mark the dice pips). Oh yea I like having polyhedron...I fought for three years with one of my roomates about a 12 sided die...that eventually rolled a 1 in a crucial situation...we bonded as we eventually threw it in the barbecue!
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Post by Gaien on Jan 26, 2005 20:35:35 GMT -5
LMAO Good Zug, that's what I was looking for!
I agree about the 'too many additional of D&D' Zug, but I picked up 3rd about 5 years ago and updated to 3.5 not too long agao and I have to say, I like it! I like it better than previous editions released, though I still try to implement some of the 'old school' AD&D stuff, much to my PC's dismay...
Wow Zug, you got alot or experience there... never even heard of some of those...
I'm interested in knowing what you thought about Cyberpunk. A good GM can make all the difference in that game (as with any game) and we had kind of a crappy one. (Similar situation to rolling a 1 in a crucial secenario, story matters more than rules, ect)
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Post by Gaien on Jan 26, 2005 20:42:23 GMT -5
Oh, before I forget! I've played the following:
Star Wars (2nd & 3rd ed.)
Battletech (All rules levels)
Mechwarrior (2nd & 3rd)
Marvel Super Heroes
TOON
Dungeons & Dragons (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3.5 ed and all Advanced rule suppliments)
Robotech
Spycraft
Robot Wars
Ravenloft
d20 Modern (Classic, Urban Arcana, and Menace settings)
d20 Future
Teenagers From Outer Space (1st-3rd ed.)
Shadowrun (3rd ed. only)
Demons & Angels
+ Many of my own creation
I'm very happy and willing to discuss any/all of these with anyone, so send me a PM or drop a post here ;D
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Post by chevonne on Jan 26, 2005 20:55:05 GMT -5
okie, now that ive thought bout it, these are the PnP rpg that ive played:
D&D - always had fun playing this, the gm was really good, unfortunately we always had a twit that made things difficult.
Shadowrun - made a char, tried to play a session, but got bored of it really fast.
Vampires - The Masquarade - made a char, got her killed the first night, didnt like the gm much tho. i prefer playing this one live action.
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Post by Gaien on Jan 26, 2005 21:01:38 GMT -5
Chev, what bored you about Shadowrun?
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Post by chevonne on Jan 26, 2005 21:09:53 GMT -5
im not a hundred percent for sure, all i know is that it wasnt very fun for me. i tried to get the understanding of the game before i started playing it but it never made much sense.
with d&d i could understand how the char played, with vampires, it was easy because i played it in live action before i played it on paper.
it could have been that the person running the shadowrun game was my ex we never could make ourselves clear enough. after awhile i just gave up on trying to understand and told him to go ahead and run a game, i would stay out of the game and let him have his fun.
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