Misc. Games

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 3:40 pm

What odd, out-there, non-mainstream games do you enjoy, or have encountered and thought were noteworthy? FOr the edification and education of your fellow gamer.

The following are forbidden, in all editions(this includes Minds Eye Theaters, Dark Ages and 40K supplements):

[Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: the APocalypse, Call of Cthulu, Shadowrun, Wraith: the Oblivion, Mage: the Acsenscion, Warhammer, GURPS, Traveler, Star Trek, Star Wars, Magic: the Gathering, and...oh, Hell, why not...Battletech]

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 4:28 pm

Well, there's Cyberpunk. Which always had a cool, sort of transcendant home in my heart. Sure, Shadowrun is far better put together, but somehow John Silverhand, Morgan Blackhand and Alt Cunningham will always have adventures ahead of them.

Teenagers From Outer Space is the game I have to grant with the origin to my frenetic GM style. There's nothing better than a dozen tricked out teens trying to catch a smoke break and having to battle their way through the anime equivalent of the Maginot line to do so.

All Flesh Must Be Eaten is bad ass, end of story.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 6:10 pm

I enjoy the Warhammer RPG.

And the old gaming books, Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf.

Also, the incredibly bomb-tacular Nexus: the Living City.

Also, Hackmaster. Better than the original!

Moto42 · Post by **Moto42** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 6:25 pm

[glow]Paranoia[/glow] is always a fun romp of backstabbery and beuracracy. (Went through nine clones in a mission that the GM had planned to not include any combat.) The system used (nicknamed ParanoiaM) when I GM it is much simplified.

[mb]Extreme Vengence[/mb] is an interesting game of Action Movie Logic. It puts less strain on the GM than many other RPG's do.

GhostBusters 2nd eddition: I like to run one-shots of this, everybody knows the setting and the backstory. (Everything I run tends to be one-shot though)

The absolute worse game I ever played was Eat the Stick.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 6:28 pm

Indiana Jones deserves mention...I have mixed feelings about this, considering they switched systems 'bout half-way through.

Also, Battlefleet Gothic fun but expensive and time-consuming. Ah dinnae think it caught on much on this side of the Pond.

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 8:10 pm

right now I'm working my way through Exalted -[mb]The Abyssal[/mb] and it seems pretty fucking cool right now. at least unless I need the main Exalted sourcebook that is. so far it looks like all I need is the character creation section in the main book.

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:15 pm

Exalted is /well/ tasty - I'm hard pressed to decide whether I prefer the vanilla solar Exalted game, or Dragon-Blooded. I also like the look of - although haven't played - Mummy, and of course I have to pimp Demon here, which I have played, and which I love.

On the haven't-played-but-next-up list, Silver Age Sentinels and Children of the Sun.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 11:24 pm

Dust Devils

Goddamn I wish I could convince my group to run this.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 12:00 am

I still think Mutants and Masterminds is an awesome super-hero system, and wish I could get a group together for it.

Chuckles · Post by **Chuckles** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 1:46 am

HoL. And the supplement, Buttery HolSomeness. Bring on the Pain.

No one ever seems to want to play. But dammit, I'm brining the books to Gencon.

I can see it now-The Sodomy Bikers are searching for the Sacred Wand of 6 Speed Vibration. And your characters, unknowingly, posses it. Throw in the ChurchnMunch Parkinglot, and hilarity ensues.

Elvis is a player character. His stats are in the main book.

Deadlands (not the D20 Crap) fucking rules as well.

Cazmonster · Post by **Cazmonster** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 2:20 am

Between HoL and All Flesh, we're shaping up to have a lot of creepy stuff at Gencon.

Oh, and when it comes to hero games... DC Heroes by Mayfair was the damn F Bomb.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 2:37 am

Tunnels and Trolls Pretty bad, but when ye dinnae hae a group, and got the Jones to play somethin'...

Crucible Another flop, this one by dear, departed FASA. Think DnD chainmail for the core concept, though they kept confusing people with hints that it might be the long-lost bastard child of Earthdawn and Shadowrun.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 4:32 am

I tried to read Demon tonight. The typography made my head hurt. I couldn't stop going "Boy, I would have done /this/ differently."

sigh

Psykoguy · Post by **Psykoguy** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 5:32 am

It's all about Deadlands and Deadlands Hell on Earth

and of course BESM, every time i play, it always ends up in a high school and ALWAYS redefined collateral damage

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 6:02 am

Adam wrote:I tried to read Demon tonight. The typography made my head hurt. I couldn't stop going "Boy, I would have done /this/ differently."

Yeah, the layout feels like cleaning out your eye sockets with barbed wire sometimes.

The Wolfen · Post by **The Wolfen** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 10:31 am

I loved Cyberpunk, both the Interlock and 2020 versions.

Stalking the night fantastic was pretty cool, but it shared similar horrendous gameplay problems to games like The Morrow project, combat was a nightmare if there were more than a few players or automatic weaponry in use.

Paranoia is my favorite 'sod it, let's play' game, but a lot of people I gamed with didn't like playing it due to it's silliness. (pseudo-intellectual hardcore roleplayers can suck.)

Tales from the floating vagabond was fun a couple of times, but relies too much on in-jokes IMHO.

Lord Death Hand · Post by **Lord Death Hand** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 3:45 pm

Alternity is/was pretty fun and I've been trying to come up with a decent campaign for Engel. That game really seems like it could be sweet.

Eliahad · Post by **Eliahad** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 3:46 pm

There's this game, God's Dice. Hasn't really been made yet, but it's really cool.

Ikarus7 · Post by **Ikarus7** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 4:10 pm

I like paranoia, but I don't get to play often.

There is alos pendragon, when you tired of killing goblins in D&D

Legend of the five rings, because samurais are cool

Heavy Gear, because mechwarrior game from canada are so much better

I still have my Rift sourcebooks somewhere but I haven't used tehm for more than a year.

I have an AEON (not trinity) book somewher that of mine gave to me but I never had time to use it.

There also is Histoire de fou but I don't think this one as been translated to english. You basically play a mad dreamer, and the point of each game is to get out a mad dream.

And finally the original french (not gurps) edition of magna veritas

Wildfire · Post by **Wildfire** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 8:54 pm

Dark Conspiracy holds a place on my shelf. Outdated now, but a lot of fun about 10 years ago

Alternity, both for the system and the entire setting that got developed in my head for it.

BESM and HKAT just because its fun

Steam & Sorcery because its rocks so hard it hurts

CykoSpin · Post by **CykoSpin** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:35 pm

Jestyr wrote:I also like the look of - although haven't played - Mummy,...

Major concurment here; never played Mummy, but I've both perused the rulebook and read the novels and "fucking sweet" is the only thing that comes to mind. Almost makes me wish I hadn't sworn off White Wolf games.

Lord Death Hand wrote:Alternity is/was pretty fun ...

Hell. Fucking. Yes. It's probably not the absolute best game I've ever played, but many of my fondest RPing memories are from playing Alternity. As far as I'm concerned, nothing WotC has ever made (including D&D), and probably ever will make, holds a candle to this game.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:43 pm

The new Mummy game has the best parts of the first two editions and meshes well with teh WW universe as a whole, in my opinion. 'Course, there's always one guy that wants to be part of the mortal Cannibal cult...

FlakJacket · Post by **FlakJacket** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 4:43 pm

Sorcerer looks interesting from what I've read of it.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 5:00 pm

I miss the ol' CCGs like Netrunner.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 5:22 pm

FlakJacket wrote:Sorcerer looks interesting from what I've read of it.

Word. Want to play Sorcerer.

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:59 pm

we're shaping up to have a lot of creepy stuff at Gencon.

Dude.... It's GenCon. Just the people creep me out, I don't need the games creeping me out too.

What odd, out-there, non-mainstream games do you enjoy, or have encountered and thought were noteworthy? FOr the edification and education of your fellow gamer.

Bunnies and Burrows. Fuzzy Heros. Since Bull hasn't mentioned it, Cartoon Action Hour.

Games I'd like to try....

Hunter: The Reckoning is a game I'd like to try, but haven't had a chance. Trinity I'd like to play, though I've run the game.

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:43 pm

Hunter is fun to read, but I don't think I'd want to play it. Uber-depressing.

And yeah, Trinity and/or Aberrant would be fun. I own Trinity, have never even seen Aberrant, and would love to play one or the other, one day.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 12:06 am

War games aren't my usual shtick, but my heart goes out to my copy of Campaign for North Africa.

They say it takes as long to play as the actual campaign. You have to give the Itlaian units extra water for spaghetti!

Salvation122 · Post by **Salvation122** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 1:23 am

I've heard very very good things about Little Fears, though I've never actually played it.

Jestyr · Post by **Jestyr** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:07 am

I bought a copy of it at GenCon last year, and I really should open it at some point...

Moto42 · Post by **Moto42** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:36 am

I am intriged by this Campaign for North Africa tell me more. Please/

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:51 am

They stopped ,aking it in the 70's. It's rumored to be the most intricate wargame ever devised. Prices range from $220-$350 US ( got mine for $250 plus S&H. It's unpunched, and going to my Dad for Christmas). Made by SSI.

Now, there is one contemporary game company which deserves mention:
The Evil Polish Brothers.

That's the true name of the company. You have to sign checks to the payment of "The Evil Polish Brothers." It's a company run by four Polish Brothers in Chicago or Milwaukee or someplace like that.

They have several good games, but I enjoy "J.U.M.P. Into the Unknown."

J.U.M.P. stands for "Justified Use of Military Power"