tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post116282515638579994..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Five Overlooked RPGsJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-45018209755583872952012-04-07T12:07:22.647-05:002012-04-07T12:07:22.647-05:00The hippest kids play Night's Black Agents, Ag...The hippest kids play Night's Black Agents, Agents of Oblivion, or possibly leverage. Spycraft's so passé.Pekkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104355467265113471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-44849588654755731432011-10-27T15:09:52.049-05:002011-10-27T15:09:52.049-05:00Lords of Creation...talk about a throwbackLords of Creation...talk about a throwbackcoptop1http://www.n00balert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-4709776793727933272011-09-17T21:54:54.086-05:002011-09-17T21:54:54.086-05:00I'll agree with both Spacemaster and James Bon...I'll agree with both Spacemaster and James Bond 007 as being two very great games that were not played as merely as much as they should have been. From what I understand the James Bond game was selling fairly well but Victory Games for whatever reason lost the rights to use the James Bond brand so they quit rather than make some sort of generic version of the game. Spacemaster, or Chartmaster in space, was awesome. We played the hell out of it in early high school, though I don't think we ever really used all the rules correctly, we just loved those combat damage charts. Nothing like wailing away with a plasma repeater against rebellious mutants on a rebellious planet. It was great fun at the time. <br /><br />Thanks for posting, you brought back some memories. I'll have to check out the other three games.infocydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717475066074726136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-45260435145693583562010-04-01T13:43:39.035-05:002010-04-01T13:43:39.035-05:00I am not hip enough to know which games have been ...I am not hip enough to know which games have been overlooked by RPG history blogosphere, but I will throw out several good ones:<br /><br />-Dragonquest: Not playable, or barely so, I grant you. But one of the most interesting (& influential!) magic systems ever designed. Tons of great texture, too. (What other game asks you to roll up your PC's "aspect"--a kind of outre astrology--which them affects magic use?)<br /><br />-Swordbearer: Among the best 80s RPGs. Thoughtful & highly playable. Runequest II stole its fascinating spirit magic system. Also has nice art.<br /><br />-Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes: T&T rules, Raymond Chandler vibe. Absurd? You bethca. But also hella playable & very durable. I ran this for years, because it takes next to no statistical prep time.<br /><br />Oh, and a big YES! to James Bond RPG. Always though that was among the all-time best designs. It runs so smoothly, it's almost ridiculous.<br /><br />LoC is cool in concept, but I remember it being a mess design-wise.Del Beaudrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57078943164513705802009-10-09T05:36:49.589-05:002009-10-09T05:36:49.589-05:00Zombi is now available for free download sans some...Zombi is now available for free download sans some of the art.<br /><br />http://www.lategaming.com/2009/10/09/zombi-pdf-for-download/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563955226803729370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-52169782710615983322009-09-11T10:57:20.456-05:002009-09-11T10:57:20.456-05:00Cool!
online gameCool!<br /><br /><a href="http://mmorpg4fun.ru" rel="nofollow">online game</a>game onlinehttp://mmorpg4fun.runoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-12842476116940200192009-08-18T14:16:23.293-05:002009-08-18T14:16:23.293-05:00As someone with over 200 games on his shelf and an...As someone with over 200 games on his shelf and an obsession for trying them all out, I congratulate you on tagging 3 that I don't have (and 4 that I've never played) in that list.Dyson Logoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352404068239792475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57372175963265977522009-05-14T17:02:00.000-05:002009-05-14T17:02:00.000-05:00ok umm the only one ive ever played was 007....i l...ok umm the only one ive ever played was 007....i love that game and i love the movies...i am the type to love action/adventure thingsNadiahttp://nadiasgameblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-88732065161675374272009-03-08T05:17:00.000-05:002009-03-08T05:17:00.000-05:00Got to find zombi....By the way, have you ever rea...Got to find zombi....<BR/><BR/>By the way, have you ever read The Dead? Sweet little free zombie rpg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-30125921894934182052008-09-27T09:36:00.000-05:002008-09-27T09:36:00.000-05:00I have to admit that, from what I remember, I actu...I have to admit that, from what I remember, I actually liked T.A.R.O.T. more than S.P.E.C.T.R.E. I thought it had a cooler thematic structure to it, neat organization, and, if I remember correctly, even the leader of the organization was kind of a dark mirror of Bond himself.Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-85933029461181008412008-07-20T21:32:00.000-05:002008-07-20T21:32:00.000-05:00Every now and again, I com back to this review...I...Every now and again, I com back to this review...Its just excellent stuff. Well done, Jeff.<BR/><BR/>~AoBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-58714980128597913692008-05-01T18:34:00.000-05:002008-05-01T18:34:00.000-05:00Jeff, the 007 modules explicitly tell you not to a...Jeff, the 007 modules explicitly tell you not to assume they follow the movies, doing so will place your character in severe risk. <BR/><BR/>The SPECTRE/Blofeld crap was the result of the fact that the novel <I>Thunderball</I> was actually an adaptation of the screenplay written by Fleming and Kevin McClory (and Jack Whittingham). This lead to a copyright issue over SPECTRE and Blofeld that resulted in some out of court settlements that gave McClory rights over those entities.<BR/><BR/>Check out modus-operandi.co.uk for a download of the playtest for the never released <I>From Russia With Love</I> module.<BR/><BR/>-VIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11892230645337400395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-4899973090965612522008-02-03T11:28:00.000-06:002008-02-03T11:28:00.000-06:00We played Spacemaster not too long ago. As mention...We played Spacemaster not too long ago. As mentioned earlier, it is very flexible (and quite lethal too, just as it should be in real life!). Best scifi campaign I played was with this system but using a different background than the one in the book. We didn't care about all the animal races... Thanks for these reviews. I'd like to try 007!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-76355267422881504162007-12-10T06:29:00.000-06:002007-12-10T06:29:00.000-06:00A long time ago, like 10 years or so the developer...A long time ago, like 10 years or so the developers of SenZar were all over rec.games.frp. The problem was that they totally verified the stereotype of gamers who "powergame". all the posts are still available in Google Groups and there are 100's. There was a very legendary flame war which erupted due to the authors self-aggrandizing the product and themselves. Some of the sillier things I recall were the authors web site claimed that one of them was an Olympic class fencer, and the other's greatest achievement was in Karate where he was able to "punch a sand bag 10 times in a second" something which is physiologically impossible. <BR/><BR/>Bu the worse thing was they all went out and got fake e-mails by hacking AOL accounts and made pretended to be happy users and even people in the game industry to blost the sales. <BR/><BR/>http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.frp.misc/browse_thread/thread/ed1cffd856e6c700/019197507811c8ce?lnk=gst&q=senzar+karate#019197507811c8ceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-90005074616568049812007-11-02T22:50:00.000-05:002007-11-02T22:50:00.000-05:00Lords of Creation rules... I still have dimensiona...Lords of Creation rules... I still have dimensional sight.Refereehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755956756489513527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-27292768418428271152007-09-22T13:59:00.000-05:002007-09-22T13:59:00.000-05:00Woot! SpaceNinja and Zombi available on KEY20!Woot! SpaceNinja and Zombi available on KEY20!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-40498115402930425452007-05-04T11:32:00.000-05:002007-05-04T11:32:00.000-05:00Since we hadn't gotten into any of the other scien...Since we hadn't gotten into any of the other science fiction games you mentioned yet, the move from Rolemaster to Space Master was a natural and easy one for my high school game group.<BR/><BR/>I would never want to run it, but playing a session or two for nostalgia (especially a bug hunt or two) would be a lot of fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-14611162993558346462007-03-30T13:39:00.000-05:002007-03-30T13:39:00.000-05:00Goldfinger II for James Bond was good, I have run ...Goldfinger II for James Bond was good, I have run it and it is fun.s7610rahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658417201343534248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1164101136164002042006-11-21T03:25:00.000-06:002006-11-21T03:25:00.000-06:00007 has one of the best designs ever. It was for m...007 has one of the best designs ever. It was for me the first game that really had rules designed to emulate a certain genre and style, that was into player empowerment, and a lot of groundbreaking things. I still play it (these days I'm playing Goldfinger with my g/f).<BR/><BR/>By the way, Jeff, I'll cast a vote in favour of the official adventures. I only own two (A View to a Kill and Goldfinger), but both differ from the movies enough to have surprises, but not so much as to be totally unrecognizable. Great work, indeed. Check them out.Imperatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658991661920004498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1163975941327755982006-11-19T16:39:00.000-06:002006-11-19T16:39:00.000-06:00"I prefer to think of it as 'flexible'; you could ..."I prefer to think of it as 'flexible'; you could comfortably play any style of sci-fi goodness somewhere in the 'universe' of SpaceMaster - Dune style inter-House power-politicking, Blade Runner style replicant hunts in grim industrial backwaters, 'boldly going' to explore unkown frontiers, or interplanetary criminal hijinks in the style of the Stainless Steel Rat"<BR/><BR/>Pitched like that I can totally see the appeal. The Terran Empire never lit my jets back in the day, but you make a strong case for it.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1163970968876873722006-11-19T15:16:00.000-06:002006-11-19T15:16:00.000-06:00I was big into SpaceMaster back in the day. 'Bland...I was big into SpaceMaster back in the day. 'Bland' may be one word for the 'packaged' Terran Empire setting - but I prefer to think of it as 'flexible'; you could comfortably play any style of sci-fi goodness somewhere in the 'universe' of SpaceMaster - Dune style inter-House power-politicking, Blade Runner style replicant hunts in grim industrial backwaters, 'boldly going' to explore unkown frontiers, or interplanetary criminal hijinks in the style of the Stainless Steel Rat.....You could do all this and more and we certainly tried to and had a blast. The ruleset would probably be a bit crunchy now for my current tastes - but damn those were good times we had with SpaceMaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1163969693225804852006-11-19T14:54:00.000-06:002006-11-19T14:54:00.000-06:00Of these, the only one I have played is 007... and...Of these, the only one I have played is 007... and, though I still have the book, I haven't played it since about 1983.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1163881525386840942006-11-18T14:25:00.000-06:002006-11-18T14:25:00.000-06:00matt: I am super-pleased to hear that your games ...matt: I am super-pleased to hear that your games will be available again! I did this post precisely because I feel all these games deserve better than to languish in obscurity.<BR/><BR/>horrox: I would have liked SPECTRE in the book as well, but TAROT is a pretty cool substitute.<BR/><BR/>Also, I know nothing about The Future King other than that pic. I've seen a couple copies at various places going for around 30 bucks. I've never been 30 bucks curious about the game. Maybe after I break down and spend the dough to get Moldvay's module Seren Ironhand.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1163879555130136262006-11-18T13:52:00.000-06:002006-11-18T13:52:00.000-06:00One thing that kept me from fully enjoying the Bon...One thing that kept me from fully enjoying the Bond rpg was that for some dumb legal reasons, they couldn't include Blofeld and S.P.E.C.T.R.E.! And so they made the decision to make up a new Bond nemesis of their own, T.A.R.O.T., wasn't it? That always bothered me, though it wasn't really the designer's fault... <BR/><BR/>Lords Of Creation, yeah! I finally just acquired all three of the published adventures and I might just be crazy enough to try and run 'em... The game is ridiculous! By the way, have you seen this other, super obscure Moldvay adventure/game called "<A HREF="http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mdtpetri/sale/nonTSR/tfkb.jpg" REL="nofollow">The Future King</A>"? It has Cyrano de Bergerac, Bruce Lee, Doc Holliday, and Nostradamus on the cover! <BR/><BR/>SenZar, well I dunno. That review you linked to is pretty amusing, though!<BR/><BR/>SpaceMaster, no comment... Probably cool but I never tried out any Rolemaster stuff. Am into percentile dice too though.<BR/><BR/>And I guess I'll be looking at IPR for that Zombi rpg...horroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885881612576463470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1163867377915396732006-11-18T10:29:00.000-06:002006-11-18T10:29:00.000-06:00CrucibleDesign may have folded but LateGaming pick...CrucibleDesign may have folded but LateGaming picks up where they left off and has just sent sample copies of <A HREF="http://www.lategaming.com/books/" REL="nofollow">The 23rd Letter, SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO and Zombi</A> off to Brennan at IndiePressRevolution. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you liked it. Muchly glad.<BR/><BR/>I do now wish I had subtitled it "That Other Zombie Game"....<BR/><BR/>I'm totally there with the James Bond game. I was lucky enough to pick up an entire armful of boxes for sourcebooks and scenarios =) Man - they don't make em like they used to. And the system in James Bond was to heavily influence my writing of Zombi/SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO/Testament/Creed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com