Questbird Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 This is related to What RPG settings would you like to play but haven't? They can be BRP or non-BRP. This is about setting, not rule-system. For me, it's Tekumel or Empire of the Petal Throne. I've read a lot about it, even collected some of the varyingly in-print supplements. And even though I might be tempted to GM it I've been held back by two things: the lack of interest in the wacky Tsolyani names from my players, and scarcity of BRP adaptions of the game (though there are some). Over to you people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I'd like to try playing in a Fate game. Preferably pulp or Lovecraftian horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholme Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Hmm. Here is a list of settings I would be interested in playing games about. Northern Kingdoms (The Witcher). A Song of Ice and Fire Nosgoth (Legacy of Kain) Ivalice (Final Fantasy Tactics/Final Fantasy 11/Vagrant Story) Fou Empire/Eastern Kingdoms(Breath of Fire IV) ?? (Breath of Fire 2/3) World of Balance (Final Fantasy 6) Fa'Diel (Legend of Mana) Middle Earth USA (Supernatural) USA (Grimm) 4th-6th Century Mythic Britain 7th-11th Century Mythic Scandinavia Riverworld The Alien World of Mer (Pirates of Dark Water) Cadillacs & Dinosaurs Hyborian Age Elder Scrolls Arcane Age Faerun (elven dominant period, dragon dominant period, or sarrukh dominant period). Faerun (Menzoberranzan, Cormanthor, Sea of Fallen Stars/Moonsea, ) Ravenloft Spelljammer A homebrew fantasy setting with various "best of" Iron-Age->Medieval cultures transplanted to a new world, with Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, magic, etc already present there. Ravnica Lorwyn Azeroth And here are things I have run, want to play in, but never had the opportunity to do so: Faerun (Waterdeep, Dalelands, Sword Coast, The North) Golarion/Inner Sea Region. Defiance Stargate SG1/Atlantis I really need to find another GM interested in the same settings I am, and capable of picking one of them up and running with it. I feel somewhat doomed to always run the games I wish I could play in, and never have the opportunity to play and of the games I want to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Narnia Middle Earth Fifties sci-fi Fritz Lang's Metropolis Gotham CIty 1966 Radio Ranch (Phantom Empire) The pulp Mid-East of Chandu the Magician, Rocky Jordan and the Ghost Corps. Undersea Kingdom Seleucid Empire/Hasmonean dynasty in Judea Barsoom (John Carter of Mars) Third Earth (ThunderCats -- yeah, they're loose again!) Pellucidar Among others ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Current BRP campaigns I manage to run:* Pulp Cthulhu (Call of Cthulhu meets Amazing Adventures)* RuneQuest GloranthaCurrently playing:* White Wolf Storyteller, World of Darkness settings (DA Fae at present)Settings I would love to play BRP/RQ in, if I had the time to develop the settings:* Middle Earth* Hyborian Age* Elder Scrolls* Forgotten Realms* Mad Max or TerminatorBRP/RQ Settings I would love to play one day:* Mythic Iceland* Merrie England* Mythic Britain* ROME* Celestial Kingdom* River of HeavenOther rpgs I would love to play or GM:* FATE - Spirit Of The Century; Age of Ragnarok* Ubiquity - All For One; Hollow Earth Expeditions; League Of Adventurers* Eclipse Phase* Traveller* Cipher - Numenera and/or The Strange* D20 - 13th Age, Conan, Star WarsSo many games, so little time... Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Apocalypse Cthulhu. Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam E. Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I really need to find another GM interested in the same settings I am, and capable of picking one of them up and running with it. I feel somewhat doomed to always run the games I wish I could play in, and never have the opportunity to play and of the games I want to. Amen, brother. That's the story of my life. I don't get to game much as it is; when I do, I'm usually GM; when I actually get to play, it's pretty much classic fantasy or modern horror. Don't get me wrong - I like those genres, but there are so many other cool things out there. I can barely get anyone interested in playing anything else, much less GMing for me. But that's enough whining ... I'd love to play in the ballpark of modern noir / con / heist. I love shows like LEVERAGE, BURN NOTICE, and HUSTLE. The obvious candidate would be the LEVERAGE RPG, but I also like the WELLSTONE CITY setting - currently written for Savage Worlds and Aether, but easy enough to run with almost anything - especially BRP! Something pulp scifi would be cool. Though I'm not a huge fan of Savage Worlds these days, I'd still jump at the chance to play SLIPSTREAM. The new ROCKET AGE RPG looks cool too (and the Vortex system looks decent enough). DOCTOR WHO: ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE would also be fun. I'd love to play some seriously low-magic, human only fantasy, something Conanesque perhaps, or maybe something with a mythical Asia vibe. I'm so sick of magic - it just makes everything way too easy ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexelis Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Always the GM, very seldom the Player. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questbird Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Always the GM, very seldom the Player. I hear you, though it's been changing a bit for me lately. But even as GM, where you can have more control over which settings you play, you might have a setting you'd like to GM but for some reason can't get the game going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I got the special edition of the Doctor Who rules for my girlfriend's birthday. It seems like a simple enough system, but if I end up running a Doctor Who game it'll probably be with Fate. Amen, brother. That's the story of my life. I don't get to game much as it is; when I do, I'm usually GM; when I actually get to play, it's pretty much classic fantasy or modern horror. Don't get me wrong - I like those genres, but there are so many other cool things out there. I can barely get anyone interested in playing anything else, much less GMing for me. But that's enough whining ... I'd love to play in the ballpark of modern noir / con / heist. I love shows like LEVERAGE, BURN NOTICE, and HUSTLE. The obvious candidate would be the LEVERAGE RPG, but I also like the WELLSTONE CITY setting - currently written for Savage Worlds and Aether, but easy enough to run with almost anything - especially BRP! Something pulp scifi would be cool. Though I'm not a huge fan of Savage Worlds these days, I'd still jump at the chance to play SLIPSTREAM. The new ROCKET AGE RPG looks cool too (and the Vortex system looks decent enough). DOCTOR WHO: ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE would also be fun. I'd love to play some seriously low-magic, human only fantasy, something Conanesque perhaps, or maybe something with a mythical Asia vibe. I'm so sick of magic - it just makes everything way too easy ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles VA Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I'm easy to please; To Play: Glorantha Realms Greyhawk Babylon 5 To GM; Realms (which is happening at the moment) Babylon 5 Greyhawk Quote If it takes more than 5 minutes to understand, it's not basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam E. Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I got the special edition of the Doctor Who rules for my girlfriend's birthday. It seems like a simple enough system, but if I end up running a Doctor Who game it'll probably be with Fate. Ya, Vortex looks like a good system, but not a particularly unusual one - attributes, skills, advantages, disadvantages, etc. I would think you could run the setting with any number of systems, though I can see how so-called "narrativist" systems such as Fate would be an especially nice fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Ya, Vortex looks like a good system, but not a particularly unusual one - attributes, skills, advantages, disadvantages, etc. I would think you could run the setting with any number of systems, though I can see how so-called "narrativist" systems such as Fate would be an especially nice fit. The traits listed in the book seem very useful to port over as aspects. The only beef I have with Fate core is the lack of stunts. I know they provide guidelines for creating your own, and give some sample stunts, but I'd really like a beefier entry on stunts both for ease of character creation and inspiration. With the mental stress track I think the system would be great for running Call of Cthulhu style games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sephleon Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Just like most of you, I've almost always ended up being the DM, especially in my longest-running group of 18 years. I've generally played in a lot of fantasy, modern-type settings including World of Darkness, and - as the token sci-fi setting - Star Wars, but one thing I always want to do is more exploration in any genre (especially sci-fi). Problem is that I'm a minority running with groups of "must have some epic conflict to handle, whether it be combat, political, or otherwise." I'd love to play in the following settings (the underlined ones are settings I've run, but never got to play in): Call of Cthulhu (My love of Lovecraft is what brought me to love BRP) Ravenloft (favorite campaign setting; probably know more about this than any other setting with the possible exception of the Cthulhu Mythos) Forgotten Realms (all of it, not just Toril. Cut my teeth in roleplaying with the Al-Qadim setting, which is still one of my top 3 AD&D settings) Dark Sun Planescape Greyhawk (more of a curiosity, really) Middle Earth Uresia: Grave of Heaven (from the BESM line of settings. Quite obscure, but a fun setting with a lot of funny parodies, homages and head nods to old school JRPGs) Star Trek (Huge desire to play this, actually. Played it once in college and had tons of fun. It also fits my aforementioned love of exploration) Aliens (Big fan of the franchise due to its Lovecraftian elements. Aliens also seems to have more diversity in its themes compared to Starship Troopers and Starcraft, the latter of which I played a homebrew game or two) Eclipse Phase (had a taste of the setting using the One Roll Engine and I love the idea of Transhuman Sci Fi, but it's hard to convince others that the lack of a fear of "physical" death can be worked around with good roleplaying instead of just being metagaming fools charging forward) Elder Scrolls The setting of the video game Secret of Mana (summoning elementals to cast magic for you? Hell yeah! It's also a great - if a little disjointed - high-fantasy world) The setting of the video game series Suikoden (love the Rune magic and the semi-heavy political intrigue) As much as I'd like to put up the various Final Fantasy settings like Ivalice and the World of Balance, those are ones I'd rather play in with the original magic system and such intact since they are a big part of the settings themselves. Also, the Shining Force series would go here as well, but they're pretty generic high fantasy settings in and of themselves. Just have to make unusual races like centaurs and pegasus knights playable characters. I think that's it for now... might add to it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam E. Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The traits listed in the book seem very useful to port over as aspects. The only beef I have with Fate core is the lack of stunts. I know they provide guidelines for creating your own, and give some sample stunts, but I'd really like a beefier entry on stunts both for ease of character creation and inspiration. With the mental stress track I think the system would be great for running Call of Cthulhu style games. The conventional wisdom is that games such as Fate that give players narrative control don't work for horror, but I don't see that myself. It seems to miss the point that player control isn't the same thing as player character control or success. As long as you have players who buy into the kind of story you're trying to create, I think it could work really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam E. Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Elder Scrolls The setting of the video game Secret of Mana (summoning elementals to cast magic for you? Hell yeah! It's also a great - if a little disjointed - high-fantasy world) The setting of the video game series Suikoden (love the Rune magic and the semi-heavy political intrigue) Ah, I forgot to think in terms of video game settings. I actually made a Mass Effect conversion for Savage Worlds a few years back - but as usual, I had no one to GM it for me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sephleon Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Ah, I forgot to think in terms of video game settings. I actually made a Mass Effect conversion for Savage Worlds a few years back - but as usual, I had no one to GM it for me ... I took Darkholme's examples as the, uh, example. Mass Effect would be cool, but I have enough trouble trying to find people to run anything on my list, let alone that; also, my main RPing group generally doesn't look at systems like Savage Worlds without considerably impressive "marketing pitches" by me. Hell, it took me over a decade (well, maybe about half that in actuality since I played a lot of D20 during its early years) to get them off of 3rd Ed/D20 systems for fantasy games and into something like BRP (thank you, ThreeDeeSix and Classic Fantasy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skull Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Star Trek RIFTS Middle Earth Cadillacs & Dinosaurs Ravenloft Spelljammer Aliens Stargate SG1 Macho Women with Guns Dragonlance there is more but my tired mind can't recall the names right now. The problem is many of those have poor rules systems and need to be converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexthug Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Dresdon Files or similar urban fantasy setting but with d100 rules instead of fate. I love fate but d100 would work better for me with this setting. Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Writer Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Star Trek - Movie era (Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, etc.). I ran two sessions of a campaign set in this era using Star Trek: The Role Playing Game but my players were not terribly interested in the setting so it fizzled out. I love the ships and the uniforms and the feel of those movies. Quote Call of Cthulhu RPG Journals: http://www.yog-sothoth.com/blogs/2951 Other journals: http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/blog.php/8662-Max_Writer Youtube Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/MaxWriter Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MaxWriter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooley1chris Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Always loved the old FASA Trek. The combat simulator was great fun. Also spent many hours with the Starship Construction Manual. 1 Quote Author QUASAR space opera system: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/459723/QUASAR?affiliate_id=810507 My Magic World projects page: Tooleys Underwhelming Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 My high school group also had a copy of FASA Trek but the game master was not an inspired one and our campaign, too, fizzled after an initial session. We spent too much time following shipboard duty schedules and not enough time downside on away team missions. It is a shame because we were all enthusiastic Star Trek fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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