tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post726940871828761088..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Like It; Haven't Played ItTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-54772741672842544892014-03-16T13:20:49.998-04:002014-03-16T13:20:49.998-04:00Catching up on your blog, so sorry for commenting ...Catching up on your blog, so sorry for commenting so late. I do this a lot. For me: <br /><br />Eclipse Phase: Technically I've played this once, at a con. However, I'd love to play an extended game with my own character (I've got one designed in my head: A gun-expert commando type, who is also an XP Podcaster weapon reviewer.) However, the game is rather hard to run from the looks of it, and there aren't many pre-written adventures for it. (Why on earth are D&D and Call of Cthulhu the only games with decent adventures online?)<br /><br />GURPS: Ogre: Yeah, kind of obscure, but I do like the giant tanks and super fast hovercraft. I'd love to merge it with....<br /><br />GURPS: Reign of Steel: Crazy dark setting, heavily based on Terminator. I worked out a way to improve it, to give the players a fighting chance, but it would be a ton of work to run.<br /><br />Autoduel: I love the Mad Max feeling, badass people roaming around in leather and blowing up bad guys with car-mounted rockets. Canageekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770924810559440307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-561198661376788262014-02-11T12:26:14.589-05:002014-02-11T12:26:14.589-05:00Here's my list:
Space 1889
Pendragon
Ars Magi...Here's my list:<br /><br />Space 1889<br />Pendragon<br />Ars Magica<br />Planescape<br />Lankhmar<br />Wilderlands/Majestic Wilderlands<br />C.J. Carella's WitchCraft<br />BuffyBrett Slocumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240226222507995367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-47294424807155090932014-02-11T06:11:37.005-05:002014-02-11T06:11:37.005-05:00@Aos - I can say that. I wouldn't say it feels...@Aos - I can say that. I wouldn't say it feels like cheating to me, but I typically look at someone else's world and think I can do it better--by which I mean better for <i>me</i>. There are a few settings that are so much a holistic thing to me, that changing them would feel like diluting them, so (as above) I usually just don't wind up playing them.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-67068200886898807522014-02-11T00:34:43.781-05:002014-02-11T00:34:43.781-05:00Dark Sun/Athas and your own Weird Adventures are t...Dark Sun/Athas and your own Weird Adventures are the only two published setting that have ever captured my imagination. <br />I KNOW it isn't the case, but using someone else's world seems like cheating to me.Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-87385209840876333802014-02-10T22:57:54.001-05:002014-02-10T22:57:54.001-05:00I tend to like to put my own spin on the games I r...<i>I tend to like to put my own spin on the games I run . . . I'm well aware I could make Tekumel my own but then it wouldn't be Tekumel to me.</i><br /><br />I agree. I've really run almost nothing in a world I didn't create myself. Once, long, long ago, I briefly set some adventure in Greyhawk. <br /><br />Of course in my case, it's less a question of creativity than it is of (a bizarre sort of) pragmatics. When I create my own world, I see far more clearly how things all work together. It takes me much more time to grasp the ins and outs of someone else's world and <i>really</i> understand it than it does to create my own environment. <br /><br />If I were to run something in someone else's world, I'd probably go for some of the biggies that everybody knows -- Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, that sort of place.<br /><br />Chris C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655640273250716377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-1829725337807056722014-02-10T16:08:28.423-05:002014-02-10T16:08:28.423-05:00Justifiers is a sci-fi game from the late 80's...Justifiers is a sci-fi game from the late 80's with genetically engineered animal/human PCs. The rules were not very good but the setting was gonzo and fun. I did a review of it not long ago.<br /><br />I must have it on my brain too, this is the second time it's come up this week. <br /><br />http://fractalbat.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/justifiers-rpg-osr-carnival-pt-1-setting/Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116795932377593506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-61084259129388033892014-02-10T15:57:14.899-05:002014-02-10T15:57:14.899-05:00@Tom - I haven't heard of Justifiers, but yeah...@Tom - I haven't heard of Justifiers, but yeah Cybermech Damocles is pretty cool.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-7383734552596535862014-02-10T11:01:16.384-05:002014-02-10T11:01:16.384-05:00I have always meant to convert Justifiers to a mor...I have always meant to convert Justifiers to a more suitable system. The setting is way too much fun.<br /><br />Also, I want to run the Cybermech Damocles setting from GURPS Mecha, but using the Mekton Zeta rules set.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116795932377593506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-73913205763435953142014-02-10T09:11:16.310-05:002014-02-10T09:11:16.310-05:00@Jack - Yeah Lowlife has always seemed interesting...@Jack - Yeah Lowlife has always seemed interesting to me, too, though never quite enough that I've picked it up.<br /><br />@Tim - Good call. While I have played Arthurian games, I've never played Pendragon either.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-60789139747004125592014-02-10T07:40:59.752-05:002014-02-10T07:40:59.752-05:00Pendragon is one I've always wanted to play, b...Pendragon is one I've always wanted to play, but haven't gotten around do it yet. I also like Dragon Age and wouldn't find giving that a go. Any Cthulhu game. For whatever reason I keep missing out on those games.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-13681280925819337462014-02-10T07:25:36.185-05:002014-02-10T07:25:36.185-05:00Mine is the Low Life setting.
http://lowtique.com...Mine is the Low Life setting.<br /><br />http://lowtique.com/?product=low-life-the-rise-of-the-lowly-print<br /><br />It's a post-apocalyptic setting where the characters are picaresque evolved/mutated cockroaches, filth, and snack cakes. It's a really weird mix of low humor and sword & sorcery adventure. It's also one of those settings that is so different that it becomes a hard sell. Someday...Jack Guignolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226738666709754348noreply@blogger.com