Erol Otus Alma Mater RPG Artwork (NSFW)

Kellri · **Erol Otus Alma Mater RPG Artwork (NSFW) -** 09-09-2008, 07:38 AM

Here's the Erol Otus pictures from Alma Mater: The High School RPG from 1982. I don't need to tell you how much I love this stuff. Let me suggest you put some Led Zep or B.O.C. on the stereo, get your lighter, spark a fire, and enjoy.

Cover Art

Losers, Lovers or Both?

The Lunchroom Dweeb

Football

Race Rumble in the Boy's Room

Hot for Teacher

Gymcutter

Trippy

AC/DC Junky

Cheater

Kellri · 09-09-2008, 07:39 AM

Makin' Out

Yearbook - get yer avatars here old school boys & girls!

walkerp · 09-09-2008, 08:59 AM

Holy crap! Is that real? Where can you get that game? That is awesome. Thanks for posting that.

Man, I used to think that society was at its most uptight in the 80s, but looking back, you can really see how the wave of cultural conservatism has dampened the wildness here in North America.

If that game is real, I need to get my hands on it. How are the rules?

walkerp · 09-09-2008, 09:05 AM

Or perhaps not:

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Alma Mater was a bit of a controversy when it came out. Stores refused to order it, gaming magazines refused to even carry ads for it, and conventions banned anyone running or even dealers selling it, all because of the explicit references to sex n' drugs. I have an issue of the Sorcerer's Apprentice (the Flying Buffalo and T&T support magazine) in which the then editor Liz Danforth rants at length on the horribleness of AM and its inappropriateness as a game.

Which all looks terribly silly and naive two decades later, after White Wolf set aside a whole publishing imprint for adult-themed books and even D&D has had its mature content titles.

from a discussion on the review in rpg.net

GrimJesta · 09-09-2008, 10:26 AM

If a chick ever made that face while reaching for my junk I'd be afraid. That picture looks like an undercover Femi-Nazi operative achieving her objective: the tearing off of the penis.

-=Grim=-

Arminius · 09-09-2008, 11:56 AM

A friend of mine owned it; I remember seeing it in the game store at least as late as 1987. Regrettably I never picked up.

Drohem · 09-09-2008, 12:04 PM

It's a real game. I own a copy of it. The rules are clunky and outdated. Honestly, unless your a complusive collector, I really don't see the need to go out and hunt this game down.

KenHR · 09-09-2008, 12:06 PM

How are the rules outdated?

Drohem · 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KenHR

How are the rules outdated?

Well, outdated in the sense that it was, basically, a modified D&D clone system (simple class-level with skill system). It was published in 1982.

Perhaps, my choice of the word 'outdated' was not the best.

I consider this game one the of my prizes in my collection for novelty and nostalgia reasons.

I did not mean to associate any negative connotation when I used the term outdated. It's just the product of an earlier era in the RPG industry.

The game is funny, and could certainly be mined for ideas today. Also, it's a time stamp on high school life in the early 1980's, which some gronards might find amusing and spark memories of life in high school back then.

KenHR · 09-09-2008, 12:35 PM

Ah, gotcha.

I can see how classes like Jock, Loser, etc. would work for such a setting. Certainly makes more sense than typical classes in a fantasy setting (no matter how much I love 'em).

The RPGnet review is interesting. The game appears to have been trying to break some new ground at the time it was released. Definitely looks like something to keep an eye out for one day, if for nothing else than to satisfy the collector's jones.

Creepy Otus artwork is always a bonus, too.