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Most Comprehensive Single-Volume RPG?

Started by Zachary The First, July 21, 2013, 10:36:11 AM

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TristramEvans

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Nah, think the padawan pic summed you up just fine

The_Rooster

Quote from: TristramEvans;675353Nah, think the padawan pic summed you up just fine
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TristramEvans

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Rincewind1

Stop shitting up a reasonable thread. You're both not funny.
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TristramEvans

Meanwhile, has anyone managed to find a single-volume game book + setting comparable to WHFRP 1e?

TristramEvans

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Threads dead unfunny bunny

Rincewind1

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You forget it ain't over until a blogger links.

Quote from: TristramEvans;675388Meanwhile, has anyone managed to find a single-volume game book + setting comparable to WHFRP 1e?

Wolsung though you have to take my word for it I expect :D.  Call of Cthulhu too, though obviously the fact that part of the setting is our world helps. I'd warrant a gentle touch on Stormbringer as well. OSRIC as noted is indeed also "all you need to play in one tome".
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TristramEvans

Quote from: Rincewind1;675390You forget it ain't over until a blogger links.

I think Warhammer had this one out of the gate though. I was intrigued enough to see if a serious contender would be proposed ( which I likely would have ran out and bought ASAP), but sadly, as WHFRP was my first rpg, it was all downhill from there.

TristramEvans

Haven't heard of Wolsung. Is it new?

Rincewind1

Well, with WFRP I only have this slight problem that I find those 30 world describing pages in EW pretty crucial.

Wolsung's from 2009 but it's only being translated right now, so I'd be surprised if you heard about it. It's not very traditional, but it's not full whistles on storygame neither.
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danbuter

#85
My answers have mostly been covered, but here they are:
WFRP 1e
Mongoose Traveller
RC D&D
BFRPG - great mix of B/X and 3e, and no other books needed!
Champions 4th edition
Hero 5th Revised
Call of Cthulhu
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TristramEvans

Quote from: Rincewind1;675393Well, with WFRP I only have this slight problem that I find those 30 world describing pages in EW pretty crucial.

Wolsung's from 2009 but it's only being translated right now, so I'd be surprised if you heard about it. It's not very traditional, but it's not full whistles on storygame neither.

I'd agree EW is vital for playing the culture- setting of the official Warhammer- universe (at that time), though I'd contend the main book provides just enough info to sandbox in an open Warhammer world, with enough of an overview of the countries, cities, & settlements to convey the unique mood of Warhammer and socio-political environment (and provides some gorgeous map) , that EW is not a necessity.

I'll keep my ears posted for Wolfsung. Though English translations rarely seem to measure up to their European counterparts in my experience ( Nephilim, In Nomine, Cadwallen was nice except the translation appeared to be done by babel fish.com, etc).

The_Rooster

Quote from: TristramEvans;675381Star wars references and a joke that was old a decade ago. Weak troll is weak.
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danbuter

Hmm, 30 posts and most of them in this thread as a derail/bs argument with someone else.
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Ronin

I think there are a lot of "complete" games out there. Sure lots of them have a bunch of splats. But they stand well on their own. RC, T2K, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Shadowrun, James Bond, Top Secret, and CP2020 just to name a few.
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