Roll stats in order, then roll to see if your adventurer actually survives chargen.

Suck it up if the dice go against you.

Quote from: trechriron;965155Having purchased and read WOIN from EN publishing, I'm afraid all the suggestions so far (bar the "kind of like Palladium" one) hardly compare to the effort. WOIN is actually a savvy game with some cool ideas within. At this rate, we would have a ways to go to compete with that. Also, since there is already so much OSR stuff, I think theRPGsite offering would be better as a giant sandbox with contributions from the various forum-goers. Lots of tools and ideas you can pilfer for your own game - kind of thing.

I bet if people got their shit together even a little bit, something awesome could come out of it. Outline the mechanics you want to use, outline the setting. Assign jobs and let Pundit decide what is in and what is not. Set down those rules from the get go to quell any bickering about what goes in. If this turned out to be a thing, I would certainly allocate time to work on it. I would be willing to bet there are others that would as well. I probably don't get along with many people here, but if they are talking something interesting about a game, then they have my full attention. I think if a project is interesting, then you're not going to let stupid shit get in the way.

Also, in this case don't dismiss what could be accomplished right away. Yes, it may go down in flames but there is no way to know that until you try. There are people here, and whether I like them or not, they have some really useful and interesting information in their heads. If they have some insight on something, or just seem to grok a certain rule, then I want to see it.

Quote from: Warboss Squee;965157Roll stats in order, then roll to see if your adventurer actually survives chargen.

Suck it up if the dice go against you.

Traveller already exists, though I personally wouldn't be averse to an OSR that included a similar mechanic.

I've heard ENWorld's 3e campaigns were well done. Anyone played them?

Quote from: cranebump;965150"The League of Extraordinary Assholes":-)

Love it!

Quote from: Nerzenjäger;965024System: D&D with BRP-style skills and hit locations. So, in essence, Palladium.

Setting: Planetary Romance Pulp Fantasy in a Hard SciFi Universe.

Production: According to a recent thread, a thin hardcover in a box.

I'd buy that.

Quote from: Charon's Little Helper;965123Based upon the fan-base here, I'd guess some sort of OSR where you quest against the evil Social Justice Warriors which are a scourge upon the land.

Easy: (Fantasy) Byzantium against the Visigoths.

Quote from: Spinachcat;965165I'd buy that.

Here's my proposal:

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Not that I've been here a wet weekend... It would probably look like a car crash between WFRP and Castles and Crusades. I mean that in a good way.

It would be a dangerous rule system with a cynical setting (with a British dark sense of humor).

Probably be a game I'd actually buy!

I think if there ever were a real TheRPGsite RPG, it shouldn't be done half-ass. And it should be done with an eye toward what people would actually play and buy.

Just some observations on WOIN and a hypothetical RPGsite book:

-I remember when Morrus first announced this and to me it looked like he waited until he had a very solid idea of what he wanted to do and saw a place in the market for it.

-WOIN is, at least to my understanding, pretty much Morrus' baby, and I think he simply utilized EN World to help him get feedback and stuff like that. It wasn't written by a collective.

-WOIN looks very good, in terms of layout. I haven't played it so I can't comment on the mechanics. I have seen a lot of positive being said about it though online.

-On that point, one of the things people mention here a lot (or at least used to) was that design by committee is a bad way to go, because it can water down the original ideas of the game. I think designing an RPG on a thread, or with a large group of posters, while it might be fun, wouldn't be likely to produce something quality.

-If TheRPGsite did make a game, it should be probably be a game designed by Pundit with heavy feedback and playtest from the people on this site. Personally I'd be more interested in something that does Genre Emulation than an OSR book, since I think the latter is pretty saturated and Pundit always had very good ideas on genre emulation.

-Not saying we should necessarily do this, just if we did, we want to make 100% sure it has the best chance of being successful as possible.

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;965266I think if there ever were a real TheRPGsite RPG, it shouldn't be done half-ass. And it should be done with an eye toward what people would actually play and buy.

Just some observations on WOIN and a hypothetical RPGsite book:

-I remember when Morrus first announced this and to me it looked like he waited until he had a very solid idea of what he wanted to do and saw a place in the market for it.

-WOIN is, at least to my understanding, pretty much Morrus' baby, and I think he simply utilized EN World to help him get feedback and stuff like that. It wasn't written by a collective.

-WOIN looks very good, in terms of layout. I haven't played it so I can't comment on the mechanics. I have seen a lot of positive being said about it though online.

-On that point, one of the things people mention here a lot (or at least used to) was that design by committee is a bad way to go, because it can water down the original ideas of the game. I think designing an RPG on a thread, or with a large group of posters, while it might be fun, wouldn't be likely to produce something quality.

-If TheRPGsite did make a game, it should be probably be a game designed by Pundit with heavy feedback and playtest from the people on this site. Personally I'd be more interested in something that does Genre Emulation than an OSR book, since I think the latter is pretty saturated and Pundit always had very good ideas on genre emulation.

-Not saying we should necessarily do this, just if we did, we want to make 100% sure it has the best chance of being successful as possible.

Au contraire. If anything, theRPGsite would birth a multitude of very different RPGs with no regard for potential success.

Quote from: Nerzenjäger;965268Au contraire. If anything, theRPGsite would birth a multitude of very different RPGs with no regard for potential success.

Arguably it already has done that. But if you are talking about doing an official TheRPGsite RPG, it should be a serious endeavor that doesn't just assume cool detachment will result in success or quality.

Quote from: Nerzenjäger;965268Au contraire. If anything, theRPGsite would birth a multitude of very different RPGs with no regard for potential success.

That's why people make their own games. Too many cooks with different opinions...

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;965269Arguably it already has done that. But if you are talking about doing an official TheRPGsite RPG, it should be a serious endeavor that doesn't just assume cool detachment will result in success or quality.

But cool detachment should be required, or it wouldn't be TheRPGSite's game;)!

Quote from: BedrockBrendan;965269Arguably it already has done that. But if you are talking about doing an official TheRPGsite RPG, it should be a serious endeavor that doesn't just assume cool detachment will result in success or quality.

It won't ensure success or quality. It will simply ensure that people might have a chance of communicating for a little while.

Quote from: AsenRG;965271But cool detachment should be required, or it wouldn't be TheRPGSite's game;)!

I thought to be TheRPGSite's game it required swearing and fart jokes?

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;965351I thought to be TheRPGSite's game it required swearing and fart jokes?

That would be coldly detached swearing and fart jokes.