Quote from: RPGPundit;991731I would say Game of Thrones could use an OSR edition, but then you can already use Dark Albion for that.

I'd prefer a better rule set but to be honest on the back of my thread I don't think GoT has that much going for it as a RPG setting.

I'd like to see Ars Magica cleaned up, and given a better core resolution mechanic. Especially for mundane abilities, taking a small bonus and adding an exploding d10 is too swingy.

I'd like to see a new Champions/HERO game, whether that be an "OSR" version of one of the pre-FRED editions, or Steve Long putting out HERO 7e. I like Steve Long and admire the dedication he has to the franchise, but 6e is a mess. Champions Complete 6e cleans it up a bit, but you still have a game that drops a 400 point budget on players that often sends newbies fleeing.

Quote from: HorusArisen;991810I'd prefer a better rule set but to be honest on the back of my thread I don't think GoT has that much going for it as a RPG setting.

The War of the Roses has more going for it, I think.

Quote from: RPGPundit;992180The War of the Roses has more going for it, I think.

Heck yeah,  I was looking at Dark Albion and Shakespeare's plays on that era plus a cool thick illustrated volume like a "War of the Roses for Dummies" except better and was thinking what a rich setting it would be and thought about matching up the Pendragon rules to it, though probably without the Winter Phase, or at least with more happening between Winter Phases, and dropping all supernatural/magical stuff out.

Luther Arkwright needs a new edition, which is standalone and doesn't require flicking through the Mythras full rules (can't get by with just the free Mythras Imperative because they don't include Mysticism rules). It would require the addition of some thirty pages or so, to include all the rules necessary.

The Design Mechanism won't do this sadly, as they have invested time into other prioritised projects. I'd also like to see them go and win The Eternal Champion (Elric, Hawkmoon, Corum, etc) series as a license, to get the two lines to crossover with the Mythras rules....but one can only wish...

Quote from: Dumarest;992182Heck yeah,  I was looking at Dark Albion and Shakespeare's plays on that era plus a cool thick illustrated volume like a "War of the Roses for Dummies" except better and was thinking what a rich setting it would be and thought about matching up the Pendragon rules to it, though probably without the Winter Phase, or at least with more happening between Winter Phases, and dropping all supernatural/magical stuff out.

Yes, I could see that working.

Quote from: Risotto;991833I'd like to see Ars Magica cleaned up, and given a better core resolution mechanic. Especially for mundane abilities, taking a small bonus and adding an exploding d10 is too swingy.

I'd like to see a new Champions/HERO game, whether that be an "OSR" version of one of the pre-FRED editions, or Steve Long putting out HERO 7e. I like Steve Long and admire the dedication he has to the franchise, but 6e is a mess. Champions Complete 6e cleans it up a bit, but you still have a game that drops a 400 point budget on players that often sends newbies fleeing.

In the case of Champions, I think they need to go back to basics on it, in order to communicate the core game experience better than it does currently. They seem to be doing a bit of promotion of the 4th Edition recently - with updated PDFs and so on - so maybe the creators are thinking down these lines already.

In the case of Ars Magica, I think it's just a matter of time before Cam Banks/John Nephew and co. look at doing a new edition, but they are looking at the fifth edition winding down in a slow, relaxed fashion as people get through what amounts to a long, long line of supplements to digest on the 5th edition. There is a Gumshoe version coming, focused on the Quaesitores (investigators), but that is just going to be a one off I think. I've no idea what a new Ars Magica game would look like, but I hope that character generation is a lot simpler and I'd look at possibly changing the base mechanic too - probably using D6s rather than a D10.

Quote from: RPGPundit;993373Yes, I could see that working.

Well, credit where credit is due, Dark Albion has done the hardest work for me by laying out the period and mores and important personages in an easily understandable fashion.

Palladium needs to do a revision of Rifts. I don't think it really needs to be a "new" edition in the way that D&D does new editions but it needs to be updated, cleaned up, actually organized, and the skill system needs to be updated.

Quote from: Dumarest;993431Well, credit where credit is due, Dark Albion has done the hardest work for me by laying out the period and mores and important personages in an easily understandable fashion.

Thank you. And if you were going with a "Great Pendragon Campaign" format, the timeline chapter gives you the framework for that too.