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Favorite Tabletop Role-playing Genre

Started by Theory of Games, May 09, 2019, 08:45:28 AM

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nope

#45
May 16, 2019, 03:09:59 PM
1. Cyberpunk / spitting distance into the future, crime-based or intrigue-based games
2. "Low" fantasy (or alternatively, ridiculous gonzo fantasy; basically, no middle-ground)
3. Modern fantasy or supers

I realize I've sort of cheated here but whatever.

Chainsaw

#46
May 16, 2019, 06:18:23 PM
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NYTFLYR

#47
May 18, 2019, 08:50:28 AM
Pulp action for me, mostly because it can veer into all sorts of different sub-categories like low-powered supers to horror.
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Brad

#48
May 18, 2019, 09:02:58 AM
Quote from: NYTFLYR;1088432Pulp action for me, mostly because it can veer into all sorts of different sub-categories like low-powered supers to horror.

Was about to post this but you beat me to it. Pulp is the best genre objectively (followed closely by western...) specifically because it's all-inclusive. You want voodoo witch doctors and dark gods? You got it. Wizards and warriors and strange alternative realities? Absolutely. Realistically D&D is nothing but pulp with a fantasy veneer; adding laser pistols seems almost logical. I think the only thing pulp doesn't do well is super high level stuff, at least for the protagonists. It perfectly within genre to have an unbeatable enemy, but the heroes will never achieve that power level. Best campaign I ever ran was what seemed to be some sort of Maltese Falcon game that ended up in lost lands with dinosaurs, aliens, and wizards channeling evil powers. Kitchen sink doesn't even being to describe it.
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Chris24601

#49
May 18, 2019, 11:55:16 AM
My two favorites would be...

"Near-future supers" - because it provides a nice sandbox of superhero, cyberpunk and space fantasy tropes. I especially like the way it feels a bit more realistic in that "cut Lex Luthor a check" is in full effect while "Reed Richards is useless" is not. In other words, the world is different than ours precisely because of the involvement of supers in it (super inventors and reverse engineered alien tech alters the course of history).

"Schizotech Fantasy Apocalypse" - inspired by Thundarr and similar. Maybe not Earth, but fantasy set in the ruins of sci-fi.

GeekyBugle

#50
May 18, 2019, 02:10:43 PM
Quote from: Brad;1088433Was about to post this but you beat me to it. Pulp is the best genre objectively (followed closely by western...) specifically because it's all-inclusive. You want voodoo witch doctors and dark gods? You got it. Wizards and warriors and strange alternative realities? Absolutely. Realistically D&D is nothing but pulp with a fantasy veneer; adding laser pistols seems almost logical. I think the only thing pulp doesn't do well is super high level stuff, at least for the protagonists. It perfectly within genre to have an unbeatable enemy, but the heroes will never achieve that power level. Best campaign I ever ran was what seemed to be some sort of Maltese Falcon game that ended up in lost lands with dinosaurs, aliens, and wizards channeling evil powers. Kitchen sink doesn't even being to describe it.

I couldn't agree more, only trouble I have is many people seem to think that Pulp is a time piece. Meaning they think it needs to be on a particular time period. IMHO this is BS Pulp is about larger than life characters built on certain archetypes, who will never become god-like but will still manage to thwart the enemy.
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SavageSchemer

#51
May 18, 2019, 09:13:28 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1088446I couldn't agree more, only trouble I have is many people seem to think that Pulp is a time piece. Meaning they think it needs to be on a particular time period. IMHO this is BS Pulp is about larger than life characters built on certain archetypes, who will never become god-like but will still manage to thwart the enemy.

I absolutely love pulp. To my thinking, pulp eventually became action cinema. So I tend to think of Stargate SG-1 (a personal favorite) as pulp. The movie Sahara would be pulp. Stuff like that.
The more clichéd my group plays their characters, the better. I don't want Deep Drama™ and Real Acting™ in the precious few hours away from my family and job. I want cheap thrills, constant action, involved-but-not-super-complex plots, and cheesy but lovable characters.
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GeekyBugle

#52
May 18, 2019, 09:18:15 PM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1088487I absolutely love pulp. To my thinking, pulp eventually became action cinema. So I tend to think of Stargate SG-1 (a personal favorite) as pulp. The movie Sahara would be pulp. Stuff like that.

Stargate . . . . Hadn't thought of it, but yes, Sahara, can't remember the movie.

Dune is Pulp, and making some important and heretical changes you could make a John Carter, movie, series, game set in the present or even the future. Ditto goes for Pellucidar, The Warlock from DC was basically Pellucidar in the present {back in the 70's}
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Spinachcat

#53
May 18, 2019, 09:21:55 PM
How are each of you defining "pulp"?

For me, I go to the origin. Lurid stories in cheaply printed texts where action trumps everything. In many ways, the proto-comics.

SavageSchemer

#54
May 18, 2019, 09:22:06 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1088489Stargate . . . . Hadn't thought of it, but yes, Sahara, can't remember the movie.

Dune is Pulp, and making some important and heretical changes you could make a John Carter, movie, series, game set in the present or even the future. Ditto goes for Pellucidar, The Warlock from DC was basically Pellucidar in the present {back in the 70's}

You mean, like the Jane Carver of Waar books?
The more clichéd my group plays their characters, the better. I don't want Deep Drama™ and Real Acting™ in the precious few hours away from my family and job. I want cheap thrills, constant action, involved-but-not-super-complex plots, and cheesy but lovable characters.
From "Play worlds, not rules"

GeekyBugle

#55
May 18, 2019, 09:24:51 PM
Quote from: SavageSchemer;1088492You mean, like the Jane Carver of Waar books?

I had never heard of that, and now I gotta have all the books!
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GeekyBugle

#56
May 18, 2019, 09:30:43 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1088490How are each of you defining "pulp"?

For me, I go to the origin. Lurid stories in cheaply printed texts where action trumps everything. In many ways, the proto-comics.

Yes, agreed, yet I have seen many videos, games and comments where people take Pulp as to having to be on a determined time period. To me this isn't true, it's what you said with larger than life characters that fit certain archetypes depending on the kind of Pulp story. Adventurer, scientific, golden boy, terran in a strange planet/time, barbarian, primitive, femme fatale, masked vigilante, etc.

You have to respect the tropes of the "genre" but the time period isn't one of them. The Rocketeer could be remade in present day and still be Pulp (even if it really wasn't but neo Pulp) as long as you stick to the tropes.
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GeekyBugle

#57
May 18, 2019, 09:34:59 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1088493I had never heard of that, and now I gotta have all the books!

Changed my mind, the author is an SJW with severe TDS. Guess his heroine is a MarySue
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

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neonitril

#58
May 19, 2019, 03:16:40 AM
Count me in the broad scifi genre. I prefer both classic scifi based on Piper, Heinlein and Asimov as well as not too gonzo post-apoc. Cut my teeth on post-apoc (old Swedish Mutant) back in the day so I still have a soft spot for that kind of post-apoc rpg.
Still have a weak spot for fantasy (both my parents were huge Tolkien fans when I was growing up so I guess it rubbed off on me) and horror (like Kult and CoC).
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