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Games You Wish You Had

Started by Zalmoxis, May 08, 2006, 04:35:58 PM

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flyingmice

Quote from: ColonelHardissonI have Testament and Trojan War, but haven't had the chance to play them. Testament looks great, though, and really is different from just about any RPG I've seen. They really made an effort to evoke the mood of the setting.

The game I'd like to have is Ringworld from Chaosium. I like Larry Niven's Ringworld books, as well as his Known Space setting in general. The game I've heard is a really good adaptation, and has a lot of cool reference material that would be of interest to non-gamers. Over the past 20+ years I've tried to track it down, but the only times I've ever seen it for sale is on eBay, and it always goes for way more than I'm willing to bid.

I bought the game and the Ringworld Companion when they came out. It's an excellent game - if you can get it, do. I just picked up my last "Need to get" game - Privateers and Gentlemen from FGU. It's lovely!

-mice
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I wish I had the Dune RPG, Advanced Melee (TFT), En Garde!, Metamorphosis Alpha, Lords of Creation, Starfaring, FTL: 2448, Fringeworthy, and Spawn of Fashan (original).
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ColonelHardisson

Quote from: John MorrowSpawn of Fashan (original).

This seems to imply you know of the "Kulp" edition. For those who don't know, some years back Piratecat at EN World somehow found out how to get in touch with the guy who wrote Spawn of Fashan, and had him print up a batch of the game for those who expressed an interest in an EN World thread. It was named the "Kulp" edition after PC's real name. The guy added a sheet where he explained the history of the game.

It was kinda sad, actually, because the guy and his friends really made an effort to get the thing written and printed up, and went to GenCon with it - and then got lambasted in a still-legendary Dragon review (that's why we still knew what it was, after all). After that, the guy lost interest in gaming in general, but seemed genuinely pleased that people were still talking about Spawn. He seemed well aware of its quality, as it was obviously done by him when he was young, with a lot more enthusiasm than game designing experience. I bought a copy of the "Kulp" edition, which I have in storage. It really was pretty bad, but is a helluva nice bit of gaming infamy. Hell, it's at least more good natured than some of the more recent examples of bad game design.
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Renna

I wish I had the Midnight campaign setting. I've heard great things, and it sounds like a setting I'd really like.
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Cyberzombie

Hmm.  Mostly older, out of print things.  Like the original Top Secret rules -- I read articles about it in Dragon, but never got it.  I got Top Secret SI, but it was an entirely different game.  Actually, I wish I had kept that one, 'cause I never gave it a chance.  I don't even know if the rules were any good or not.  :)

I wish I had gotten the entire run of Traveller:2300/2300 AD.  I got the highlights, but I wish I had filled in the rest.