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If you Could own the Rights to one RPG, Which Would it be?

Started by RPGPundit, May 27, 2017, 04:06:59 AM

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Dumarest

#30
May 27, 2017, 06:11:09 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;964702Technically not an RPG, but rather a licensed property ideal for RPGs: John Carter of Mars

That would be cool if someone made an actual RPG designed around the stories rather than trying to plug the stories into preexisting mechanics. I know there are several attempts at pulpy "sword & planet" games but to date all the ones I've seen have been the latter, which doesn't do justice to the genre in my view. We need a Pendragon for A Princess of Mars.

hedgehobbit

#31
May 27, 2017, 07:50:19 PM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;964702Technically not an RPG, but rather a licensed property ideal for RPGs: John Carter of Mars
There's a new John Carter RPG due out later this year. Along with a miniatures games and a board game. Might be worthy.

Christopher Brady

#32
May 27, 2017, 08:17:50 PM
Quote from: sureshot;964676Rifts. So that I could update and modernize the rules. Their is a great system buried somewhere in that cluncky mess. Rewritten for a beginner and modern the system could even rival Gurps and Hero System as a generic rpg.

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Steven Mitchell

#33
May 27, 2017, 08:40:19 PM
I'd be hard-pressed to choose between Fantasy Hero or Dragon Quest.  Probably go with the latter, because it would be strange to get part of the Hero System and not do the rest, but I'd have no interest in anything but the Fantasy Hero part.  

The responsibility for Dragon Quest might weigh on me, though.  Doing a cleaner presentation of the rules without substantially changing anything would be tough.

TrippyHippy

#34
May 27, 2017, 08:58:21 PM
Probably Mage: The Ascension. I'd pull it squarely out of the World of Darkness setting and put a bit more vigour into getting some setting elements more grounded into real-world occult. I'd also unpack the system to streamline it and make the core of the game more accessible.

If I had the rights, I'd also like to make The Design Mechanism's Luther Arkwright a standalone game also.
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David Johansen

#35
May 27, 2017, 09:33:07 PM
I'm thinking the big thing with Dragon Quest would be simply moving the skills from Book III to Book I and combat from Book I to Book III.  Fantasy HERO kinda scratches the same itch but it's part of HERO and should remain there.  I wouldn't get far with HERO as I'd stick with sixth edition as it fixes many things and makes them better whatever the diehards may say.
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Charon's Little Helper

#36
May 27, 2017, 09:46:24 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;964710People make money off RPGs? :eek:

They do on D&D.  Not much else - hence my answer.

Omega

#37
May 27, 2017, 11:03:57 PM
Quote from: JeremyR;964612Star Smuggler

It was a solitaire space trading RPG from DwarfStar

The owners of the IP released it some years ago as a free PNP.

Omega

#38
May 27, 2017, 11:06:18 PM
Quote from: Tetsubo;964626After the Bomb 2nd edition and related TMNT works. I would love to make them one magnum opus game. The best mutant animal creation rules anywhere. I lack the skill or funding to make a go of it though. I would want to balance things a bit better.

The standalone After the Bomb RPG pretty much allready did that though? Its not a good chunk of the TMNT rules and the TFB stuff rolled into one book with the TMNT IP removed.

Omega

#39
May 27, 2017, 11:08:51 PM
Quote from: Weru;964638Tunnels & Trolls 5th ed. Nothing else comes close for me on this question. As to what I'd do with it - I'd reissue all the solos, and GM dungeons, commission some new ones, and write a ton of different settings powered by T&T.

Most, possibly all the solos and possibly more are now up on Drive-Thru. I picked up Caravan to Tiern last year when spotted it. Not sure what rules version they have up on DT though.

Apparition

#40
May 27, 2017, 11:21:23 PM
Quote from: Krimson;964687Buck Rogers XXVc.

Same.

Spinachcat

#41
May 27, 2017, 11:49:00 PM
D&D is the clear financial choice, but owning Waste World would be more fun.

Also, the idea of taking a property from obscurity to prominence would be a great ride if it could be pulled off.

Of course, I am talking a multi-media approach, not just selling dead trees and PDFs.


Quote from: kobayashi;964666Waste World by William "Bill" King. Best over-the-top gonzo post-apocalyptic/whatever fest. I would finish the line (one supplement per Mega cities). Maybe simplify chargen but the game engine is rock solid.

Waste World is freaking awesome.

It's also the best 40k RPG.

However, if you ever own WW, please get Bill King back aboard. WW could become an awesome multi-media IP.

cranebump

#42
May 28, 2017, 05:19:21 AM
All the old TSR properties, for nostalgic reasons.
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AsenRG

#43
May 28, 2017, 05:36:41 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2017, 05:39:20 AM by AsenRG
Dungeons and Dragons, and I'd publish it exactly as it is now:p!

And then I'd use the proceeds from it to acquire the rights for other RPGs I want, or support the writing of such that I like, because why not;)?

Quote from: Dumarest;964711That would be cool if someone made an actual RPG designed around the stories rather than trying to plug the stories into preexisting mechanics. I know there are several attempts at pulpy "sword & planet" games but to date all the ones I've seen have been the latter, which doesn't do justice to the genre in my view. We need a Pendragon for A Princess of Mars.
I find the existing Under the Moons of Zoon and the Savage Worlds: Mars adaptations fully adequate, myself.
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kobayashi

#44
May 28, 2017, 07:19:37 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;964775Waste World is freaking awesome.

It's also the best 40k RPG.

However, if you ever own WW, please get Bill King back aboard. WW could become an awesome multi-media IP.

It is also the best 2000 AD comics rpg ever, it encapsulates perfectly anything from Rogue Trooper to Nemesis the Warlock.

It could even do The Ballad of Halo Jones... And Slaine, and... ok, ok, I'll stop rambling.

Getting Bill King aboard would be mandatory of course.

Well, one can dream...
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