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Started by beejazz, October 23, 2006, 04:58:13 PM

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beejazz

October 23, 2006, 04:58:13 PM
A thread for adaptations. The idea struck me while I was loathing my GURPS:Hellboy book (or maybe I was skimming a thread regretting that Firefly wasn't being done Trav-style) and wondered "Are there any better systems for Hellboy?"

Anyway, this thread should go almost like the RPG captions thread. Post a solution for the previous game idea. Then post what movie/comic/book/show/whatever you would want to play in. The next person suggests a system and asks for another book/videogame/whatever.

Clear?

I'll start with a couple, in the hopes that someone will respond:

Hellboy (anything but GURPS)

Neon Genesis Evangelion

The Foundation

Heavy Metal Magazine (issue one through 1980ish)

Knightsky

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October 24, 2006, 06:48:47 PM
Quote from: beejazzHellboy (anything but GURPS)
If I were to ever run a Hellboy game, I would use the Angel rulebook to do so.  Not only is combat a lot smoother, but it also handles the divide between 'normal' investigators (like Kate Corrigan) and the more powerful, superpowered agents (i.e., Abe, Liz, etc.) quite well.  Creating the various abilities of said superpowered agents is fairly easy to do, using the demon creation rules.
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October 24, 2006, 09:53:19 PM
If I was to do the original Foundation trilogy I simply play Traveller and swipe Pendragon's winter phase mechanic.  Or maybe use the T4 supplement Pocket Empires for the same effect.
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David R

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October 24, 2006, 10:00:41 PM
Quote from: beejazzHeavy Metal Magazine (issue one through 1980ish)

BESM. I think the system covers a wide variety of genres, which if I'm remembering correctly is what Heavy Metal did.

Regards,
David R

beejazz

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October 24, 2006, 11:56:18 PM
Anyone care to add something they'd like to emulate? This isn't just to answer my questions. I was hoping more for self-perpetuating dicussion. Like...

"I was wondering how you'd do Samurai Champloo."

...followed by...

"I don't know. But D20 SW's VP/WP system seems a good fit. As does Iron Heroes' skill groups.

"Now how exactly would one pull off Dune?"

And yeah... I was kind of expecting Trav for Foundation :p

Maddman

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October 25, 2006, 12:05:11 AM
Okay - how would you do Sin City?
I have a theory, it could be witches, some evil witches!
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October 25, 2006, 01:45:12 AM
Quote from: MaddmanOkay - how would you do Sin City?

Drunk.
 

Dominus Nox

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October 25, 2006, 03:58:35 AM
Quote from: beejazzA thread for adaptations. The idea struck me while I was loathing my GURPS:Hellboy book (or maybe I was skimming a thread regretting that Firefly wasn't being done Trav-style) and wondered "Are there any better systems for Hellboy?"

Anyway, this thread should go almost like the RPG captions thread. Post a solution for the previous game idea. Then post what movie/comic/book/show/whatever you would want to play in. The next person suggests a system and asks for another book/videogame/whatever.

Clear?

I'll start with a couple, in the hopes that someone will respond:

Hellboy (anything but GURPS)

Neon Genesis Evangelion


For most anime I'd go with the R.Talsorian system, like Mekton Zeta plus.
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Maddman

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October 25, 2006, 09:22:57 AM
Quote from: SosthenesDrunk.

Awesome.  Have to be the right kind of drunk though - whiskey or scotch.  The kind of drunk that makes you think too hard and piss too long.  The kind of drunk that will lead to saying things better left unsaid, and doing things better left undone.

Hells yeah.
I have a theory, it could be witches, some evil witches!
Which is ridiculous \'cause witches they were persecuted Wicca good and love the earth and women power and I'll be over here.
-- Xander, Once More With Feeling
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Bagpuss

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October 25, 2006, 09:33:14 AM
Silent Mobius - You've got cops, magic, demons, psionics, cyborgs, graviton weapons and skimmers.
 

Knightsky

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October 25, 2006, 08:46:55 PM
Quote from: MaddmanOkay - how would you do Sin City?
I'm tempted to say 'use Unknown Armies with all the supernatural stuff stripped out'.  Sin City, and most noir stuff in general, involves characters following their passions no matter how much it hurts, and UA handles that mechanically quite well.  Also, the Madness Meter can handle the sort of psychological brutality that Marv, Dwight, etc suffer through during their adventures in gruesome detail.
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David R

#11
October 25, 2006, 08:51:15 PM
Quote from: MaddmanOkay - how would you do Sin City?

Over the Top...er..I mean Edge.

Regards,
David R

Knightsky

#12
October 25, 2006, 09:06:46 PM
Quote from: David ROver the Top...er..I mean Edge.
Heh... OTE was actually my second choice to do Sin City.

But I'm saving OTE to run a Fables game with...
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October 25, 2006, 09:54:41 PM
Quote from: jrientsIf I was to do the original Foundation trilogy I simply play Traveller and swipe Pendragon's winter phase mechanic.  Or maybe use the T4 supplement Pocket Empires for the same effect.

-and make eveyone take a couple of valium.:D
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