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What Books Would You Take?

Started by Zachary The First, April 04, 2007, 01:13:19 PM

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Zachary The First

April 04, 2007, 01:13:19 PM
So, by some bizarre universal decree (yeah, this is pretty much just a silly beer-drinkin' question), you are told that you will only be allowed 1 RPG book (or boxed set) for each of the following ctegories.  You will not be allowed to acquire new product.  You can only game using those books for the rest of our life.  Which RPGs would you choose?
 
Here are the categories:
 
Fantasy:
Sci-Fi/Space:
Conspiracy/Horror:
Superheroes:
Wild Card: (Can be any RPG product for any category)
 
What's your combo gonna be?
 
I've posted variants of this before on other gaming sites, but it's always cool to see the responses...
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#1
April 04, 2007, 01:26:59 PM
Quote from: Zachary The FirstHere are the categories:
 
Fantasy:
Sci-Fi/Space:
Conspiracy/Horror:
Superheroes:
Wild Card: (Can be any RPG product for any category)

Fantasy: D&D 3.5 (this is multiple books, so I GUESS just the PHB)
Sci-Fi/Space: Ringworld
Conspiracy/Horror: Cthulhu (natch)
Superheroes: Champions
Wild Card: GURPS 2nd Compendium (which trumps everything on the above list, actually, except 3.5)
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#2
April 04, 2007, 01:27:00 PM
Fantasy: C&C

Sci-Fi/Space: Nebuleon

Conspiracy/Horror: Conspiracy of Shadows

Superheroes: M&M

Wild Card: Rifts

C.W.Richeson

#3
April 04, 2007, 01:48:55 PM
Fantasy: Taslislanta 5th (well, 4th, but I hear 5th has slight improvements)
Sci-Fi/Space: Fading Suns
Conspiracy/Horror: World of Darkness
Superheroes: Mutants & Masterminds 2nd
Wild Card: Spirit of the Century (yeah, I'm enjoying it that much)
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#4
April 04, 2007, 01:50:34 PM
QuoteZachary The First had these categories :

 
QuoteFantasy:
GURPS BANESTORM

QuoteSci-Fi/Space:
GURPS:TRAVELLER


QuoteConspiracy/Horror:
GURPS: ILLUMINATI


QuoteSuperheroes:
GURPS: POWERS


QuoteWild Card: (Can be any RPG product for any category)

Fine - then the boxed set of GURPS 4th edition with the 4th edition GM Screen pack trucked inside and a copy of the GCA.

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#5
April 04, 2007, 01:53:08 PM
Fantasy:  Rules Cyclopedia - gives all my basic goodness
Sci-Fi Space:  D20 Star Wars - damn Star Frontiers for being 2 boxed sets
Conspiracy Horror:  Mortal Coil - not into horror but I could use it that way to get it on the list
Superheroes:  Marvel Advanced - my favorite superhero game
Wild Card:  Burning Empires - damn BW for having 3 books
 

jrients

#6
April 04, 2007, 01:55:16 PM
Fantasy:  '81 D&D Basic boxed set
Sci-Fi/Space: Starter Traveller boxed set
Conspiracy/Horror: 3rd edition CoC boxed set
Superheroes: Advanced Marvel Superheroes boxed
Wild Card: '81 D&D Expert boxed set
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Joey2k

#7
April 04, 2007, 01:55:42 PM
Fantasy: Castles and Crusades

Sci-Fi/Space: Star Wars (WEG)

Conspiracy/Horror: All Flesh Must Be Eaten (or Buffy if that counts)

Superheroes: Not really interested, but I guess Marvel Saga just for a copy of the Saga rules

Wild Card: (Can be any RPG product for any category) Savage Worlds
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#8
April 04, 2007, 02:21:50 PM
Fantasy: D&D 3.5

Sci-Fi/Space: Star Frontiers (This is a hard one for me ask tomarrow and I'll probably give you a different answer)

Conspiracy/Horror: All Flesh Must Be Eaten

Superheros: Heros Unlimited

Wild Card: GURPS 3rd edition (I have a bunch of 3rd edition stuff and cant justify buying 4th edition stuff to replace it) or After the Bomb
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#9
April 04, 2007, 02:46:40 PM
I assume we get a large number of suitable dice, too, right?

Fantasy: Warhammer FRP 1st Edition
Sci-Fi/Space: The MegaTraveller Boxed Set
Conspiracy/Horror: ? (see below)
Superheroes: Champions 4th Edition Deluxe Big Blue Book (or the 5th Edition Revised, if necessary)
Wild Card: Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition

I don't play much pure Conspiracy/Horror and would use the slot for something like Hudson City for Champions 5th Ed (or Justice, Not Law, the Hudson City book for Champions 4th Ed) if they are close enough.  Otherwise I'd probably consider Warhammer FRP 1st Edition my Conspiracy/Horror slot and choose Dungeons & Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set (the 3 core D&D 3.5 books in a boxed set) as my Fantasy slot.  If Warhammer FRP 1st Edition also doesn't count as Conspiracy/Horror then I'd just put GDW's Dark Conspiracy in the Conspiracy/Horror slot.

ADDED: I probably would have picked The [Classic] Traveller Book if I could have slipped a few supplements (at least Citizens of the Imperium) in with it.  The MegaTraveller boxed set is the most comprehensive Traveller package that I could think of.
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#10
April 04, 2007, 02:55:35 PM
Quote from: Zachary The FirstFantasy:
D&D Rules Cyclopedia
Quote from: Zachary The FirstSci-Fi/Space:
Star Frontiers
Quote from: Zachary The FirstConspiracy/Horror:
Call of Cthulhu
Quote from: Zachary The FirstSuperheroes:
Mutants and Masterminds
Quote from: Zachary The FirstWild Card:
Angel
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#11
April 04, 2007, 02:57:31 PM
Quote from: WerekoalaFantasy: D&D 3.5 (this is multiple books, so I GUESS just the PHB)

You can get all 3 D&D 3.5 books in the "Dungeons & Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set", which has all three core books in a slipcase "box" (I'd count that as a "boxed set" ;) ).

Role-players, of all people, shouldn't have trouble min-maxing their answers. :)
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#12
April 04, 2007, 03:08:53 PM
Fantasy: D&D Rules Cyclopedia

Sci-Fi/Space: tough, but I would go with Star Wars d6 (this might change once the new version of Star Wars comes out, though)

Conspiracy/Horror: Nemesis

Superheroes: I'm not much of a superheroes gamer, but I think I would go with Godlike for this one, since it would let me do WW2 gaming too.

Wild Card: BESM 2nd, since it would let me do pretty much anything I want.

jgants

#13
April 04, 2007, 03:40:24 PM
Fantasy: D&D Rules Cyclopedia

Sci-Fi/Space: Rifts

Conspiracy/Horror: Call of Cthulhu

Superheroes: Advanced Marvel Super Heroes

Wild Card: Top Secret/SI
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#14
April 04, 2007, 03:48:24 PM
Man...this is a tough'un.  However...
 
Fantasy:  On balance, probably HarnMaster.

Sci-Fi/Space:  Fading Suns (though Star Frontiers is a close second)

Conspiracy/Horror:  Cinematic Unisystem (Angel, Buffy, or Army of Darkness), if only because it's easier to dial CineUni down to "ordinary folk" level than it is to dial up Call of Cthulhu.

Superheroes:  Mutants & Masterminds.  I love Silver Age Sentinels but I like M&M's rules better.

Wild Card: In Nomine.
 
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