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[what game would you use] The Expendables!

Started by The Butcher, August 10, 2014, 11:37:11 AM

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#30
August 25, 2014, 06:05:24 PM
One I forgot about earlier is The Revised Recon. It uses a nice stripped-down, simpler version of the Palladium system.

I love the fuck out of Feng Shui... except for the clunky dice mechanics. In what's supposed to a fast-moving gonzo action game everybody sits around counting on their fingers to figure out what 6-19+15 is each action. Even for the math whizzes it eventually just gets draining. I have almost everything for the game, but more to read than to ever actually play. I guess if everyone had smartphones with a special dice app it could work.
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#31
August 26, 2014, 03:08:07 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;778057I'd go with Ninjas & Superspies without a shadow of a doubt. Ideally supplemented by the Palladium Weapon Compendium series.

I'd trim down or ignore entirely the cybernetic implants, the more over-the-top gadgets and vehicles, and possibly the mystic martial arts stuff too. Just guns, kung fu and tradecraft.

But God in heaven, does this game need and/or deserve an update.

Much like the cast of The Expendables.  :D

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#32
August 26, 2014, 10:08:05 AM
Quote from: tenbones;782601There's a guy Wisdom2020... who has probably single-handedly kept 2020 alive in my consciousness since the game went up in smoke...

http://datafortress2020.com/

I *highly* recommend you look here. It's a bit over-wrought but you can use what you like. Simply brilliant.

Yeah that has to be the best Unofficially Official Support Site for any game ever.

Hey Butcher, go with the original Friday Night Firefight for CyberPunk 2013.  Holy Mackanoly.
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#33
August 26, 2014, 02:17:40 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;782825Yeah that has to be the best Unofficially Official Support Site for any game ever.

Hey Butcher, go with the original Friday Night Firefight for CyberPunk 2013.  Holy Mackanoly.

Yeah - but man, the PC's better come correct otherwise it will be a TPK of epic proportions if you're using Expendables levels of mooks in terms of numbers appearing. You might have to account a bit for the armor - since there wouldn't be anything as powerful as Metal Gear.

But you could make it cinematic like players get to add their Reflex to the DC. or something.

MarionPoliquin

#34
August 26, 2014, 07:25:51 PM
Feng Shui is the first game that came to mind. The archetypes just make themselves.
 

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#35
August 27, 2014, 02:17:20 AM
Quote from: MarionPoliquin;782973Feng Shui is the first game that came to mind. The archetypes just make themselves.

It wasn't what came to my mind first, but it would certainly do a very good job of it.
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#36
August 27, 2014, 03:30:28 AM
Dogs of W.A.R. - it's the perfect fit.

I realise some people prefer crunchier systems, but seriously...for running a game of The Expendables?

Feng Shui is also a good call, but I'd still pick Dogs. (Mainly 'cos I love it to pieces!)
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#37
August 27, 2014, 09:07:08 AM
Feng Shui 2.0, which is in development, might do a better job of it than the original game.
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#38
August 28, 2014, 09:38:28 AM
A long time ago I wrote The Hard Way ! It is stupid and way over the top (and I'm working on a second edition) but it could work for a one-shot.

Elfdart

#39
August 28, 2014, 08:27:25 PM
Quote from: Omega;778080Palladiums Recon would fit probably.
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That's Merc 2000, a good choice. Or Phoenix Command.
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#40
August 28, 2014, 09:06:45 PM
Quote from: Kyle Aaron;778129Hong Kong Action Theatre. In this game you played an actor playing a character in a movie. Your actor would have certain abilities - strength, agility, looks, etc - and your character would have other skills. This is how Denise Richards can be a nuclear scientist.

The difficulty to hit the foe was based not on his distance from you, agility, lighting or anything silly like that, but on his importance to the plot.

So the faceless goon you could hit firing a machinegun one-handed at him while running along and he was 50 feet above you and 150 feet beyond you at night aboard a poorly-lit ship while not even looking, but the main villain could be handcuffed on his knees in front of you with your gun muzzle against his head... and you'd miss.

Thus in Expendables 3, rumour has it that around 300 Somalis and 500 Assmanistan soldiers are gunned down, stabbed or blown up casually (including one Somali crane driver and a couple of hundred Russian prisoners who weren't armed or bothering anyone) but when one Expendable ends up in hospital it's an occasion for many glum looks and existential crises over drinks.

I always wanted to play this, and never could convince anyone to do so do to the unusual concept. But I remember thinking the martial arts mechanics seemed pretty cool.
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