What Kind of OSR-RPG Do you Want (that doesn't exist yet)?

Zachary The First · January 04, 2013, 07:08:48 AM

Quote from: Libertad;614453Is there a retro clone out there with a Steampunk aesthetic? Because I'd like to see that!

Engines & Empires used Labyrinth Lord as a basis, I believe. You can check it out here.

Glazer · January 04, 2013, 07:40:36 AM

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Something which adapts D&D (or potentially some other system) to a new cultural milieu while retaining accessibility. Arrows of Indra and Spears of Dawn are both experients in this direction, and I await them with interest.

I think a game based on Aguirre The Wrath of God could fit old-school game mechanics well. Check out the precis of the plot here:

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God

Votan · January 04, 2013, 12:44:50 PM

Quote from: Sacrificial Lamb;614433Player's Option is great (as an idea), but it needs to be drastically cleaned up and balanced. But I do like it.

That is rather my take. A lot of good ideas but the balance was off. A good launching point for ideas but a bad book to give to a 3.X era optimizer.

Drohem · January 04, 2013, 01:27:57 PM

Quote from: Sean !;614472Expeditious Retreat Press have had a go:

FREE version here !

Thanks for the link!

RPGPundit · January 05, 2013, 11:27:14 AM

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This has been done now, its called Worlds Apart.

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RPGPundit · January 05, 2013, 11:27:58 AM

Quote from: Sean !;614472FREE version here !

Is there a freaking free version that doesn't involve me having to sign up to RPGnow?

Wish they'd send me a review copy...

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Melan · January 06, 2013, 04:04:28 AM

Quote from: Glazer;614494I think a game based on Aguirre The Wrath of God could fit old-school game mechanics well. Check out the precis of the plot here:

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God

Aguirre is excellent, but I don't know how "you slowly go mad while you get hunted down by invisible opponents" would map to an RPG. Not to mention if we reverse the equation and let Aguirre and pals get their hands on the natives and their gold. That game already exists and it is named Carcosa.

RPGPundit · January 07, 2013, 02:48:13 AM

Does anyone think there's still room for more gonzo fantasy?

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Zak S · January 07, 2013, 02:52:26 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;615443Does anyone think there's still room for more gonzo fantasy?

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I think after a year or four all the obvious genres will be covered and it won't be about covering the genre (low hanging fruit) it'll be about just making something distinctive and good and worthwhile in any genre.

Like I'm guessing Jeff Rients' Broodmother Sky Fortress will be "Yet another gonzo OSR dungeon" but it'll also be totally awesome and worth buying, labels or no.

J Arcane · January 07, 2013, 04:02:55 AM

I'm pondering an OD&D variant about gay feline cowboys.

Glazer · January 07, 2013, 04:06:33 AM

Quote from: Melan;615084Aguirre is excellent, but I don't know how "you slowly go mad while you get hunted down by invisible opponents" would map to an RPG.

I must admit my thinking was rather more simplistic – the players are a party of Conquistadors searching for the Lost City of Gold in a hostile and rather alien environment. Though now you say it, a simple set of sanity rules along the line of those used in CoC would be a nice addition to such a game

The Butcher · January 07, 2013, 05:29:16 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;615443Does anyone think there's still room for more gonzo fantasy?

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Hell yeah.

I've been debating the merits of starting a trippy post-apocalyptic science fantasy OD&D campaign myself, a la Planet Algol or The Metal Earth. There's surprising little support in print for that: there's Carcosa with its... peculiarities, and Anomalous Subsurface Environment, and that's all I know of.

All for the best, though; making up new classes and monsters, and tweaking existing subsystems, is part of the fun.

Melan · January 07, 2013, 11:51:08 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;615443Does anyone think there's still room for more gonzo fantasy?

Definitely! Towers of Krshal was one of my favourite products in 2012, not to mention AES2 (haven't read yet - IRL work has killed off my free time lately). Interesting off-the-wall settings and adventures are always welcome. I am planning one myself for Fight On! #15.

Imperator · January 07, 2013, 03:45:30 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;612983So, what kind of OSR game would you like to see that doesn't yet exist? Be it a specific kind of "retro clone" or an OSR take on a particular genre, or setting type, or an OSR treatment of a specific license? Or a particular kind of mechanical emphasis (the way, say, ACKS put an emphasis on dominion-management)?

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Nope, everything I want is covered.

RPGPundit · January 08, 2013, 03:03:49 PM

Quote from: The Butcher;615464Hell yeah.

I've been debating the merits of starting a trippy post-apocalyptic science fantasy OD&D campaign myself,

I've been considering something similar.

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