Quote from: Mistwell;735457Cool, did not know that!

It's good stuff, you can go for it.

Quote from: Mistwell;735454Star Frontiers: I don't need the basic rules, I need someone to start producing stuff for it!

And done

Quote from: APN;735420Golden Heroes was done. Look on here for codename spandex.

There is also Squadron UK, if you prefer your books not to be layed out completely in Comic Sans: http://squadronuk.co.uk/

It's also written by one of the actual creators of Golden Heroes.

Instead of someone just giving away his work for free without credit.

The original GH game? Actually it's not 'his' work, any more even though he co-wrote it in the first place. I think Simon asked GW if it was ok to re-release the game as SQUK and they replied with a C&D. That's why it was pulled from RPGnow if I recall.

Simon rewrote Squadron UK with new mechanics.

The codename Spandex game is as far as I know the only way to play the original GH game without hunting down a copy of it as SQUK is quite different now.

Quote from: K Peterson;735056Star Frontiers.

Yes please (and no DwD's reprints don't qualify).  DwD do sound like they are looking to release something along the line of a SF retroclone soon though

Quote from: APN;735536The original GH game? Actually it's not 'his' work, any more even though he co-wrote it in the first place. I think Simon asked GW if it was ok to re-release the game as SQUK and they replied with a C&D. That's why it was pulled from RPGnow if I recall.

Simon rewrote Squadron UK with new mechanics.

The codename Spandex game is as far as I know the only way to play the original GH game without hunting down a copy of it as SQUK is quite different now.

Fair enough, opinion retracted, apology offered.

I don't really know the system, but 'GW got involved and was litigious' is not an uncredible claim to me ...

yeah, even though they will never do anything with it, GW see it as something they own and can sit on, forever.

What other RPGs were published by GW back in the day? Judge Dredd was one. As much fun as we thought that might be, having to obey the laws you were enforcing soon meant my group were being hunted down by the SJS or whatever the equivalent of internal affairs was. Trigger happy goons with badges, but fun, albeit brief, when they were cornered and went down in a hail of AP and HE.

The system wasn't good enough to make something out of these days but dirty harry style future cops and robbers might be fun for one shots.

The Buck Rogers XXVC game played well in the computer games and could make a perfectly decent 2e AD&D space opera game. All of the intellectual property should be kept away from though, cause, y'know, lawyers. The system could probably be adapted from the OGL.

I have a Dredd-style class for H&H I plan to rework into a future official supplement.

The only game I can think of that I would like a retroclone of is the Palladium Universal Roleplaying System.  A cleaned up book that would allow for multiple genres and give one the tools to establish materials for genre specific games.  All additional material provided for the game then would be based off of the tools presented in the core rules without worrying about system bloat.

Quote from: Gunslinger;735545The only game I can think of that I would like a retroclone of is the Palladium Universal Roleplaying System.  A cleaned up book that would allow for multiple genres and give one the tools to establish materials for genre specific games.  All additional material provided for the game then would be based off of the tools presented in the core rules without worrying about system bloat.

Well, there's this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/161801557/breachworld-rpg

Quote from: APN;735541What other RPGs were published by GW back in the day? Judge Dredd was one. (...)

The system wasn't good enough to make something out of these days (...)

Maelstrom + Judge Dredd + WHFB = ...?

Anyone else interested in a Gangbusters retro-clone?

Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;735549Maelstrom + Judge Dredd + WHFB = ...?

Warhammer Fantasy Battles? You mean Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay or Fantasy Battles?

Either way, yes, a GW game, and fine first attempt at taking on D&D with added dirt and grime.

Quote from: APN;735541yeah, even though they will never do anything with it, GW see it as something they own and can sit on, forever.

What other RPGs were published by GW back in the day? Judge Dredd was one. As much fun as we thought that might be, having to obey the laws you were enforcing soon meant my group were being hunted down by the SJS or whatever the equivalent of internal affairs was. Trigger happy goons with badges, but fun, albeit brief, when they were cornered and went down in a hail of AP and HE.

The system wasn't good enough to make something out of these days but dirty harry style future cops and robbers might be fun for one shots.

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I remember being at teh UK Games Day in Nottingham when JD was released. That thing shifted sooo fast. Shame the ruels were crap. We were all uber 2000 ad fans so played in anyway. Hey I am runnign a Strontium Dog game now using my heartbreaker JD uses the same DNA so maybe I will run a one shot for my current play group in Singapore. Trouble is will they be able to tell Mega City one from home .....

Quote from: Dave;735589Anyone else interested in a Gangbusters retro-clone?

totally wound be