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What Obscure Work of Fantasy or SF Should be Licensed and Designed for Gaming

Started by WillInNewHaven, August 20, 2017, 07:00:56 PM

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Baron Opal

#60
September 03, 2017, 03:49:43 PM
Quote from: Arminius;988721I think Lyonnesse was done as an RPG in French.

I'll toss one out--barely remember the plot but I loved a juvenile science fantasy series that started with Wonderful Flight  to the Mushroom Planet. There were enough sequels that there's probably a substantial amount of setting to mine.

Ooo... That's the one with the crazy uncle that invented binoculars that could see into the infragreen range of the spectrum, right? And, sulfur was important...

Baron Opal

#62
September 04, 2017, 06:29:09 PM
Those were fun stories. Crazy uncles for the win!

Spinachcat

#63
September 04, 2017, 06:42:50 PM Last Edit: September 04, 2017, 06:54:09 PM by Spinachcat
Star Wars.

What I would love are 2 setting books - one based on the original first draft script by Lucas (there was a graphic novel done a couple years ago) and another based on the Marvel Comics Star Wars comic book (particularly the setting created between New Hope and Empire).

EDIT: I know, SW is the anti-obscure, but most SW fans don't know about those two "alternate universes" and I know I could get a group to play them in a hot second.

Dumarest

#64
September 04, 2017, 07:06:17 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;989092Star Wars.

What I would love are 2 setting books - one based on the original first draft script by Lucas (there was a graphic novel done a couple years ago) and another based on the Marvel Comics Star Wars comic book (particularly the setting created between New Hope and Empire).

EDIT: I know, SW is the anti-obscure, but most SW fans don't know about those two "alternate universes" and I know I could get a group to play them in a hot second.

I don't givea hoot about the original screenplay but I'd be all over the Marvel Comics one. I incorporate bits from the comics when I play Star Wars. Basically I default to the first movie plus the early Marvel Comics ideas that filled the gap before The Empire Strikes Back. I find them far more interesting and fun than anything Lucas & Co. came up with after 1977.

Armchair Gamer

#65
September 04, 2017, 07:11:56 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;989092Star Wars.

What I would love are 2 setting books - one based on the original first draft script by Lucas (there was a graphic novel done a couple years ago) and another based on the Marvel Comics Star Wars comic book (particularly the setting created between New Hope and Empire).

EDIT: I know, SW is the anti-obscure, but most SW fans don't know about those two "alternate universes" and I know I could get a group to play them in a hot second.

   Lucasfilm shifted policy on the Marvel Comics place in the EU around the late 90s, so WotC produced some source material based on it for the d20 games. You'll probably have to track down several issues of the Star Wars Gamer magazine to find a lot of it, though. (Jaxxon and the rest of that gang even get the cover of an issue!)

   The Star Wars would definitely be interesting ... it would probably feel like a mix of the Original Trilogy, the Prequel Trilogy, and Flash Gordon.

Simon W

#66
September 05, 2017, 02:00:50 AM
Patrick Tilley's The Amtrak Wars - post apocalyptic s/f with magic...

Tetsubo

#67
September 05, 2017, 05:28:07 AM
Quote from: Simon W;989150Patrick Tilley's The Amtrak Wars - post apocalyptic s/f with magic...

There was magic in the Amtrak Wars? I read several of those books and don't remember magic at all...

Hrugga

#68
September 05, 2017, 08:20:54 PM
Quote from: nightlamp;988718Not necessarily obscure (among gaming and F&SF circles at least), but...
Leigh Brackett's "Solar System" tales (Northwest Smith, Eric John Stark, etc.)
Vance's Lyonesse trilogy
China Mieville's Bas-Lag books (Perdido Street Station, The Scar, etc.)
C.S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy

I concur. Good picks. C.L. Moore's Nortwest Smith stories(he shoots first when needed)!!!...Shambleau!!! Minga!!! Lakkdarol!!! Leigh Brackett is good too(her screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back is a what could have been. A real "Whompa-in"good time)...!!! Need to finish Perdido Street Station...

H:0)

nightlamp

#69
September 06, 2017, 10:00:24 AM
Quote from: Hrugga;989371I concur. Good picks. C.L. Moore's Nortwest Smith stories(he shoots first when needed)!!!...Shambleau!!! Minga!!! Lakkdarol!!! Leigh Brackett is good too(her screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back is a what could have been. A real "Whompa-in"good time)...!!! Need to finish Perdido Street Station...

H:0)

Ahh, that's right -- Northwest Smith was C.L. Moore, not Brackett.  Brackett's screenplay for ESB should be folded into the "alternate Star Wars" setting book mentioned by Spinachcat a few posts up.

Ulairi

#70
September 06, 2017, 10:08:12 AM
The Willow universe. The movie + the novels that came out in the 90's were all really good.

grodog

#71
September 06, 2017, 10:08:58 AM
Quote from: Arminius;988721I think Lyonnesse was done as an RPG in French.

Farmer's World of Tiers was done as a French RPG license, too.  

Quote from: Spinachcat;989092Star Wars.
What I would love are 2 setting books - one based on the original first draft script by Lucas (there was a graphic novel done a couple years ago) and another based on the Marvel Comics Star Wars comic book (particularly the setting created between New Hope and Empire).

EDIT: I know, SW is the anti-obscure, but most SW fans don't know about those two "alternate universes" and I know I could get a group to play them in a hot second.

Where would I go to read more about the original/early drafts of Star Wars?  I've read Skywalking and some other bios of Lucas, that include quite a bit of evolving storyline info, but not the scripts themselves.  Is there a good definitive reference for the scripts, similar to say, the Babylon 5 scripts series by J. Michael Straczyinski?

Allan.
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Dumarest

#73
September 06, 2017, 12:27:01 PM
Something utterly insane like...
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So many gonzo ideas in this movie...

You'd have to play it straight for it to be hilarious and fun.

Dumarest

#74
September 06, 2017, 08:49:33 PM
Now this would be a hoot and three-quarters!
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