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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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Dumarest

#45
August 30, 2017, 11:40:09 PM
Quote from: Schwartzwald;988138The setting created in A.E. Van Voght's 'voyage of the space beagle' cos make a gold SFRPG.

also A RPG based in H.G. Wells' original 'war of the worlds' dealing with a second martian invasion has potential.

Those would be interesting.  

Even the original WOTW would be a good setting if you can figure out something to do against the Martians aside from unleashing a virus.

tenbones

#46
August 31, 2017, 03:05:41 PM
OMG how could I have forgotten - Star Control II!

One of the best PC video games ever. Huge galaxy, many starfaring races. Ship combat! Galactic secrets! Wars! Romance! Everything!

arminius

#47
August 31, 2017, 03:26:15 PM
Quote from: Hrugga;985529I second this...!!! Or maybe one of Jack Vance's lesser known worlds...Dragon Masters, The Demon Princes, or Tschai.
Tschai was done as GURPS Planet of Adventure.

arminius

#48
August 31, 2017, 03:30:17 PM
Quote from: Schwartzwald;985598Masamune Shirow's Appleseed would likely be top of the list. His lesser known "Tank police" anime/manga could be good too.
Tank Police was done by GoO using BESM.

crkrueger

#49
August 31, 2017, 03:31:55 PM
Quote from: tenbones;988241OMG how could I have forgotten - Star Control II!

One of the best PC video games ever. Huge galaxy, many starfaring races. Ship combat! Galactic secrets! Wars! Romance! Everything!
Definitely one of the greatest PCs games ever.
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Hrugga

#50
August 31, 2017, 03:50:35 PM
Quote from: Arminius;988243Tschai was done as GURPS Planet of Adventure.

I know there is a Gurps following here. How is it?

H:0)

jeff37923

#51
August 31, 2017, 05:35:12 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;988142Even the original WOTW would be a good setting if you can figure out something to do against the Martians aside from unleashing a virus.

IIRC, explosive cannon shells worked against them.
"Meh."

arminius

#52
August 31, 2017, 06:58:33 PM
Quote from: Hrugga;988258I know there is a Gurps following here. How is it?
I haven't looked at it too closely, but I liked the pictures of the four alien races.

grodog

#53
September 01, 2017, 01:01:56 PM
Gerrold's Chtorr novels would be a worthwhile game (perhaps build on a simplified Leading Edge Aliens engine).  There was a GURPS book about them ages ago, but I don't know of any other RPGs published for the series.

Allan.
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WillInNewHaven

#54
September 02, 2017, 12:06:29 PM
Quote from: grodog;988446Gerrold's Chtorr novels would be a worthwhile game (perhaps build on a simplified Leading Edge Aliens engine).  There was a GURPS book about them ages ago, but I don't know of any other RPGs published for the series.

Allan.

That was GURPS? I was involved in playtesting and I could have _sworn_ CJ wrote it for Palladium. I will dig it out and undoubtedly find that you are correct. It was a good setting.

Tetsubo

#55
September 02, 2017, 02:45:28 PM
Quote from: estar;985496The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon

Didn't that start as an RPG campaign?

Tetsubo

#56
September 02, 2017, 02:46:31 PM
Heiro's Journey would make a fun Post-Apocalypse setting I think.

Tetsubo

#57
September 02, 2017, 02:48:45 PM
I thought of another, Perry's 97 Steps series. Space assassins!

nightlamp

#58
September 02, 2017, 07:42:37 PM Last Edit: September 02, 2017, 07:43:31 PM by nightlamp
Not 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

arminius

#59
September 02, 2017, 08:09:03 PM
I 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.
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