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What out of print RPGs do you like to run?

Started by Blue Devil, April 29, 2007, 05:38:05 PM

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Dr Rotwang!

#30
April 30, 2007, 10:57:47 AM
My first podcast will be, in great part, about how Classic Traveller put me on the road to my current, "Pantsless" approach to gaming - more free-form, less worried.
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jrients

#31
April 30, 2007, 11:15:14 AM
Quote from: HalfjackThis toolbox nature also makes it a powerful adjunct to any other system you might prefer for handling the simulation end -- character representation, combat, equipment, etc. -- as you retain a large set of still relevant tools for generating setting elements.

Hell, yeah.  If I were to run nearly any other sci-fi rpg on my shelf I'd end up still using Traveller for system generation and shipbuilding.
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Blue Devil

#32
April 30, 2007, 12:09:17 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!My first podcast will be, in great part, about how Classic Traveller put me on the road to my current, "Pantsless" approach to gaming - more free-form, less worried.

Let me know when you do that podcast.  I would like to hear it

Blue Devil

#33
April 30, 2007, 12:17:58 PM
Quote from: jrientsHell, yeah.  If I were to run nearly any other sci-fi rpg on my shelf I'd end up still using Traveller for system generation and shipbuilding.

All this talk of Traveller makes me wish I could find a copy

Dr Rotwang!

#34
April 30, 2007, 02:20:05 PM
I made a TSR Conan character during lunch and found her a bit underpowered.  Killed too easily, it seems -- maybe I need to start with more points, higher limits?
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jrients

#35
April 30, 2007, 02:56:57 PM
Quote from: Blue DevilAll this talk of Traveller makes me wish I could find a copy

The Little Black Books are up on eBay all the time.  And they're cheap.  I bought extra copies of Book 1 just so I could let player's reference them.

If you want the totally sweet reprint editions, I'm sure Marc Miller would be happy to hook you up.  Warehouse 23 carries the reprints as well.
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Gunslinger

#36
April 30, 2007, 04:39:05 PM
My Rules Cyclopedia campaign that i've been working/reworking for about 7 years.  One player refuses to play Basic.  Always in the mood to play some golden age Marvel (FASERIP), everybody loves Marvel.  I'd like to have the guys play some Star Frontiers but that may be just a bit too much nostalgia from me for them to handle.
 

Blue Devil

#37
April 30, 2007, 04:48:57 PM
Quote from: jrientsThe Little Black Books are up on eBay all the time.  And they're cheap.  I bought extra copies of Book 1 just so I could let player's reference them.

If you want the totally sweet reprint editions, I'm sure Marc Miller would be happy to hook you up.  Warehouse 23 carries the reprints as well.

You can get the core books- The Classic Books (0-8). all 8 for $28 bucks?

jrients

#38
April 30, 2007, 05:07:20 PM
Quote from: Blue DevilYou can get the core books- The Classic Books (0-8). all 8 for $28 bucks?

I discovered a few minutes ago that Paizo.com is even cheaper than that.
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Silverlion

#39
April 30, 2007, 06:58:00 PM
Marvel Saga
Marvel Superheroes
Top Secret/SI
Providence
BESM1E
Waste World...
Basic D&D
and many more!

In short, if I have fun with it, it stays around and I use it when its needed. I just won a TSSI copy that's near mint in box, compared to the copy I got used a while back that barely managed to hold together.
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Blue Devil

#40
April 30, 2007, 11:37:25 PM
Quote from: jrientsI discovered a few minutes ago that Paizo.com is even cheaper than that.

Are they in one big book or are they 8 seperate books?  I will check Paizo.com out.

Thanks

Drew

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May 01, 2007, 02:15:35 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!I made a TSR Conan character during lunch and found her a bit underpowered.  Killed too easily, it seems -- maybe I need to start with more points, higher limits?

I'd do both. Despite the innovations of the system it seems mired in the old '1st level insect' philosophy TSR advocated for all starting characters back then. It's easily remedied though-- doubling the number of character points and raising the starting Talent limit to 10 should do the trick.
 
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