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What we can gleam from the Gamma World tidbits!

Started by Spinachcat, October 12, 2010, 06:14:24 PM

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kregmosier

#75
October 14, 2010, 01:02:51 PM
Quote from: Abyssal Maw;409700So a lot of Gamma World is about reskinning. I noticed a blog post over at Critical Hits (from Chris Sims) about that today as well.

Read this also...thanks for pointing it out, AM.
http://critical-hits.com/2010/10/14/mutate-your-game/
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#76
October 14, 2010, 01:31:42 PM
Quote from: kregmosier;409711Read this also...thanks for pointing it out, AM.
http://critical-hits.com/2010/10/14/mutate-your-game/
Cool read. :)

Spinachcat

#77
October 14, 2010, 07:55:04 PM
Quote from: Abyssal Maw;409700It's not a PSH, it's an Engineered Human. They still get two origins, but you can reskin the second origin into tech.

How explicit is re-skinning in the GW RAW?  

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;409700But Conspiracy might help you figure out what the Jiffy Lube sign is referring to on the building.

I am unclear why its called "Conspiracy" - what's their explanation?  

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;409700As for guns: there's no assumption. It could be flintlock, wild west or submachine guns. They don't really make a distinction, other than light or heavy.

That staccato thumping I hear in the background are dozens of gun nut gamers collapsing from heart attacks across the nation.

Really?  No distinction on guns?  Is it stated in the rules? What do the illustrations tell us?

Oh, and when did the Apocalypse hit in this GW?

Soylent Green

#78
October 15, 2010, 03:18:42 AM
Quote from: kregmosier;409711Read this also...thanks for pointing it out, AM.
http://critical-hits.com/2010/10/14/mutate-your-game/

Yes, but simulating the powers of Thundarr the Barbarian with D&D or Gamma World is only half the story. If the game engine and is still driving you toward going up levels and acquiring stuff you are not capturing the soul of the show, just mimicing some of the trappings.
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October 15, 2010, 05:08:25 PM
Quote from: Soylent Green;409854Yes, but simulating the powers of Thundarr the Barbarian with D&D or Gamma World is only half the story. If the game engine and is still driving you toward going up levels and acquiring stuff you are not capturing the soul of the show, just mimicing some of the trappings.


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October 15, 2010, 05:17:13 PM
Just wanted to say that, from what I'm gathering from this thread and other places, GW seems to take the 4e core engine and make it much more flexible without adding (and maybe in fact reducing) complexity.

If that's the case, I really like the idea, and I'd love to see it applied to D&D some day.

I might even check out GW (though my copy of Mutant Future seems to be in perfect working order...) :D

Seanchai

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October 15, 2010, 05:34:11 PM
I'm not sure I'd say it is more flexible or really reduces the complexity of the system too much. What is does is break away from D&D-isms to a certain degree and push Powers off onto discrete cards.

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Spinachcat

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October 15, 2010, 05:58:26 PM
Quote from: Soylent Green;409854If the game engine and is still driving you toward going up levels and acquiring stuff you are not capturing the soul of the show, just mimicing some of the trappings.

What is the soul of Thundarr show?  

No, I'm not being snarky.  

Quote from: The Butcher;410029Just wanted to say that, from what I'm gathering from this thread and other places, GW seems to take the 4e core engine and make it much more flexible without adding (and maybe in fact reducing) complexity.

I am looking forward to the threads and sites devoted to the GW D&D conversion.

Heck, lots of us did that back with GW 1e so much so that Mutant Future has their Mazes & Mutants appendix for blending MF with Labyrinth Lord.
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