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Posted September 12, 2015
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mechmouse: The genius part was how interstellar travel worked. The gravity well at the center of a star can act as a wormhole to nearby Stars. This disadvantage is you have to fly the ship INTO a sun in order for it to work. AI's can not pilot such ships as by definition flying a ship into a Star endangers the humans onboard.
Sounds like Hawking.
Posted September 12, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: There was once a pen and paper RPG that had a rather absurd setting, I don`t recall the name. It was something about a computer was the ruler and the players were members of a team which was working as some kind of police for the computer. Due to the paranoia all the citizens in this state developed, your goal was to kill all other party members, because you don`t thrust them, preferrably in a way that the computer doesn`t know that you are the one who killed them.
As I said, very absurd and bizarre, but would maybe be a good RPG.
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jkiiskinen: Yep, that was [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)]Paranoia[/url].
Yep, you`re right. It was a very unique game, I wish they would port it to computer, but I know that I will often kill my mouse then because of dying in very unusual ways!!! :-))
Posted September 12, 2015
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jkiiskinen: Yep, that was [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)]Paranoia[/url].
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Maxvorstadt: Yep, you`re right. It was a very unique game, I wish they would port it to computer, but I know that I will often kill my mouse then because of dying in very unusual ways!!! :-))
Press 'Enter' to start game.
Operation instructions for this game are classified, you have been executed for espionage.

GAME OVER
Load/Restart/Quit
Loading is treason.
Restarting is treason.
Quitting is treason.
Post edited September 12, 2015 by BlackMageJ
Posted September 12, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Yep, you`re right. It was a very unique game, I wish they would port it to computer, but I know that I will often kill my mouse then because of dying in very unusual ways!!! :-))
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BlackMageJ: Press 'Enter' to start game.
Operation instructions for this game are classified, you have been executed for espionage.

GAME OVER
Load/Restart/Quit
Loading is treason.
Restarting is treason.
Quitting is treason.
Perfect!
Posted September 12, 2015
I am surprised no one has mentioned Pathfinder, they attempted to make a MMO (which would not use the pathfinder ruleset, only the game setting) and failed.
Posted September 12, 2015
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mangamuscle: I am surprised no one has mentioned Pathfinder, they attempted to make a MMO (which would not use the pathfinder ruleset, only the game setting) and failed.
not one I've heard of. whats the setting like?
Posted September 12, 2015
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Seeing as my favorite P&P was Cyberpunk 2020, I'm covered! :)
Posted September 12, 2015
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budejovice: Seeing as my favorite P&P was Cyberpunk 2020, I'm covered! :)
"Listen up you primitive screwheads" was the most brilliant GM guide.
Posted September 12, 2015
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mangamuscle: I am surprised no one has mentioned Pathfinder, they attempted to make a MMO (which would not use the pathfinder ruleset, only the game setting) and failed.
Obsidian may help with that, but the card game is the only project announced yet: http://paizo.com/paizo/news/v5748eaic9s92?Obsidian-Announces-Pathfinder-License

Edit: as for the OP's question, after four tabletop RPGs doesn't Tékumel deserve a CRPG yet...?
Post edited September 12, 2015 by VanishedOne
Posted September 12, 2015
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mangamuscle: I am surprised no one has mentioned Pathfinder, they attempted to make a MMO (which would not use the pathfinder ruleset, only the game setting) and failed.
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mechmouse: not one I've heard of. whats the setting like?
Golarion is the name of their main setting, which IMO is not the most interesting thing about pathfinder since it is your average Tolkien fantasy setting. What draws me to pathfinder is that it is the spiritual inheritor of D&D, whose 4th and 5th editions have branched too far from the original vision.
Posted September 12, 2015
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budejovice: Seeing as my favorite P&P was Cyberpunk 2020, I'm covered! :)
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mechmouse: "Listen up you primitive screwheads" was the most brilliant GM guide.
Ah, that phrase rings a bell --sounds like Bruce Campbell from one of those B-Horror demonic possession flicks, like "Evil Dead - Army of Darkness".
Posted September 12, 2015
How about a competitive FPS/MOBA hybrid (with upgrades and leveling up) where characters throw pens and paper airplanes at each other?
Posted September 12, 2015
The ones that interest me most--D&D, Shadowrun, Vampire--are all covered already! I suppose there's more to be done with the broader WoD universe, though.

Also, really surprised to see people mentioning 4e, i.e. the "MMORPG edition." Wouldn't adapting the video game-style ruleset into an actual video game just produce something generic? Like if you adapted a game inspired by movies (GTA4, LA Noire, Max Payne) into a movie--it just seems to defeat the purpose to me, lol.
Posted September 12, 2015
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mechmouse: "Listen up you primitive screwheads" was the most brilliant GM guide.
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JDelekto: Ah, that phrase rings a bell --sounds like Bruce Campbell from one of those B-Horror demonic possession flicks, like "Evil Dead - Army of Darkness".
It was a GM's guide which went over common mistakes GMs made, how to deal with players, dirty tricks and a whole load of other stuff.

A common thing many GM's did, specially after moving from D+D was to Westworld firefights.

Your players have a massive firefight with gangs or corporate security in the middle of the street. Lots of dead bodies.

Most players will loot the bodies for goodies and move on, leaving the bodies. What tended to happen is the GM would just forget about the bodies and move onto the next scene, as if the cleaners from WestWorld have come in picked up the bodies for fixing and redressing ready for the next days firefight.

What should happen is NightCity's finest come down looking for clues and hunt down the murderers, same goes for any interested corporations, surviving gang member and/or loved ones.

My players had a rude awakening as ESWAT stormed their warehouse.
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thejimz: The ones that interest me most--D&D, Shadowrun, Vampire--are all covered already! I suppose there's more to be done with the broader WoD universe, though.

Also, really surprised to see people mentioning 4e, i.e. the "MMORPG edition." Wouldn't adapting the video game-style ruleset into an actual video game just produce something generic? Like if you adapted a game inspired by movies (GTA4, LA Noire, Max Payne) into a movie--it just seems to defeat the purpose to me, lol.
They did make MAx PAyne into a movie. It was bloody awful. Was expecting a firefight in the first 5 minutes, had to sit through 50 minutes of plot before the shooting happened.
Post edited September 12, 2015 by mechmouse
Posted September 12, 2015
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mechmouse: They did make MAx PAyne into a movie. It was bloody awful. Was expecting a firefight in the first 5 minutes, had to sit through 50 minutes of plot before the shooting happened.
Ouch. Can't say it's too surprising, though, given the track record of VG films. :P
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