mer writes about rpgs

Obsidian: the Age of Judgment LARP

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:55:42 +0000

“You are about to step into the shoes of one of the citizens of the Zone, a monolithic city that houses the last survivors of the human race. Kultists menace the conduits, stalking souls to fuel their malefic Convokations. Mystics struggle to keep the Daemonic threat in check. Machines fall away from the imperfect humans around them. Corporates profit from the chaos and the rest of the populace just tries not to get caught in the crossfire.A quickstart is just that: a quick way to start a game. The Obsidian Live Action Roleplaying Quickstart contains everything you need to know to play in or run a game.”

Obsidian: the Age of Judgment LARP

I’m interested in games set after the end of the world. However I am not sure if I have found one I really like yet.

Dead Sea Murder

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:47:01 +0000

Its a camaign for Terra Incognita.
I like the idea, but I am not very familar with Terra Incognita. I have not seen it for sale over here. I must look out for it.

“In 1947 the world was stunned by the discovery of ancient scrolls hidden in caves not far from where the city of Qumran once thrived. These documents, some written as early as 250 B.C., were hailed as one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. The Dead Sea Scrolls, as they were soon to be called, reportedly hadn’t been seen by human eyes for two thousand years.
The members of the National Archaeological, Geographic, and Submarine Society know better”

http://www.roguepublishing.com/cgi-bin/viewbook.cgi?value=q005
http://www.roguepublishing.com/cgi-bin/viewbook.cgi?value=ggg5001

Ooo Lupin

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:42:24 +0000

If you havent heard about Lupin the third, he is rather like james bond but less cool and more a perv.
My french is not good enough to have read much Arsène Lupin, but I like this idea.

It could be a lot of gun to do the nobel thiefs, gentlewomen and gentlemen working together to steal grand jewels (very oceans 11), or some working to steal it and some working against it.

Arsène Lupin

Thousand and one nights

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:25:09 +0000

http://www.nightskygames.com/

I’ve heard nothing but good things about Thousand and One nights, by Meguey Baker.
Its based on Arabic stories, which I like as a setting. Especially since modern stories based in the Arabic penicula are not very accessible these days.

“Mysterious strangers. Beautiful women. Enchanted swords. Talking camels. You play members of the Sultan’s Court, whiling away the sultry nights by telling pointed stories to advance your own ambitions. Navigate the social maze and you could win your heart’s desire; offend the wrong person and you suffer the Sultan’s wrath.”

Burning Empires trpg

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:20:20 +0000

http://www.burningempires.com/

Sci fi setting with aliens who take humans as hosts.

3:16 CARNAGE AMONGST THE STARS

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:13:22 +0000

http://gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/index.html

Star ship troopers style game. Sounds fun.

Shab-al-Hiri Roach

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:10:33 +0000

http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/index.php?game=roach

Weird. Very very weird sounding

Shock trpg

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:08:52 +0000

http://glyphpress.com/shock/

Shock is sci fi rpg. Its based on the books of Bruce Sterling, Kim Stanley Robinson, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Philip K. Dick. I’ve read books by all these authors so its sounds worth trying.

In spectres

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:06:32 +0000

http://www.memento-mori.com/inspectres/

Heard nice reviews about this one. Its pretty ghostbuster influenced.

Medieval Sourcebook

mary gilmartin — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:44:35 +0000

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Useful reference.