maud and glimglam
Ever give Cyberpunk any consideration?
AnonymousNot specifically Cyberpunk, but the genre as a whole is pretty cool. Shadowrun always seemed like an awesome setting in general.
Man. Lots of games, no money or motivation to actually commit.
If you're looking for cool rulebooks, maybe check out Eclipse Phase. It's set IN SPACE after the earth got messed up by super-AIs and you can download your mind into different bodies and stuff.
AnonymousI really need to check out Eclipse Phase. A good friend of mine actually ran a game some time ago and he said he liked it a lot. Transhumanism and stuff like that is fucking cool to me. Even just like, robot enhancements. Can’t go wrong with roboparts.
You're not wrong. Pathfinder's creators were involved with the creation of D&D 3.5. They split off and made their own version of the system, under the name Pathfinder. It's stood apart from D&D, as a rival and biggest competitor ever since. There's more to the story, but I can't recall it all off the top of my head.
Oh, that makes sense then. From the time period, it seems like it came out in response to 4e. Probably sparked by the drastic change in style? I know there was a big backlash to it, even though I honestly kinda liked the game. More games is never really a bad thing, though.
That’s cool. I never got to play 3.5e all THAT much but the one time I did I kinda found it a bit cumbersome. It was forever ago, so I don’t remember the specifics, but I definitely remember having trouble making the character. This was like, right out of high school for me, though, so I could’ve just been bad.
Less restriction is always a good thing, I think. Giving players more to work with.
Paizo is coming out with a new RPG Starfinder. That could be a good start with collecting books.
I’m not sure how I feel about Pathfinder. Never really had an opportunity to sit down and give it a go, but it’s always just seemed like… D&D but without being D&D? I could be wrong because like I’ve said, I’ve never really looked at it.
Sci-Fi stuff is cool, though.
I hardly ever get to play roleplaying games but I kind of have a weird desire to just get a bunch of rulebooks so I can put them on a bookshelf.
One of my old friends had a bunch when I was in high school and I had a blast looking through them all.
I guess I’d need a bookshelf for that, too.
I mean, you’re already into both Exalted and Godbound, so there’s a good start. The new MLP RPG is quite solid mechanically (also cute), and the World of Darkness (and now Chronicles of Darkness) have some great stuff for off-the-shelf reading. Apocalypse World and things on its engine are always good for it, and they’ve got a unique smaller form factor that looks good next to bigger books on a shelf.
I remember specifically that my friend had Vampire: the Masquerade and Mage: the Ascension, as well as AD&D2e. I think the WoD stuff is probably what got me into the Storyteller system. I would LOVE to get the WoD books. I’m not sure how the new ones are aside from a quick Mage game I played some years back for like two sessions before it collapsed.
Due to playing it for a few years, I actually picked up some Exalted 2e books: the core, Lunars, Abyssals, Fair Folk, and some various splats. They’re just kind of sitting around right now since I don’t really have a good place for them. I’ve heard bad things about 3e, though so… I dunno. Exalted 2e got kinda… uhh… weird at the end I guess.
DEFINITELY want Godbound and maybe Stars Without Number. Is Apocalypse World good? The MLP RPG is probably a good bet. Even though I’ll probably end up never playing it, it’d be nice to put next to my pone figures to be a complete scumbag.
All in all that sounds like a pretty awesome list up there. Thanks a bunch.
