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I've been enjoying RPGs as a Player and a Ref for 20+ years and I've been involved with many RPGs.
I've still got almost all the RPGs I've bought over the years [and bizarrely, my house has much less room than I remember it to have - connected ??]... ...And sometimes I'll flick one open and have a read. And often find myself engrossed in RPG books from anything upto 20 years ago... ...Sometimes reading rules and thinking of new ways to apply those rules in a different way, and sometimes just remembering a time when those rules or sourcebook were used. Anyone else re-visit old rules and/or sourcebooks and using them again ?? Do they seem archaic, or fresh and usable ?? Do you think differently about them, than you did in the past ?? Just thought I'd ask... |
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Synner667 RPGs of yesteryear Aug 4 2008, 11:49 PM
Dumori I've found old RPGs make you shake your head a... Aug 5 2008, 12:26 AM
Barenziahlover58 QUOTE (Dumori @ Aug 4 2008, 06:26 PM) I... Dec 24 2008, 10:32 PM
hobgoblin QUOTE (Barenziahlover58 @ Dec 24 2008, 11... Dec 25 2008, 08:16 PM
Zhan Shi I'm a big nostalgia junkie. I love re-reading ... Aug 5 2008, 02:08 AM
shadowfire i have looked at some of the older rpg and said to... Aug 5 2008, 03:54 PM
the_dunner QUOTE (shadowfire @ Aug 5 2008, 11:54 AM)... Aug 5 2008, 04:46 PM
Synner667 Yah...
...Chill and Dark Conspiracy are both due ... Aug 5 2008, 05:07 PM
revaddict QUOTE (Synner667 @ Aug 4 2008, 06:49 PM) ... Aug 5 2008, 05:49 PM
VagabondStar http://www.youtube.com/user/pugknowspro
This is ... Aug 5 2008, 05:53 PM
Caine Hazen mmmm... I need to get a group to do Amber again. ... Aug 5 2008, 07:03 PM
Adarael Skyrealms of Jorune. A wonderfully atmospheric, in... Aug 6 2008, 06:25 AM
tete Games I started with (I had played RPGs before but... Aug 14 2008, 06:56 PM
Alex I still fondly remember the first RPG I ever playe... Aug 15 2008, 05:09 AM
paws2sky I was digging through my old gaming books last nig... Aug 15 2008, 12:58 PM
Ed_209a QUOTE (paws2sky @ Aug 15 2008, 08:58 AM) ... Aug 15 2008, 08:46 PM
paws2sky QUOTE (Ed_209a @ Aug 15 2008, 03:46 PM) D... Aug 17 2008, 02:34 AM
deek I'm trying to remember an old Palladium (I thi... Aug 15 2008, 01:32 PM
tete QUOTE (deek @ Aug 15 2008, 02:32 PM) I... Aug 15 2008, 03:13 PM
shadowfire palladium never did a camelot setting other than a... Aug 15 2008, 03:32 PM
deek Yup, that's it, Pendragon. Thanks! Aug 15 2008, 06:03 PM
Casazil I have been told of a game that was called B Movie... Aug 15 2008, 08:36 PM
tete QUOTE (Casazil @ Aug 15 2008, 09:36 PM) I... Aug 15 2008, 11:30 PM
lordnth QUOTE (Casazil @ Aug 15 2008, 03:36 PM) I... Feb 15 2009, 01:57 PM
sunnyside Paranoia 2nd edition was made of pure win. I don... Aug 16 2008, 12:21 AM
Suppedo I remember a few:
Car Wars
Ardhuin
Top Secret
Eve... Aug 16 2008, 01:09 AM
BookWyrm Yes, Palladium's system can be daunting, but i... Aug 27 2008, 08:01 PM
DMFubar I was never big on the Palladium system other than... Aug 27 2008, 08:45 PM
Wesley Street Rifts and Palladium in general ruined me on RPGs f... Aug 28 2008, 01:34 AM
Black Jack Rackham I have a very nostalgic place in my heart for PSI-... Aug 28 2008, 12:12 PM
bofh Sure.
I packed up all my gear about 10 years ago ... Sep 1 2008, 02:29 PM
Voran I've lost many through the passage of time. S... Sep 6 2008, 10:50 AM
WearzManySkins As I sit here in my game/computer room with double... Sep 7 2008, 05:51 AM
Barenziahlover58 QUOTE (WearzManySkins @ Sep 6 2008, 11:51... Dec 24 2008, 11:00 PM
Synner667 Some lovely titles remembered
QUOTE (Voran ... Sep 7 2008, 10:46 PM
crash2029 One of me favorite games of yesteryear is Spawn of... Sep 9 2008, 07:59 PM
Kyoto Kid ...OK was just doing some rearranging around the f... Sep 20 2008, 07:51 AM
fistandantilus4.0 QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Sep 20 2008, 02:51 AM)... Sep 21 2008, 10:42 PM
Fortune Another game that deserves mention, at least in my... Sep 20 2008, 11:42 PM
SinN QUOTE (Fortune @ Sep 20 2008, 04:42 PM) A... Sep 22 2008, 06:18 AM
WearzManySkins I liked Monster, Monster made by the Flying Buffal... Sep 22 2008, 12:05 AM
Remjin Heck, I sold off and got rid of a lot of books for... Sep 22 2008, 02:29 AM
paws2sky QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Sep 20 2008, 03:51 AM)... Sep 29 2008, 01:53 PM
apollo124 I bought way more books than I ever played games o... Sep 22 2008, 05:32 AM
psychophipps My favorite old skool game from my misspent youth ... Sep 29 2008, 10:11 AM
SRJunkie Anyone ever take a look at Aria : Canticle of the ... Oct 1 2008, 06:31 AM
paws2sky QUOTE (SRJunkie @ Oct 1 2008, 01:31 AM) A... Oct 1 2008, 07:56 PM
Catsnightmare Oh yeah! I've played a little bit of Justi... Oct 14 2008, 01:29 AM
pbangarth Anyone remember Bounty Hunter? Not the current Ru... Oct 14 2008, 02:25 AM
paws2sky QUOTE (pbangarth @ Oct 13 2008, 09:25 PM)... Oct 14 2008, 07:46 PM
pbangarth Damn, my copy of the book is stored in Toronto, an... Oct 14 2008, 10:55 PM
paws2sky Hmm. Not what I'm thinking of.
I think the co... Oct 15 2008, 01:01 PM
The Exiled V.2.0 QUOTE (Synner667 @ Aug 4 2008, 07:49 PM) ... Oct 18 2008, 07:37 AM
eidolon Oh yeah. My favorite game next to Shadowrun is st... Oct 18 2008, 03:18 PM
paws2sky All this Rifts talk is giving me the sudden (irrat... Oct 20 2008, 08:27 PM
Kingboy Now I know what to blame... Oct 23 2008, 07:11 PM
paws2sky Yep.
-paws
PS Kingboy: I'll take that as a no... Oct 23 2008, 07:13 PM
Cain Everyone's already mentioned the other games I... Oct 24 2008, 01:42 AM
paws2sky QUOTE (Cain @ Oct 23 2008, 09:42 PM) Ever... Oct 24 2008, 06:29 PM
Jeremiah Legacy QUOTE (paws2sky @ Oct 24 2008, 10:29 AM) ... Jan 2 2009, 06:57 PM
bofh I got a copy of B&B from Ken at a con
Carl Oct 28 2008, 09:51 PM
Wesley Street I may have missed this but has anyone ever here ev... Oct 29 2008, 05:11 PM
Remjin QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Oct 29 2008, 11:11... Nov 23 2008, 05:07 AM
Wesley Street QUOTE (Remjin @ Nov 23 2008, 12:07 AM) Fu... Dec 29 2008, 05:50 PM
Remjin QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Dec 29 2008, 11:50... Dec 30 2008, 01:00 AM
Wesley Street QUOTE (Remjin @ Dec 29 2008, 08:00 PM) We... Dec 30 2008, 04:35 PM
Remjin QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Dec 30 2008, 10:35... Dec 31 2008, 10:30 PM
kanislatrans We had a lot of fun with Robotech and Marvel Super... Nov 1 2008, 03:23 AM
SincereAgape Old Shadowrun, specifically Shadowrun II and all o... Nov 22 2008, 10:37 PM
Icepick I'm surprised no one as mentioned 7th Sea, bac... Nov 23 2008, 09:14 PM
paws2sky QUOTE (Icepick @ Nov 23 2008, 04:14 PM) I... Nov 26 2008, 08:59 PM
Adarael QUOTE (Icepick @ Nov 23 2008, 01:14 PM) I... Dec 29 2008, 08:45 PM
Fix-it Rifts, and I was actually looking back at 3rd edit... Nov 23 2008, 11:50 PM
Morrigana DnD 3E and 3.5E: They could have used a LOT of imp... Dec 24 2008, 11:36 PM
Wesley Street Well, I found old 2300AD manuals for sale through ... Dec 29 2008, 05:43 PM
Kyoto Kid ...the first RPG I played was not D&D. It was... Jan 1 2009, 08:37 AM
Remjin QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Jan 1 2009, 02:37 AM) ... Jan 1 2009, 10:38 PM
Wesley Street QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Jan 1 2009, 03:37 AM) ... Jan 2 2009, 06:57 PM
Kyoto Kid QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Jan 2 2009, 12:57 ... Jan 3 2009, 08:53 AM
shadowfire sounds a bit like palladium fantasy. In that game ... Jan 3 2009, 03:37 PM
hobgoblin heh, rolemaster. the game that penalized a magican... Jan 4 2009, 04:14 AM
shadowfire I think the way my friend runs the game and what r... Jan 4 2009, 05:28 AM
hobgoblin i pulled out the basics box i have here, and it se... Jan 4 2009, 06:27 PM
shadowfire They recently put out a set of new books that my f... Jan 4 2009, 06:55 PM
InfinityzeN I have a *VERY* extensive collection of RPGs, both... Jan 15 2009, 04:29 PM
pbangarth QUOTE (InfinityzeN @ Jan 15 2009, 09:29 A... Jun 17 2009, 07:12 PM
MiloSimpkin Unfortunately when I was at Uni I had to sell a lo... Feb 9 2009, 02:43 PM
Synner667 QUOTE (MiloSimpkin @ Feb 9 2009, 02:43 PM... Feb 15 2009, 01:19 AM
Adarael Dude. Chill. WOW. That's a blast from the past... Feb 9 2009, 05:31 PM
InfinityzeN Chill... damn, what was the last version of that? ... Feb 9 2009, 07:16 PM
Lindt I loved Alternity. I still claim it had quite pos... Feb 14 2009, 09:22 PM
MYST1C QUOTE (Lindt @ Feb 14 2009, 10:22 PM) I l... Feb 15 2009, 12:51 AM

hobgoblin QUOTE (MYST1C @ Feb 15 2009, 01:51 AM) I ... Feb 15 2009, 11:34 AM
Synner667 QUOTE (Lindt @ Feb 14 2009, 09:22 PM) I l... Feb 15 2009, 01:15 AM
hobgoblin im not sure gurps or BESM classify as old
and ir... Feb 15 2009, 03:22 PM
lordnth Came out shortly after highschool for me. While I... Feb 15 2009, 09:22 PM
Synner667 Just finished reading a Traveller: The New Era nov... Jun 16 2009, 11:15 PM
Bob Lord of Evil Bond...James Bond.
Or more precisely, James Bond ... Jun 18 2009, 11:28 AM![]() ![]() |
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