Desert Island RPG

Edgewood · Apr 12, 2010

Okay,

I'm assuming most people know how this works. You and another EnWorlder find yourselves on a desert island. You only have 5 RPG Books. Which books would they be? Also, as a bonus if you want to name the EnWorlder you would be stuck playing these games with who would that be?

I'll start

1. Aria Worlds (great for world building)
2. Pathfinder RPG
3. Draconomicon (simply the best dragon book made by WotC)
4. MM I (3.5)
5. Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2nd Ed Boxed Set)

jdrakeh · Apr 12, 2010

In no particular order:

OSRIC 2e hardcover
AD&D 2e Revised Monster Manual
Call of Cthulhu 5.6
Complete Dreamlands
Story Engine Version 2

Shades of Green · Apr 12, 2010

For me it'll be (all in hardback format):
1) Mongoose Traveller core-book.
2) Basic Fantasy RPG (BFRPG).
3) Paranoia Troubleshooters.
4) Shadowrun 4E core-book.
5) Diaspora.

Aus_Snow · Apr 12, 2010

Since all else is in a state of flux or simply 'betwixt', I'll only be listing a couple, as these are the ones I'm (slightly more) sure of.

Pendragon, 4th edition (Green Knight)
Cyberpunk 2020 (R. Talsorian)

avin · Apr 12, 2010

- GURPS 4E - Characters
- GURPS 4E - Campaigns

With this at hand I could play any game I'd want to.

Almacov · Apr 12, 2010

They'd all be blank sketchbooks, which I would write and illustrate my own within. With that kind of time I could afford the trial and error, and writing my own would allow me to make optimal use of whatever other resources there are at hand. (Dice, differently shaped rocks, small lizards...)

I'd want non-gamer with me so I could gradually convert them into an avid cooperative storyteller.

I know this may not be in the spirit of the thread, but after sampling so many game systems, it's how I feel.

weem · Apr 12, 2010

Almacov said:
They'd all be blank sketchbooks, which I would write and illustrate my own within. With that kind of time I could afford the trial and error, and writing my own would allow me to make optimal use of whatever other resources there are at hand. (Dice, differently shaped rocks, small lizards...)

Yes!

Almacov said:
I'd want non-gamer with me so I could gradually convert them into an avid cooperative storyteller.

Again, yes. Primarily because I love running games for people new to them. Their excitement is contagious

Ourph · Apr 12, 2010

For purposes of this exercise, I'm going to assume I have a solar-powered laptop on hand

...

1. WFRP 1e (hardback)
2. 1e DMG
3. 4e DDI Character Builder
4. 4e DDI Monster Builder
5. Dragon Magazine CD Archive

coyote6 · Apr 12, 2010

Hmm.

1) Mutants & Masterminds
2) GURPS Characters
3) GURPS Campaigns
4) Savage Worlds
5) either Dresden Files RPG: Your Story or Ultimate Power (for M&M)

Or, better yet, I will cheat, and pick:

1) Some kind of solar power generator
2) a laptop
3) my USB drive full of gaming PDFs
4) a coconut-powered printer
5) a satellite uplink (so I can order another laptop, download new stuff, etc.)

Alaxk Knight of Galt · Apr 12, 2010

This list is complied with 2 things in mind, personal enjoyment and bang for book. If I had a laptop with internet access, 4E would certainly show up.

7th Sea Players Guide
Pathfinder PHB (because is combines the 3.5 PHB and DMG)
Champions
Star Wars d20 Revised (a real toss up as I like both Saga Edition and Revised a lot
2E Monster Manual

Honorable Mentions