First Russian RPG?

[darjr]

I dunno if this is true but if so it's interesting and now I wanna make a point crawl of that map.

 

[loverdrive]

Заколдованная Страна has a text adventure PC version that more or less captures the entirety of the game.

There's also Эра Водолея (Age of Aquarius), anime occult detective game that is basically WEG Star Wars, but reskinned.

 

[aramis erak]

I found a Russian PDF of it online when looking for it. It looks more like a boardgame, but I'm using poorly practiced Russian skills and google translate to dig into it. And, getting a few pages in, it's got 5 atts... strength, dexterity, wisdom, constitution, courage, rolled on 4d6k3...

So it's not exactly a direct D&D lift...

 

[darjr]

I found a Russian PDF of it online when looking for it. It looks more like a boardgame, but I'm using poorly practiced Russian skills and google translate to dig into it. And, getting a few pages in, it's got 5 atts... strength, dexterity, wisdom, constitution, courage, rolled on 4d6k3...

So it's not exactly a direct D&D lift...

Early clones of D&D so seem to miss essential points of D&D. Not to blame them! For instance the first Warhammer box set absolutely was a war game first and an rpg almost as an afterthought, imho. It was cool.

 

[aramis erak]

Early clones of D&D so seem to miss essential points of D&D. Not to blame them! For instance the first Warhammer box set absolutely was a war game first and an rpg almost as an afterthought unlike D&D.

The original W40K:RT claimed to be an RPG, but the only concessions to RPGishness vs minis-wargame being:

• Rules for recovery of wounded out-of-action figures
• random equipment
• lots of fluff text.

I don't have 1st Ed Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but by 3rd, it was squarely moved away from RPG to purely minis-wargame.

Also, Warhammer really isn't that early... 1983...
(I put the dividing line circa 1982 - release of Cook Expert.)

 

[darjr]

The original W40K:RT claimed to be an RPG, but the only concessions to RPGishness vs minis-wargame being:

• Rules for recovery of wounded out-of-action figures
• random equipment
• lots of fluff text.

I don't have 1st Ed Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but by 3rd, it was squarely moved away from RPG to purely minis-wargame.

Also, Warhammer really isn't that early... 1983...

I had a very good copy of that white box for a long while.

 

[MGibster]

I wonder what their version of Twilight 2000 was?

 

[mari99]

I find it really cool and interesting!

 

[Committed Hero]

I know Ars Magica was translated into Russian, but I have never seen a game that originated there.