Top Secret: New World Order

[BytomMan]

Does anybody have any details on the new system?

 

[Hjorimir]

Sounds a little like Cortex or Savage Worlds, I guess (disclaimer: I've never played Savage Worlds). Essentially an attribute, skill, or asset (I think asset is a piece of equipment, or maybe a contact) is represented by a die (d4 to d12 I think). A roll seems to be one die from each of the three categories and you need to get 13 or more (they're calling the game engine "Lucky 13"). Dice can explode (roll max, add number and roll that die again) and implode (roll minimum, roll that die and subtract from the total). I think there may be some way the dice change. For example, this pistol may be a d8 at close range, but a d4 at long range (that kind of thing).

 

[JediSoth]

I've backed the KS and eagerly await the box of goodies

I'm interested in knowing how "updated" the game is in terms of technology and spy craft (if that makes sense). I still have old copies of TS/SI and JB 007 but I'm looking for something beyond the Cold War....


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Well, we were using smartphones and drones as assets in the play test, so I'd say it's as modern as you want it to be.

 

[Adammar]

Do any know it handle modifiers or scale? Cracking a house lock vs cracking a bank safe or Punching Bruce Lee vs Punching Me. If it is just changing a die then it has pretty limited scale.

 

[Randomthoughts]

Well, we were using smartphones and drones as assets in the play test, so I'd say it's as modern as you want it to be.

Sounds great.

Can you describe the mission(s) that were part of the play test? Or were they just simple mechanic demos?


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[JediSoth]

Sounds great.

Can you describe the mission(s) that were part of the play test? Or were they just simple mechanic demos?


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Let's see, our agents were in San Francisco and we were tasked with infiltrating Osiris's offices in... umm... might've been the TransAmerica Building. Osiris was the GM's version of Cobra (James Carpio, one of the designers). Our mission was to extract an asset, I think. That is, go in and get a dude who was working as a double agent. We had to figure out how to access the high-security offices (which part of the group did by stealing/forging a badge and going in under some pretense and the other part of the group posed as maintenance to get access to the elevator shafts and building telecom panels). While the rest of the team was getting down & dirty, I stayed outside and used the drone to canvass the upper floors, providing intel from outside with my HD and infrared cameras.

I think. Details are sketchy; March feels like a long time ago.

 

[Randomthoughts]

Let's see, our agents were in San Francisco and we were tasked with infiltrating Osiris's offices in... umm... might've been the TransAmerica Building. Osiris was the GM's version of Cobra (James Carpio, one of the designers). Our mission was to extract an asset, I think. That is, go in and get a dude who was working as a double agent. We had to figure out how to access the high-security offices (which part of the group did by stealing/forging a badge and going in under some pretense and the other part of the group posed as maintenance to get access to the elevator shafts and building telecom panels). While the rest of the team was getting down & dirty, I stayed outside and used the drone to canvass the upper floors, providing intel from outside with my HD and infrared cameras.

I think. Details are sketchy; March feels like a long time ago.

That's plenty. Thanks. This is exactly what I'm looking for. Hoping to get my kids into the spy genre with this.


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