Come With Me If You Want To Live! The Terminator Kickstarter Has Launched!

Nightfall Games' TERMINATOR roleplaying game Kickstarter has just launched! Based on the first movie plus the comic books, you can play in any time zone as a member of the human resistance.

The Terminator RPG

The official tabletop roleplaying game based on the 1984 movie, 'The Terminator' & all associated Dark Horse Comic graphic novels.

www.kickstarter.com

The game used SLA Industries 2E's S5S system, which is a d10 dice pool system.

You can pledge for a 192 page hardcover for £40 on the Kickstarter (£12 for the PDF) or download the free Quickstart PDF. There's also a GM screen and short GM Guide on offer.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

The fun thing is when somebody will write a plot better than the official productions.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Interesting that it's only the first movie. I would have thought at least the second one would have been included in the rights as well.

 

[Waller]

Interesting that it's only the first movie. I would have thought at least the second one would have been included in the rights as well.

I guess the only thing from that movie you'd need is the T1000? Arnie is the same, and the rest is just the 1980s.

 

[payn]

How do them hackin rules work?

 

[Weiley31]

Knowing me, if I were to GM this, I'd have either the Terminator theme from the movies OR from Mortal Kombat 11 play when the main Boss Terminator appears at that certain point in the campaign.

 

[Lord_Blacksteel]

That does seem like an odd choice - first movie + comics only? Ignoring the other 5 movies - of admittedly varying quality - does feel limiting.

Secondary note - I've been a huge fan since the first movie but I've never really felt like it was crying out for its own RPG. It always felt more like something you added to an existing RPG.

Tertiary note - I hope it does well and it is over it's goal already) but the timing feels off for this. With the most recent movie a year past and not all that well received I have to wonder how much of an audience there is for this. River Horse put out a really nice Terminator miniatures game a few years ago that went absolutely nowhere and that seems like a bad sign. That said I'd be happy to be wrong and see it crack a half-million in a few weeks.

 

[imagineGod]

With only the first movie for inspiration, The Terminators do not roam the streets and the T-1000 not introduced, so how much play is there really in this RPG?

 

[imagineGod]

And unlike The Alien RPG which also lacks monster manual diversity, the Alien universe is much vaster than The Terminator one, and so many stories of frontier life and science on alien worlds can be told without having to trigger the titular xenomorph. The Alien universe includes themes of human greed, corruption and fear of the unknown alongside the human species' instinct to survive at all costs and still score a win for humanity.

 

[Sketchpad]

I think there's plenty of play if they fill in some gaps for what the "Terminated Future" looks like. It may seem relatively limited, but adapting the ideas of survival in a wasteland where humans are a dying breed has a bunch of potential. It might not be just Man vs. Terminator. I'm sure there's some Man vs. Man in the mix, as well as Man vs. Environment. Let's not forget that the T-800 in the first movie is only one of several types of machines. Those Hunter/Killer drones seem pretty nasty, and I'm sure we'll see other machines popping up down the line.

It should also be noted that the "Burning Earth" was Alex Ross' first published comic work. Neat that there will be a module for it.