John Dallman
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And the Discworld RPG, and the Girl Genius RPG. Both use GURPS mechanics, but are stand-alone books.
The really easy pseudo-Austen work to adapt, of course, is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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other literary RPGs?
The really easy pseudo-Austen work to adapt, of course, is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
I'll check out the rpgs that reference Dickens, and try to find out more about pillow stories. Holmes could be good - hopefully someone takes that up. And of course I love what the One Ring RPG has done. I can't stomach Regency, unfortunately, since there seem to be several Jane Austen RPGS, as some of you have mentioned - the squalor and societal dichotomies of Dickens speak more to me, somehow.
But I'm thinking less Vance and more Beowulf, One Hundred Years of Solitude, maybe Dostoevsky? Sinbad. I've heard there's an RPG based directly on old Hong Kong Kungfu movies. Lovecraft is a bit too much, looking for more subtle that I can add to myself. And directly tied to a very old book or traditional story, rather than pulp-era fiction - no newer than Verne, for Western stuff. Would love to find something authentically closely representing Nigerian stories, or India, or the Pacific, or Australian Aborigine. Many RPGs have "inspirations" or are "loosely based" on a hodgepodge of sources - But are there more, perhaps slightly obscure, RPGs that attempt to bring an epic series of legends to life, without changing it too much in the process?
But I'm thinking less Vance and more Beowulf, One Hundred Years of Solitude, maybe Dostoevsky? Sinbad. I've heard there's an RPG based directly on old Hong Kong Kungfu movies. Lovecraft is a bit too much, looking for more subtle that I can add to myself. And directly tied to a very old book or traditional story, rather than pulp-era fiction - no newer than Verne, for Western stuff. Would love to find something authentically closely representing Nigerian stories, or India, or the Pacific, or Australian Aborigine. Many RPGs have "inspirations" or are "loosely based" on a hodgepodge of sources - But are there more, perhaps slightly obscure, RPGs that attempt to bring an epic series of legends to life, without changing it too much in the process?
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There are a few RPGs based on PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories.
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There’s at least one other Chaosium RPG based on Moorcock’s Eternal Champion novels: Hawkmoon.
Only in so far as Lin Carter's Thongor of Lemuria books were somewhat inspired by Howard's Conan. I wouldn't say they're too similar setting-wise.
Anyway to add a couple to the list there's Scheherezade with some supplements and adventures that's based on 1001 Nights. Which is not only very pretty but rather good at evoking the feel of the stories. Arrows of Indra and Against the dark Yogi are based on various Indian mythological texts such as the Mahabharata. And I'm pretty sure there's an RPG based on the Tale of Genji though I'm not sure where I saw it or what it was called.
Strider1973
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About Conan there were a TSR Conan specific rpg, with also some adventures, and TSR published, IIRC, a couple of AD&D 1ed adventures featuring Conan and his companions, set in the Hyborian World. There's also a GURPS 3ed supplement dedicated to Conan. Modiphus some years ago published a rpg based on Conan adventures. There should be also a fan made supplement for Conan based on Castles & Crusades rules.
There were third party books dedicated to Iliad and the Bible (this latter was called Testament, if I'm not wrong) to be played with the 3rd edition of D&D, back in the early 2000s. More recently Green Ronin, if I'm not wrong, published a supplement for Fantasy Age to play in the Trojan War. There was also an old rpg called "Man Myth & Magic" set in the Mediterranean history, folklore and legends.
Back in the AD&D 2e days, TSR published supplement books dedicated to various historical and literary settings, such as Ancient Greece or Charlemagne's Paladins.
The expert set D&D (BECMI) adventure The Castle of Ambeville was inspired by some works of Roger Zelazny, if I'm not wrong.
There should be at least a couple of rpg based on the G.R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.
There's a rpg based on Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn saga, published by Crafty Games and called "Mistborn".
Brancalonia is a recent D&D 5e rules/setting to play a sort of very down to earth italian fantasy, now known as "spaghetti fantasy", and also the rpg "Katakumbas" (that some years ago has been rewritten using the Savage Words rule set, much like what has done with Savage Pathfinder) is based on a fictional medieval Italy. In italian there are also a rpg dedicated to Ariosto's The Frenzy of Roland, a rpg based on greek legends ("Mediterraneo"), and a rpg based on Finnish myths ("Kalevala"). In Italian there's also "Lex Arcana", a great rpg based on a fictional version of the last centuries of the Roman Ancient Empire.
Dragonlance is a literary setting based on D&D, as Forgotten Realms are.
Just my two cents.
Happy new year, happy life and happy gaming!
There were third party books dedicated to Iliad and the Bible (this latter was called Testament, if I'm not wrong) to be played with the 3rd edition of D&D, back in the early 2000s. More recently Green Ronin, if I'm not wrong, published a supplement for Fantasy Age to play in the Trojan War. There was also an old rpg called "Man Myth & Magic" set in the Mediterranean history, folklore and legends.
Back in the AD&D 2e days, TSR published supplement books dedicated to various historical and literary settings, such as Ancient Greece or Charlemagne's Paladins.
The expert set D&D (BECMI) adventure The Castle of Ambeville was inspired by some works of Roger Zelazny, if I'm not wrong.
There should be at least a couple of rpg based on the G.R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.
There's a rpg based on Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn saga, published by Crafty Games and called "Mistborn".
Brancalonia is a recent D&D 5e rules/setting to play a sort of very down to earth italian fantasy, now known as "spaghetti fantasy", and also the rpg "Katakumbas" (that some years ago has been rewritten using the Savage Words rule set, much like what has done with Savage Pathfinder) is based on a fictional medieval Italy. In italian there are also a rpg dedicated to Ariosto's The Frenzy of Roland, a rpg based on greek legends ("Mediterraneo"), and a rpg based on Finnish myths ("Kalevala"). In Italian there's also "Lex Arcana", a great rpg based on a fictional version of the last centuries of the Roman Ancient Empire.
Dragonlance is a literary setting based on D&D, as Forgotten Realms are.
Just my two cents.
Happy new year, happy life and happy gaming!
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BigJackBrass
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Forgotten Futures - The Scientific Romance Roleplaying Game is not only based on various (mainly Victorian and Edwardian) works of fiction, it also includes the novels and short stories themselves. There's even a worldbook for Victorian melodrama.
Each of the eleven worldbooks adapts the system to the style and themes of a particular set of works, such as William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki the Ghost Finder, or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger books.
Each of the eleven worldbooks adapts the system to the style and themes of a particular set of works, such as William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki the Ghost Finder, or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger books.
While it’s not based on one book or even one writer, Space:1889 is grounded in and extrapolates from the writings of HG Welles and Jules Verne.
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