What Licensed RPG Do You Wish Existed But Doesn't?

[Ruin Explorer]

Does Redwall have a TTRPG?

Not officially.

Mouse Guard does though, and there are others inspired by it.

Re: Gargoyles etc. I think most RPGs are essentially that sort of thing. Certainly the distance between Gargoyles and a WoD game played with a fairly light heart is not very far.

 

[payn]

I'm talking mostly about the writing, gameplay-wise Ryder is pretty competent from day one.

But in the writing (which includes dialogue options) you start as this very milquetoast character, who can be sassy but only in a cheap way or bossy but only in an ineffectual way (people ignore you), and gradually make you more respected and commanding through the game, and it's like, nobody asked for that. It's like if they made a James Bond game and you played a nebbish, loserly Bond for 2/3rds of the game. Ain't no-one wants that.

Yeah, ok, I can see that. Both in how you are a rookie thrusted into a leadership position, and how it just is portrayed poorly in game. I could go on and on but this isn't a thread about ME:A.

 

[Jer]

My actual answer - Legend of Zelda.

My not as serious answer - Super Mario Bros. Mostly because I want to see what kind of game they'd make for that license.

My stupid answer - Super Mario Bros. the movie. As a Storyteller/World of Darkness supplement.

(EDIT: And I mean the original live action Super Mario Bros. movie, not the upcoming cartoon one.)

 

[James Gasik]

A good sci fi/science fantasy rpg would be nice. I'd like to see Phantasy Star, personally.

Also, why isn't there a Gargoyles RPG? It's such an awesome world, with deep mythology (ok, a lot is drawn from existing mythology, but still! Making kids care about Shakespeare is a tall order!) and lots of possibilities for characters. Though I'd have a hard time giving David Xanatos a stat block...

 

[Jer]

Also, why isn't there a Gargoyles RPG? It's such an awesome world, with deep mythology (ok, a lot is drawn from existing mythology, but still! Making kids care about Shakespeare is a tall order!) and lots of possibilities for characters. Though I'd have a hard time giving David Xanatos a stat block...

Not officially licensed, but IIRC back when the cartoon was on the air there was a fan created Gargoyles book for the Storyteller system that was passed around on the internet. I wish I still had a copy - I remember it being pretty good. But a lot of my old 90s downloaded fan creations succumbed to bitrot before I could get them off floppies and onto other media

(There was also a Highlander fan book for Storyteller. Which, honestly, felt like White Wolf really missed the boat in NOT licensing that franchise for an adaptation. A closer fit to their usual product than Street Fighter was at least).

 

[Velderan]

My actual answer - Legend of Zelda.

Please no, my wallet can't take it! lol

My not as serious answer - Super Mario Bros. Mostly because I want to see what kind of game they'd make for that license.

Mario RPG for SNES was a fantastic game, so it wouldn't be too hard to adapt that concept to a TTRPG imo.

 

[A2Z]

Hannu Rajaniemi's The Jean le Flambeur series. Also, Iain Bank's Culture universe or Asher's Polity universe.

The combined universe of She-Ra, He-man, Thundercats, and whatever other old space fantasy cartoons were happeneing around that same time. I think there is an unofficial She-Ra game, but not a licensed one, IIRC.
Do a chapter or even a small book on each one, with a core rules book that they all run off of, and that presents The Known Universe connecting them all.

This would be cool, but isn't there a He-Man rpg coming out?

 

[thullgrim]

Peter F Hamilton’s Reality dysfunction series would be a choice for me.

Malazan was mentioned up thread. Ironically it started as a GURPS game.

Simon R. Greens books, The Deathstalker series, Hawk and Fisher, or pretty much anything else. All are very gameable I think.

 

[TwoSix]

Any sort of isekai LitRPG with one of those class systems with hundreds of classes and skills. Just a really hardcore crunchy book with 500+ pages of mechanics.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Re: Gargoyles etc. I think most RPGs are essentially that sort of thing. Certainly the distance between Gargoyles and a WoD game played with a fairly light heart is not very far.

Back in the day, Gargoyles was probably second only to Highlander for its' number of WoD fan splats.