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I've been jonesing for awhile to run a game where a bunch of 80's steel workers find a dungeon through in their basement. Hijinks ensue (imagine They Live or Big Trouble in Little China). I'm looking for a system that is light, easy, fast - and has that old school dungeon feel - but allows for...

So "Fantasy F*cking Vietnam" has always been an expression that has fascinated me. It's typical connontation is tied to old-skool dungeon crawling where PC's can expect to inch forth through trap filled dungeons. But I wanted to flip the expression a bit - what would a setting look like that was...

So the Gentleman Bastards series of books seems so ripe for an RPG. For those of you who don't know Gentleman Bastard is a mix of Oceans 11 but set in a fantasy renaissance era. Its very "gritty" and involves a lot of thievery. What system would you recommend to emulate some of it's themes and...

So late this summer I've promised to run an RPG for a two separate groups of people. I will have one group of 7, light to medium experience players, and another group of 3 that are completely new to the hobby. Since my schedule will be hectic I've decided to run a classic medieval fantasy game...

So I'm a fan of the anime/manga Hunter X Hunter. For those of you who aren't familiar with the title, Hunter X Hunter is shonen anime that revolves around a fictional world where exceptional people can become licensed "Hunters". These individuals can take on a variety of tasks from exploring new...

I don't know what caused the revival overall, but I can tell you how I came to it. I was a child of the 90's, and my first introduction to roleplaying was with White Wolf in around 98 or so. So my Roleplaying career had pretty much been forged in that high drama mentality mark of things. For...

I lucked out. Both Of Dice and Men and Playing at the World are available at my local library. Designers and Dragons though seems like a great in depth study of overall trends as they progress through time (which is very interesting to me), but I guess I'll have to wait for those to be released.

I was a Sociology Major in college so I know how hard it is to get respondents. I hope my lil contribution helps. :)

The information thus far has been quite captivating. I will definitely be grabbing a copy of Of Dice and Men, does anyone know if there are any other books/blogs/websites that go over the history of the hobby? Would anyone else like to add their input?

Some great ideas here.. Wow, some of recommendations here make are depressing because they are so good (Starcraft, X-Com, Dune, Riddick, and HP). Anyway, I have a laundry list of stuff that I wished existed. An antediluvian world: A biblical pre-flood world would be awesome. Where there are...

So recently I've really been looking into the history of roleplaying games. I've been playing for nearly 15 years now and had never thought about the history of the hobby until recently, when a new player who had never even heard of rpgs asked me about it's origins. One of the more interesting...