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<blockquote data-quote="Brightlord" data-source="post: 2872877" data-attributes="member: 27656">Central Casting (the first three, not Dungeons) by Task Force Games, was and is, IMO, one of the greatest gaming supplements to grace the gaming community at large during the late 80's and early 90's.&nbsp; I have&nbsp; used these books in the past to generate some memorable (at least for me) character histories.&nbsp; With some exceptions at the time (like Warhammer 1st ed. and Traveller) none of the big RPG, read AD&amp;D1 and AD&amp;D2, had next to nothing for generating even a skeletal history.&nbsp; Not that a good DM couldn't help the players come up with one but the systems themselves didn't make a character's background a priority.&nbsp; These books filled that gap handily during that time.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I think its high time that the Central Casting series should make a return of sorts.&nbsp; I honestly think this book would be a hit.&nbsp; They were setting and game-system neutral and could be seemlessly retrofitted into any campaign.&nbsp; There were some rules to follow but these were of the lite variety (and a little clunky at times) and could easily be modded or ignored where necessary.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would love to see this RPG gem return to the scene under the skillful hand of someone like Monte Cook, Green Ronin, RPGObjects or even a company like White Wolf.&nbsp; These books, IMO, are screaming to be brought up to date and reintroduced to the newer generation of gamers.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; If it sounds like I'm gushing about these books I apologize but I think there is potential here.&nbsp; Does anyone else feel the same?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; BTW, whatever happened to Task Force Games?&nbsp; They seemed to have disappeared off the gaming map entirely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brightlord, post: 2872877, member: 27656"] Central Casting (the first three, not Dungeons) by Task Force Games, was and is, IMO, one of the greatest gaming supplements to grace the gaming community at large during the late 80's and early 90's. I have used these books in the past to generate some memorable (at least for me) character histories. With some exceptions at the time (like Warhammer 1st ed. and Traveller) none of the big RPG, read AD&D1 and AD&D2, had next to nothing for generating even a skeletal history. Not that a good DM couldn't help the players come up with one but the systems themselves didn't make a character's background a priority. These books filled that gap handily during that time. I think its high time that the Central Casting series should make a return of sorts. I honestly think this book would be a hit. They were setting and game-system neutral and could be seemlessly retrofitted into any campaign. There were some rules to follow but these were of the lite variety (and a little clunky at times) and could easily be modded or ignored where necessary. I would love to see this RPG gem return to the scene under the skillful hand of someone like Monte Cook, Green Ronin, RPGObjects or even a company like White Wolf. These books, IMO, are screaming to be brought up to date and reintroduced to the newer generation of gamers. If it sounds like I'm gushing about these books I apologize but I think there is potential here. Does anyone else feel the same? BTW, whatever happened to Task Force Games? They seemed to have disappeared off the gaming map entirely. [/QUOTE]

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