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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 41006" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>Here's the evil thought I had under the d20 Lankhmar thread. A d20 mini-game based on the 1-on-1 adventure gamebooks called Battle for the Ancient Robot.</p><p></p><p>The two books together were put out by TSR, Inc. in 1985 and the game was the first RPG product I ever owned (my Grandma bought it for me for Christmas, I believe). It is this first game, and seeing my friends copy of the original OA, that hooked me into roleplaying.</p><p></p><p>BTW, the books were written by James M. Ward and deal with the coolest space game concept. Each PLAYER gets one of the books and the game rules are described completely in each book. You are either Mikael Renberg, Earth Star Piot, or E-Ben, A Powerful Robot, and are on a quest to discover the missing parts of the Ancient Robot.</p><p></p><p>Here's the complete story as written in the books.</p><p></p><p>----------------------</p><p>A million years before mankind invented fire or the Cybrtrons first oiled their gears, the Ancient Ones ruled the universe. For reasons lost in the mysteries of time, the Ancient Ones channeled all of their galaxy-spanning efforts into the building of one huge robot. There were twenty star systems in the realm of the Ancient Ones, and each one of the twenty was given the task of building one part of the massive robot.</p><p></p><p>The project was soon completed, the twenty parts constructed. The Ancient Ones had to bringthe twenty parts to one central location and assemble the robot. But something went wrong -- perhaps a war between the systems, perhaps attack by some alien race. The Ancient Ones vanished. All that remained were the scattered parts of their robot.</p><p></p><p>One million years later, two parts of the Ancient Robot were recovered in different areas of the Milky Way galaxy. A team of humans discovered one part of the Ancient Robot in the year 2289 A.D., while exploring the planet Pluto. The Robot provided mankind with the secret of interstellar travel and a star chart marked with the location of the other nineteen parts.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, a civilization of robots also dicovered a part of the Ancient Robot. Called Cybrtrons, they had overthrown their soft-skinned creators centuries before. They are now determined to rule the galaxy! The Ancient Robot part also gave the Cybrtrons the secret of interstellar travel and a star chart revealing the location of the other nineteen parts.</p><p></p><p>Both civilizations immediately decide to go in search of the Ancient Robot. Records of the Ancient Ones reveal that the Ancient Robot has the capability to design and build technological devices that will advance mankind a thousand years. The Ancient Robot is also capable of destroying anything in its path! With this device, the Cybrtrons know they can conquer the galaxy!</p><p></p><p>Both civilizations are sending their best pilots into space to search for the Ancient Robot. The Cybrtrons and the humans have become aware of each other. The search for the Ancient Robot has turned into a deadly race.</p><p></p><p>YOU are the leader of one of the two groups assined to find the Ancient Robot!</p><p>----------------------</p><p></p><p>Heh, heh heh! Look out Dragonstar, here comes the Ancient Robot.</p><p></p><p>Later,</p><p></p><p>RPB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 41006, member: 2012"] Here's the evil thought I had under the d20 Lankhmar thread. A d20 mini-game based on the 1-on-1 adventure gamebooks called Battle for the Ancient Robot. The two books together were put out by TSR, Inc. in 1985 and the game was the first RPG product I ever owned (my Grandma bought it for me for Christmas, I believe). It is this first game, and seeing my friends copy of the original OA, that hooked me into roleplaying. BTW, the books were written by James M. Ward and deal with the coolest space game concept. Each PLAYER gets one of the books and the game rules are described completely in each book. You are either Mikael Renberg, Earth Star Piot, or E-Ben, A Powerful Robot, and are on a quest to discover the missing parts of the Ancient Robot. Here's the complete story as written in the books. ---------------------- A million years before mankind invented fire or the Cybrtrons first oiled their gears, the Ancient Ones ruled the universe. For reasons lost in the mysteries of time, the Ancient Ones channeled all of their galaxy-spanning efforts into the building of one huge robot. There were twenty star systems in the realm of the Ancient Ones, and each one of the twenty was given the task of building one part of the massive robot. The project was soon completed, the twenty parts constructed. The Ancient Ones had to bringthe twenty parts to one central location and assemble the robot. But something went wrong -- perhaps a war between the systems, perhaps attack by some alien race. The Ancient Ones vanished. All that remained were the scattered parts of their robot. One million years later, two parts of the Ancient Robot were recovered in different areas of the Milky Way galaxy. A team of humans discovered one part of the Ancient Robot in the year 2289 A.D., while exploring the planet Pluto. The Robot provided mankind with the secret of interstellar travel and a star chart marked with the location of the other nineteen parts. At the same time, a civilization of robots also dicovered a part of the Ancient Robot. Called Cybrtrons, they had overthrown their soft-skinned creators centuries before. They are now determined to rule the galaxy! The Ancient Robot part also gave the Cybrtrons the secret of interstellar travel and a star chart revealing the location of the other nineteen parts. Both civilizations immediately decide to go in search of the Ancient Robot. Records of the Ancient Ones reveal that the Ancient Robot has the capability to design and build technological devices that will advance mankind a thousand years. The Ancient Robot is also capable of destroying anything in its path! With this device, the Cybrtrons know they can conquer the galaxy! Both civilizations are sending their best pilots into space to search for the Ancient Robot. The Cybrtrons and the humans have become aware of each other. The search for the Ancient Robot has turned into a deadly race. YOU are the leader of one of the two groups assined to find the Ancient Robot! ---------------------- Heh, heh heh! Look out Dragonstar, here comes the Ancient Robot. Later, RPB [/QUOTE]
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