Most ludicrous gaming rumors?

[jdrakeh]

Cyberpunk 3.0 has been 'almost finished' for more than a decade now. Quite recently, there was some hype on RPGnet about it making a GenCon 2005 appearance, but this turned out to be little more than disingenuous ad-copy posted by a publisher that was counting their chickens before they hatched. Cyberpunk 3.0 remains a rumor for the time being.

Well.. it looks like this has finally ceased to be a rumor and is at the printers as I type this. But it's not really Cyberpunk anymore, either - it's giant Jabberjaw man-whale hybrids, cyber-enhanced disney characters piloting mecha, and a bunch of other totally gonzo stuff that reminds me more of an acid trip gone bad than Cyberpunk.

 

[Eccles]

Every release schedule for WFRP's Realms of Sorcery over the past 15 years. Until last week when they published it. For an entirely different rules system...

 

[Maggan]

Every release schedule for WFRP's Realms of Sorcery over the past 15 years. Until last week when they published it. For an entirely different rules system...

Well, for the time it took, we now have no less than two Realms of Sorcery, one for v1 and one for v2! Was it worth the wait? Well ... not really.

/M

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

I heard that the new Shadowrun edition that just came out (at GenCon 05, I believe?) was going to be D20. I heard this waaayyy back - like, 2 years ago, at least. I think it was about the time WizKids aquired the rights to Shadowrun.

Hrm.... the other one that I still hear: "You, so you play D&D? So, like, you get dressed up in weird clothes and run around in the woods with swords and stuff?" Usually said in a tone of voice one reserves for serial killers.

Umm..... no.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Every release schedule for WFRP's Realms of Sorcery over the past 15 years. Until last week when they published it. For an entirely different rules system...

Actually Hogshead did publish a Realms of Sorcery for 1st ed. WHFRP. I have a copy. It was late, but did eventually come out.

The Auld Grump

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I heard that the new Shadowrun edition that just came out (at GenCon 05, I believe?) was going to be D20. I heard this waaayyy back - like, 2 years ago, at least. I think it was about the time WizKids aquired the rights to Shadowrun.

Hrm.... the other one that I still hear: "You, so you play D&D? So, like, you get dressed up in weird clothes and run around in the woods with swords and stuff?" Usually said in a tone of voice one reserves for serial killers.

Umm..... no.

*Cough* Actually, if you are in an area frequented by the Society for Creative Anachronism you know that a fair number of RPG players do run around in the woods with swords and stuff. The two hobbies have a large overlap.

The Auld Grump

 

[Eccles]

Actually Hogshead did publish a Realms of Sorcery for 1st ed. WHFRP. I have a copy. It was late, but did eventually come out.

The Auld Grump

You're quite right. So have I. Forgot all about it.

 

[Graf]

Well.. it looks like this has finally ceased to be a rumor and is at the printers as I type this. But it's not really Cyberpunk anymore, either - it's giant Jabberjaw man-whale hybrids, cyber-enhanced disney characters piloting mecha, and a bunch of other totally gonzo stuff that reminds me more of an acid trip gone bad than Cyberpunk.

Knowing nothing about it I have to say, parts of Cyberpunk dated almost the second they came out.
I give props for weird newness.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

*Cough* Actually, if you are in an area frequented by the Society for Creative Anachronism you know that a fair number of RPG players do run around in the woods with swords and stuff. The two hobbies have a large overlap.

The Auld Grump

My ex-roommates belonged to the SCA - but they didn't LARP (although they played tabletop), and there were very few SCAers in our area in any case. *very small hick town*

Naw, I think the misconception comes from a few bad movies from the 80s, myself.

 

[Hairfoot]

Magic: The Gathering, D20.

D20 IS an MTG RPG - a world of number stacking and statistics accountancy. The only way roleplaying games could get more MTG is by replacing all names and titles with serial numbers.