Obscure RPGs
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Imhotepthewise
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I have been looking for another copy of Space Quest by Paul Hume of Aftermath! and Harlequin fame. I gave it away on a whim.
Hmm... Let's see what I can remember since I've got most things packed up in preparation for moving...
That's all I can think of off hand, but I do have a few others that wouldn't qualify as obscure in the least.
- Torg and a few supplements (Loved the card idea, but never could convince anyone to try it with me)
- Cyberpunk 2020 (and whatever the one with the kids as the PCs - Cybergeneration?)
- Street Fighter
- In Nomine
- Whispering Vault
- Armageddon (the first edition, typos and all)
That's all I can think of off hand, but I do have a few others that wouldn't qualify as obscure in the least.
Loincloth of Armour
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Distant Suns (if I remember the name correctly) Where the Sol System went to war with the rest of the galaxy, and the rest of the galaxy --none too impressed-- set off a supernova inside Sol, wiping out most of humanity. The game takes place several hundred years after this war, when the rest of the galaxy has mostly recovered from the destruction brought about by a single planet of hairless apes. Anybody remember that game?
I also located an old miniature tabletop game called Warlord in my pile. I picked this up at my FLGS for like $10.00 bucks Canadian. This came out when Warhammer was really starting to become wildly popular and was starting to break into the North American market (around 1990). They even had a magazine called Red Giant (which I never saw but it is mentioned in the rule book). I believe that some of the folks who made this were former Games Workshop employees (the parallels are obvious).
Doug Sundseth
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A few (some mentioned above) that I wouldn't consider obscure, but that you might not have heard of:
Space Opera - When this was published, FGU was a major force in small-company roleplaying. (Yes, I know that's contradictory.
FGU might even be keeping it nominally in print.
Universe - SPI pushed this really hard, and at the time SPI was about as much of a force as White Wolf is now.
Space 1889 - GDW bought lots of ads for this and published a dozen or more supplements two (?) boardgames, and a set of miniatures rules, and RAFM made a miniatures line for it.
DragonQuest - SPI, killed in the bankruptcy/TSR takeover. Some very nice ideas for its time. Heavily advertised.
Borderline obscure:
Tales from the Floating Vagabond - Avalon Hill. One of the best humor RPGs.
Man, Myth, & Magic - Yaquinto brought this out with a fair amount of press. It has some interesting ideas, but the company stopped publishing games soon after it came out.
Bloodshadows - West End Games. Fantasy Noir. Excellent world with decent fiction support.
Blue Planet - Hard SF roleplaying. Well reviewed, and I have a copy, but I've never played it.
Amber Diceless Roleplaying - Phage Press. More interesting ideas, and you can still find people playing this one.
Obscure:
Lace & Steel - Pharos Press (at least the second edition) Mentioned above. Very interesting duelling system.
Legacy - A "second generation, multilevel, role assumption game". Stone age roleplaying that has rules for inventions -- like flint-tipped spears.
Metamorphosis Alpha - TSR. Roleplaying on a generation starship that has fallen into barbarism. Largely based on Robert Heinlein's "Universe". Rapidly superseded by Gamma World.
En Garde - GDW. Fun duelling system. This is a very early game that's only borderline roleplaying.
Timeship - Yaquinto. Have it. Haven't played it.
Furry Pirates - Atlas. Anthropomorphic pirates. Have it. Haven't played it.
Space Quest - Mentioned above, this one was actually pretty good. (And no, I'm not interested in selling.
All categorizations subject to dispute, of course.
Space Opera - When this was published, FGU was a major force in small-company roleplaying. (Yes, I know that's contradictory.
FGU might even be keeping it nominally in print.Universe - SPI pushed this really hard, and at the time SPI was about as much of a force as White Wolf is now.
Space 1889 - GDW bought lots of ads for this and published a dozen or more supplements two (?) boardgames, and a set of miniatures rules, and RAFM made a miniatures line for it.
DragonQuest - SPI, killed in the bankruptcy/TSR takeover. Some very nice ideas for its time. Heavily advertised.
Borderline obscure:
Tales from the Floating Vagabond - Avalon Hill. One of the best humor RPGs.
Man, Myth, & Magic - Yaquinto brought this out with a fair amount of press. It has some interesting ideas, but the company stopped publishing games soon after it came out.
Bloodshadows - West End Games. Fantasy Noir. Excellent world with decent fiction support.
Blue Planet - Hard SF roleplaying. Well reviewed, and I have a copy, but I've never played it.
Amber Diceless Roleplaying - Phage Press. More interesting ideas, and you can still find people playing this one.
Obscure:
Lace & Steel - Pharos Press (at least the second edition) Mentioned above. Very interesting duelling system.
Legacy - A "second generation, multilevel, role assumption game". Stone age roleplaying that has rules for inventions -- like flint-tipped spears.
Metamorphosis Alpha - TSR. Roleplaying on a generation starship that has fallen into barbarism. Largely based on Robert Heinlein's "Universe". Rapidly superseded by Gamma World.
En Garde - GDW. Fun duelling system. This is a very early game that's only borderline roleplaying.
Timeship - Yaquinto. Have it. Haven't played it.
Furry Pirates - Atlas. Anthropomorphic pirates. Have it. Haven't played it.
Space Quest - Mentioned above, this one was actually pretty good. (And no, I'm not interested in selling.
All categorizations subject to dispute, of course.
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