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[Umbran]

Other than GURPS, are there any recomendations for any WWII based RPGs?

Oh, yes! Godlike - a gritty game of superheroes in the WWII era. It has one of the more ingenious dice mechanics around.

 

[Simm]

WFRP's magic edges to occult most of the time, and while it's not WWII it's certainly gritty.

 

[Arkham]

Hero System. There are always a plethora of games running on herocentral.net

 

[Modoc]

To be honest I am not sure what I am looking for. WWII pulp and realistic themes appeal to me and so do hard line occult. I think I am leaning more towards the D20 Modern, although the Godlike looks very appealing. Anyone running a PbP Godlike game?

 

[Aeric]

I don't know if it's still being published, but Pinnacle Games' Weird Wars was pretty cool. There was even a d20 version of it.

Speaking of Pinnacle, Savage Worlds is a good GURPS-like generic system. The campaign/setting books for it (Evernight, 50 Fathoms, etc.) are well done and creative.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Green Ronin's Orcz!

Definitely not high fantasy.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

As of late I have been running several D&D 3.5 games both FtF and PbP. I am wanting to try/play something different. The only real requirement is it needs to be readily available as a PbP game(s). My FtF players will NOT play anything but D&D.

I am thinking maybe something along the line of occult or even some type of WWII military type RPG. I am looking for something that is NOT high fantasy based.

Unknown Armies is the best (post)modern occult game out there.

World of Darkness in its new incarnation has a core rules book which is a complete game for playing mortals in the World of Darkness - think The X Files or Supernatural. The supplements for this line are really high in quality.

I enjoyed GURPS WWII, and it could easily be translated to Fourth Edition if you wanted to use the newest rules. There are quite a few supplements if you need them, including some on specific countries' armies available on PDF.

If you can find a copy, or are happy to buy the PDF, Adventure! is one of the best pulp games ever. Hell, I've considered using it to play a Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars game.

 

[JVisgaitis]

I used to love playing Top Secret back in the day...

Oh, yes! Godlike - a gritty game of superheroes in the WWII era. It has one of the more ingenious dice mechanics around.

What's the mechanic?

 

[Agamon]

Warhammer 40k will soon be out. Is that high fantasy based, though? Hmmm, might be, kinda.

Mutants and Masterminds 2E is great, if you likes the supers.

Can't recomend a WWII game, I've never tried that, actually.

 

[Arrgh! Mark!]

I second Godlike. I played a highly enjoyable campaign set in various Aussie campaigns. My Players loved every minute of it.

Dice mechanics are interesting. It's stat+skill, but basically you try to get pairs (or triples) or whatever. A pair is a success and depending on the number you succeed differently. Getting two 0's (tens) for instance is a head shot, and most likely is going to kill.

For superheroes, they die real easy. I recommend troup play. A little research also goes a long way, but everything you need to play is in the book.

Not very crunchy in the end, but very deadly.