What Licensed RPG Do You Wish Existed But Doesn't?

[Professor Murder]

When I was young, Xanth. Not so much now.

 

[MGibster]

Already doable in the current 40K RPG line. Doable with the Dark Heresy ruleset, too, and one of the published canonical adventures is set on a hive world.

I could do it with Savage Worlds if I wanted too, but I'm lazy, and I want a game specifically made for Necromunda.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

When I was young, Xanth.

There was a computer game:

» Companions of Xanth (Preceded by the Worrisome Case of Piers Anthony) The Digital Antiquarian

Not so much now.

Boy howdy.

 

[James Gasik]

The Elenium has a great setting; the Church Knights seem like Paladins on the surface, but they might actually use Pact Magic.

 

[jdrakeh]

Poltergeist: The Legacy. I mean, it's pretty much Chill: The Television Series, only the Legacy takes the place of SAVE. But given some of the people involved with the current iteration of Chill, I'd rather throw my money at a different publisher who isn't carrying water for people credibly accused of sexual assault.

 

[Maxperson]

Stormlight RPG

Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive is getting a tabletop RPG

The game is set to arrive in 2024

www.polygon.com

 

[Maxperson]

I homebrewed an entire alternative psionics system for 1e based primarily off of that series.

Great choice. I also don’t think there has ever been a full adaptation of the Covenant/Land series.

Speaking of books with psionics. The Deryni novels would be a good choice as well.

 

[aramis erak]

Speaking of books with psionics. The Deryni novels would be a good choice as well.

Now that Anne McCaffrey is gone, there's a chance of any of her worlds being licensed. (SJG claimed they tried to talk to her about doing a GURPS: Pern (it was, per the house organ, the most requested worldbook); apparently, her response was a bit hostile.

Pern, the Crystal Singer series & Ship Who Sang series, and the FT&T/Damia cycle would all be fan favorites...

 

[Aldarc]

Unfortunately, Avatar by Nickelodeon has been licensed out by Magpie Games, but it uses the PbtA system, and none of the Playbooks really fits the genre in my opinion (I don't even think PbtA is a good fit honestly).

Having read and played the game, I'm gonna have to disagree hard here.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

The magic system is pretty well-defined, and the way it meshes with planar architecture makes it quite flavorful and unique.

I would like that too, but is a funny one as Malazan came from a GURPS campaign, so in theory perhaps you could argue it is already there? But I would love a dedicated Malazan RPG in whatever system it comes in

It's another thing that you'd have thought would've happened back then.

Now, I certainly wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. Those books are, for a myriad of reasons, nigh-unreadable for me now.

When I was young, Xanth. Not so much now.