What licenses are left?

[Maxperson]

In that case, I also want a MythAdventures RPG

I never read those. There was always something else I was waiting on when I saw them in the bookstore. They good?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Heck, I can imagine (theoretical) RPGs based on individual music videos. I still want to know more about the futuristic landscapr of the video for Scandal (ft. Patty Smyth)'s I am the Warrior. That, and the weird pointy-eared elf that makes jukebox's explode in Meatloaf's Rock and Roll Dreams Come True (directed by Michael Bay) seems like it comes straight out of a TTRPG.

There’s loads of songs & music videos out there that you could work with, from bands like Dokken, Queensrÿche, Billy Thorpe, Krokus, Aldo Nova, Daft Punk, Matthew Sweet, Môtley Crüe, BÖC, etc.

(Besides the ones already mentioned, of course.)

I’d be tempted to unify them all in a single game in which- like the characters in the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, Tron, Guardians of the Flame- the protagonists have been sucked into an alternate reality and are trying to get home. Or, more accurately, are hopping from song-setting world to song-setting world like the protagonists in Sliders.

Hmmm…could be doable in Cypher.

The other option is to look at stuff that is now Public Domain - The Land of Oz for instance, HG Wells Time Machine, Peter Pan, Robin Hood, The Black Arrow, Treasure Island

Space:1889 does a decent job of cribbing from HG Wells and Jules Verne, FWIW.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I never read those. There was always something else I was waiting on when I saw them in the bookstore. They good?

They were fun back in the day, if very silly. (Phil Foglio adapted them as a graphic novels, so that's their general tone.) I suspect they probably have some sexist elements in them, but I haven't gone back to them in decades.

 

[trappedslider]

I'm aware that there have been RPGs of two on my list:
Wheel of Time
Dresden Files

A full blown Sliders RPG would be cool, i know you can just use GURPS but still it's own thing would be easier to onboard new players and GMs

Also second the Harry Potter RPG since it's going to be back in the spotlight, right now the closest you can get is via the successful first Hogwarts Legacy game. (yes there's already a sequel in the works)

 

[Tonguez]

They were fun back in the day, if very silly. (Phil Foglio adapted them as a graphic novels, so that's their general tone.) I suspect they probably have some sexist elements in them, but I haven't gone back to them in decades.

with Trollops and Pervs and a sexy but menacing assassin the MythAdventures do have some questionable aspects but it is just a groanworthy Dad joke level of mythogyny, and far too many of puns.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

I suspect they probably have some sexist elements in them

Haven't realized what "Tanda" means yet, eh?

 

[Micah Sweet]

with Trollops and Pervs and a sexy but menacing assassin the MythAdventures do have some questionable aspects but it is just a groanworthy Dad joke level of mythogyny, and far too many of puns.

I have a lot of fond memories of that series. Funny stuff. I should do a re-read.

 

[Doctor Futurity]

Haven't realized what "Tanda" means yet, eh?

I'm 55, read all of the Myth books in high school, and until your post didn't even think her nickname implied something so....Ummmm I still don't know! And googling did not help lol

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

In that case, I also want a MythAdventures RPG

It's certainly got plenty of detail to draw from for the world(s), a variety of class and species options, and an interesting magic system.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

I'm 55, read all of the Myth books in high school, and until your post didn't even think her nickname implied something so....Ummmm I still don't know! And googling did not help lol

Hint: place two spaces in the name.

After the first character and before the last.