What Lost, Abandoned or Short Lived TTRPG would you like to see get a re-issue and new support?

Albedo, the sci-fi animorphs game (not the 2004 versio)


This looks very promising as a successor/tribute/etc. I think really highly of Jack as a writer and developer.

 

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The current owners own both that and the 2e version, and sell them in PDF, but I hadn't seen any signs of any further material past what the McFarlands did for it (and to make it clear, nothing much in any of that material seemed to show any--questionable--elements past what you'd expect in a horror game, but people knowing the history of the authors may still find it leaves a bad taste in their mouths. Ironically, some pushback has come against it for being, well, too woke). There was some commentary from the current holders about a new edition, but nothing seems to have come of it.
Thanks for the supplement and clarification. I looked it up after I posted and things do appear pretty quiet on their publishing front, though there is a dust-gathering claim about a fourth edition and one new book up on DTRPG (the one I was trying to think of when I posted).

Horrors of the Unknown Vol. I

EDIT: Though it looks like several people with the last name "McFarland" are credited. :unsure:
 


Thanks for the supplement and clarification. I looked it up after I posted and things do appear pretty quiet on their publishing front, though there is a dust-gathering claim about a fourth edition and one new book up on DTRPG (the one I was trying to think of when I posted).

Horrors of the Unknown Vol. I

EDIT: Though it looks like several people with the last name "McFarland" are credited. :unsure:

Looking at this, the names are probably a coincidence, and notably, that book came out nearly five years ago now, so the line appears to be effectively moribund again.
 

This looks very promising as a successor/tribute/etc. I think really highly of Jack as a writer and developer.

I had not heard about this one. Thanks. Yeah, Jack’s great. Any idea on the system?

Osprey has been hit or miss. Love Russell’s two and a few others, but I almost boycotted Osprey for publishing the RPGPundit’s publisher.
 

I had not heard about this one. Thanks. Yeah, Jack’s great. Any idea on the system?
D6 dice pool. I don’t know anything beyond that yet.

Osprey has been hit or miss. Love Russell’s two and a few others, but I almost boycotted Osprey for publishing the RPGPundit’s publisher.
Yeah, they’re really all over the map that way. Agreed that Russell’s games are the best so far.
 



I though Chill had a current edition.
I know that back in the 80s, there was a Swedish translation of Chill plus a few adventures and a sourcebook, called Chock. Recently, a new version of Chock using the same logo was released over here. As I was never a big fan of the original, I haven't kept up with info on it so I don't know if this is another translation of a newer version of Chill or if it's an entirely different game that just uses the same branding.
There was also the Alternity RPG that debuted in 1997 and was discontinued in 2000 after the acquisition of TSR by WoTC. Like Star Frontiers, it was also incorporated into d20 Future.
Alternity had three settings released for it (the flagship StarDrive, the side thing Dark Matter, and the one-shot Gamma World – oh, and plus StarCraft as a standalone thing) as well as several sourcebooks and adventures – about 30 total. I don't think that falls under "games that did not get much support when they came out".
 

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