Whatever happened to Underground?

[Kafkonia]

I recall this game from Mayfair, I believe -- discarded supersoldiers trying to scrape by in a dystopian world. Is it still in print? Does anyone have any experience with it? I never got to play, but it was in the possession of the same fellow who owned HoL, and I remember that it had very high production values.

It seems like it would be a great game to revisit today.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It was inspired by Marshal Law, which turned out to be way ahead of its time, as opposed to a lot of the other 1980s dystopian comics, IMO. I'd love to see this setting revisited or a rerelease of the game.

 

[DMH]

Check out the Mayfair pdfs here.

 

[Kafkonia]

Check out the Mayfair pdfs here.

Did you mean to include a link?

 

[T. Foster]

I had this game back when it first came out (1993?). Very high-concept, very dark, surprisingly political. IIRC it used the same core system as Mayfair's DC Heroes game, which I didn't think was a very good fit with the feel of the game (yeah, technically it was a "superhero" game, but of a much more down-to-earth variety). Mostly, though, I think the game just had the bad fortune to be released right at the same time as Magic: The Gathering first hit and took a big chunk out of the entire rpg industry. With this game's production values (full-color books with art by name artists) it was, presumably, expensive to produce, and (presumably again) didn't generate sufficient return on investment, so Mayfair canceled it (and, shortly thereafter, canceled their entire rpg line).

 

[Sejs]

Underground: Cyberpunk, but without any of that hope, humanity, or redemption nonsense.


Heh, I remember quite distinctly looking thru the book and thinking ... "Wow, this is an amazingly well put together book. The setting and feel of the game are conveyed in a very interesting and easily digestable format. I'm impressed; this is a damn fine product.

... I would never, ever want to play this game in my entire life."

 

[DMH]

Did you mean to include a link?

No, it really isn't that hard to go to the top of any page here and get the link to the store and then Mayfair's pages. If I were to mention something from rpgnow (well when it was different) or some other site, then I would have provided a link.

I only have the core pdf and got it for the social engineering rules (how to make the world a better place), and found the whole thing quite interesting. I wish I could find some people to play this.

 

[Kafkonia]

No, it really isn't that hard to go to the top of any page here and get the link to the store and then Mayfair's pages. If I were to mention something from rpgnow (well when it was different) or some other site, then I would have provided a link.

Ah, I understand. Your original post didn't make it clear that you meant "here at the site" as opposed to "here (link)." I do appreciate the polite and tactful tone you took in your explanation; thank you.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

No, it really isn't that hard to go to the top of any page here and get the link to the store and then Mayfair's pages. If I were to mention something from rpgnow (well when it was different) or some other site, then I would have provided a link.

I only have the core pdf and got it for the social engineering rules (how to make the world a better place), and found the whole thing quite interesting. I wish I could find some people to play this.

So by "here" you meant "the enworld download shop (which I know contains Mayfair PDFs)." That was not automaticly conveyed by your orriginal post.

 

[DMH]

I appologise- I should have been more clear. Now can we get back to the setting?

I think the only thing, other than the politics, that would drive away potential players is the automatic insanity all the PCs have.