maijstral
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maijstral
Underboss
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An older, I think discontinued, game called Torg might fit your bill. Its a game about war in alternate realities. I have never played it myself but it sounds like it may fit your needs heres a link to the company game site http://www.westendgames.com/torg/indextorg.html | | | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10990 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 10/23/2005 10:22 PM |
| | Gurps has their Weird World War II supplment which I highly recomend. Supressed Transmissions I & II (I love Kennith Hite) have some great sugestions for alternate histories. | |
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glumag
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5968 Posts
| | 10/23/2005 10:28 PM |
| ROFL...my apologies!, I erroneously read "TurdLove World".
...as you were. | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
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| | 10/23/2005 10:48 PM |
| | Well that would be the game Hole. | |
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orcdoubleax
Sergeant
694 Posts
| | 10/24/2005 5:10 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by maijstral
An older, I think discontinued, game called Torg might fit your bill. Its a game about war in alternate realities. I have never played it myself but it sounds like it may fit your needs heres a link to the company game site http://www.westendgames.com/torg/indextorg.html
Thanks, but not really what I was looking for.
In the Turdledove novels there was no technology. Magic had replaced technology so none had developed. Magic was use every day by almost everyone in very mudane ways. (a tailor would use small spells to sew clothes) The arms race during the war was based on the devlopment of new and improved magic. Magic universities where fill not with crazy old wizard and ancient text, but with mathmaticis. In most fantasy world magic is based on some idea of ancient secrets. Here it was based on scientif princples and experments. | |
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Ghendar
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| | 10/31/2005 7:18 AM |
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Originally posted by orcdoubleax
Turdledove wrote the very entertaining "The darkness" fantasy series. It was an alternate WWII type world set in a world of magic. It had a very unique role for magic in the world. Does anyone know of any RPG products either based on the novels or in a similar setting.
I don't know of anything that would fit what you're looking for, but I'm a big Turtledove fan. | |
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Malin Lug
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742 Posts
| | 10/31/2005 10:37 AM |
| Not what you are looking for but I have always been a fan of Shadowrun. Dust off the huge pile of d6's and go to town. Not a bad system and a really fun setting. But it is a world where magic and tech run side by side.
If what you really want is a Turdledove style world, then you might just want to make a homebrewed game where the only clases are spell casters and mundane weapons are pass'e.
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
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| | 11/01/2005 5:29 PM |
| Every Time I come into the RP forum and glance at the title of this thread, guess what I read now.[B)] I've read it dozens of times now and your reading of it keeps bleeding through. I better avoid the RP fourums for a bit then.[)]
quote:
Originally posted by glumag
ROFL...my apologies!, I erroneously read "TurdLove World".
...as you were.
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orcdoubleax
Sergeant
694 Posts
| | 11/01/2005 7:31 PM |
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Originally posted by Malin Lug
Not what you are looking for but I have always been a fan of Shadowrun. Dust off the huge pile of d6's and go to town. Not a bad system and a really fun setting. But it is a world where magic and tech run side by side.
If what you really want is a Turdledove style world, then you might just want to make a homebrewed game where the only clases are spell casters and mundane weapons are pass'e.
I guess i have to give it a go. Between work and the three games I am all ready involved in creating a world is going to be a slow process. Thanks for all the avice and options.
Anyone who hasn't read the series give it a try. It starts with "Into the Darkness" and is one of the most unique fantasy experiences you will ever have. | |
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