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What RPG converted “choose your own adventure”–style gamebooks into adventure modules?
Ages ago (read: "in the early 90s") I found rules for converting gamebooks from a certain series of CYOA-type books into adventures to play with a GM and one or more players, instead of their normal ...
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Magic the Gathering RPG?
More than a decade and a half ago, I have a recollection of a friend coming to school one day with a small book which was an early Magic the Gathering RPG. I recall that it was about being a ...
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What's the name of the game about LARP de-briefings?
Players sit or stand in circle.
Each player gets a note with something they must include in their de-briefing.
Then, in order, they start telling what they liked or didn't like about this LARP that's ...
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Game in which the stars are right
I recall reading the introduction fiction to an RPG years ago, and I'd like to know its name. The game was set on a Mars colony, just barely self-sufficient or possibly slowly dying off. Shortly ...
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What is the “upcoming source book” mentioned in Shadowrun 4 FAQ?
In the SR4 FAQ, the answer to several questions about magic is "This question will be answered fully in an upcoming sourcebook."
The questions unanswered include the following little wonders:
If ...
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Module with a mage's tower that had miniature exercising golems
In the late '80s or early '90s I played an AD&D game session centered on a mage's tower that had miniature golems that were constantly exercising (jumping jacks, jogging in place, etc.). Our GM ...
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In which module did Goblins terrorize villagers with a Giant Mechanical Turtle?
A while ago I stumbled upon a low-level adventure in which a band of goblins has a giant mechanical turtle and terrorizes/scares the locals with it. I think it must have been a D&D/Pathfinder 3.X ...
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What is the name of this specific, online DM (4e) tool?
I used this tool, albeit briefly, maybe a year ago. Now, I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
First, it was an online/web based tool, not something you download. Everything was set ...
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What is this fantasy system where you roll d10s and find matches and runs?
I've heard of a RPG system where the dice mechanic is rolling several d10s and then looking for either the highest number among them, matching numbers, or sets of at least 3 dice that have consecutive ...
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Which book were the Pegataur Ranger rules in?
I remember from many years ago, I had a pegataur ranger in a DnD campaign. I can't remember which version of D&D it was from, or which book it was from. Any ideas?
I do remember that the book had ...
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What is this mature RPG System I saw online a few years ago?
A few years back I read a bunch of stuff on a website for a very dark, mature, RPG. I am sure that this was an actual for-profit print RPG, published by a company, not just a online thing its creators ...
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Who published the game Challenge?
I'm trying to dig up info on a game I played years ago, here's what I think I know:
The name was most likely Challenge.
Made use of premade character cards in some way.
Mark Rein·Hagen may have been ...
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Is XXVCA3 and XXVCS1 the same product?
TSR's Buck Rogers XXVC game had a good number of supplements and modules. When trying to get a simple list of products and matching them to images of the covers I came across something interesting. ...
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Seeking Name of Abstract, Card-Based RPG
I'm looking for the name of a small, indie RPG that I came across a while ago. The game used tarot-like cards instead of dice. When something in the game needed to be decided, then cards were drawn ...
