Questions tagged [product-identification]
For questions about identifying a game product (sourcebooks, published adventures, and even entire systems) based on remembered details of the product or of specific content within it. (For identifying specific game content instead, use the [content-identification] tag.)
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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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What's this roleplaying game that came with a video and a box?
I've got a player for a one-off that I'm running at the weekend who says that he's roleplayed before, but can't remember what it was. All he can remember is that it came with a video and "had a box". ...
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Has the 4th edition d&d the same box as the 1st (or did I dream it)?
Yesterday I saw a pre-packaged full D&D set, and it had the familiar red box of the first edition. I was pleased to see it, but reading on the back it appeared like a 4th edition pack. Was I ...
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Materials for a post War of the Lance campaign
Soon we will be starting a DragonLance campaign, and we have settled on the post War of Lance, around a year after the official end of the war. The problem I have is that there are barely any ...
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Which game system was the computer game HeroQuest based on?
If I remember correctly, the computer game HeroQuest was based on rules from a tabletop RPG. Does anyone know which RPG's rules it was based on?
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Fantasy adventure modules with naval adventuring [closed]
At the Recess mini-convention this weekend, someone was telling me about a classic D&D module that involved seafaring and presented rules for falling overboard in armor, etc. I'm wondering if ...
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Old school dungeon with undead toads
I remember reading a dungeon that involved either undead or vampiric toads as the final encounter. Now I can't find it again. Does anyone know what it was?
I know it was from one of the OSR-type ...
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Which AD&D book contains the Cavalier, Acrobat, Barbarian, and other classes popularized by the cartoon?
What's the name of the AD&D book (1st Edition) that has the other character classes that were popularized in the Saturday morning cartoon?
I'm talking about the Cavalier, Acrobat, Barbarian, ...
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Is there a random encounter generator online, for color/minor city detail stuff? [closed]
I thought somewhere on Seventh Sanctum there was a generator that would get me random city encounters, just minor NPC things like so:
You meet a(n) ANGRY, YOUNG... DWARF SHIELD-MAIDEN... ESCORTING... ...
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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 ...
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