Dawn OOC Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 In your opinion, what are the best RPGs set in the modern era and why? Examples include World of Darkness, Mutants and Masterminds, They Live!, just to name a few. I'm just looking for opinions.And yes... if you indulge me in this, you'll be helping me with a homework assignment. Thanks,Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Akaisha Ross Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Can we count Shadowrun? Its only set 40 - 60 years into the future depending on when you decide you want to start. Its definately one of the greatest settings, imho. You have fantasy & cyberpunk all mixed into a dark, gritty world. Its one of the best RPGs out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pew Pew Pew Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Paranoia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seph OOC Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Adventure! is great for running modern-era adventure/action-type games and can be well-used to sim everything from Big Trouble in Little China to Die Hard. All you have to do is throw out the setting. Up until recently, I was, with some success, runing a 1980's Adventure! game based off the AEON canon with heavy doses of 80's pop culture and incorporating elements from The Venture Bros.Call of Cthulhu is also a great modern game. In a lot of modern games, the internet is a convenient deus ex machina device that allows the players to get around a lot of plot clues. In Call of Cthulhu, it won't avail you one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyn Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 A stripped down version of the old V:tM system, without vampiric rules, has always been my favorite for straight modern games. I like the cross-flexibility of Attribute/Ability, and the easy with which you can get put on the floor by a knife or a gun gives things a nice edge of danger. I'd say Vampire: the Masquerade itself, but the game really isn't so much modern as it is using modern elements to construct an alternate world. The vampire-centric focus, in particular, makes it a less than idea model for "modern" gaming. Really, the "best" system depends on what mood of story you're trying to tell with it: good systems feed the story, bad systems distract from it. But all my favorites are in the old White Wolf World of Darkness line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess OOC Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Give me WoD. For supernaturals (other than vampires), OWoD; for vampires, or for plain ol' humans trying to hold it together, NWoD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess OOC Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 *sigh* ...and I'm a geek. OWoD, for the uninitiated, is Old World of Darkness; NWoD is (of course) New World of Darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conduit Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Originally Posted By: Dawn, GMAnd yes... if you indulge me in this, you'll be helping me with a homework assignment. Thanks,Dawn What?! This is a school project? You're killing me Dawn, killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divine Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I was always partial to Gamma World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J. Lambert Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Ah Gamma World, the game where you can have a Mutant Troll with a Rock and Jesus in the same party thanks to random character creation.Can't go wrong with that, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugin Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Originally Posted By: Robert J. LambertAh Gamma World, the game where you can have a Mutant Troll with a Rock and Jesus in the same party thanks to random character creation.Can't go wrong with that, right? Sounds like someon never played D100 Marvel Superheroes."Wow...I rolled up a half-man, half-wasp with superhuman strength, water breathing, the ability to change things colors and spaceflight. Okay." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert J. Lambert Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 .....I will now live a more fulfilling life thanks to that information Hugin because "Wasp-Man" there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess OOC Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 /me still remembers RoleMaster, where one's character could die during character generation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. They were a big help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 I'm suprised no one mentioned GURPS.I've had a couple of great GURPS experiences from a Psi-Spu game to Supers to a 1930's action cliffhanger game.Heck, even Champions got overlooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Akaisha Ross Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 You're right...those two should have been among the first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 I remembered GURPS on my own, but forgot Champions, oddly. I love Champions, if you have the JAVA program that lets you do the building. In fact, one of my favorite fantasy characters was built in Champions. He was wierd, but I loved him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess OOC Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Which character was that, Dawn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Zimrata... damn I forgot the rest of his name. You know - the gender switching assassin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macali Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 To forget Aberrant is a bit much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn OOC Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Originally Posted By: MacaliTo forget Aberrant is a bit much. No offense Macali, but Aberrant isn't what I'd label as one of the best modern games. It's clunky and full of the old White Wolf setting and mechanics issues. I like the game, but I'm not going to say it's better than it is.Course, this is my opinion, as always.Oh, and I missed the question about the assignment apparently, though this is an old, old post. I was pretending to buy books for a gaming company that was building a competitor's library for reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Don't Rest Your Head. Insomniacs fall into a strange nightmare city. Short game, about 70 pages, but it's slick. Check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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