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GeekList: Games with Social Combat mechanics

RPG: MasterBook [Average Rating:5.71 Overall Rank:461]

William Hostman

(aramis)

United States
Eagle River
Alaska

Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.

Yes, this really is what I looked like when I uploaded that avatar. Not that it's quite current anymore.

Masterbook, Torg, and Shatterzone all have the same extended mechanic system.

The GM sets 2-4 waypoint tasks, and may require them to be in order. Each action, one flips a card, looking for the letter for the next step(s). When the letter sought comes up, the task is resolved. Each card flip is a specified period of time, and two opposing sides may be doing simultaneous tasks in a race.

Social conflicts are explicitly part of the allowed range, but are not dwelt upon at all.

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Posted Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:28 am

GeekList: Your Favorite Unranked RPG and RPGItem

RPG: MasterBook [Average Rating:5.71 Overall Rank:461]

Bossko B.

(Ugavine)

England
Brierley Hill
The Black Country

BAZINGA!

Most of my rated games are ranked.

I do rank Knights of the Dinner Table higher than Tank Girl, but that's not really an RPG is it?

As for Tank Girl, well I only rate it a 5. I have not played it using it's rules but have used much of the content. It's a fun read and does the movie justice at least.

I do have a couple of unranked games I would probably rate higher than Tank Girl (Star Trek, Dark Conspiracy, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Judge Dredd) but I've not played them, except for Dredd, or gone through them in enough detail to justify rating them.

Judge Dredd D20 is a tricky one for me to rate due to bad adventures, hence I've not rated it yet.

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Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:44 pm

GeekList: RPGs I own but have never played

RPG: MasterBook [Average Rating:5.71 Overall Rank:461]

Bossko B.

(Ugavine)

England
Brierley Hill
The Black Country

BAZINGA!

Big Tank Girl fan, and this is a fun read. I love the 'Real' Bastard Sword. No intention of ever actually running a game based on this system though.

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Posted Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:29 am

William Hostman

(aramis)

United States
Eagle River
Alaska

Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.

Yes, this really is what I looked like when I uploaded that avatar. Not that it's quite current anymore.

Masterbook does play pretty well... counting the close variant Torg, there are setting books for a dozen different genres available. (Torg uses 1d20 instead of 2d10, but otherwise is mechanically the same.)

Oh, and Masterbook easily converts to d6: divide by three to get dice, use the modulus 3 (ie, the div by 3's remainder) for the pips.

Edited Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:52 am
Posted Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:14 am
- Choose your Dice
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