Burning money in my pocket, what to get?

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:51 pm

I've got some leftover birthday on an Amazon gift card (got a Small World expansion & a Doctor Who novel), and I've decided to use the remainder on a book for an RPG. Do you guys have any advice?

Laertes · Post by **Laertes** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:52 pm

That depends. What do you play?

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:08 pm

Do you want mechanics or cool setting ideas?

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:52 pm

Laertes wrote:That depends. What do you play?

I am currently running a long-term SR4 campaign with EotM, have just begun an M&M 2E campaign that intended to only last a couple months, plan on running a heavily homebrewed 3.X fantasy campaign (Dungeon Crusade level of homebrew) after it. My most successful campaigns have been 3.X of some flavour or another for the most part, with the occasional enjoyable one-shots in CoC, Eclipse Phase, Star Wars FUDGE, Feng Shui, & Deadlands.

Laertes · Post by **Laertes** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:53 pm

If you're into CoC one-shots, I am a massive fan of the Gumshoe adaption. If you can buy into Robin D. Laws's vision of how Gumshoe should work, then it is amazing fun.

TiaC · Post by **TiaC** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:59 pm

I recommend new pants to replace the pair that just caught on fire.

Aryxbez · Post by **Aryxbez** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:14 pm

Mouseguard can be rather pricey, and supposed to be somewhat interesting. Other than that, I'm always on the watch for Cartoon Action Hour (D12 system about old 80's cartoons like Transformers, GI joe, Thundercats), Street Fighter RPG, and TMNT w/all its wacky supplements evidently.

Maybe some well designed Adventures for a campaign of your choice could work? Alternatively, if you wanted to blow Silva's pants off, ye could buy......yeah.

virgil · Post by **virgil** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:22 pm

TiaC wrote:I recommend new pants to replace the pair that just caught on fire.

I lied about something?

Aryxbez wrote:Maybe some well designed Adventures for a campaign of your choice could work? Alternatively, if you wanted to blow Silva's pants off, ye could buy......yeah.

There is such a strong disinterest in Silva's drug of choice. Any adventures would have to be ideal for one-offs

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:26 pm

Aryxbez wrote:Alternatively, if you wanted to blow Silva's pants off, ye could buy......yeah.

TiaC · Post by **TiaC** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:29 pm

virgil wrote:
TiaC wrote:I recommend new pants to replace the pair that just caught on fire.
I lied about something?

I was assuming that the pocket mentioned in the thread title was in your pants. (Stupid idioms...)

Stubbazubba · Post by **Stubbazubba** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:00 am

Cortex+ Hacker's Guide.

Really quirky system, but kind of like FATE, and because this is a hacker's guide it includes full rules for 3 different variations and a dozen or so alternate rules and other little essays that take it in different directions.

The last half of the book or so is dedicated to using the aforementioned pile of rules and building game ideas out of them, usually aping a popular work of fiction (intrepid space explorers in the utopian future, mobsters managing the family, the rugged crew of a space junker in an unfriendly corner of the black, teenage mutants in high school, mech pilots angsting over relationships and politics, and even kitchen-sink fantasy). Obviously none of it is developed in depth, but it's got a lot of breadth and harvestable ideas that it might scratch both crunch and fluff itches, so long as you don't need anything too deep.