Re: Space Crusade RPG
Posted by Billiam Babble on Aug 09, 2012; 10:59pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Space-Crusade-RPG-tp7578419p7578435.html
I like the sound of this.
I thought about adapting Necromunda to be an RPG a while back.
Like the previous poster says, there are a few RPGs by Fantasy Flight Games set in the 40K universe but they're probably pretty dense rules-wise - not great in terms of being pick-up-and-play. The trick is single blow survivability - in fact one of the main differences between old wargames and RPGs is the hit point - recovery - and skills gain - so you're heroic level of 3 hp/wounds sounds good. I was surprised to discover years ago that figures in mass battles or skirmishers were not always instantly killed - they were merely "incapacitated". With that in mind a Marine could be down for the encounter and treatment will allow them to continue (maybe with a limit of the number of times this can occur, like 3)
Necromunda encouraged the growth of a gang's abilities - a gang is effectively a squad. Wounds/HP are fairly low-but significantly more than troops in WH40K - but the combat rules seemed similar (at least in my archaic edition). In games like Warhammer Quest or WFRPG the whole damage and hit point system is totally escalated but there's a fair amount of record keeping, but this allows for weapon variety. I believe Mordheim works in a similar way to Necromunda, but I fell out with Mordheim playing friend when he insisted that the weapons on the model's belt had to be the same as those in his inventory... as a role-player I'm used to stuff on the table being fairly abstract (blu-tack lump=troll) and the character sheet was where all the real information was.
I love the idea of one figure per player and a simple increase in wounds, especially for quick games and young players.
(Nobody mention Inquisitor! - which is clearly just a scam to sell large figures) ;)
Space Crusade seems to be having a major revision and comeback on this forum alone. ;)
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Space-Crusade-RPG-tp7578419p7578435.html
I like the sound of this.
I thought about adapting Necromunda to be an RPG a while back.
Like the previous poster says, there are a few RPGs by Fantasy Flight Games set in the 40K universe but they're probably pretty dense rules-wise - not great in terms of being pick-up-and-play. The trick is single blow survivability - in fact one of the main differences between old wargames and RPGs is the hit point - recovery - and skills gain - so you're heroic level of 3 hp/wounds sounds good. I was surprised to discover years ago that figures in mass battles or skirmishers were not always instantly killed - they were merely "incapacitated". With that in mind a Marine could be down for the encounter and treatment will allow them to continue (maybe with a limit of the number of times this can occur, like 3)
Necromunda encouraged the growth of a gang's abilities - a gang is effectively a squad. Wounds/HP are fairly low-but significantly more than troops in WH40K - but the combat rules seemed similar (at least in my archaic edition). In games like Warhammer Quest or WFRPG the whole damage and hit point system is totally escalated but there's a fair amount of record keeping, but this allows for weapon variety. I believe Mordheim works in a similar way to Necromunda, but I fell out with Mordheim playing friend when he insisted that the weapons on the model's belt had to be the same as those in his inventory... as a role-player I'm used to stuff on the table being fairly abstract (blu-tack lump=troll) and the character sheet was where all the real information was.
I love the idea of one figure per player and a simple increase in wounds, especially for quick games and young players.
(Nobody mention Inquisitor! - which is clearly just a scam to sell large figures) ;)
Space Crusade seems to be having a major revision and comeback on this forum alone. ;)
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