Mentioned in Dispatches Season 5 Episode 11
RPGs! No, the other kind!
Still behind my time with these. I'll get caught up! For me, this was not an easy listener's guide to create. There are
so many different versions and editions for the same role playing game, I wasn't always sure what to include. I also wasn't always sure I had the right game. If I made a mistake, let me know.
For this guide, I will link to the family of games from a title when possible and at other times I'll link directly to a specific edition. I know I missed a few games this time round. Please add what you want to the thread, or tell me and I'll add it to my post. This time I'm going to list the games and items as they were discussed. With that, here we go!
Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons Basic Set (First Edition) (1977)Gamma World (1st Edition)Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA)Star Trek - the family of Star Trek gamesTravellerThe Spinward Marches (1979)Barlowe's guide to extraterrestrials 2nd ed. by Wayne Barlowe, Ian Summers, Beth Meacham.
Star Fleet Battles (1979) The Keep on the Borderlands (1980)Brandt brought up an article written by Gary Gygax about how much of an influence Mr. Tolkien was, or was not, on D&D. I wasn't able to find a link to the article on the open web; however, if you are really keen on reading it, and if you looked hard enough, I know you can find it. Here is what you need to know to discover it:
- The influence of J. R. R. Tolkien on the D&D and AD&D games by Gary Gygax.- Issue #95 of Dragon Magazine March of 1985
Appendix N from the Dungeon Masters Guide is available on the open web and just to make sure it doesn't "wink away" like many webpages are prone to due, this copy is archived at the Internet Archive:
Jim Ward provides first had accounts of his experiences here:
Jim Ward @ Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG NewsStar Frontiers (1980)BattleTech (1985)Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (1978)Forgotten RealmsMechWarrior (1st Edition)Gray Death Legion (1986)
RPG point of view Boardgame point of view The Fox's Teeth: Exploits of McKinnon's Raiders (1986) (Mentioned as Wolf's Teeth during the discussion)
RPG point of viewBoardgame point of view Tales of the Black Widow Company (1985)
RPG point of view Boardgame point of view Mercenary's Handbook (1987)
RPG point of view Boardgame point of viewDesigners & Dragons by Shannon Applecline published by Evil Hat Productions
Twilight: 2000 (1st Edition)Divine Right (1979)DragonQuestUniverse: The Role-Playing Game of the Future (1st & 2nd Editions)Dragons of Glory (1986) - This is the module that can be played as a wargame too.
Boardgame point of viewRPG point of view RuneQuest - the whole big familyRuneQuest (1st & 2nd Editions)Red Arrow, Black Shield (1985)Forbidden Lands (2018)Gloomhaven (2017)Magic WorldD100 DungeonIronswornIf you are looking for some entertaining interactive fiction, look no further than Fighting Fantasy!
Mythic Game Master Emulator (2006)Me, Myself and Die! w/ voice actor Trevor Devall Mythic (2006)Savage worldsGeek Gamers 13th AgeShadowrunShadowrun (1st Edition)The World of DarknessMystara: BECMI Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal (Dungeons & Dragons)Wrath of the Immortals The Isle of Dread (1980) X1 Module for BECMID&D Rules Cyclopedia (Basic)Brant's article about Mystara:
Revisiting Mystara and the BECMI D&D GameMagic: The Gathering (1993)Magic: The Gathering – Theros (2013)Dark City GamesPocket Lands: Kingdom - this was mentioned as Kingdom Cards, I'm confident this is what they meant.
Chase Cards (2011)Action & Adventure Decks (2010) - Savage Worlds
The Diminishing Knight Dice by Craig Dipsey of Black Oak Workshop
Mage Knightd20 SystemSpycraft (2002)Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing GameMiddle-earth Role Playing (1st & 2nd Editions)Mirkwood: The Wilds of Rhovanion (1988)StormbringerCastles & CrusadesThe New Easy-to-Master Dungeons & Dragons Game (1991) Described as D&D Black Box - successor of the BECMI boxes.Boot HillAces & EightsRed Dead RedemptionDeadlandsI think that covers it for this episode. On to the next!