Anyone here play or familiar with TORG? Either the original or Eternity. Or even MasterBook or Shatterzone?
I have a topic for discussion, if there is interest.
TORG - discussion
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My Tuesday group played original Torg for a while. The DM had several of the setting books, so we had a wide range of characters. It was fun, although it was kind of a strange game. I played Eternity at Gary Con a few years before playing the original, so I don't recall much about it other than we didn't really get the hang of the cards.
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the cards are pretty straight forward, at least in original - i haven't actually played Eternity in person yet - online game lasted a short while, but GM pretty much oversaw the cards
i was hoping to discuss cosms - or alternatives actually
with 7 main main cosms, only 3 were genre mashups - i always wondered why
recently, in thinking about the game again, i was wondering what the invasion would look like with all cosms being mashups of different genres
original Nile - pulp/supers/ancient egypt
original orrorsh - victorian horror
original cyberpapacy - inquisition / cyberpunk
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new cosm ideas ??
i was hoping to discuss cosms - or alternatives actually
with 7 main main cosms, only 3 were genre mashups - i always wondered why
recently, in thinking about the game again, i was wondering what the invasion would look like with all cosms being mashups of different genres
original Nile - pulp/supers/ancient egypt
original orrorsh - victorian horror
original cyberpapacy - inquisition / cyberpunk
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new cosm ideas ??
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it's probably my favorite game. First time i played it was at a convention, then i found a local game when i was at university. A few years after that game ended i got into another local game - replayed some of the same stuff with a different character, group make-up made it less of a rehash.
i like the multigenre nature of it. Cosms are basically just alternate realities that have co-merged with 'our' reality. Basically genre versions of earth - fantasy, lost land, etc. A few were combinations of two genres mashed together. I like that idea and was hoping to garner a discussion of what other combos would be interesting to game in
i like the multigenre nature of it. Cosms are basically just alternate realities that have co-merged with 'our' reality. Basically genre versions of earth - fantasy, lost land, etc. A few were combinations of two genres mashed together. I like that idea and was hoping to garner a discussion of what other combos would be interesting to game in
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I have never played it, but the idea seems similar to Rifts ion some ways. Rifts had horrible rules, but the setting was fun. How are the rules?
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I think an Arthurian setting could be interesting.
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the rules are pretty good - better than Paladium. Like i mentioned, i haven't really tried the new rules yet.
There is an official fantasy realm - but mostly polarized good/bad by honor/corruption. So they have elves, dwarves, vikings and such. Arthurian is interesting in that it is old gaelic welsh mixed with french romanticism.
There is an official fantasy realm - but mostly polarized good/bad by honor/corruption. So they have elves, dwarves, vikings and such. Arthurian is interesting in that it is old gaelic welsh mixed with french romanticism.
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I sounds interesting. When I have some free time I will look into it some.