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The RPG Museum will waste a little of your time

Mar 7, 2008
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Effluvia, Gaming, Geekery

Well, the unofficial RPG Museum perhaps.  This is a modest, though still somewhat interesting, attempt to make a museum for pen-and-paper RPGs.  Apropos with the passing of one of the two men who helped birth the genre, to be sure.  Also something that will provide some quality nostalgia for more than a few members of this fine site.  It's not comprehensive – not even close – but it does have some gems there.  I remember the Jorune computer game, which was some sort of funky RPG-something hybrid.  Never played it, alas.

The RPG reviews are pretty solid and detailed, and there are worse ways to spend a Friday.

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  1. Ken  •  Mar 7, 2008 @8:26 am

    Terrifically cool, Grandy. Just the thing while I am pretending to listen to this morning's presentation on qui tam cases.

  2. Grandy  •  Mar 7, 2008 @8:34 am

    Paranoia is a glaring omission at this time – more than any other game save perhaps D&D, Paranoia must be included in any museum (I don't say that to criticize per se, but I would argue any collection should start with those two games). There are some neat entries, though. Gamma World I never played but found fascinating. I always wanted to try Boot Hill, and remember ogling it on a number of trips up to Sword of the Phoenix.

    I believe it was Travellor that a friend once remarked had the most intricate character creation system ever. It also spawned a couple of awful PC games (well, I think I only sampled the second but holy crap it sucked, but the character creation was cool).

    And Space 1889 is such a fantastic concept. I may pick up that source book some time soon.