#RPGaDay week 4

I continue answering the questions. This time in a rush; sorry for the brevity.

21. Favourite Licensed RPG?

Licenses from preexisting IP: not really for me. I don’t really like running games in preexisting worlds. There are too many assumptions built in and I find it totally stifling to my creativity.

The exception is within the Cthulhu Mythos, but of course that universe is non-canonical, and from its very inception was collaborative. See Campbell’s Glaaki, Klarkash-Ton’s works, Robert E. Howard’s ‘Unaussprechliche Kulte,’ and Atlantean horrors found in stories like Skull-Face et al. I feel comfortable using CoC exactly because I can create whatever I like. 

22. Best Secondhand RPG Purchase 

My 1st edition DMG. It only cost me £50 on eBay and is in good nick. A steal at that price. 

23. Coolest looking RPG book. 

I’d probably say Castle Xyntillan. The layout is clean, the map art is great, and the cover by Peter Mullen is really evocative.

Cool Incarnate

24. Simple RPG you play?

I’m only really playing B/X and Ad&d right now. B/X is pretty simple once you learn the core procedures. A fine base structure for gaming. Ad&d gets a bad wrap for being complicated, but really I think it was only Gary’s writing style and book layout that made it difficult to reference and learn. I’ve been using OSRIC and it seems simple enough to me. 

25. Unplayed RPG you own? 

The Dee Sanction. I got swept up in the hype. Whilst it looks like a neat system, I could just run Call of Cthulhu in Elizabethan England easy enough. 

26. Favourite Character Sheet?

This one by Luis Oliveira. I like overly elaborate medieval borders, whilst not really practical, they are very pretty. I used the border of this for my custom character sheet when I ran the Xyntillan dungeon. 

27. Game you’d like a new edition of? 

If its not broke, don’t fix it. 

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