OSSR Request Thread

Antariuk · Post by **Antariuk** » Sun May 03, 2015 10:10 am

Ok, I'm on it. I'll go and try to make a comparison review with the Anniversary Edition from 2005 to see if anything's changed, and if how bad it is.

SubversionArts · Post by **SubversionArts** » Fri May 15, 2015 6:24 pm

Requested...

Ray Winninger's Underground. Mayfair's four-color dystopia written in 1993, using a nerfed version of the DC Heroes "MEGS" system. Logarithms! Atomic Kennedy! Ronald Reagan clone soldiers!

Here's already a pretty good overview of the game. http://projects.inklesspen.com/fatal-an ... derground/

Silent Wayfarer · Post by **Silent Wayfarer** » Thu May 21, 2015 3:23 am

I'd like to request a review of the Renraku Arcology Shutdown book.

Aryxbez · Post by **Aryxbez** » Thu May 21, 2015 10:45 am

I would like to Second that request for a review of the Renraku Arcology Shutdown Book. Also the Cyberpirates! supplement for why its gonzo.

Antariuk, How is that review of the Green Ronin book a coming? Maybe a joint review you could do with deaddmwalking, if he's interested as well? (Assuming you guys aren't already working on that of course)

Antariuk · Post by **Antariuk** » Thu May 21, 2015 1:50 pm

Aryxbez wrote:Antariuk, How is that review of the Green Ronin book a coming? Maybe a joint review you could do with deaddmwalking, if he's interested as well? (Assuming you guys aren't already working on that of course)

I'm about halfway through right now. Turns out that cross-referencing three versions of the same adventure takes a lot of time, as does trying to be snarky and entertaining (and I'm German, so we all know how that'll turn out). But I wouldn't mind a team-up if deaddmwalking can make sense of my wish-wash.

silva · Post by **silva** » Thu May 21, 2015 3:14 pm

I would like to see reviews of precursor game lines like Traveller, Runequest, OD&D modules, etc. It would be specially interesting if the reviews focused on "first-time" elements that those lines brought to the hobby.

Heaven's Thunder Hammer · Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:00 am

I'm gonna request M20 - parts of the book are amazing, but the rules write ups generally come across as a trainwreck.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 6:36 am

Has turtles in time been ossr'd?

koz · Post by **koz** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:14 am

I would love to see a review of Nightbane. I would write it myself, but I don't consider myself competent.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:52 am

Mister_Sinister wrote:I would love to see a review of Nightbane. I would write it myself, but I don't consider myself competent.

That didn't stop its authors tho.

koz · Post by **koz** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:25 pm

erik wrote:That didn't stop its authors tho.

Does it ever?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:33 am

Anyone got GURPS Dragons and the time/inclination to review it?

angelfromanotherpin · Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:12 pm

Prak wrote:Anyone got GURPS Dragons and the time/inclination to review it?

I guess I could, although it never struck me as particularly noteworthy. What's the interest?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:25 pm

I have Amazon credit, it was recommended, and because dragons.

silva · Post by **silva** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:50 pm

So, anyone up for the "first time" series ? I think it would be a cool way to understand the hobby evolution.

momothefiddler · Post by **momothefiddler** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 5:37 pm

Given I've only ever met one other person in real life (or, indeed, anywhere but the sjgames forums) who actually enjoyed playing GURPS, and that the 4th edition has been out for over a decade now, I'm considering doing a comparative review between 3rd (which I've literally never looked at and know only through Frank's frothing hate) and 4th.

Would anyone be interested in that? Does anyone have suggestions on how to write a review? I never have. Would that be an OSSR, given the >10yr thing?

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 5:58 pm

I don't think the editions are different enough to warrant an article-length comparison. 4th is a handful of cost tweaks and standardizations. There just isn't much to work with.

momothefiddler · Post by **momothefiddler** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:04 pm

And here I thought the lack of edition wars was a lack of player base, not a lack of editions.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:46 pm

momothefiddler wrote:And here I thought the lack of edition wars was a lack of player base, not a lack of editions.

The toolkit games of GURPS and HERO just don't generate edition wars the way games with more set-in-stone rules do. Unlike a new edition of D&D or Vampire, no one is saying you have to change anything you were doing.With the old edition, you took what pats you liked and made a game out of it, with the new edition you take what parts you like and make a game out of it.

A new edition of GURPS might change the points cost for something up or down, but it's still just a set of options. Some people might not like the new main book, but it doesn't create edition wars for the same reason that a book like Unearthed Arcana doesn't set off edition wars for D&D.

-Username17

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:27 pm

Is it possible to request the AW OSSR, or is that an offence punishable by death?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:35 pm

Find me a pdf of AW I can download without paying money I don't have, and I'll consider it. Buy a copy of AW for me, and I'll do it, regardless of how long the book is.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:36 pm

Apocalypse World isn't oldschool. More importantly, there's not actually much to talk about. There's no setting, little mechanics, and hardly any new ideas. Not that complete creative bankruptcy should bar something from the harsh glare of an OSSR, but the stuff that does make Apocalypse World stand out has already been discussed to death on various threads.

We've deconstructed the resolution mechanics, the ethos of the game, how imbalanced the basic maneuvers of the game are, the random stupid crap like the sex moves, and even some of the clingy bits of dogshit like the extremely immature names. What more is there left to talk about? All that's really left is making fun of Vince Baker, but if you want to do that I think that doing it in the context of Poison'd would be better. Not only is there more to demonize him about there but the premise of that Poison'd game (an unflinching grimdark deconstruction of historical piracy) is at least modestly more interesting and original than that of Apocalypse World (a Firefly-edgy softcore porn version of Mad Max).

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:50 pm

Good point on the not Old School thing. It's only half-way. Notably, though, I'm not sure "(Copyright)2k+10" is a legitimate way to write a copyright date...

But, hell, I reviewed FATAL in full to put to rest any possibility of Hall claiming things were reviewed out of context. And that was a thousand plus pages. Maybe I'll do the same for AW. It's like wading through five hundred pounds of shit when you've previously waded through 2 tons of it.

Silent Wayfarer · Post by **Silent Wayfarer** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:20 am

But why swim in shit when you could swim in anything else? *cough Renraku Shutdown coughcough*

CapnTthePirateG · Post by **CapnTthePirateG** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:34 pm

Anyhoo, now that I have a copy of the 5e PHB, would people want to see a review of it? And would it be worth doing a comparison to the 4e PHB?