Game Suggestions

[Drakeknight]

Hey, I have an issue.
I hang out in a chat room, and we already have a Pathfinder game going via Maptool. I want to run another game, so that the DM of the PF game and those that were late to the PF party can play. I don't want to do fantasy (at least not traditional fantasy), as I don't want to just be repeating the themes of the PF game, and the DM has vetoed superhero games.
A criminal game might be right up their alley, but Criminal Element is out because we can't find a program or website for the card usage.
Any suggestions? As long as all the info we need is freely available and it isn't fantasy or superheroes, I'll give it a look.

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

[Drakeknight]

They might also be interested in some espionage. They're all pretty new to RPGs, and also pretty easygoing, so I'm pretty much in the driver's seat here.

[misterecho]

yet another class A recommendation from the aardvark.

[kylesgames]

Do you have Spycraft? If you don't I'd say it's a good d20 espionage game, though its merits are more that it's familiar than that it's groundbreaking.

I'm going to finish Orchestra one of these days, and while the dice-rolling is somewhat complex it would fit the espionage genre perfectly.

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

About Spring of 2007 there was a a website called had a 24 hour contest to produce role playing games on the theme of espionage, and the finished items are in the 1km1kt.net archives. I seem to recall that the winner was "" - a rather humorous entry. Of course I had one of my own (the sorta steampunk ) and the other entrants included , , and . Probably a few others, though my search didn't find them. It did run across which might also fit your criteria.

[Evil Scientist]

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

I actually just picked Saturn since it seemed like a neat location and floating cities more romantic than hollowed-out Trojan Asteroids. The real-life Irgun/Palmach are a bit politically charged to handle in a game (especially in just 24 hours), so violent pacifists in WW I seemed a bit easier to handle. Although I am aware of the influence of Ron Howard/John Carter, I haven't really read much of his work (I prefer his later followers like Isaac Asimov or Ben Bova.) It probably could be made a bit more pulp inspired, but I like the low-key resistance movement vibe.

If you've got suggestions for how to improve RoJ, I'd be glad to hear them. I really should do new editions of my various games aside from D&B.

[vulpinoid]

Here's the obligatory point where I offer my own free game into the mix.

Try FUBAR.

The basic premise is a revenge tale with elements of criminal danger and espionage...but the eisting expansions sets cover the wild west and road trip stories. This week I'll be providing a supplement where the players are dead but have been reanimated by dark powers to complete their unfinished business in the world...hopefully in a few more weeks I'll be uploading my fantasy supplement for the game.