Daredevils or Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes
I don't know what system I'd use for this . . . :hmmm:
I listened to this a lot when I was working on ¡Viva Gangbusters! but you could do a really interesting modern crime game with this as well
This post talks about racism in roleplaying. For the love of God, please be adults . . .
Sorry, this is something of a tangent, but the difference between contemporary period fiction and later historical fiction brought to mind something I struggled with literally for years with ¡Viva...
A lot of my fascination with historical gaming comes from this: preparing is just so damn much fun.
To answer the original question, pretty much anything from the Early Modern to the present day is my favorite way to roleplay.
Now, back to reading the rest of the thread . . .
If you are interested in a comprehensive how-to for backpacking, then find a copy of The Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher. I grew up with the first edition off my dad's bookshelf but I most strongly recommend the third edition - The Complete Walker III "revised, enlarged and expanded" - from...
Orcs are the way they are* because that's how a god created them to be.
I feel no need to make this complicated.
* For whatever that means around your table.
Yeah, wargames were my gateway to roleplaying games. so I'd probably be painting little armies.
That said, roleplaying has never been my "main hobby" - reading, hiking/backpacking/paddling, cycling were all higher on my list, and now that my health is improving, hiking and cycling are becoming...
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