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Topic: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

I don't know words because you.

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

I didn't know you were a gamer, Dave.

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

Nerd ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in Nerd?

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

I remember having a similar overwhelming joy wash over me when I read an article about a studio that was working on a RIFTS turn-based strategy RPG that they described as a combination of X-Com and FF Tactics (in the article, not the guys making it...). They had screen shots that looked awesomely like a retro throw-back to those older isometric games and they listed off a bunch of the available races and professions and how some of the skills and combat would work. It sounded AMAZING.

And then I saw that it was only going to be released exclusively on the N-Gage. I actually considered buying an N-Gage just so I could get that game.

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And who'd wanna play games on their phone, anyway?

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

To be honest, I'm more excited about the revamp to the pen & paper system. Cyberpunk 2020 was one of the staples of my later teenage years; friends and I would spend entire weekends gaming on almost no sleep and way too much pizza.

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I must admit, when I played pen and paper RPGs the rules were mostly ignored. It was more free form story telling (reading the Paranoia "rules" did not help change that)

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I've thought about writing up an article or something that would help people to pinpoint their ideal P&P RPG based on what sort of things they're interested in. D&D is great to get your feet wet, but there are games out there that cater to specific personalities. I used to know some people who were into VtM so I tagged along to one of their sessions and it nearly killed my soul. And then there are games like Rifts that appeal to people who love math and collecting dice.

I've never heard of Cyberpunk 2020, tho I surely bumped into it at some point while browsing in shops for dice/cards/books/figures/whatever. I don't have a store anywhere near me where people can game up.

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Re: Not that I'm a massive nerd or anything...

2020 is the RPG for people who watched Bladerunner, and thought "That is my idea of heaven!"

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