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Torg: A Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Hack (Hacking the Datasheets)

May 4, 2012 by TorgHacker

I need to explain how the mechanics of causing contradictions in other realities worked in the original Torg game. If a character uses a tool: a spell, miracle, piece of tech or some sort of social concept, it causes a single contradiction if the axiom level of that tool is greater than either the character’s home reality or the reality that character finds herself in.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Game Hacks & Content, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Hack, marvel, marvel heroic roleplaying, MarvelRPG, MHR, Torg

Pain of Publication: Ninja Testing

May 3, 2012 by The Main Event

Having successfully been a Guest GM before and having been inspired by excellent posts on using Marvel to power a fantasy-based system, I decided to try something odd. I sensed my normally tireless DM was getting burned out in Pathfinder, so I offered to take over for a few adventures. The group was pretty positive about a change of pace, but there was a lot of surprise when I said I was going to run the same characters, the same world, in campaign continuity with a different system.

Filed Under: Game Hacks & Content, Pain of Publication, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: fantasy heroic roleplaying, fhrp, marvel heroic roleplaying, mhrp, pathfinder

Torg: A Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Hack (Primer)

April 27, 2012 by TorgHacker

Back in 1990, West End Games released Torg, a cinematic style multi-genre roleplaying game.  This game featured many innovative mechanics such as the Drama Deck and Possibility Points, but is best known for its background.  Not only did this game allow multiple genres to be treated with the same mechanics, but then smashed them together […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Game Hacks & Content, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Hack, marvel, MarvelRPG, MHR, Torg

Fantasy Heroic Roleplaying: A D&D 4e Hack for Marvel Heroic Roleplaying

March 26, 2012 by Dave

This is a hack of Marvel Heroic Roleplaying designed to use a lot of the trappings of Dungeons & Dragons (4th edition), particularly in the classes and races. You will need to be familiar with both games in order to get much out of this.

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Game Hacks & Content, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, marvel heroic roleplaying, mhrpg, rules hack

The Road Not Taken: Alternative Directions For A Post 4e D&D

January 16, 2012 by Dave

In the context of a new edition, there are any number of ways that an edition after 4th edition could go, while still building on the foundation of the game.

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Game Hacks & Content, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, game design, hacks

Instant Dungeon Crawling, Trial by Dragon

December 20, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty shares the highlights of his New York Comic Con D&D 4e game, featuring dungeons crawling and dragon mustering… or was that dragon mustarding. I forget.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Game Hacks & Content, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Adventure Prep, convention, d&d 4e, DMing, DMing tips, new york comic con, nycc, One Shot games

You’re Out of your FAQing Element

June 3, 2011 by Logan Bonner

Ryan Macklin wrote a blog post about problems he sees with “use-whenever” stats in RPGs, using my FAQ hack for Leverage as an example. There are somegood ideas in there, and I encourage reading it. I however think it’s missing the point by suggesting that the FAQ system isn’t doing what it should in the system.

Filed Under: Game Hacks & Content, Minor Quests, Newest Critical Hits, Roleplaying Games, Television Tagged With: Cortex Plus, Hack, leverage, Ryan Macklin

The Old School Job, Part 2: The Lich-Sorceress’ Release

May 19, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty recounts the story generated by his new Leverage RPG fantasy hack, much to the consternation of catholic nuns and easily offended souls.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Freelance Writing, Game Hacks & Content, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

The Old School Job, Part 1: The Temple-Brothel of Monte-Cookus

May 18, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty finally reveals what new RPG hack he’s been working on for so long and starts telling the story of his latest play test game in a mythical fantasy city.

Filed Under: Actual Play, Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Freelance Writing, Game Hacks & Content, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cortex Plus, Hack, Leverage RPG, Old School Job

Playing Leverage with Just the FAQs

May 9, 2011 by Logan Bonner

Leverage: the Roleplaying Game does so many things right. It’s quick, collaborative, easy to prep, iconic, and tethered to a great back-and-forth mechanic and play style. But still, every plan has room for improvement.

Filed Under: Game Hacks & Content, Minor Quests, Roleplaying Games, Television Tagged With: game design, leverage, Leverage RPG

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  • TorgHacker

    TorgHacker is the alter ego of Dean Gilbert, a 41year old meteorologist living in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. He has been playing RPGs for over 27 years including D&D, Torg, and 13th Age. He is a freelance RPG designer with credits in the Annihilation Event Book for Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, and the upcoming Firefly RPG Corebook and Things Don't Go Smooth. He can be followed on Twitter @TorgHacker and Google+.

    Email: horushawks@shaw.ca

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