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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 12:16:24 +0100
Just thought maybe you'd all like to know that in the top 50 RPGs
according to readers of the British RPG magazine Arcane, Shadowrun took
8th place, making it the highest cyberpunk-type game in the list (CP2020:
10th, Cyberspace: 44th). The top ten:

1 Call of Cthulhu
2 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
3 Traveller
4 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
5 RuneQuest
6 Vampire: The Masquerade
7 Paranoia
8 Shadowrun
9 The Star Wars Roleplaying Game
10 Cyberpunk

Other FASA entries were MechWarrior at #49 and Earthdawn at #24.

All this from issue 14 of Arcane, which -- amazingly -- I found in a local
bookstore, hidden among computer gaming magazines. Perhaps not all is
lost...

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I know that it's wrong, so what should I do?
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
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Message no. 2
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 19:32:27 +0000
> From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
> Organization: Plastic Warriors
> Subject: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)

> 1 Call of Cthulhu

Obviously the work of Brits.

> 4 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
> 5 RuneQuest

Another couple of suprises. Not!


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 3
From: Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 17:07:50 -0800
On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Droopy wrote:

> > 4 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
> > 5 RuneQuest
>
> Another couple of suprises. Not!

Warhammer is a great game! If you want to have fun instead of toil in
rules-hell (also known as AD&D), play Warhammer. It's fast, fun, magic
is not so overbearing, and the background is quite rich.

RuneQuest, OTOH, is... well... blech!

Anyway, back to Shadowrun.
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* Jason Ustica * Email: usticaj@****.com * GO L.A. KINGS!!
Message no. 4
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 17:38:07 -0800
Is that current?

~Tim
Message no. 5
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 12:26:04 +0100
Tim Cooper said on 17:38/24 Dec 96...

> Is that current?

It says "Christmas 96" on the cover of the magazine...

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And a wave of overwhelming doubt turns me to stone...
-> NERPS Project Leader & Unofficial Shadowrun Guru <-
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Message no. 6
From: Benjamin <benjamin@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 11:08:07 PST
>> > 4 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
>> > 5 RuneQuest
>>
>> Another couple of suprises. Not!
>
>Warhammer is a great game! If you want to have fun instead of toil in
>rules-hell (also known as AD&D), play Warhammer. It's fast, fun, magic
>is not so overbearing, and the background is quite rich.

I always thought the Warhammer was like AD&D except that it didn't
pretend not to be a wargame.
Message no. 7
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 23:39:27 +0000
> From: Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM>
> Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)

> Warhammer is a great game! If you want to have fun instead of toil in

I play 40k and necromunda. I've been thinking abount meshing necro
and SR into a coherent RPG/minis game. I have DMZ, but it leaves a
little to be desired (except for the maps.)


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 8
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 21:05:52 -0800
On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Droopy wrote:

> > From: Jason Ustica <usticaj@****.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
>
> > Warhammer is a great game! If you want to have fun instead of toil in
>
> I play 40k and necromunda. I've been thinking abount meshing necro
> and SR into a coherent RPG/minis game. I have DMZ, but it leaves a
> little to be desired (except for the maps.)
>
> --Droopy
> droopy@**.net
>

I'd like to see 40K in a full blown RPG, the background is absolutely
fantastic. I thought about trying to work out some system myself, but..

~Tim
Message no. 9
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Top 50 RPGs (somewhat SR-related)
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 15:15:48 +0000
|I'd like to see 40K in a full blown RPG, the background is absolutely
|fantastic. I thought about trying to work out some system myself, but..

Not much chance of that, what with Games Workshop (*spit*) being so crap,
expensive and RPG enemies.....
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