Renegade legion legionnaire
Playing the game is not dead, but it hasn’t been in print for longer than many younger gamers have been alive. You can still find the games in used condition, still track down the miniatures, and still make contact with people who love to play it. When this ultimately resulted in an RPG, the universe looked like it could really open up…. The hex-map based games were innovative, fast, and contained all the great things like vehicle design, cascading criticals, visceral damage, and upgradable components that keep people coming back for more. The line was successful enough to spawn novels and computer games, and keep a vibrant community of long-term players still out there, fighting the good fight. Renegade Legion: Legionnaire, by Michael Stackpole, saw its genesis in the skirmish games by FASA, Centurion (Hover Tanks), Interceptor (Star Fighters), and Leviathan (Ships of the Line). The rich universe, the socio-political environments so ripe for harvesting story seeds, and the inspiring tech can go round for round with Star Wars if one only gives it a chance… for good reason as I recall.
If someone were to take on reviving and revising all the material from the RPG through the tabletop skirmish games for the Renegade Legion setting, that would be a lot of fun. Standing in front of my shelves, however, and looking around the room at the games which still rock today despite the quirks and charm of their age, I find that my answer will be Legionnaire. Lacking that option as it has already been restored to life, I find my thoughts turn to a few games such as the original TSR’s Gangbusters, and the SF trilogy of games by White Wolf: Adventure!, Aberrant, and (Aeon) Trinity. Those who enjoy one, can explore the other.
In a sense, it doubles the possibilities of the game. While I still have the original and enjoy it to this day, seeing a new version get ready to hit shelves and fire new imaginations makes me happy. I am very much looking forward for the new boxed set and the new system within to reach me here in Korea and to see what new adventures in espionage we can create with it. Question 11: Which dead game would you like to see reborn?įor me, until the recent Kickstarter for a new version of Top Secret by the original designer under a nostalgic company masthead of ‘ TSR‘, the choice would have been that venerable and exciting game. A lot of our favorites from yesteryear are finding new life in familiar and similar forms, or taking on newer, sleeker shapes to explore this brave new world of gaming the 21st Century has given us. These past few years have seen huge crowdfunding campaigns for Metamorphosis Alpha, for Villains and Vigilantes, for TORG, for Top Secret, and Space 1889 to name a few, and the vast and creative beast which is the OSR never fails to disappoint in its ability to combine and recombine old favorites with new innovation. Dead Games keep calling me, as I am sure they do many of you, and today’s question asks which among them would you like to see revived in a new edition. Here is everything you need to join the fight.Today’s question for #RPgaDay asks us about old games which while they are still in our hearts are no longer on store shelves, in digital distribution, or even on the radar of those with fewer birthdays behind them. Shannedam County is spotlighted with planetary maps and strategic details. TOG and Commonwealth histories are presented. Equipment and weapons are listed, along with individual combat rules.
There are rules given for characters of alien races found within the Terran Overlord Government (TOG), the Commonwealth, and the, Renegade Legions. Renegade Legion: Legionnaire includes material on character generation, career packages, skills, attribute points, experience, rank, and fame. Be a starfighter pilot, an anti-gravity tank commander, or just a free-booting adventurer in Renegade Legion: Legionnaire. Renegade Legion: Legionnaire provides all the information needed to create and play a character in this ominous setting. Espionage, sabotage, and intrigue await players of the Renegade Legion: Legionnaire! But not all battles are won on the field, and not all combat is as straightforward as a tank commander would like. In 6831, the battlefield is a place of pushbutton death and searing destruction where human courage is every bit as important as the technology.