tonight’s random train of thought

[swan_tower]

Faffing around, putting off actually getting started again on work like I should, browsing the web, come across a mention of Wendy and Richard Pini, spend a moment imagining what I would say to them if I met them.

Remember that way back in the day, I bought the Elfquest RPG and made a bunch of characters, but never actually played the game; just sat around making up stories that more or less amounted to OC fanfic.

Probably a good thing we never actually played it. I think the game was Chaosium, and I don’t recall the system being really all that well-suited to the setting — not that I would have known the difference at the time.

Hmmm. What would be a good system for running an Elfquest game?

. . . no, I’m not actually planning on running such a thing. File this under “fun things to fiddle with,” like my hack of Cinematic Unisystem for Harry Potter or Mage: The Awakening for the Wheel of Time. (Or, um, Pathfinder for Dragon Age. Except I actually ran that one for a while.) But I open the floor to suggestions: what would you use for Elfquest? I personally have no idea, but I’m curious what other people might suggest.

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Comments

[templarwolf.livejournal.com]

I've played in and run the ElfQuest game, and found that the system worked ok. It didn't feel weird to any of us. So, I don't know that I'd use anything else, but if I were, I think I might use Mage.

I once revamped the old WoD for use with the setting from Vampire Hunter D. That seemed to work pretty well. Likewise, Fading Suns makes for a much better Firefly game than the official system.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I feel like the existing system is one of those things that's more about the numbers than character or story, y'know? A system that really fits the world is awesome; the canonical one is just kind of . . . there.

[templarwolf.livejournal.com]

I think that's one of the reasons the original Deadlands works so well. The system of using playing cards and poker chips really adds to the old west setting of the game.

Maybe a good EQ game should be based on d8s somehow?

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

<lol> If I were inclined to homebrew, I would totally do that!