Teenage Mutant Ninja.....Something? - Page 2

garada · 08-19-2010, 12:00 AM

To get you guys into it, [and hopefully get more people interested in picking up copies of these great books], here are a few of my favorite cover images from the TMNT RPG Series:

BentonGrey · 08-19-2010, 11:46 PM

I might be up for this. I'd recommend RPTools. That program is really nice. Some sort of play by post thing might work too. I'd like the chance to actually be able to play in a campaign, as I'm running ours. I would highly recommend, however, that we use a "patched" version of the Palladium rules. We've been using a version I modified, based off of some suggestions I found online, and it makes combat, gameplay, and leveling MUCH easier and more dynamic.

garada · 08-20-2010, 12:57 AM

I would love to check out your 'patched' Palladium rules... do you have a version that could easily be 'cut n pasted' by any chance? I'm all up for keeping it fast, loose, simple, and most of all FUN! Focus on RPing, not tons and tons of dice rolling. I did a similar thing with West End Games' D6 rules when my friends and I played Star Wars and DC Universe. We had our own 'simplified / streamlined' rule set.

I'll check out the program you suggested. I'm also up for GMing if you just want to play; I understand the feeling, but I do have some cool ideas for some Turtles adventures. It would be cool if different people would want to step in from time to time though, so I could just play too!

BentonGrey · 08-20-2010, 11:18 AM

I understand that. I wouldn't say no to a rotating GM if we could find enough interest. Sure, I've got a write-up I did for my players. PM me your email addy.

*Andrew NDB* · 08-20-2010, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I own a couple of the books, "Turtles Go Hollywood" and the issue you have. The art is pretty cool, but I never really got into the whole RPG thing.

I actually have a theory that no one (aside from possibly Ms. Ivey and friends, and even then just briefly) ever actually played the TMNT RPGs... they just bought the books, read the text, and admired the pictures and mini-comics.

garada · 08-20-2010, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I actually have a theory that no one (aside from possibly Ms. Ivey and friends, and even then just briefly) ever actually played the TMNT RPGs... they just bought the books, read the text, and admired the pictures and mini-comics.

Actually, I played TMNT for years, with a number of different groups of people, all of whom LOVED the game. I even got NON-gamers to play, and they had fun too.

However, there's nothing wrong with buying the books and never playing... as you said, they're full of great art, they are very well written, and chock full of info on the TMNT 'expanded universe', making them great reference books and a fine supplement / enhancement to anyone's enjoyment of the Turtles. I myself haven't played ANY roleplaying games in a while, but I had a blast looking through these books again recently. The Guide To The Universe is an especially interesting read; the background info on the Triceraton / Federat conflict and the Utroms is fascinating.

I am itchin' for a TMNT game...

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-20-2010, 04:34 PM

And it's dated 1985, just one year after the 1984 comic book debut. The Wikipedia article says it was before the TMNT franchise became popular, but it must already have been popular if an RPG was created just one year later.

garada · 08-20-2010, 05:59 PM

^ I think that the popularity of TMNT before the Original Animated Series is relative... it was a hit among comic fans, especially for a self-published black & white series [heck, issue #8 sold a whopping 125,000 copies], but in the grander sense of being a bonafide pop culture phenomenon, TMNT wasn't on most people's radars until the cartoon arrived. I'm sure Palladium books [themselves a small 'indy' publisher] got a hell of a deal on licensing the Turtles, and if they'd have waited until AFTER the cartoon became popular, rest assured that there probably wouldn't even BE a TMNT RPG; by that point licensing anything Turtle-related would likely have cost a fortune, and only someone like TSR would have had the funds to do it... and they wouldn't have invested that much capital to develop a game based on a 'kids' franchise. Luckily, someone at Palladium knew what was 'cool' ahead of the curve, and we got a sweet RPG and more than half a dozen solid supplements out of it.

08-19-2010, 12:00 AM	#21
garada Thug Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hell Island Posts: 62	Cool Images from the Palladium Books To get you guys into it, [and hopefully get more people interested in picking up copies of these great books], here are a few of my favorite cover images from the TMNT RPG Series:

08-20-2010, 04:34 PM	#27
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	1985 And it's dated 1985, just one year after the 1984 comic book debut. The Wikipedia article says it was before the TMNT franchise became popular, but it must already have been popular if an RPG was created just one year later.

08-19-2010, 11:46 PM	#22
BentonGrey Hench Mutant Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 263	I might be up for this. I'd recommend RPTools. That program is really nice. Some sort of play by post thing might work too. I'd like the chance to actually be able to play in a campaign, as I'm running ours. I would highly recommend, however, that we use a "patched" version of the Palladium rules. We've been using a version I modified, based off of some suggestions I found online, and it makes combat, gameplay, and leveling MUCH easier and more dynamic.

08-20-2010, 12:57 AM	#23
garada Thug Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hell Island Posts: 62	I would love to check out your 'patched' Palladium rules... do you have a version that could easily be 'cut n pasted' by any chance? I'm all up for keeping it fast, loose, simple, and most of all FUN! Focus on RPing, not tons and tons of dice rolling. I did a similar thing with West End Games' D6 rules when my friends and I played Star Wars and DC Universe. We had our own 'simplified / streamlined' rule set. I'll check out the program you suggested. I'm also up for GMing if you just want to play; I understand the feeling, but I do have some cool ideas for some Turtles adventures. It would be cool if different people would want to step in from time to time though, so I could just play too!

08-20-2010, 11:18 AM	#24
BentonGrey Hench Mutant Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 263	I understand that. I wouldn't say no to a rotating GM if we could find enough interest. Sure, I've got a write-up I did for my players. PM me your email addy.

08-20-2010, 05:59 PM	#28
garada Thug Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Hell Island Posts: 62	^ I think that the popularity of TMNT before the Original Animated Series is relative... it was a hit among comic fans, especially for a self-published black & white series [heck, issue #8 sold a whopping 125,000 copies], but in the grander sense of being a bonafide pop culture phenomenon, TMNT wasn't on most people's radars until the cartoon arrived. I'm sure Palladium books [themselves a small 'indy' publisher] got a hell of a deal on licensing the Turtles, and if they'd have waited until AFTER the cartoon became popular, rest assured that there probably wouldn't even BE a TMNT RPG; by that point licensing anything Turtle-related would likely have cost a fortune, and only someone like TSR would have had the funds to do it... and they wouldn't have invested that much capital to develop a game based on a 'kids' franchise. Luckily, someone at Palladium knew what was 'cool' ahead of the curve, and we got a sweet RPG and more than half a dozen solid supplements out of it.