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neko_ewen

I've posted about this before on occasion, but I've been working on a Fudge adaptation of Bungie's Halo: Combat Evolved FPS games. I finished an initial (untested) version to my site:
http://dsg.neko-machi.com/halo.html

Any comments would be greatly appreciated. =^.^=
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psychophipps · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 9:51 pm Post subject:

Interesting. Not to shabby but I would make a bit more effort to stick with something closer to the established hits system as found in 10th Fudge. Other than that I can see that you're a fan and have put a lot of effort into it. Any reason why some classes get more skills than others?

Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )

neko_ewen · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject:

Thanks. ^_^ I had fun doing this, and I'm looking forward to giving it a spin with my friends (most of whom are Halo fanatics).

The Health points system I used is partly just a matter of personal taste, and partly to hew closer to the feel of the games. ^_^; I'll be doing some revisions and additions over time, and I'll probably wind up putting more of the "standard" Fudge rules back into the book as options. (I want to add a version of Five Point Fudge, but H:tCW's narrow selection of skills makes that problematic).

The Professions and Specialties are something I probably need to work more on, but in general skills are meant more to give characters the skills they need to fulfill a particular role, plus the rough sense of balance I've used puts a high value on high skill levels. Plus I need to get my friends who know far more about me about military type stuff to look them over and make sure they'll give characters what they really need to know. Are there any in particular that stand out as lacking?
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crimsoncat · Fudge Forum Member Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 34

psychophipps · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject:

I was thinking about your little game here when I think it finally struck me as to what was "off" to me...
You bothered with non-marines.
Now, I can see having them for completeness as NPCs for the GM section but if you are making a HALO RPG character I certainly wouldn't want to select some dink technician over an uber-badass Marine with cool armor and guns and stuff as my character. If anything, just cut down the character types to sub-sets of the basic Marine as it's what people will be playing anyway.

Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! )

neko_ewen · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject:

cmdrcody · Fudge Forum Member Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 7

Greets!
We had the opportunity to play your game last night (we just happend to be in between games at the moment) and I have to say it was a blast.
I'm a big Fudge fan anyways, but the other guys in my group are not. But last night was the first time I actually saw them working *towards* a goal, not against it out of the sense of the "same old, same old".

I had to make a few alterations (not a fan of hit points, I like wound levels my self) and I made a character sheet with the premade Marines and then let them roll random gifts and faults.

The guys are actually looking forward to taking their marines back in(and I was just going to use it as a one off!)

Thanks a lot neko! You may have found a way to get rid of our RPG duldrums! Very Happy

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