Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Modern Day Retroclone?

My son said the other day, "Wouldn't it be fun if there was a D&D set in modern times? You could take on a dragon a lot sooner with guns." I thought it would be fun. Though I contend that any dragons left around would be even more cunning and powerful in order to survive modern weapons.

This got me thinking about retroclones. We enjoy Labyrinth Lord and I know there are at least two science fiction retroclones (pseudoclones?) as well as one set in a post-apocolypse world but I've have yet to run across one set in contemporary times. I've done a few searches and haven't found one. Does such a thing exist?

5 comments:

  1. interesting idea, I have not seen anything but am curious what you may find! GURPS maybe?

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  2. Check out Chicagowiz's modern OD&D game on the OD&D discussion forum: http://odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=oddmodern

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  3. Thanks Bob. That might do the trick. Chicagowiz has a bunch of stuff on his blog about his modern game.

    Fenway-I've got 3rd edition Gurps as well as Gurps lite for 3rd and 4th. I haven't introduced my son to it yet (although we've played Gurps' ancestor Melee.) I wanted to explore the D&D option first because he specifically asked for it.

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  4. @Narmer- Dragon Magazine #57 has an article on Modern-day adventuring using D&D by Ed Greenwood. That may be exactly what you need!

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  5. Thanks! I'll have to dig that article up.

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