Home › Forums › Ganymede & Titan Forum › Red Dwarf RPG – Potentially lost books? Search for: This topic has 18 replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 10 months, 2 weeks ago by Marpzilla. Scroll to bottom Viewing 19 posts - 1 through 19 (of 19 total) Author Posts March 21, 2020 at 9:46 pm #258178 MarpzillaParticipant Hiya, hope you don’t mind the fresh meat posting, there’s just something that’s been on my mind for quite a while in regards to something which probably doesn’t deserve it to be honest. I’m a big fan of RPGs and Red Dwarf, have to be if I’m on here, so I kinda enjoy the RPG as a guilty pleasure at least. What I find odd though, is that outside of the Core Rulebook preserved both in part on Imgur and in full on Scribd, there doesn’t seem to be much of a scrap on the other two things released as a part of it, the AI Screen + accompanying Extra Bits Booklet and the Series Sourcebook outside of one lil snippet on TOS from the time it came out. (http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2004/02/06/free-rpg-add-on/) If anyone happens to know about or even, godforbid, have the flippin’ things, could they please scan it or post it online? As it stands, I feel like these two books might just be lost to the sands of time, probably the only Dwarf books that ever have in this case. March 21, 2020 at 11:01 pm #258179 Seb PatrickKeymaster I’ve got them, but, er, I’m probably not the person to ask about scanning and distributing copies of RD materials. March 22, 2020 at 12:21 am #258183 siParticipant I’ve found a copy of the AI screen online. But it’s a bit, ah…costly. March 22, 2020 at 8:01 am #258191 Ben PaddonParticipant I have physical copies of everything, but I’ve never scanned them. Honestly, I was always worried about doing damage to the books. That being said, my Bits and Bobs bookelt appears to have gone missing. I wonder if I misplaced it during one of my many moves? March 22, 2020 at 11:05 am #258196 Ian SymesKeymaster Welcome, Marpzilla! You’re right, it’s very weird how the RPG seems to be in the process of being forgotten about, considering how relatively recent it is compared to other, more well known Dwarf ephemera. I’ve been doing some research recently for a thing, and I’ve found it difficult to even get reliable release dates for all the various bits. March 22, 2020 at 2:27 pm #258198 Dax101Participant edit March 27, 2020 at 4:14 pm #258287 MarpzillaParticipant Wow, surprising to hear there’s a few people that do have the books, maybe cause I was only just born when they came out, haha. Would it be rude of me to ask that someone be able to scan in and publish the books online so they can be read or even played for archival purposes? Much more recent RPGs are archived on places like The Tome so I doubt there’d really be much of a fuss for these to be posted. March 27, 2020 at 5:40 pm #258289 siParticipant I was only just born when they came out No, I didn’t want to feel absolutely fucking ancient, why do you ask? March 27, 2020 at 6:04 pm #258290 GlenTokyoParticipant Has anyone actually played a game? I’ve had a flick through the main book and then put it on a shelf, I’ve never played it. March 27, 2020 at 6:04 pm #258291 GlenTokyoParticipant Is it good? March 27, 2020 at 7:55 pm #258294 siParticipant I created a mechanoid character, who I hilariously named Kretyn. Think I’ve maybe played it about twice. Which is surprising because I have no friends, and I don’t know who I could have played it with. Maybe we could try and do some kind of online game while we’re all stuck indoors? (Although I’m no RPG-er at all, so don’t ask me how it works.) March 28, 2020 at 11:37 am #258302 RidleyParticipant I’d certainly listen to and potentially watch a G&T session. March 30, 2020 at 3:51 am #258323 Ben PaddonParticipant Shock! I actually just found my Extra Bits book going through some boxes I haven’t opened since moving about a decade ago. It’s in pristine condition, and is probably the easiest of the four pieces (CRB, Sourcebook, AI screen and Extra Bits) to scan. So if I can get access to a scanner I might well be doing that. April 1, 2020 at 12:11 pm #258371 Plastic PercyParticipant I remember briefly playing it with a few friends at university. We had a Waxdroid of Jerry Springer and a creature descended from the ship’s parrot (imaginatively named Parry). April 8, 2020 at 6:21 pm #258451 Renegade RobParticipant I have all the Red Dwarf RPG books, and have even scanned them for my own use so I don’t have to lug the books everywhere, but I’m not sure I’m comfortable distributing licensed Red Dwarf material. The Red Dwarf RPG was actually my first foray into tabletop roleplaying and is still one of my favorite systems. I’ve run/played numerous games on it and had a blast, and it’s a simple system that keeps things moving, which I love, as I think more complex systems take the wind out of their own sails. The books are all great and strike the perfect tone, and they’re all incredibly well-written and continue to make me laugh to this day. My BFF and I both have copies of the core book, and it’s actually something back in the day we’ve both pulled out on the fly at hangouts and house party get-togethers with fellow nerds, as it really is a cinch to make a character and play a game, so it’s great for parties. The 2D6 system is very, very simple but that’s fine. It works well with Red Dwarf’s relatively hard sci-fi setting, and you can actually gauge how skilled someone is, as opposed to the stats and levels in D&D which get a little too abstract. Additionally, sometimes when I’m working on a creative project, I’ll make character sheets of my characters and run a “simulation” to see how things might turn out, and the RDRPG is one of my go-to’s for that purpose. In summation, the RDRPG is fun and I love it. I got the core book as a gift years ago but the rest I ordered on Amazon easily and would recommend you do the same. Even if it’s defunct, I’m all for the old adage: “Support your game!” April 9, 2020 at 1:12 pm #258470 MarpzillaParticipant It’s great to hear it’s scanned at least somehow! I wouldn’t want to be the sort of slimey cheapskate that begs for free scans of a licensed series of rpg books, even if the idea of paying hundreds of pounds for them make me wince. If it does make you uncomfortable, I completely understand, I’m just some loser on the internet. April 9, 2020 at 1:51 pm #258472 MarpzillaParticipant Just thought I’d say that I really don’t think there’s anything wrong considering there is pretty much no way that Deep7 is making any money considering their license to sell the game expired at least a decade ago. These days, it wouldn’t really be piracy so much as archival, as if you were to pay money for the game, the only people it would actually go to would most likely be the people selling it considering its age. April 9, 2020 at 3:29 pm #258479 OfflineMember I roll a 6 and a 2, I proceed to get violated by low-dimension Rimmer. Pity. April 12, 2020 at 10:23 pm #258590 MarpzillaParticipant I’ll be honest, I’d be interested in GMing (AIng?) Or even playing if someone else is willing to take turns? I dunno, I’m in a big RPG phase at the moment. Author Posts Viewing 19 posts - 1 through 19 (of 19 total) Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. 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