Big-Ass Giant Robots
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I’ve always liked the idea of giant mecha, ever since I was a kid. Getting inside a robot and piloting it around just sounds awesome to me. However, I don’t like Anime (and yes, I’ve tried), so I’m not able to get my fix there, and I haven’t liked Power Rangers since 6th Grade.
For a while I played MechWarrior: Dark Age by WizKids Games and enjoyed it immensely, but fell out of it when it became a hugely competitive game in my home town, and I couldn’t keep up.
I’ve tried doing research into Both Mechwarrior the RPG and Battletech, but the history is so long and complex I feel like I could never get a handle on all of that history.
So what’s a guy to do?
Are there any other games out there that feature good Mech stuff?
Heavy Gear is a great roleplaying game that features mecha that are a bit more realistic than BT’s mechs. It has a great setting an the rules are a bit crunchy but ok. And you can play it as a board/tabletop-game and a roleplaying game which is a great plus in my book. http://www.dp9.com
Dreampod 9, the publisher of Heavy Gear also has GearKrieg and Jovian Chronicles, two other games featuring giant robots. You should check them out as well.
Although the art in all that games is anime-ish, you should really have a look.
Heavy Gear or Jovian Chronicles from Dream Pod 9 would be a good choice.
Cthulutech is also an interesting option if you want to combine those two flavors.
There is a True20 setting called Mecha vs. Kaiju that is more Godzilla movie than anime.
Rifts has giant robots
You could try Cthulhutech, which has mecha on giant monster action. It’s very lightly anime-influenced but it’s hard to notice under all the Lovecraftian trimmings.
Palladium’s Robotech?
D20 mecha was a good resource.
used to use it in our long running D20 Dragonstar sci-fantasy game.
I had thought i heard somewhere that the old mechwarrior RPG had been re-released.
Otherwise, not a whole lot outside of the tabletop wargamey stuff.
I recently got the chance to finally read the Silhouette CORE rules (the system that’s used with both Heavy Gear Blitz and the Jovian Chronicles) and I think the system has a lot of potential – it’s well-thought out in terms of mechanics and well-written, plus the settings are very cool with an anime feel but set in a hard science setting. They’re definitely worth checking out.
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Passing by and notices you had picture of mech from designer I know.
if looking for MMO swing by http://www.forceofarms.com
its still in alpha, but mech based and looking at galaxies worth of exploring.
If looking for PnP, hit the classics