Introduction to Warpspawn Games
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Big Book O’Games Edition 27 Sep 2004 Compiled by P. Cobcroft Send corrections to curufea@yahoo.com
Introduction to Warpspawn GamesArticle by Tom Higgins (tom@wsmf.org), Main editor of Countermoves. There are many ways to game as there are gamers to play them. There are focused gamers who pick a theme and stick with it most of their lives. There are die hard role players, hard dice roll players and anti dice hard tech players. There are board game aficionados and card game fanatics. There are folks who like to move around the hexes and those who wont map the territory of their playing. Then there are those who like to mix it all up. Precious few resources exist for this type of gamer, one such resource though is Warp Spawn Games (http://www.angelfire.com/games2/warpspawn/index.html) Warp Spawn is home to a motley crew of game developers and players who revel in creating games as much as they do in playing them. The lead mad scientist in this laboratory of gamming is Lloyd Krassner who has been running this site since 1997.The site itself is spartan but what it lacks in graphics it makes up for in game rules. Lloyd and the Warp Spawn regulars have been churning out game rules at a break neck speed for the last few years, the count for 2001 is now over 200 and climbing. Game types range from your pure card game to your roll and move board games to hex game to role-playing to combinations of all of the above. There are lots of different types of game mechanics to choose from as well. The rule sets are broken into thematic sections; there are sections for SF, Fantasy, Historical and the infamous Other as well as a place of Universal Game Systems. More on this last one in another article. Each of these sections is further broken down by time period of subtype. Many of the rule sets you will find are mostly straight text files. Very few have any sort of graphics, maps or unit counters. These are left for others to work on. In some cases there are graphics available either as image files or as Thoth game sets. The big advantage to a Thoth game set in this case is that the individual graphical items are not hidden in the gamebox, they are available to be manipulated and customized in directories. The good news is that over time and with more people using Warp Spawn games the more ready-made graphics there are to play with. If you cant find these ready made gems for the rules set you are wanting to play then its up to you to create them and hopefully offer them up to the site so that others can use them as well. A lot of what goes on at Warp Spawn is centered on this act of causal collaboration and sharing. Sharing the games or variants you have created with the rest of the Warp Spawn crew gets the game played more and thus it becomes a better game for the playing. Play testing games is a powerful tool in the developmental cycle of a game. The act of making a game has become a game for the Warp Spawn game makers. Trying out combinations of types, tweaking rules sets, merging different mechanics and methods all are evident in the rules sets found here. You can get a glimpse of what goes on in one game developers mind on Llyod’s Brainstroming page. There is also an open channel of discussion between the users and developers. This comes in the form of a message board. It’s a simple text only web message board but it works to get the conversation and critiques flowing. A Review and Essays page gives players and developers alike a place to work out the workings of the games; the good, the bad and the ugly. Often what doesn’t work can be has helpful to making a better game as what does work. Hearing from the developer and the players is a great way to get a look into some of the games. The biggest strengths Warp Spawn has going for it is not its flashy graphics (there are none) or its professional publication ready games (these games are as raw as they come, rivaling even CheapAss Games) or even its detailed rule sets (some of these games are as abstracted from their source material as a Pollack canvas). What Warp Spawn has is a down in the muck attitude where the game comes before the detail and the developing is as much fun as the playing. It’s a schloberknocker no holds barred game development site that offers as wide a range of game styles as I have seen represented in any one place. It has a core group of members who are quick to help and very into the idea that everyone is a game developer just looking for a chance to come out and play. Contents
Introduction to Warpspawn Games 2 Warp Spawn Games by genre 6 Warpspawn Cast 1174 ADVENTURERS 104 ADVENTURES IN TALISLANTA 72 AFRIKA KORPS 84 AFV 63 AIR FARE 108 ALIEN EMPIRES 58 ALIEN SKIRMISH 96 ALPHA CENTAURI 47 ALPHABET PIRATES 93 AMBER 112 AMULETS 117 ANCIENT GENERALS 69 ANCIENT WARFARE 100 ANTHILL 89 ARCHMAGI 120 ARCOLOGY 134 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS 37 ARTIFACT: DEPTHS OF THE EARTH SCENARIO 138 ASIMOV'S FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE 403 ATTRITION 144 ATTRITION: PORK CHOP HILL 757 BASEBALL OUTS 152 BATMAN 201 BATTLE DICE ADDITIONAL RULES 156 BATTLE FOR HOTH 527 BATTLE FOR THE UNIVERSE 162 BATTLE OF BERLIN 176 BATTLEFRONT 167 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS WITH SWORDS 164 BEES 205 BERSERKER 228 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA SKIRMISH 189 BIOMECHANOIDS 171 BIRTHRIGHT CONQUEST 182 BLOWN AWAY 150 BOER WAR 210 BORDERKEEP 212 BOX CARS 180 BUCCANEERS 193 BUCK ROGERS 219 BUJUTSU 224 CANNONADE 272 CARRIERS 278 CASTLEKEEP 248 CELLULAR 281 CELTIC SAGA 265 CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERFRIENDS 254 CHINESE WARLORDS 285 CITY STATES 288 CIVIL WAR POKER 270 COLONIAL FLORIDA 244 COLONIALS 296 COMBAT DICE 239 COMPANY COMMANDER 234 CONAN 1126 COSMOSIS 301 CRACK OF DOOM 250 CRO MAGNON 304 CTHULHU SKIRMISH 257 CULTURE & CONQUEST 308 DAISHO 348 DARK CONTINENT 351 DARK SUN EMPIRES 1153 DEATH RACERS 324 DEITY 355 DESTROY THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE 327 DEVASTATORS 3000 358 DIAMOND TRADERS 318 DODGE BALL 313 DOOM TROOPER EMPIRES 1156 DR WHO 344 DRACULAS CASTLE 364 DRAGON POKER 367 DRAGON SLAYERS 329 DROP TROOPS 334 DUNE CCG VARIANT 369 DUNGEON MASTER 320 DURABLE GOODS 316 DWARFLAND WARP PLAY 1064 EAGLES OF GLORY 379 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 370 EAST FRONT WEST FRONT 374 ELDER THINGS & OUTER GODS 387 EMPIRES OF MYSTARA 696 EMPOREX 392 ESKIMO 1161 EVOLVED 396 FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS 436 FALL OF THE AZTECS 147 FANTASY FIGHT CLUB 405 FANTASY FLIERS 410 FANTASY SKIRMISH 430 FEDERATION 440 FEUDAL LORDS 422 FIEFS 444 FIREBASE NAM 401 FIVE ARMIES 34 FLEETS OF THE IMPERIUM 425 FLOWER POWER 447 FREUDIAN SLIP 451 GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS 455 GALAXIAN TREK 479 GAMBLER 486 GAMMA CHESS 489 GENGHIS KHAN 585 GERRYMANDERING 491 GLADIATOR SCHOOL 469 GLADIUS 494 GO JOE 460 GOLDEN AXE 1164 GOLEMS 498 GREAT MOMENTS IN GAMING 459 GRECOS 503 GREEN PLASTIC MASSACRE 467 GROGNARDS 506 GROUND WAR 3000 481 GUNDAM WING 473 GUNSLINGERS 509 HEAVY METAL MAYHEM 513 HERCULES & XENA 520 HERO WITH 1000 FACES 25 HOLYQUEST 516 ICE LORDS 532 ILLUMINATI NEW WORLD ORDER 539 IN NOMINE 535 IN THE NAM 541 INTERZONE 544 IRON FANTASY CHEF 530 JAIL BREAK 555 JAVELIN 553 JEDI WARP DUEL 558 JOUST 562 JUTLAND 564 KINGS GAMBIT 567 KINGS OF HYBORIA 572 KNAVES & KNIGHTS 568 KUNG FUSION 589 LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS SKIRMISH 595 LENSMAN 603 LIGHTER THAN AIR WARFARE 599 LINEAR PROGRESSION 605 LUNATECH WARP PLAY 1066 MAD SCIENTISTS 650 MAN O'WARP 642 MANIFESTO 657 MARTIAN CLOUDSHIPS 610 MARTIAN INVASION 689 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE 637 MATRIX REPLAY 662 MEGA TANK 669 MEGIDDO 1918 606 MEK LEADER 625 MEKA TAC 671 MEN OF SUMER 939 METHUSELAH 677 MIDDLE EARTH EMPIRES 613 MIDWAY 680 MILITIA GROUPS 616 MINIONS 619 MOBSTERS 631 MORIA SKIRMISH 692 MOVIE SCRIPTS 695 MUSKETEER SKIRMISH 31 MUTANT TROLLS WARP PLAY 1067 NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE 705 NATIONS AT WAR 699 NAVAL DUEL 709 NAVAL ENGAGEMENT 703 NOIR 712
OPERATION BLITZKRIEG 719 OPERATIONAL 799 ORBITAL ESCALATION 716 OUT WORLDS RPG 1167 OUT WORLDS RPG 722 PANTHEONS 745 PARTS IS PARTS 815 PEARL HARBOR 729 PERIPLUS 749 PHASERS 752 PIRATE ISLAND 732 PIRATE WAR 739 PIZZA PIE MAKER 755 PLANET BUSTERS 726 PLAYSETS 736 POMERIUM 1131 POWER UP 737 PRIMEA RPG 759 PU PU PLATTER 735 QADESH 774 QUICKIE FIGS 771 QUIDDITCH CUP 779 RANGE WAR 808 RAVENLOFT QUEST 793 REAL TIME CARNAGE 1169 REBEL SPACE 811 RENAISSANCE FAIR 786 RING WAR 816 ROCKETS & RAYGUNS 799 ROCKETS & RAYGUNS 801 RUSSO-GERMAN WAR 790 RUSSO-TURKISH WAR 804 SCOOBY DOO MYSTERY GAME 839 SCORE 894 SEA BATTLES 908 SHARED UNIVERSES 910 SHIPS OF THE LINE 868 SHOT, SHELL & GRAPE 782 SILVER SURFER 1171 SIMULCHESS 916 SKYIE WARP PLAY 1065 SLIMED 917 SMART GAMING 861 SOAPBOX 866 SOLAR INVASION 2100 852 SOLITAIRE CONQUEST 829 SOLO RULES 369 SORCERY CHESS 918 SPACE 1889 EMPIRES 1150 SPACE BLAST 207 SPACE CRUISERS MATERIAL 832 SPACE INSURRECTION 548 SPACE SCOUTS 897 SPACE SCOUTS: NON-CARD VERSION 903 SPEED RACER 923 SPELLJAMMER SKIRMISH 855 SPICE RAID 870 SPIDER-MAN 927 STAKK CHESS 930 STAR BLAZERS 824 STAR COMMAND 931 STAR CRAFT SPAWN 834 STAR FLEETS 841 STAR TREK RPG 884 STARSHIP TROOPERS 881 STARWARS DOGFIGHT 890 STORMBRINGER 935 STRATASTAR 876 STRATEGIC 801 STRATEGO WWII NAVAL 893 SUPERHERO SLUGFEST CARD COMBAT 873 SUPERHERO SLUGFEST RPG EXPANSION RULES 848 SWAMP FIGHTERS 943 TALES OF ARABIA 119 TANK KILLERS 970 TAVERN BRAWL 977 THE DIET GAME 361 THE FIRST BALKAN WAR 196 THE GREAT TRAVELING CIRCUS GAME 951 THE HORDE 954 THE MYSTIC WARRIORS OF THE PLAINS 646 THE QUEST FOR ISCANDAR 824 THERMOPYLAE 921 THIRTY YEARS WARFARE 26 THUNDERBOLT 981 TITAN ATTACK 986 TLATELOLCO 990 TO BOLDLY GO 947 TRANSFORMERS SKIRMISH 961 TRAVELLER TRADERS 964 TREASURE HUNTER DUNGEON RULES 999 TREASURE HUNTER 993 TUNNEL RAT 959 UNDERDARK ADVENTURES 1000 UNIVERSAL GAME SYSTEMS 1006 VICTORIAN VILLAINS 1011 VIETNAM AIR FURY 1007 WAR GAME 403 WAR HAMMER SPACE EMPIRES 1054 WAR IN HELL 523 WAR OVER THE REICH 1059 WARBAH 1080 WARGAMMON 1089 WARP EMPIRES 1039 WARP PLAY 1090 WARP SKIRMISH 1078 WARPQUEST 1070 WARRIOR DICE 1018 WH40KARDS 1042 WING COMMANDER FIGHTERS 1091 WIZARD SKIRMISH 1074 WIZARDLY 1095 WIZARDS & WARLORDS 1137 WOLF PACK 1099 WORD POKER 1068 WWII COMBINED ARMS 231 XANTH QUEST 1107 X–FILES 1101 YOUNG WIZARDS DUEL 1114 ZEPPELIN BATTLES of the GREAT WAR 1117 ZOMULGUSTAR GALAX 484 ZOO 1123
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