Berlin '61 - Has anyone seen this?

[The Tweaker]

Browsing through Lulu.com I just saw this 'Berlin '61' book.

It is a setting for the GORE rules by Goblinoid Games (that is, the basic BRP rules from Call of Cthulhu with the serial numbers filed off). The blurb says:

Berlin '61 the heart of the cold war is a full and complete campaign setting for the GORE RPG. Set during the heart of the cold war, Berlin '61 explores the darker side of post war europe where magic and demons are worshipped by cults and sorcerers and good men and women draw the line between good and evil.

The preview of the book looks interesting and the basic idea is certainly cool (kind of a Cold War Cthulhu campaign set in divided Berlin). The download price is only 2.43 euros, so I feel tempted to buy it. I suppose it will be fully compatible with the new BRP book (or easily adaptable, at least), but I'd like to know if any of you has already seen it.

[Atgxtg]

No, but one of the guys from Goblin posts on the MRQ forums. I'll try to see if he has any inside info he can give out.

The book seems to be multi-system (D20 & MRQ) making it interesting in other ways. Hybrid D20/BRP/MRQ books might just be the future for BRP.

As for the setting as a Bond fan, I might have to get it for running Cold War era campaigns.

[The Tweaker]

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

The book seems to be multi-system (D20 & MRQ) making it interesting in other ways. Hybrid D20/BRP/MRQ books might just be the future for BRP.

Huh? I think the only system specified in the book is GORE.

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

As for the setting as a Bond fan, I might have to get it for running Cold War era campaigns.

That's another potential application I hadn't thought of. From Russia With Love and Goldfinger are my all-time favorite Bond films, btw.

[Atgxtg]

Originally Posted by The Tweaker

Huh? I think the only system specified in the book is GORE.

Oops, I misread the OGL and SRD blup on the preview. Pity, one day someone is going to do a multi-system D20/BRP/MRQ supplement. It would help make the lesser know systems more accessable, and give BRP/MRQers more options.

Originally Posted by The Tweaker

That's another potential application I hadn't thought of. From Russia With Love and Goldfinger are my all-time favorite Bond films, btw.

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Really? The first thing I thought of with a title of Berlin 61' was a cold war espionage setting. To me, that screams Bond, at least the Bond on the novels.

FRWL is probably my favorite Bond film. Goldfinger less so. Goldfinger is fun, has one of the best villains, and the classic Laser scene, but suffers in that Bond is fairly useless. His only real significant action was to take Pussy for a roll in the hay. It is fun though, without turning into a comedy as many of the latter films did.

[The Tweaker]

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

Really? The first thing I thought of with a title of Berlin 61' was a cold war espionage setting. To me, that screams Bond, at least the Bond on the novels.

It was Bond who I did not think about, actually. It is obvious that a campaign set in Berlin during the Cold War should be about espionage... mixed with supernatural entities, in this case

If it includes enough info about the city and the agencies at the time, it would be a very useful resource for a classic Bond campaign, indeed. One with less gadgets and more physical action and intrigue.

[Atgxtg]

Originally Posted by The Tweaker

It was Bond who I did not think about, actually. It is obvious that a campaign set in Berlin during the Cold War should be about espionage... mixed with supernatural entities, in this case

If it includes enough info about the city and the agencies at the time, it would be a very useful resource for a classic Bond campaign, indeed. One with less gadgets and more physical action and intrigue.

I take it you haven't read the books. The gadgets are few, and there is quite a bit of physical action. They were written in the 50s and are very different from the films (the first two films were close to the novels, but the films diverged after FRWL).

[TRose]

Both the CIA and KGB deny using telepaths, Demons , dark sorcery etc, during the Cold war. But I would still like to know whats behind that reinforced steel door in the janitors closet in the bottom basement that has Elder runes carved on it.

[The Tweaker]

Originally Posted by Atgxtg

I take it you haven't read the books. The gadgets are few, and there is quite a bit of physical action. They were written in the 50s and are very different from the films (the first two films were close to the novels, but the films diverged after FRWL).

I read Goldfinger and For Your Eyes Only years ago, so I have at least an slight idea of the differences between movie-Bond and novel-Bond. I was shocked when I discovered that Bond had a human side, after all (like in "The Hildebrand Rarity", "Quantum of Solace" and "For Your Eyes Only")!

I agree with you in that later movies disfigured and mocked the character rather than portraying it.

[The Tweaker]

Originally Posted by TRose

Both the CIA and KGB deny using telepaths, Demons , dark sorcery etc, during the Cold war. But I would still like to know whats behind that reinforced steel door in the janitors closet in the bottom basement that has Elder runes carved on it.

Ehrrmmm, I am sorry to tell you, but we are making some reforms in the building now and I don't think there is anything strange in that basement.

I sent the workers down there a few hours ago to break open the steel door, so we can finish cleaning the basement... I think it has not been opened since the 60s at least, and the key is nowhere to be found.

Now that I think of it, it's been a while since I last heard of them. It looks like that bunch of lazy sloths are taking a really long break! I will go downstairs and check if everything's allright.

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Hey, it is dark down here, and it looks like these idiots switched off all the lights! I can't see a thing! Ah, I hear someone climbing up the stairs... But... what's that squishy noise? And why is it so cold here?

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[Triff]

Could we invite the author over here? Anyone who've found his e-mail adresse? I see no information about this product on Goblinoid's pages, so it looks like a 3rd party GORE supplement.

SGL.