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Kakaze · Seasoned Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 219

Has anyone savaged x-com? I've been playing the game a bit recently on steam, and it struck me that this would be an excellent world to play in.

ValhallaGH · Legendary Joined: 25 Apr 2010 Posts: 4466

... Probably, but for the Do-It-Yourself types, I'd recommend starting with Necropolis, and reflavoring things a bit.
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SlasherEpoch · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 1:03 am Post subject:

Crazy, I was just thinking about that.
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Sean-Khan · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 1:26 am Post subject:

I've been browsing through Savageheroes ( http://www.savageheroes.com/conversions.htm ) enough to remember this Smile

http://www.savageheroes.com/conversions/SavageX-Com.pdf

Among a million other games, This is something I'd like to GM some day! I even got a few horror(?)clix 'greys' for it. One of my favourite PC games of all times!
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Kakaze · Seasoned Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 219

Its pretty cool, but I don't think the enemies are tough enough. Grab some flying armor and you'd be tougher than the sectopods.

All in all, pretty cool though. I'm totally going to use it, thanks!

Sean-Khan · Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:16 am Post subject:

If you're going to produce some material for your game or tuning to that pdf please share them Kakaze Smile

I didn't check the document before. Armor values seem quite huge :O On the other hand, just a basic plasma rifle is doing 3d10 damage, so the armor won't guarantee your safety!
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Kakaze · Seasoned Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 219

I definitely will.

ManMythLegend · Novice Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Posts: 23

I've done a conversion, but I need to make one post before I can post links apparently.

ManMythLegend · Novice Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Posts: 23

I don't know if any of you on here are goons, but I've been running a Savage Worlds X-Com game over on Something Awful's gaming forum titled, X-Com: Life is Competitively Priced. It's been running for over a year now and has gotten lots of positive responses. Currently my team is on their fifth mission, a base assault, and have just completed psionic training.

While I'm not going to post my full conversion documents here right now, I don't want to run the risk of any of my players stumbling across this and spoiling some of the surprise, you can check out one of the UFOpedia pages to learn more. The X-Com (Savage Worlds) page contains character creation rules, while the UFOpedia main page holds all the crunchy bits such as gear, skills, and edges, while the other pages hold a lot of setting information I've put together.

I've also added a whole slew of house rules which can be found on the UFOpedia discussion page. Some of these are to accommodate the PbP format, and others I've added to try and capture the feel of X-Com missions.

Some hard core X-Com fans may not like some of the changes I've made to the setting, such as X-Com being a publicly known PMC and not some super secret UN thing, but I've tried to ground a lot of it in reality based on some of my experiences in the military and make it a little grittier then the original.

The game's not behind a paywall, so I hope some of you will stop by and give it a read. If you like what you see, buy an account, stop by the recruiting thread, and make a character.

We can always use more rookies!

Jose · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:48 pm Post subject:

you're talking about X-Com: UFO Defense here...I always wanted to found a savaged version of X-Com: Terror From The Deep. I love that game!

Kakaze · Seasoned Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 219

Wow ManMythLegend, you're game is great. I've really enjoyed reading it!

ManMythLegend · Novice Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Posts: 23

Sean-Khan · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:59 am Post subject:

ManMythLegend, your page looks really cool!

Btw, any plans of adding more alien weaponry? Heavy plasma or Blaster? =o) Or is there separate GM's page somewhere? There's no alien stats either.
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ManMythLegend · Novice Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Posts: 23

Kakaze · Seasoned Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 219

I like the way you make shaken harder to get rid of by soaking, yet progressively easier to get rid of over time. The squad bonus to shaken is good too-- I've been stun locked in a few games and its a real pain in the ass.

Whats your system for awarding experience?
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ManMythLegend · Novice Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Posts: 23

Sean-Khan · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:49 am Post subject:

Kakaze · Seasoned Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 219

A blaster launcher is really more of an anti-armor weapon than an anti personnel weapon. If you made it not man portable it could serve as a wonderful objective in a big terror mission.

Or just get rid of it's hit anything anywhere tracking ability and make it a direct fire yet incredibly large damage weapon. Then its basically like your RPG-- super deadly but limited in application.
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Sean-Khan · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:06 am Post subject:

ManMythLegend · Novice Joined: 10 Jun 2011 Posts: 23

So the Savage X-Com game I was running on Something Awful had to come to an end. Since I no longer have any players to hide it from, it's time for my conversion to make it's public debut.

Here's a Savagepedia link. I hope you enjoy it.