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Challengers (role-playing Game)
''Challengers'' is a role-playing game published by Ragnarok Enterprises in 1985. Description ''Challengers: Unique Superhero Adventuring'' is a superhero role-playing system based on a simplified version of the ''To Challenge Tomorrow'' rules. There are two books: one consisting of character and combat rules; the second describing a world where superheroes exist, important governmental organizations, sample characters, and six scenario suggestions. Publication history ''Challengers'' was designed by David Nalle David Nalle (November 2, 1924 – August 2, 2013) was an American diplomat, writer, lecturer, and the former editor of '' Central Asia Monitor''. Background Born in Philadelphia, Nalle interrupted studies in Engineering at Princeton Univer ..., and published by Ragnarok Enterprises in 1985 as a digest-sized box including a 40-page book and a 20-page book. Reception References {{reflist Role-playing games introduced in 1985 Superhero role-playing games [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Challenge Tomorrow
''To Challenge Tomorrow'' is a multi-genre role-playing game published by Ragnarok Enterprises in 1983 that can be adapted to any setting or time period. Reviews were mixed, with some reviewers saying there were some good concepts, while others found too many issues with the rules. Description ''To Challenge Tomorrow'' is a universal system for historical, contemporary, or future settings. The rules are general, using a skill-based system, with skill scores heavily modified by a character's basic statistics. Character generation is done by distributing a pool of points between four main attributes, which then generates a number of secondary characteristics. Players complete the character by adding a number of skills from a long list. The boxed set consists of three books: * "Past, Present & Future SF & Historical Rules" (32 pages), with rules for character creation, skills, psychic skills, and combat; * "Worlds of Adventure" (32 pages), which describes twelve time periods, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Nalle
David F. Nalle (March 19, 1959 – February 13, 2021) was an American political writer, game author and type designer. He was active in the early history of the development of the internet. Nalle was at one time Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that promotes libertarianism within the Republican Party, Senior Politics Editor at ''Blogcritics'' online magazine, and was the CEO of Scriptorium Fonts. Biography Dave Nalle's parents were American diplomat David Nalle and Margaret Shumaker Nalle. Due to his father's diplomatic postings, Dave Nalle spent his formative years overseas in Syria, Iran, Jordan, England and the Soviet Union and traveled in the Middle East and Central Asia. During this time, he received his primary and middle school education from British and American schools. During his teens, the family lived in Washington, D.C., where he attended high school at St. Albans School. After moving to Texas in 1982, Nalle earned two graduate degrees at the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Games Introduced In 1985
Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing as "the changing of one's behaviour to fulfill a social role", in the field of psychology, the term is used more loosely in four senses: * To refer to the playing of roles generally such as in a theatre, or educational setting; * To refer to taking a role of a character or person and acting it out with a partner taking someone else's role, often involving different genres of practice; * To refer to a wide range of games including role-playing video game (RPG), play-by-mail games and more; * To refer specifically to role-playing games. Amusement Many children participate in a form of role-playing known as make believe, wherein they adopt certain roles such as doctor and act out those roles in character. Sometimes make believe adopts an oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
