Seeking Online Resources for Danger International ( aka The Espionage World )

[TheQuestionMan]

Heh Folks , I'm seeking good online resources for Danger International ( aka The Espionage World ) . My Battletech campaign looks to be heading into the espionage subgenre right now .

I've got many GURPS books , and others . Any suggestions ???

Thanks

QM

[JakSpade]

Well, here's some links for your enjoyment...

The CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Modus Operandi - espionage information for a handful of rpgs, including Spycraft, James Bond, Top Secret and D20 Modern.
http://www.modus-operandi.co.uk/

You can always hang out on the AEG Spycraft forums for ideas...
http://www.alderac.com/forum

Hope this helps... :D
Jak

[lemming]

When I saw the question, I was thinking GURPS books. What type of resources do you need? Tech info, spy info, or game info?

[TheQuestionMan]

When I saw the question, I was thinking GURPS books. What type of resources do you need? Tech info, spy info, or game info?

Pregenerated characters , NPC , Package Deals , and standard archetypes .
Classic mission types and adventures .

Thanks

QM

[Nato]

The AEG website has a lot of support materials for their espionage game Spycraft. On the site you can find a lot of free adventures that you could scour for ideas. The books they put out for the line too are also very useful, even if you don't play Spycraft. I'm admittedly biased since I'm a graphic designer at AEG, but when I've laid the books out I realized how much non-mechanic information is in them. Worth browsing next time you're at the game store.

Make mine Hero.

[TheQuestionMan]

Thanks Nato , I actually really like SPYCRAFT and SHAOWFORCE ARCHER , but I do not like the base system . Somethings I'd steal wholesale other I'd junk . What I'd really like is non glossy pages and shiny type . Ugh .. make it difficult to read for any amount of time . And a Master List of the Feats and stuff from all their products .

They have great fan sites though . Got a lot of use out of it for my old Shadowrun campaign ( gods I wish I had seen the HERO Conversion stuff way back ) . Steve has been kind enough to let me know everytime I ask about Danger International / The Espionage World sourcebooks that it will be part of the Dark Champions subgenre .

Great work BTW . Hope to see you getting more work from DoJ soon .

Cheers

QM

[Greatwyrm]

As linked above, The CIA World Fact Book is a great game resource. I ran a Spycraft game last summer and used it pretty much every week. Sooner or later you're going to need to know the primary languages in Ghana or the major trading partners of Venezuela or something like that. It's all there.

[Greatwyrm]

The books they put out for the line too are also very useful, even if you don't play Spycraft.

When I first really got into HERO, I actually was really excited about how easy it would be to translate most of the Spycraft stuff (which is good in d20) into HERO.

[TheQuestionMan]

Could you give me a link to your HERO Conversion stuff or post it somewhere . That would be great .

Thanks

QM

[Greatwyrm]

I haven't actually converted it. Just being new to HERO, I was happy to see how all the different class abilities, backgrounds, and gadgets could be pretty easily made up in the HERO system. Sorry about that. Should have been clearer.

[TheQuestionMan]

Drop Box #7
http://www.geocities.com/phatal777/

Cheers

QM

[TheQuestionMan]

Category: Espionage role-playing games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Espionage_role-playing_games


Cheers


QM

[rjcurrie]

Is there a reason that this is in the Champions forum as opposed to the Dark Champions forum? Espionage/Danger International is considered a sub-genre of Dark Champions.

[Sketchpad]

Is there a reason that this is in the Champions forum as opposed to the Dark Champions forum? Espionage/Danger International is considered a sub-genre of Dark Champions.

Good point Rod ... I've shunted this over to the Dark Champions forums :)


Heh Folks , I'm seeking good online resources for Danger International ( aka The Espionage World ) . My Battletech campaign looks to be heading into the espionage subgenre right now .

I've got many GURPS books , and others . Any suggestions ???

Thanks

QM

I wish I could help QM ... I'd like to see a new DI book or get a new copy of the old DI sometime. I have some thoughts and ideas for DI ... but I'll have to save those fro a later day ...