Is there a Pokemon RPG?

[Thrawn4]

Hello fellow playgrounders.

It just occured to me that, at least AFAIK, there is no Pokemon RPG, although the setting is predestined for it.

Any clues why? Or am I wrong?

[The Rose Dragon]

There is Pokéthulhu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9thulhu), where Pikachu is an eldritch horror.

[Gavinfoxx]

Google is your friend! There are lots of houserule pokemon d20 stuff out there...

http://dungeons.wikia.com/wiki/Pokemon_d20_(3.5e_Sourcebook)

http://pokemondtwenty.wikidot.com/

http://scshop.com/~ritaxis/

http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/showthread.php?t=7257

http://pokemondd.wordpress.com/

http://www.dndonlinegames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4405

http://www.pokemonacanthite.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4107

[Mando Knight]

Because Ninty doesn't do tabletop, and you apparently haven't done a google search (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Pok%C3%A9mon+tabletop+RPG) for any...

[Thrawn4]

Mando Knight: Just when I thought "At least Gavinfoxx spared me the LMGTFY", I read your post. Damn ninja :smalltongue:

Thanks so far, everyone, and I apologize for not phrasing it correctly. I meant something like an official RPG, as I'm pretty sure much of the games mentioned above applies Sturgeon's law.

[Mando Knight]

Officially, no. And I don't think Nintendo ever will release one. Tabletop gaming isn't their thing, unless you count trading cards. Cards have been their thing long before anyone ever put "Wizards" and "of the Coast" together.

[mikethepoor]

Officially, no. And I don't think Nintendo ever will release one. Tabletop gaming isn't their thing, unless you count trading cards. Cards have been their thing long before anyone ever put "Wizards" and "of the Coast" together.

Coincidentally, WotC got the license to develop the card game for about the first five years. :smalltongue:

[Knaight]

Coincidentally, WotC got the license to develop the card game for about the first five years. :smalltongue:

You are familiar with their origin as a playing card company in the 1800's, right?

[JustIgnoreMe]

Officially, no. And I don't think Nintendo ever will release one. Tabletop gaming isn't their thing, unless you count trading cards. Cards have been their thing long before anyone ever put "Wizards" and "of the Coast" together.

Actually... I think there *was* an official Pokemon RPG, same way there was an official Jurassic Park RPG: it just bypassed all the FLRPG stores. Gimme a sec...

[JustIgnoreMe]

Found it! I knew I'd seen it somewhere. It's called the Pokemon Jr Adventure Game.

Here it is on RPG.net. (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1625/pokemon-jr-adventure-game-pokemon-emergency)

Here it is on Boardgame Geek. (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1625/pokemon-jr-adventure-game-pokemon-emergency)

Never managed to pick up a copy, sadly. But Pokethulhu would probably work just fine. Also, one of the BESM supplements (Seizure Monsters IIRC) covers the genre.

[mikethepoor]

You are familiar with their origin as a playing card company in the 1800's, right?

I am, actually. I'm trying to save up enough of their player rewards to get the set of hanafuda cards they have.

Back on topic, I've actually been homebrewing some Pokemon as playable races. I'm trying to stat them in the existing D&D system as opposed to making a new one.

[KillianHawkeye]

For some reason I'd love to see Pokemon done in a D&D 4E style. You'd have to do a lot of work either adapting the system to fit pokemon or adapting pokemon to fit the system, but it would be pretty awesome. Too bad I am the only Pokemon nerd that I know.

[Akal Saris]

The problem for me is that I'd love to run a Pokemon RPG, but half my friends are far more knowledgeable about the game and the world than I am, and the other half could hardly care less =/

Thanks to whoever dug up those links though!

[Bliss Authority]

Unfortunately, there's probably not going to be another official RPG, but I'm going to second that recommendation of Cute And Fuzzy Seizure Monsters. It was both a hilarious spoof on the genre and full of good advice for running it straight.

[Drascin]

Not really an "official" one. However, M&M and BESM both have pet-dedicated sections precisely for playing games like Pokémon, and if not you always have Pokémon Tabletop Adventures, which is being a kind of community project over at /tg/. Never played it, but people say its shaping up pretty neat.

[Morph Bark]

You are familiar with their origin as a playing card company in the 1800's, right?

Just like Nintendo huh? Seems like a good start for any game company then. :smallwink:

[Break]

This one's (http://s4.zetaboards.com/Pokemon_Tabletop/site/) pretty good - it uses a variant of 4E's power system, and is currently in very active development, with new versions of the beta being released every other week.

[Mando Knight]

Too bad I am the only Pokemon nerd that I know.

You might want to pop on over to Gaming (other) once in a while... we're on PokéThread #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167090).

[KillianHawkeye]

You might want to pop on over to Gaming (other) once in a while... we're on PokéThread #6 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167090).

I meant IRL. I know I could find plenty of pokemaniacs on teh Intarwebz. :smallamused: