Looking for Mech RPG recommendation

**DontEatRawHagis** · 2011-02-27, 01:07 PM (ISO 8601)

I'm currently have played D&D(4e mainly with a bit of 3.5), Deep7 system based RPG, Spycraft 2.0, and Paranoia XP. I am looking for a nice Mecha based RPG to get a friend interested in bringing his Dice out from his closet. Anyone have any suggestions? I saw the Mechwarrior RPG but from what I hear even the 3rd edition is still bad.

**Tengu_temp** · 2011-02-27, 01:15 PM (ISO 8601)

Mutants and Masterminds 2e with the Mecha and Manga splatbook. It's an open system so newbies might feel lost in it, but it's the best game for mecha I'm familiar with.

**mabriss lethe** · 2011-02-27, 01:20 PM (ISO 8601)

Cthulhutech: Big F'ing robots vs. Eldritch horrors! What's not to love? (And the system is pretty neat too.)

**DontEatRawHagis** · 2011-02-27, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)

My friend is really into customizing his mech, adding laser cannons and taking away armor to make it faster. Stuff like that. Any of these bring the realism he is looking for?

**9mm** · 2011-02-27, 01:45 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by DontEatRawHagis

My friend is really into customizing his mech, adding laser cannons and taking away armor to make it faster. Stuff like that. Any of these bring the realism he is looking for?

Battletech sounds perfect.

**mabriss lethe** · 2011-02-27, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)

Maybe you should look into Mekton. (assuming you can find it in print) I've never played it, but one of its selling points is that you can build pretty much anything with its mech creation system

**Tengu_temp** · 2011-02-27, 01:53 PM (ISO 8601)

I'd advise against Mekton. The mechanics are very rough and very early nineties. That was the time when RPGs were obsessed with rolling for everything and lots of pointless tables, and paid little attention to the game actually being balanced or fun to play.

Originally Posted by DontEatRawHagis

My friend is really into customizing his mech, adding laser cannons and taking away armor to make it faster. Stuff like that. Any of these bring the realism he is looking for?

M&M is an open system, so instead of picking classes and stuff you build your character from scratch, and end up with pretty much exactly what you want. Same with mecha.

**Morph Bark** · 2011-02-27, 01:53 PM (ISO 8601)

Exalted.

**The Rose Dragon** · 2011-02-27, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)

What kind of mechs? How detailed do they have to be? Does the setting have to be sci-fi or can it be fantasy or something else?

I will recommend CthulhuTech and M&M, although Exalted and GURPS are alternates, barring any further information.

**DontEatRawHagis** · 2011-02-27, 02:34 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by The Rose Dragon

What kind of mechs? How detailed do they have to be? Does the setting have to be sci-fi or can it be fantasy or something else?

Science Fictions is probably for the best. Closest he gets to fantasy is Zoids.

I was thinking about Battletech but thats more of a mini's game than what I'm looking for.

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