Time Lord: The Doctor Who RPG

[Vette71]

Well, I got to the point this past week where role playing has just become too silly for me. I love role playing games, but I hate role playing. That's a big reason why Heroscape has come to dominate my gaming interests; it's basically the actual fun part of an RPG without the "let's all pretend" element.
Not that I'm claiming that role playing is for nerds or geeks, heck, I used to do it all the time in High School, but I digress...
Anyway, my last and most prized posession in my RPG collection is now on eBay along with my LoTR lot. A rare copy of Time Lord, the Doctor Who rpg from 1991. Definitely worth checking out if there are any other Doctor Who fans here.

[Nwojedi]

what? no Ninthdoc input on this? What the hell is he doing?

[ninthdoc]

Love Doctor Who, not overly fond of RPGing. I do, however, have Invasion Earth and a copious amount of its minis. IE was the miniature battle game for the Doctor Who universe. :D

[DFlynSqrl]

I was gonna say, if anyone had it ninthdoc did! I've seen his Doctor Who book collection... I never thought there'd would be some many books based on that show. From what I can guess, probably the only thing ninthdoc is missing is one of the actual phone booths.

[ninthdoc]

I keep trying to talk nwo into getting me a DW pinball machine for free. If I ever get one of those bad boys, I'm putting a life-sized Dalek on the left side of it and a life-sized TARDIS on the other. That'd make if feel homey! :ponder:

[Nwojedi]

well if my playfield business takes off, and I start making some sweet cash, and find a real score on a decent player machine. I'll hook you up. How does that sound. But you have to come hang out with me up here for the weekend and bring a vehicle you can haul it back in.

[Vette71]

I've always drooled over the Doctor Who IE minis game, but it would leave me broke with my newly discovered compulsive mini buying disorder I've developed!
Of course, I still break myself with additions to my DW dvd collection...

[LilNewbie]

Love Doctor Who, not overly fond of RPGing. I do, however, have Invasion Earth and a copious amount of its minis. IE was the miniature battle game for the Doctor Who universe. :D

IE sounds awesome! Now we need WoTC or WK to release a Dr. Who mini game to get pre-painted Daleks and all the Dr. Who figures. :D

Was IE map/grid based or freeform with tape measuring?

Newb.

[ninthdoc]

nwo, Man, I'd hang out w/you any time. The pinball machine would be just the excuse I'd need to give my wife to get up there.

vette and newb, Imax and I have discussed how sweet it would be for WotC to make a DW minis game on a blind purchase format many times. The game is still available somewhat for now. The original company, Harlequin, has changed it's name to Blacktree. They lost their license some years back but have been selling off their stock for quite some time. They say that the stock levels are getting very low. Here is the link (http://www.black-tree-design.com), there you'll find the game and minis.

Oh, and it was free based w/tape measuring. I've had it for years and a lot of minis. They're still unpainted and I've never played. :cry:

[Vette71]

Thanks ninthdoc, I've come close to purchasing the IE box set on several occasions, but never got went through it. I still think "Whoscape" would be a neat game idea. Instead of Valkyrie generals, there could be the two factions of Rassilon and Omega for good and evil and the setting could be the Death Zone on Gallifrey instead of Valhalla, where people from all places and times can be brought by the Time Scoop (as in "The Five Doctors" for those unfamiliar with the series).

[ninthdoc]

Did somebody say,

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h304/ninthdoc/WhoscapeLogosmall.jpg

This pic below has been around over on BGG.com for the better part of 2 years. Apparently he and I think a lot alike...

http://files.boardgamegeek.com/bggimages/pic99844.jpg

[Vette71]

I love that logo!!...makes me want to make Whoscape cards now...too bad I wouldn't have minis to go with them...

[ninthdoc]

Thanks, I made the logo myself. :D

I have about 70 or so unpainted minis, mostly fromt the Harlequin/Blacktree line, but a few from the Fasa line. These are 25MM so the human figs will be too small for standard HS.

I hope to make my own game based upon HS...someday... :)

[Nwojedi]

ummm, how did the delek get up on the second teir? Wouldn't that be like R2-D2 going up on terrain?

[Vette71]

It was eventually revealed in Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks that they could hover and levitate. And of course, beginning with the 2005 season they're flying all over the place...

[ninthdoc]

Vette, you're my new favorite dude! That you would know that and be from the States! WooT! :D

[Vette71]

Thanks man! I've been a hopeless Who fanatic since at least the age of 12. I had a few of the FASA minis to go along with that RPG which I also had back in High School. They were tiny!
I had the luck some years ago to play the DW Timestreams pinball machine and also agree that would be an outstanding addition to any den!
By the way, Whoscape would be a perfect choice for a fan-made HS based game...[/i]

[Vette71]

Somebody got a pretty sweet deal for $5!!
I know, I sell stuff too cheap...it's a character flaw...