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Torg

Torg is a cinematic cross-genre tabletop role-playing game created by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek, with art by Daniel Horne. It was first published by West End Games (WEG) in 1990. Game resolution uses a single twenty-sided die, drama cards and a logarithmic results table, which later formed the basis for WEG's 1992 sci-fi RPG Shatterzone and 1994…

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Designers
Greg Gorden · Bill Slavicsek
Genres
Cross-genre
Publication
1990 (original) · 1992 (updated rules 1.1) · 2005 ("Revised & Expanded" 1.5) · 2017 ("Torg: Eternity")
Publishers
West End Games · Ulisses Spiele
Systems
TORG

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Torg

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Triples235
Avg. degree1.98
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Torg

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related to Sourcebooks · 24
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related to Drawbacks · 20
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related to Game mechanics · 17
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related to Setting · 14
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related to The Nile Empire · 14
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TorgDesignersGreg Gorden1.00infobox
TorgDesignersBill Slavicsek1.00infobox
TorgGenresCross-genre1.00infobox
TorgPublication1990 (original)1.00infobox
TorgPublication1992 (updated rules 1.1)1.00infobox
TorgPublication2005 ("Revised & Expanded" 1.5)1.00infobox
TorgPublication2017 ("Torg: Eternity")1.00infobox
TorgPublishersWest End Games1.00infobox
TorgPublishersUlisses Spiele1.00infobox
TorgSystemsTORG1.00infobox
Torgis acinematic cross-genre tabletop role-playing game created by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek0.90text
Indiana Jones or Land of the Lostinstance ofgame and tried to emphasize game play in a manner similar to adventure films0.80text

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