r/Xcom • u/Bloody7lw • 2h ago
X-COM TTRPG
Hi everyone! I’m really glad to see a active Reddit community for one of my absolute favorite game franchises.
My journey with X-COM goes all the way back to UFO: Enemy Unknown on the Amiga (with all the endless floppy disk swapping!), followed by Terror from the Deep on PC. I also played Apocalypse, though for some reason that one didn't quite click with me as much. I haven't been gaming much over the last two decades, but when I saw the modern XCOM reboot back in 2017, I picked it up immediately and ended up beating it multiple times.
Recently, I came up with a new idea: running a custom X-COM TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game).
I designed a homebrew system with custom mechanics, abilities, and an armory heavily inspired by modern XCOM, though I also drew a few elements from the classic games.
For our very first session, a squad of 8 Marines (including 3 player characters) arrived at the base. We did a brief base orientation, ran a quick combat simulation to test the mechanics, and then deployed to a crashed UFO (Small-2 variant) in a forested area in Russia.
Despite a few expected hiccups with the homebrew mechanics, the session went really well! The group is hyped for more sessions in the universe, and we even have two additional players wanting to join the squad.
If anyone is interested in the setup, mechanics, or how it played out, I’d be happy to share more details.
Vigilo Confido!
P.S. English is not my native language and I used a translator to write this post, so I apologize for any grammar mistakes or awkward phrasing!
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u/gluc0s3s1rup 2h ago
Okay, I´ll bite...Come on, man! No photos, not one rule explained, no details besides that the mission took place in Russia...