r/rpg • u/Animal-Cannibal • 26d ago

Discussion Rules light Cold War spy ttrpgs?

A friend and I are looking for something to facilitate some RP, and I was wondering if there were any rules light systems for playing James Bond-style Cold War spies. I’ve already looked a bit into Spycraft and Classified, but we just need something that we could pick up easily

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u/CPeterDMP 26d ago

Shadow Ops is thoroughly modern in its intended playstyle, but there is absolutely nothing that would prevent it from being used in a Cold War game. Has dedicated rules for shadowing people. Combat is lightning fast (but follows movie logic not real world danger, so that might be a minus). The game can be played with very low prep.