James Bond Role-Playing Games

Silhouette Man

Any fans of these here, from the 1980s?

How did they work etc.?

Would love to know more about these. I believe that Raymond Benson was behind some of them and that Victory Games produced some of them.

A very overlooked area of the James Bond phenomenon, I feel.

Perhaps it's time to reverse that fact...-

Le Samourai

I was an avid RPGer from the early ‘80s to the mid-‘90s. I played many, many different games.

The James Bond RPG was by far one of the best. The mechanics of the game were very good, and superior to most of the competition. The game did a really great job of capturing the feel of the Bond movies. The character generation system, for example, made it easy to create your own individual agent.

It was also a very well-written game. My wife is not a gamer, but she used to enjoy reading the various Bond RPG materials because they were entertaining. The Q-Manual and Thrilling Locations were particularly fun reads.

A bit of trivia: For legal reasons, the Bond RPG was barred from making any references to Blofeld or SPECTRE, so they created a new organization called TAROT. However, there was one exception to the no-Blofeld rule. In a passing reference to Tracy, there is a mention of the fact that Blofeld killed her.

Sir Miles

There is an old thread knocking about that discusses these games...

Silhouette Man

Le Samourai wrote:

I was an avid RPGer from the early ‘80s to the mid-‘90s. I played many, many different games.

The James Bond RPG was by far one of the best. The mechanics of the game were very good, and superior to most of the competition. The game did a really great job of capturing the feel of the Bond movies. The character generation system, for example, made it easy to create your own individual agent.

It was also a very well-written game. My wife is not a gamer, but she used to enjoy reading the various Bond RPG materials because they were entertaining. The Q-Manual and Thrilling Locations were particularly fun reads.

A bit of trivia: For legal reasons, the Bond RPG was barred from making any references to Blofeld or SPECTRE, so they created a new organization called TAROT. However, there was one exception to the no-Blofeld rule. In a passing reference to Tracy, there is a mention of the fact that Blofeld killed her.

Thanks for the insights, Le Samourai, I have also joined your blog by email updates!

Silhouette Man

Sir Miles wrote:

There is an old thread knocking about that discusses these games...

Right, I shall have to look said thread out....