What game system / mechanism would you...

What game system / mechanism would you want to transfer to completely different theme or setting?

I would love to play the following:

1. War of the Rings using Triumph & Tragedy Rules
2. Star Wars, Star Trek or Ti3 using card driven mechanism
3. Dune using COIN
4. Guardians of Galaxy using Space Cadets Away Missions Over Kill mechanism
5. Fredrick / Maria for French Revolution
6. Storm over Helms Deep or Storm over Minas Tirith
7,. Secret Trump using Secret Hitler
8. Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy using Tales of Arabian Knights
9. Running of Bulls using Snow Tales

Any other cool ideas?

Ooooh, Dune using COIN sounds amazing.

What if you used "Secret Hitler" as the foundation for a game about a secret Russian mole in the the current administration? That has some real Kickstarter appeal.

Game of Thrones card driven game a la Here I Stand . A few of us were talking about it this past weekend. The challenge would be that the heart of the books is really about characters, not armies. One suggestion would be to focus just on Roberts Rebellion, which has a smaller focus and could be done more as a 2P game.

A resource management/Ameritrash/dudes on a map game based on THE WIRE and the street drug trade

The core mechanics of ANGOLA ported over to a different conflict

Awhile back I did see an unofficial Star Wars themed COIN game; its pretty hush hush due to the designer not having legit access to the IP. It looked pretty decent if you liked COIN. I think the Hutts were a faction, along with Rebels, Republic, Imperials I think.

Gears of War to Star Wars dudes in a corridor
Magic Realm combat and chit systems to simpler games
Game of Thrones CDG would be great
GMT FAB series (esp asset system) to 40k Sci Fi game

I'll think of others

I win:

WARHAMMER 40K with Heroscape rules.

Msample wrote: A resource management/Ameritrash/dudes on a map game based on THE WIRE and the street drug trade

The core mechanics of ANGOLA ported over to a different conflict

That's it, I am going to work on THE WIRE game. We have discussed this here so much, and have such cool ideas. I would love this game. Prepare for disappointment!

And what I love about ANGOLA is that it's about a shitty little war under the umbrella of a larger global ideological conflict and it acknowledges that. The element of currying favor from whatever off-board superpower's capricious whims are rising is such a weird idea, but critical to how conflicts have worked since WW2.

SuperflyTNT wrote: I win:

WARHAMMER 40K with Heroscape rules.

I was gonna suggest star wars scape, but yes, this is also good, and probably better.

I've given a lot of thought to how I'd make X-COM with a sturdy Heroscape backbone.

Monopoly Legacy in the Android or some other cyberpunk universe. Pawns moving around the board are runners and the spaces represent corporations. So the money funding the runners actually comes from rival corps!

jeb wrote:

Msample wrote: A resource management/Ameritrash/dudes on a map game based on THE WIRE and the street drug trade

The core mechanics of ANGOLA ported over to a different conflict

That's it, I am going to work on THE WIRE game. We have discussed this here so much, and have such cool ideas. I would love this game. Prepare for disappointment!
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Having just learned PAX RENAISSANCE, I wonder if that system would be a possibility. Think of all the cards you could have on the tableau for purchase....Stringer, Avon, Prop Joe ( with East Side and West side rows , and Prestige for Drugs ) , various law enforcement characters, lawyers/developers, the Greek....Omar would be akin to a Bishop, silencing a given card.

Msample wrote:

jeb wrote:

Msample wrote: A resource management/Ameritrash/dudes on a map game based on THE WIRE and the street drug trade

The core mechanics of ANGOLA ported over to a different conflict

That's it, I am going to work on THE WIRE game. We have discussed this here so much, and have such cool ideas. I would love this game. Prepare for disappointment!
.

Having just learned PAX RENAISSANCE, I wonder if that system would be a possibility. Think of all the cards you could have on the tableau for purchase....Stringer, Avon, Prop Joe ( with East Side and West side rows , and Prestige for Drugs ) , various law enforcement characters, lawyers/developers, the Greek....Omar would be akin to a Bishop, silencing a given card.

I have "the wire" game - it's called Hoodrats.

Things I have rethemed:

Nexus Ops into StarCraft Ops and Sekigahara era Japan using figs from Samurai Swords.

Krosmaster arena into a kaiju battle game.

Gorechosen into an even better kaiju battle game.

Cosmic encounter into a lovecraftian setting.

Roma and Roma II into a magical dueling game.

Space Hulk into Aliens.

Survive Escape from Atlantis into Escape from Arrakeen. (Atreides fleeing Arrakeen during the Harkonnen and imperial betrayal)

Things I want to retheme:

Technowitches into a Harry Potter quidditch game using figs from harry potter trivia game.

Old doom into 2 player diablo using figs from ddas.

40k or marvel heroscape.

Space hulk using eldar for the fall of Iyanden.

Hopefully some game designers are checking out these great ideas.

One my favorite games is Struggle of Empires. I don't see way that couldn't be re themed into a drug turf war game.

I like the structured alliances, area contriol and tech/policy mechanisms that could work for a drug cartel game or future cyber war game.

Commands and Color 40k.
Deadzone in Android setting.

Another vote for whatever game system with The Wire setting, preferably Agricola.

I think the City of Remnants was very close to The Wire, and the designer initially was going for a modern inner-city setting, but then got talked out of it because controversy. Which is irrelevant anyway, because unfortunately the game was not that good.
I think GF9 Sons of Anarchy was better as The Wire, but maybe it is because I don't care about SoA.

I want Netrunner with Dune setting, too

I wonder if cosmic encounter might work with Dune... They made it work with aGoT.

Never played the COIN games, but I'd be all over Here I Stand Dune.