Is Salvage Union the best OSR mech game? - RPG Review

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Thank you for sharing. You are the number one place I to go to for descriptions and reviews of RPGs! Lancer rules intimidated me and it's tactical gaming overshadows the role-playing aspects. My first RPG was Robotech from way back in the 1980's, we played "theater of the mind" style. Still, it was all about mech battles and later we moved on to games where character interaction had more value. I think Salvage Union could be the thing that could get me back into playing a mech RPG. Also, the idea of mechs in a scrappy post-apocalyptic setting has grown on me.

blainetaggart
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I was so close on Kickstarting this originally, but now, well, I'm gonna be buying it anyways. Just awesome.

the-odder-finnish-guy
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Remember, if you have a giant chonky monster with lots of HP your party doesn't have to fight it continuously. Maybe the monster is rampaging through a city and topples a building between it and the players meaning they have to get back to it later.

KarmaSpaz
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I broke my rule on preordering for salvage union and I don't regret it. The presentation is excellent, the mech designs are awsome, and the customisation is simple but still feels impactful. That last part is esspecially important since being able to customise your big stompy robot to your hearts content is a big draw to mech games like Mechwarrior, Armoured Core, and Lancer, so I was happy to see that SU's mech building was simple, but still manages to prompt more than a few intresting decisions on what to bolt on, and what to leave in the 'Bay.

Also, the designs remind me of HAWKEN's mechs (I miss that game 😞)

TableplantGames
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This sounds incredible, and is precisely the kind of thing I've been looking for for a loooong time. Thanks so much for showing it off! Buying it now!

deProfundisAdAstra
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I freaking love the way this game reads and it's definitely going to make it to my real life table at some point. I'm sad you didn't mention how well it combines genres. It mixes Post Apoc + Diesel Punk + Cyberpunk themes really really well.

_mawburn
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Tiny Mecha and Monsters is another good rules-light game, scalable from narrative TotM to tactics on a grid. Mechs and kaijus are built using basically the same rules, just with different tables. If you want to play out something like Pacific Rim, or that one episode of LD&R, without getting bogged down by rules - this one's for you.

ЄвгенКорякін
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Looks real good, I love the setting and the simplicity of the system!

Another one for my wishlist!

juauke
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This seems like an interesting time. Might need to check it out.

Demonskunk
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Thank you for reminding me that I was planning on picking this game up. Like, tomorrow.

Oðrun
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Have Played, and run the Mech system as an addon to other systems. Easy to learn.

AxiomsNArrows
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I have to remind my wife to "not be intimidated by its thickness."

csgunn
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"I know that there are more Mech RPGs out there than just Lancer but that's just one of the highest profile ones out there..."

BattleTech: "Am I nothing to you?"

opscontaylor
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This seems like a Into the Breach RPG. The idea of the players controlling the crawler also is interesting and I think I like it, also it makes sense as a means to get new player characters.

BX-advocate
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Implus bought. Books look ascethically nice. And I've always like OSR style games like TROIKA. Finally the less laser focus on combat for a Mecha game looks neat.

bilskirnir_
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If an enemy is basically godzilla, then youre not meant to mess with it

agodzilla
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Great video, Dave.. the collector in me loves you, but my wallet hates you...

megasquidd
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This is a great review. I supported the Kickstarter for the art and layout mostly. I also find their class design very interesting . Have not played with it yet but just love to look at the book and read it for inspiration.

mateofantasma
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I love Lancer's lore and art... big fan of Kill Six Billion Demons... but I just can't get into ANY game... RPG, board games, or mini game... where I need an app to build a character/mech/whatever because it is so complicated. I just can't.

timothyyoung
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I tried really hard to like this game—as well as Lancer. But it just made me want to play Battletech instead.

Kanakadea