I've never played, but I really want to. I love Watership Down and I think the game is an amazing idea. The catch is I also don't have any of the rules. So, whoever runs would need to be prepared to point me in the right direction as to where to find at least the character creation rules online. I would prefer not to play the GURPS version (I can't go as far as to say I dislike GURPS, but it's not my preferred vehicle for much any genre) but I'm in no position to be picky.

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/.../Bunnies-And-Burrows

The original rules are available for $5.  From what I've read it was revolutionary, really ahead of its time.

You say you can't afford to be picky, but there are a dozen shades of meaning to that statement. I have a campaign for the GURPS version that I have wanted to try for years, but you say the GURPS version is not preferred, now that you have a link to the original version are you still willing to kick it GURPS style?

Absolutely. What I mean by that is I am willing to play whatever the GM wants to run, preferences aside. Also, to clarify about the GURPS statement, in no way am I against playing it. I doubt I would ever choose it to run in, and I also doubt I would ever ask for it specifically (maybe for Car Wars/Autoduel) but I am more than happy to play it from time to time.
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OK, in that case, let me lay an idea on you:

You and several other bunnies are part of a kingdom of Rabbits, who live in the Avant Gardens of the GURPS: IOU campus. Your ancestors are the survivors of an experiment into genetic retro-grafting by WUSE, and who escaped quasi 'The Secret of NIMH' style. You and your associates were captured by a combine Fraternity/Sorority called Alpha Delta Omega to be pets and test subjects, but stole an iPhone and passed the online entrance exams for IOU so well you won a scholarship. When the Alpha Delta Omega brothers and sisters realized you were sapient they let you go, BUT, you now are students and worse THE Computer has also flagged you all as members of AΔΩ, which means that you do not get student apartments and will be expected to participate in AΔΩ sponsored events. You dare not go home yet: not the least of which is because of the Arch Dean's cats, but you have to go to class and participate in student life; what's a good bunny to do?

Sound fun?

Hmmmm. I might be willing to give this a shot, but it seems like an awful big departure from what I'm looking for. For my first go round, I had been hoping for something more traditional. This seems like it could be an interesting diversion, but do you have any ideas that would make a less unorthodox jumping off point for me? I said I wouldn't be picky and now I suppose I'm going back on it, but that's pretty far out there, man.

I too, would be interested in a more "Watership Down" type game, the classic Bunnies and Burrows type adventures.  I played in an excellent game on here a few years back and I miss it a great deal.  If anyone is interested in running such a game I'd be up for it, but the one Alexei is suggesting is a bit too out there for me as well.  Not that it isn't an interesting premise, its just not for me.

Oh my friend and her hubby are deying to play a redwall / B&B game and I would mind tagging along.

So if some one what's to start a more traditional one that's two maybe three more on that line of thinking

WHY, WHY, WHY, does no one want to give that idea a try? :P

OK, If you want to ease into things more gradually, what about this...?

You are a survivor of the Thorndawn Warren, which was invaded and massacred by an army of weasels. You and a handful of other rabbits escaped and are on the run. Thorndawn was one warren in a 'Kingdom' of warrens which occupies the entire Shine-Leaf Forest and parts of several of the surrounding pieces of terrain. Thorndawn was on the eastern border of the 'Kingdom' in a field of raspberry canes and briers and it is your sworn duty to raise the Hew-and-Cry against the invasion. Once the kingdom is alerted they will be able to send the Sable Harren to retaliate, but that will still leave you all without a home, and though the kingdom is stronger than many it is still beset by dangers and risks outside the well guarded warrens.

This game is more traditional B&B, but is 'Fingered' and relaxes the rules about numbers.

Are people more inclined to play this?

Yes. That sounds delightful. I'm there. Thank you, sir.



Not that I couldn't be talked into participating in this idea; It's not a bad one, certainly. If I could throw my two cents out there, though, I think it's target pool of players is pretty shallow.

You might have better luck convincing veteran Bunnies and Burrows players to try it on a lark, but that area in the Venn Diagram where B&B types and High School Anime Dramedy types (which, while not exactly what you proposed, is the sort of vibe it seems to me at first glance like that setting would have) cross into one another is pretty slim I'd imagine. That's just a guess.
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Alright, that's one person, but I am not starting a solo game here: I am going to wait for a couple more people to respond before I start mapping out a campaign. If I don't get responses in a few days I will throw this up in GPIA and see what comes of that...

Well, that tears it, I put the add up in GPIA and not one of you responded to it in 3 days: so clearly there is not enough interest to sustain this game: I'm out, pax.

I would have played this, shame.

I just stumbled across a copy of Lapins And Lairs, a terrific little six-page *World hack which emulates Watership Down like no other game I have seen. You can view and download the rules, which are largely self-explanatory, at the following link: https://data.archive.moe/board...83/1413835479502.pdf  A vastly expanded version of the game, The Warren, will be published sometime this year by Bully Pulpit Games. Read the press release at the following link: http://www.bullypulpitgames.co...-publish-the-warren/

[EDIT: And because I'm an idiot, I forgot to mention that I'd gladly run this. I love Watership Down with a passion. The animated film is the very first film I remember seeing.]
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