How Ghostbusters Changed Tabletop Games - Andal Galaxy Tours

In 1984, one of the most successful films of all time was released. In 1986, one game developer would use Ghostbusters to change the face of an entire industry forever.
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SOURCES:
"Ghostbusters Begins: A History of the Ghostbusters Roleplaying Game"
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"Who You Gonna Call? A Review of the Classic Ghostbusters RPG"
by Daniel Stack
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"Advantages and Disadvantages of the Dice Pool System"
by Oren Ashkenazi
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"Beginner's Guide to Mechanical Literacy: Dice Pools"
by Meinberg
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"Writing RPGs Is Hard, Part 3: Dice Pools"
by Frank Mitchell
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"The Stars Are Right For A Look At The Call Of Cthulhu’s History"
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Special Thanks to: Ghostbusters Cities for Game Resources
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[@SadisticMindz]

To answer the questions in the starwars bit, Gozer attacked the ghostbusters again in 2021 because there was a year for each coming of Gozer: 1883 (The Krakatoa Eruption), 1908 (Tunguska blast), 1945 (IDK I forgot), 1984 (first ghostbusters movie), 2021(ghostbusters afterlife). It took place in Oklahoma because Ivo Shandor and his followers created the city it takes place in specifically for Gozer to rise again. Sorry I had to geek out on you, nice video btw

[@4thdoctor284]

We played the updated version Ghostbusters International when it came out in the late 80s. There were some modifications we ended up doing to the game usIng GURPS.
The game didn't reflect how their gear worked such as treating the proton thrower like it shot one beam at a time like a Star Wars blaster.
We had the initial dice roll to see it the stream hits the ghost then roll to see if the stream continues to track on the ghost or if it gets loose and also how much the ghost's ecto presence is worn down until it can be trapped.
My friend that we played with still has the game and all materials last I heard.

[@AndalGalaxyTours]

That's honestly such a good idea, thank you so much for sharing that!

[@SidneyBroadshead]

_Ghost Busters International_ was based on a variant of WEG's d6 system.

[@martinbowman1993]

I'm not afraid of no dice pool.

[@patrick.bastiaensen]

D&D Raver Edition do this exist??

[@dzdebil1878]

So your stat is how much dice you roll? If this is the case, what if you have 2 points in a stat. So that's 1d6 per point (2d6), and the target number is 15, it would be impossible for a ghostbuster to hit the said score, since their maximum roll would be 12.

[@AndalGalaxyTours]

We think it's kind of the same as in D&D where you roll on a weaker stat and have a worse chance of getting the result you want. But if a GM is purposefully giving a bunch of rolls in a Trait that a buster is bad at, that doesn't sound like a v fun game to us :(

[@billepperson2662]

Best... 👍

[@mistermakebelieve]

Nope. Stopped watching after you didn't recognize the greatness that was the cartoon. F that.

[@L_Train]

The cartoon was lame

[@haleylazerface]

First🎉

[@AndalGalaxyTours]

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[@maddmaxxpain]

All this time, I thought Ghostbusters 2 came out in 1986. What?!?!?