Vortex/Rocket Age

[Polar Bear]

I see that Rocket Age has four adventures out in PDF: Prince's Ransom, Rocket Racers, Bring 'Em Back Alive, and The Lost City o/t Ancients.  Could a GM (theoretically) just buy one of these and dump a TARDIS crew into it without owning the Rocket Age box set/book?

[chickenpaddy]

I suppose you could. I own the Rocket Age books, but none of the PDF adventures. They probably include references to rules, vehicles, or gadgets unique to Rocket Age. If you want to run it for Doctor Who, be prepared to do some conversion. Also, Rocket Age emphasizes combat a lot, so you may want to tone it down for a Doctor Who adventure.

[Curufea]

I've both - so I'd be happy to answer questions on conversions.
I'll probably buy the modules anyway - but I won't have time to do a read/conversion (I've not much time for roleplaying these times)

[misterharry]

As you'd imagine, the systems themselves are very similar. The biggest part of converting them would be to assign properties for those traits which are unique to Rocket Age (all you'd have to go on are the trait names listed in the NPCs stats) - though most traits are also in DWAITAS. And Rocket Age equipment is different to DWAITAS gadgets in terms of how they are built and costed.

The adventures also don't provide all the background info on the alien races of the RA solar system. So you'd need to fill in the gaps in your knowledge yourself.

Rocket Age has a very pulpy feel to it, a bit more two-fisted than Doctor Who, but the adventures are eminently usable for DWAITAS. I think there's one available for free (is it The City of the Lost Ancients?), so download that and see what you think.

[Polar Bear]

FREE? Why the heck let it go to waste?

Thanks much!

[thewarchief]

FREE?!

Thanks MisterHarry.

Oh, I see from the Nazi stats that Rocket Age has mook rules. They might be helpful for a UNIT campaign, where the troops have to handle hoards on invading monster. Hopefully not everything is bullet proof!