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G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game: Core Rule Book
In the G.I. JOE Roleplaying game, create your own Joe by choosing your military training origin, personal traits, and role within the G.I. Joe organization to become a Real American Hero and save the day!
This book contains everything you need to create your own G.I. JOE character and play the game - just add dice, some friends, and your imagination.
Features:
Create your own unique G.I. JOE character
Full rulebook for running your own G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game
One Gamemaster leads the story with a group of players
Contains introductory adventure for new team
Full color hardcover book with 352 pages with ribbon bookmark
This book contains everything you need to create your own G.I. JOE character and play the game - just add dice, some friends, and your imagination.
Features:
Create your own unique G.I. JOE character
Full rulebook for running your own G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game
One Gamemaster leads the story with a group of players
Contains introductory adventure for new team
Full color hardcover book with 352 pages with ribbon bookmark
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352 pages, Hardcover
Published March 15, 2022
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June 14, 2022
First, GI Joe is a little corny in 2022. That's OK. Book handles the nostalgic stuff well, with fantastic write-ups on the classic toys and TV shows.
The rules themselves are good and medium weight. Essence 20 feels like a modified 5E that's not different enough to cause issues, and mixing the two is easy enough.
The rules also are adapted well to the modern setting and modern violence.
One question - why no stat block for StormShadow? Seems a major miss when you have dippy Dr Mindbender but not the classic white ninja? Maybe just me.
The rules themselves are good and medium weight. Essence 20 feels like a modified 5E that's not different enough to cause issues, and mixing the two is easy enough.
The rules also are adapted well to the modern setting and modern violence.
One question - why no stat block for StormShadow? Seems a major miss when you have dippy Dr Mindbender but not the classic white ninja? Maybe just me.
June 12, 2025
A good game for fighting for freedom wherever there’s trouble…
G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook is the main book for the gi joe RPG, which you definitely want if you plan to even attempt to do a game…
The book fairly decently breaks down the mission and personnel of GI Joe. Each Joe gets a blurb covering a wide range of their specialties (though it only covers some of all the Joes from history…notably not including most of the original Joe team and Muskrat and Shockwave). They chose a nice variety covering most areas of expertise and even include what duties they have while stationed at the Pit during downtime…
The system is based on the D20 system but with a great deal of variety that even a group made up of the same class can be rarely different. They also give options of background origins and specialities to add a little more variety.
The writers definitely embrace the sheer creativity of the old gi joe file cards for inspiration…and I suspect many players are looking for just that kind of option.
The book also covers a range of standard COBRA and cobra affiliated baddies to toss at your team. There are also plenty of weapons and vehicles for them to choose from, with much more planned in future books.
Definitely suggest giving this a try if you are a Joe fan…
G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook is the main book for the gi joe RPG, which you definitely want if you plan to even attempt to do a game…
The book fairly decently breaks down the mission and personnel of GI Joe. Each Joe gets a blurb covering a wide range of their specialties (though it only covers some of all the Joes from history…notably not including most of the original Joe team and Muskrat and Shockwave). They chose a nice variety covering most areas of expertise and even include what duties they have while stationed at the Pit during downtime…
The system is based on the D20 system but with a great deal of variety that even a group made up of the same class can be rarely different. They also give options of background origins and specialities to add a little more variety.
The writers definitely embrace the sheer creativity of the old gi joe file cards for inspiration…and I suspect many players are looking for just that kind of option.
The book also covers a range of standard COBRA and cobra affiliated baddies to toss at your team. There are also plenty of weapons and vehicles for them to choose from, with much more planned in future books.
Definitely suggest giving this a try if you are a Joe fan…
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