# Help me track down this pnp RPG system **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820 "2010-02-21T00:24:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/1 "2010-02-21T00:24:29Z")
I heard about it a few years ago and I liked what I read about it. I know that the combat system was supposed to be modeled after historical medieval combat. In fact, if I remember correctly one of the designers was or is an arma member (Association for Renaissance Martial Arts) I used to be a member too, but don’t have contacts with the organization anymore. Another thing about the game is that it might not have featured supernatural enemies, and of course it was set in a medieval world. I have the distinct memory that the title had the word steel in it. Might be wrong about that. Ayone have any clue as to what I could be talking about? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/2 "2010-02-21T00:39:03Z")
I’m not sure if it would be what you’re looking for, but _Mount and Blade_? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/3 "2010-02-21T01:24:16Z")
pnp = Pen and Paper. ---
**Author:** ![Zen\_Postman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zen\_Postman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zen_Postman)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/4 "2010-02-21T01:27:30Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > pnp = Pen and Paper. I thought it meant “print and play.” ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/5 "2010-02-24T14:26:09Z")
[The Riddle of Steel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riddle_of_Steel) If you want a flavour of the combat you can download a software simulator [from here.](http://www.driftwoodpublishing.com/support/) ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/6 "2010-02-24T17:18:48Z")
You found it! A multitude of thanks my good man! ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/7 "2010-02-24T20:46:42Z")
Heh! Just one of the many, _many_, obscure and just plain wierd rpgs I own. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/8 "2010-02-24T23:28:23Z")
IIRC wasn’t the big selling point of that the combat system? I haven’t thought of it in years… ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-track-down-this-pnp-rpg-system/529820/9 "2010-02-25T02:32:33Z")
Yup, combat centred around angles and directions of attack. Plus it was all about which character made the first mistake. Whoever managed to land the first blow had a big advantage.