MARATHON
The RPG
Using the Inquisitor rules by Games Workshop.
CREDITS
Written by Matthew Benfall. Elements taken from GURPS Marathon by Max Etchemendy. Based on the setting by Greg Kirkpatrick, Colin Brent, Jason Jones, Chris Geisel, and Randy Reddig. The names Marathon, Marathon 2: Durandal, Marathon Infinity, and Bungie are property of Bungie Software Products Corporation, Copyright © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997. The names Inquisitor, Battlefleet Gothic, Warhammer and Games Workshop are property of Game Workshop Ltd, Copyright © 2001. GURPS is a registered trademark of Steve Jackson Games. All rights are reserved by SJ Games. The material in this webpage is used in accordance with the SJ Games online policy. All uses of these names within this document are assumed to be trademarked.
Website designed in DreamWeaver Ultradev 4.
Games Workshop can be found at http://www.games-workshop.com
Bungie can be found on the web at http://www.bungie.com
The original Marathon GURPS is located at http://www.stanford.edu/~maxe/rpg/marathon/bookind.html
Steve Jackson Games is located at http://www.sjgames.com/gurps
INFORMATION
December, 1994. A small Mac games company created a game which would shape the FPS gaming genre forever. Marathon.
Marathon was unique in the way it drew the player into the game world. Unparalled in atmosphere, the game frightened one of
the first generations of FPS fans. Also unparalled was the story. Revealed in a series of 'terminals', the gripping narrative had
depth beyond anything else in the day, and is still being discussed as nwe things are found out and made sense of. The mad
ramblings of the story can be found at http://marathon.bungie.org/story. In this document, I am trying to re-create some of the
atmosphere, mood and suspence in a table top Role Playing Game.
ONLINE INFORMATION
1. This project is divided into 7 chapters, each listed at the bottom of this page.
2. Most of the artwork on this site was made by Max Etchemendy. Used with written permission. Any other artwork has the artists name at the bottom of the page. All is used with permission.
3. Have fun! I made this for fun. If you don't have fun, the Inquisition will come after you. I mean it. They will. My friend's cousin's sister's boyfriend's uncle's brother-in-law's pet rat's grandfather's owner's soul was consumed by the Immortal God Emperor. I have friends in high places.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 4: The Sph't
Chapter 5: The Nebulons and The Vylae
Chapter 6: Marathon Campaigns
Chapter 7: Maps