Thank you, though. And cool background.

Do me a favor and pop back over to the Favorite Modern Mechanics thread and elaborate on what, specifically, you'd like to see along this vein. That'll be helpful.

Done

Without picking through the whole thread here's one...

In the newer Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space there are no actual hit points or Vitality/Wound system. What they do to track damage is damage comes right off the Attribute (Awareness, Coordination, Ingenuity, Presence, Resolve, and Strength)- depending on what kind of attack it was. The lower temporary Attribute score is now used for whatever appropriate task.

Attribute + Skill (+ Trait if applicable) + 2d6 = Result.

I like that method of tracking damage. Physical damage is obvious. But social encounters can be resolved the same way- Presence or Resolve damage would be like humiliation or losing a major debate. A shot to the ego. Very versatile.


I also fancy the Initiative system (though, I don't know if it would work well for espionage as well as it seems to work for Doctor Who. Initiative goes in this order:

1. Talkers
2. Movers
3. Doers
4. Fighters

I've considered using this system for a different BBC show- Sherlock, just because the damage system is so versatile. That Initiative system seems fitting for Sherlock, too.

in that vein.. Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock would work also. 

Ahh. If I wasn't already on board with SC3, this would've sold me.

I wouldn't have considered it espionage. Sure there are elements in the show, but if this is the kind of social mechanics SC3 can cover, how awesome is that!?

I used to play a lot of Top Secret and Top Secret S.I. with a gaming buddy back in Junior High and High School,

Here to say how awesome I thought Top Secret/S.I. was/is. It got some mention here and I just wanted to spread some love for it.

SFA World Book
Archer Foundation Chamber Book
Pan-Asian Collective Chamber Book
European Commonwealth Chamber Book
African Alliance Chamber Book
Hand of Glory Threat Book
The Shop Threat Book

Is this the sequential order they should be read?

Looks good, man.

Veronica V. Jones shows the Spycraft artwork in an online gallery.

http://waveyourgeekflag.blogspot.com/2012/09/spycraft-cover-art-by-veronica-v-jones.html

All the Bonds chase scene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2FAWb5Lch8

Yes, it's absolutely true. Not for a while yet, but it will return.

Surely for 3rd edition I would imagine.

rough draft

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Avatar the Last Airbender

Yes. This. And now it's sequel series - The Legend of Korra.

Also, I didn't see Last Exile mentioned, yet.

There was an espionage/spy anime that was OK called L/R (or Licensed by Royal) for you Spycraft fans.

This kid is 8 years old- lets call him Greg. His mom died when he was young, he has no memory of her. Dad re-married, but she cannot accept Greg. Nothing he does is good enough for her. Step-mom usually convinces dad that Greg is no good and a trouble maker. Most of the time dad confirms this. The real problem is Greg's older brother. He is good at sports. At all sports. Any sport Greg's older brother, Andy, tries he's very good at it. Greg tried them all, too. Looking for that one sport that he would be better than Andy at. He still can't find it and has pretty much given up. Greg is good at getting other kids to laugh. He's naturally funny, but this usually gets him in trouble with teachers and other authority figures. Here he fulfills his step-mother's prophecy, confirming what his dad suspects- and becomes the "bad kid". He will often accept dares to prove he is not afraid or that he can do it, too. He is a troubled kid starving for positive affection.

I'd be interested if you're still open.

The cover art was part of it for me, too. I was kind of freshly into 3rd ed and have always been a fan of Top Secret/S.I. so it kind of felt natural and inevitable.