Truckin' Turtles
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Truckin' Turtles is a supplement for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
role-playing game
. It was published by Palladium Books
in 1989 and uses the Palladium Megaversal system
. It is largely a collection of adventure concepts that take the players across the United States
with various wide-ranging themes. It explains mutants
and their societies outside of the setting of the original rule book.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness is a role-playing game based on the comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The core rulebook was first published by Palladium Books in September 1985 – a couple years before the Turtles franchise achieved mass popularity – and featured...
role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
. It was published by Palladium Books
Palladium Books
Palladium Books is a publisher of role-playing games perhaps best known for its popular, expansive Rifts series . Palladium was founded April 1981 in Detroit, Michigan by current president and lead game designer Kevin Siembieda, and is presently based in Westland, Michigan...
in 1989 and uses the Palladium Megaversal system
Megaversal system
The Megaversal system, sometimes known as the Palladium system, is a set of mechanics specifically employed in most role-playing games published by Palladium Books, the exception is Recon. It uses dice for roll-under percentile skill checks, roll-high combat checks and saving throws, and...
. It is largely a collection of adventure concepts that take the players across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with various wide-ranging themes. It explains mutants
Mutant (fictional)
The concept of a mutant is a common trope in comic books and science fiction. The new phenotypes that appear in fictional mutations generally go far beyond what is typically seen in biological mutants, and often result in the mutated life form exhibiting superhuman abilities or qualities.-Marvel...
and their societies outside of the setting of the original rule book.