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And now it is suddenly working...
Took me a while to research the right incantation.
And now it is suddenly working...
Goddamn all these interesting RPG kickstarters, now I wanna also pledge for a PDF copy of Nova Praxis.
Goddamn all these interesting RPG kickstarters, now I wanna also pledge for a PDF copy of Nova Praxis.
I own Cosmic Patrol. It always felt like Perry Rhodon to me which was awesome.That does seem cool. I've been wanting a cool Sci-fi ruleset for some time, but nothing jumps out at me. Traveller is too hard Sci-fi, I think. I'm hopeful that the new Star Wars games might be the key, but I don't want to pay so much for the beta test of it. They should really make the PDF of the beta free or close to it.
Any other suggestions for a Sci-fi RPG that has a bit of mystery, magic, or otheer weirdness? There was a little hardcover that just came out (I think) that was based on 50s themed Sci-fi that I saw the other day. Anyone know of what I speak of and have any impressions or links to impressions? I wish I knew the name of it.
Cosmic Patrol is its name! - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936876108/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Huh, guess it's not all that new. Still sounds cool.
Anyone?
I own Cosmic Patrol. It always felt like Perry Rhodon to me which was awesome.
As you can tell by my own Kickstarter I am a bit more into the darker side of sci fi but I have to say the America novel series, Perry Rhodon, and Cosmic Patrol have a particular feel to them that I love.
Obsidian (makers of many fine video games RPGs), are live streaming a 3.5 D&D game as part of their Project Eternity Kickstarter campaign. If ever there were people who I'd want to watch play D&D, it's these guys.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/project-eternity-live-stream
I can only speak for Call of Cthulhu, which has some really great published scenarios to read. It also has the advantage of the huge literary canon of Lovecraft and others to draw from. If you're interested in playing: It's easy to start running, but efficiently utilising the setting is tricky. A new edition (the 7th) is on the way which supposedly brings some changes to make it easier to play without losing the depth (obviously not everyone agrees with that though). Here's an overview of some changes: http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/?p=1024Hi guys! When i was in high school i loved playing dnd but now that time has past, i dont play but i would love buying some books just to read, what is a good series to start with i am a huge fan of firefly is there anything like that (yes ive see the book on it but it seemed kinda poopy.
Im a total noob on this but i hear alot about call of cathulu. my girlfriend would love the setting but is the game hard to learn?
Thanks
I can only speak for Call of Cthulhu, which has some really great published scenarios to read. It also has the advantage of the huge literary canon of Lovecraft and others to draw from. If you're interested in playing: It's easy to start running, but efficiently utilising the setting is tricky. A new edition (the 7th) is on the way which supposedly brings some changes to make it easier to play without losing the depth (obviously not everyone agrees with that though). Here's an overview of some changes: http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/?p=1024
For plain reading, I think the Trail of Cthulhu game has some sweet stuff, especially in the way it offers different views of the mythos. Check the sample that's available on the bottom of this page (p. 9 specifically): http://www.pelgranepress.com/site/?page_id=242
Was Planescape ever converted to 3.5? Been looking to finally run a dnd game, but the players are less than interested in 2e stuff.
The fluff matters much more than the technical bits. Just get familiar with the setting and *know* it
Man, I was so let down when I found out like 80% of the Dak'kon Githerzai stuff was made up for Torment.
And yeah, I suppose I'll convert the stuff. Githzerai, Ratatoskr, Genasi and loads more had 3.5 conversions so it's not like I'll be working from nothing. And it's very, very hard to convince the people I know to play anything other than 3.5 (and its derivatives) and WH40kRPGs, for some reason.
If you an convince your group to venture into unknown territories though, I personally like playing D&D campaigns in Primetime Adventures. It's just all fluff and none of the bullshit, like playing a fantasy mini-series. Primetime Adventures is seriously one of my favorite RPGs right now, as long as you play with some decent people, you could pull off some really fun games.
Just chiming in to voice my support for you guys. I don't have the time or friends to play anymore, but miss all those random basement sessions. 2nd edition forever!
Hard to believe it's been 20 years since I ran the most kickass Spelljammer campaign to ever exist. And most likely the only spelljammer campaign to ever exist.
Ran a Trail of Cthulhu game last week. It went pretty well, a very interesting system, but takes a little getting used to and I didn't have long to prep the adventure. I always find it rough running a new system the first time. The spend system is great.
I ran Devourers in the Mist, it starts as ship wreak survival on deserted island and goes all lovecraftian from there.
Anyone looking for some horror gaming should look up Trail.
Figured I would post here. We let the AfterEarth team go nuts and create a card deck for KickStarter. Including some limited edition steel playing cards. AfterEarth did not make its goal but the card deck was complete and we had already talked to Bicycle about having them print our cards.
Not sure how many of you play poker or games with normal cards like we do. We usually play RPG's 2 times a week and cards 1 time. But I figured I would post it here since many expressed their excitement over the art from AfterEarth when it was on Kickstarter.
Here are the Aces-
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Jacks
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Queens-
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Anyway there are some good fantasy cards for those of you who play normal cards from time to time. I also have to say we kicked ass on the deck price(though international shipping is always high)
Anyway here is the link if any of you play.
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Those are really nice, love the little details with the suits "hidden" in the pictures. I dont play cards so often, got overexposed in my youth and started to seek out more advanced forms of card games, right now playing Android: Netrunner a lot.
You won't regret it. Best RPG product in decades.
If you like terrible outdated rules, broken game mechanics, and stuff that just doesn't work. Then yes, it's fantastic.
You're insane.
It is pretty terrible, because it has a terrible, unbalanced base!
Classes are wildly unbalanced. A magic user, congrats, you just won! A martial class? Sorry, you're consigned to being terrible.
Combat is a unbalanced mess in which HP etc are meaningless because all that matters is that the wizard casts the one spell that instantly wins the fight. And it's pretty bad for non combat things because, again, it's based off the absurd and broken 3e rules. And hey, again magic classes automatically win that too!
To top it off, Pazio is a pretty terrible company. Not only do they make their money stealing someone elses work through abusing a loophole, they actively lie about their competitors and cater to the concept that RPGs should be stagnant and backward.
If you want a "D&D experience" Then play Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition. It's far better at the "kill monsters and take their stuff" thing then Pathfinder (Since the rules have some semblance of sanity and balance) and if you want some non combat social roleplaying, do a FATE based game.
Just popping in to quote a post from two months ago? Resisting the urge to tag quote.
Does anyone know some good resources for orc lore? Running a half-orc and I feel like he's a bit too bland in his presentation so I wanted to try and study up on mannerisms and such that I could incorporate into play.
What setting are you playing in?
Anyway, Half-Orcs do not usually have their own culture, they tend to blend into other's. If he was raised by orcs, he'll probably believe in Orcish gods and feature Orcish mannerism and customs (such as admiring scars.) If he was raised by humans, the human culture in that particular place in the world will probably determine most of those things (with the added specific that he was probably shunned by most people.)
Those are really nice, love the little details with the suits "hidden" in the pictures. I dont play cards so often, got overexposed in my youth and started to seek out more advanced forms of card games, right now playing Android: Netrunner a lot.
That does sound interesting. How much?Got myself a copy of swedish RPG Svavelvinter (Brimstone Winter) based on the fantasy book series of the same name who in turn are based on a old Drakar och Demoner module.
Have read about it (quite a lot of awards so far) and got interested in how it plays. Right now going through the rules and it has some really cool things going for it. While you play your own character, you also play in something called the "shadowgames", a behind-the-scenes boardgame style round where you play something of a higher power like a god, a statesman, a leader of a powerful organisation or the like. You play for influence over the land and set in motions events that the characters then later might come upon. Interesting part here is all characters is associated with one of the "shadowpowers", and the shadowpower is always controlled by another player, not the same player who controls the character.
Have yet to experience what this does to the actual gameplay, but it sounds like it could create some very interesting situations.
That does sound interesting. How much?
Roughly 350 SEK. Warning though, it is in swedish only.
Fantastic reason to bump this languishing thread.
Paizo did an unboxing of the most gorgeous RPG product ever released.
The Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition Collector's set and it's jaw droppingly cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHwwIzLxyD0
Just had a order put down for the Mouse Guard RPG box. Hopefully they will be able to find a copy to deliver to me. Have read the first two volumes of Mouse Guard and absolutely love the series so this RPG seemed pretty fun to read, and I have heard some good things about its system.
Also joined a PnP RPG club in town, have spent the last two weeks playing Eclipse Phase. I think we are about to die in the group.
You won't regret it, Mouse Guard is pretty awesome!
Just popping in to quote a post from two months ago? Resisting the urge to tag quote.
Does anyone know some good resources for orc lore? Running a half-orc and I feel like he's a bit too bland in his presentation so I wanted to try and study up on mannerisms and such that I could incorporate into play.