What is the best version of El? This poll is closed. |
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Elminster | 20 | 6.45% | |
Elmara | 20 | 6.45% | |
Entwine | 13 | 4.19% | |
GURPS | 99 | 31.94% | |
El Kabong | 153 | 49.35% | |
Elves | 5 | 1.61% | |
Total: | 310 votes |
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Hey Chuubo's is finally officially out!
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 13:31 |
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# ? Jun 6, 2024 15:27 |
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Arivia posted:Try to think of Dark Sun without The Gunslinger as inspiration. Okay. Done. To be fair, Dark Sun always struck me as less Gunslinger and more Princess of Mars. The world is a harsh place, but it's a place you can carve your own niche into instead of passing through like a vengeful ghost. It's not a world that has moved on, to borrow the parlance of the series. Also no Doctor Doom Werewolf Robots, but really that's a mark against Dark Sun.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 13:47 |
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potatocubed posted:I choose psychic dragon-kings and an opera-singing lunatic in LED-studded armour. Dare you quest for the secret to ending Emperor Ronald's defiling magic...in DJ Dynamo's tightie whities?????
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 14:08 |
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Mr. Maltose posted:Okay. Done. Yeah, Dark Sun is ERB's space fantasies set on Herbert's Arrakis. There's nothing Stephen King about it aside from the unsatisfying endings to the novels.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 17:43 |
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As with last year, I compiled some random observations on Gen Con 2014:
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:09 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:[*]I have no idea who suggested using baby powder, but gently caress yes, baby powder is now an essential requirement I have for these long cons. Using babypowder? For what?
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:19 |
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Using babypowder? For what? Not to put words in Alien Rope Burn's mouth, but I'd imagine he was referring to chafing caused by walking around all day in room heated by the sweaty bodies of a 1000s of nerds.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:21 |
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DigitalRaven posted:Since the other thread mysteriously vanished (gee, thanks dad) I'll ask here: How many disasters? Does every conceivable disaster occur within 24 hours?
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:34 |
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Dragonstar is the best thing to come out of 3rd edition D&D, though.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:35 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Awesome list I was confused when I seen Palladium was lacking Robotech to sell. I remember playing it last year as well, and when this year I went over there to give it another whirl and was told 'no sales' I was crushed. I enjoyed it and was looking forward to finally getting my hands on it. I think I heard rumor they had a shipping fiasco and that stopped sales? The Fursex booth probably coined the best thing out of someone I was walking with when I pointed it out: 'If only you weeaboos had one neck...'. That side of the hall actually felt like the seedy underbelly with the dim lighting. Unfortunate because one of my favorite booths, Inkwell Ideas, was crammed back there Guide to Glorantha is amazing and I wanted to nab a copy this year but the price was just too much for me. I did grab a copy of Runequest 6 though, so they still managed to capture a portion of my wallet. I really hope Gencon stays here mainly because it is a 20 minute drive for me and the wife, but this year really showed that they will need to think about how to accommodate more people. This year the hall's aisles for example felt super cramped, I dunno if this was a change in layout or if more people were doing exhibit hall stuff this year. Also on top of baby powder bring wet wipes, they will save you on numerous occasions. EDIT: Also I seen a huge number of service animals this year compared to any other year. Dr. Doji Suave fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Aug 20, 2014 |
# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:36 |
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Covok posted:Not to put words in Alien Rope Burn's mouth, but I'd imagine he was referring to chafing caused by walking around all day in room heated by the sweaty bodies of a 1000s of nerds. Yes. Leg chafing is well-known to hikers and some athletes, but an agonizing surprise to interior-bound nerds. There are more dedicated products for preventing it, but baby powder did the trick for me for the most part. Dr. Doji Suave posted:I was confused when I seen Palladium was lacking Robotech to sell. I remember playing it last year as well, and when this year I went over there to give it another whirl and was told 'no sales' I was crushed. I enjoyed it and was looking forward to finally getting my hands on it. I think I heard rumor they had a shipping fiasco and that stopped sales? They got a random customs check that they didn't plan for for some reason. They were taking pre-orders (ha ha) for Wave 1 minis, but nothing more. (Yes, there's a whole other wave of minis that Robotech backers have to wait for even after this comes out.)
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 22:55 |
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A LICD card game? Fugh. Anyway I hear the MLP game is really well designed, and gently caress anyone who seriously cares what kind of magical bullshit thing you're pretending to be when slinging cards. I'm sure Aragorn ripoff #3477093 is an objectively richer gaming experience than Pastel Toy Horse.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 23:08 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:As with last year, I compiled some random observations on Gen Con 2014: I only even knew about the auction because of our own Quarex, but I had the same shocking revelation with White Wolf books last year. Like, mostly old World of Darkness stuff. I paid for both my badge and my wife's by selling off a box of books, and somebody apparently got that copy of Encyclopedia Vampirica, Book of Nod, or Geist they'd been holding out for. If you're thinking of selling game books anyways and do spend a couple hours checking prices beforehand, GenCon is an amazing chance to do it. Dr. Doji Suave posted:The Fursex booth probably coined the best thing out of someone I was walking with when I pointed it out: 'If only you weeaboos had one neck...'. That side of the hall actually felt like the seedy underbelly with the dim lighting. Unfortunate because one of my favorite booths, Inkwell Ideas, was crammed back there It definitely felt a little seedier, yeah. "You wanna sell some Magic cards? You want some anime figures? We can hook you up." Sionak fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Aug 20, 2014 |
# ? Aug 20, 2014 23:26 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Yes. Leg chafing is well-known to hikers and some athletes, but an agonizing surprise to interior-bound nerds. There are more dedicated products for preventing it, but baby powder did the trick for me for the most part. Edit: Yeah, just bought my copy of the game. Looks like they halved the page count from the ol' playtest. Can't wait to give it a read. Covok fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Aug 20, 2014 |
# ? Aug 20, 2014 23:40 |
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Plague of Hats posted:A LICD card game? Fugh. If I remember correctly, the rules got posted in one of the webcomic mock threads, and it turns out it's not only boring and sexist, but basically unplayable and unfun.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 23:54 |
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It's nice how they stayed faithful to the source material.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 23:57 |
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Sionak posted:It definitely felt a little seedier, yeah. "You wanna sell some Magic cards? You want some anime figures? We can hook you up." All it needs is payday loans.
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# ? Aug 20, 2014 23:58 |
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Covok posted:Thought so. Take it from a guy who used to work in a lumberyard, babypowder is your friend. I had not thought about this. I had just accepted chafed thighs as the price of tight pants, a phone, and a long walk to the subway to school each day.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:03 |
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Fuego Fish posted:If I remember correctly, the rules got posted in one of the webcomic mock threads, and it turns out it's not only boring and sexist, but basically unplayable and unfun. I don't know about unplayable, but there's nothing to it. Did you get a luckier draw than somebody else? Great, you win!
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:04 |
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OtspIII posted:I had not thought about this. I had just accepted chafed thighs as the price of tight pants, a phone, and a long walk to the subway to school each day. It's worse if you're walking around in a skirt or something on a really hot day and don't have the ~fabled thigh gap~ or whatever. At least with pants you have some fabric between you and sweaty skin rubbing together and it'll wick away the moisture. But yeah any time you're doing a lot of walking it's going to be an issue, regardless of what shape you're in, and this is doubly true in crowded, hot spaces. Often long before actual fatigue or anything else becomes an issue. The only thing that bothers me about baby powder is the smell because it smells like, well, baby powder. There are other products that are the exact same thing that smell differently but cost a lot more so I just deal with it and assume not much of anyone is going to be close enough to my thighs to smell it anyway. ...this has been the weirdest digression to participate in.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:16 |
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Reene posted:It's worse if you're walking around in a skirt or something on a really hot day and don't have the ~fabled thigh gap~ or whatever. At least with pants you have some fabric between you and sweaty skin rubbing together and it'll wick away the moisture. But yeah any time you're doing a lot of walking it's going to be an issue, regardless of what shape you're in, and this is doubly true in crowded, hot spaces. Often long before actual fatigue or anything else becomes an issue. Let's be honest, the kind you run into at GenCon that would be that close would probably assume that your thighs are supposed to smell that way, or possibly that this is the fabled 'soap' that they've heard so much about.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:46 |
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Let's be extra honest, there's almost no one I'd meet at GenCon that I'd want that close to my thighs in any circumstance.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:48 |
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Reene posted:It's worse if you're walking around in a skirt or something on a really hot day and don't have the ~fabled thigh gap~ or whatever. According to my tumblr dash, the thing to do in this situation is wear some kind of garter-style fabric strip around each leg to prevent chafing.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:50 |
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Carry an emergency stick of butter to spread all over your thighs. So I've never been anywhere near Gencon, is it big enough that you need to do the hotel reservation dance a year in advance? Or is it small enough that you can more or less just show up?
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:56 |
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Tulul posted:Carry an emergency stick of butter to spread all over your thighs. The former, but honestly that's usual for any event in Indianapolis.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 01:02 |
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Tulul posted:Carry an emergency stick of butter to spread all over your thighs. You should also try to have a friend who has a VIG or VIG companion badge in order to not deal with the bullshit lottery. EDIT: Also, don't be attached to any events. They will probably sell out before you even get a chance to reserve them so be prepared to have backup plans. If you plan on running things, about 3 games with 6 people will get you a free badge. You get this rebate after the fact and need at least 70 hours of tickets. If someone doesn't show, use your own generics to pick up the slack. Don't play in or run more than 4 RPG sessions because you will not have time or energy for anything else. RocknRollaAyatollah fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Aug 21, 2014 |
# ? Aug 21, 2014 01:05 |
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inklesspen posted:According to my tumblr dash, the thing to do in this situation is wear some kind of garter-style fabric strip around each leg to prevent chafing. Shorts or Spanx is usually the way to go if you can. In related news a friend just sprang PAX passes on me so I'll be doing that I guess! Is anyone else here going?
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 01:10 |
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Tulul posted:So I've never been anywhere near Gencon, is it big enough that you need to do the hotel reservation dance a year in advance? Or is it small enough that you can more or less just show up?
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 01:12 |
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Tulul posted:So I've never been anywhere near Gencon, is it big enough that you need to do the hotel reservation dance a year in advance? Or is it small enough that you can more or less just show up? I've booked late (mid-July this year), but you're getting a hotel on the edge of Indy. The drive isn't too bad (20 min this year), but you really have to plan out your schedule since you can't just crash at your hotel mid-day.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 02:18 |
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Y'all need Under Armour
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 02:23 |
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Captain Foo posted:Y'all need to lift. FTFY
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 02:35 |
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Captain Foo posted:Y'all need Arm & Hammer Speaking of stinking masses of nerds, who's going to Dragoncon?
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 02:45 |
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Dear Ettin, Chuubo thread for Sept. game of the month tia
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 02:54 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:They got a random customs check that they didn't plan for for some reason. They were taking pre-orders (ha ha) for Wave 1 minis, but nothing more. (Yes, there's a whole other wave of minis that Robotech backers have to wait for even after this comes out.) Don't remind me about waiting... I will never get my Hackmaster GMG. I tried to get a charge back on it last year but I had waited too long. I figure at this rate sometime in 2020 I will get it. Has the backers gotten the original game yet at all for Robotech?
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 02:55 |
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Dr. Doji Suave posted:Don't remind me about waiting... I will never get my Hackmaster GMG. I tried to get a charge back on it last year but I had waited too long. I figure at this rate sometime in 2020 I will get it. Hahaha... No.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 03:05 |
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Bushiroad actually isn't a TCG, it's a Japanese company that makes and sells TCGs. Their two current games are Cardfight!! Vanguard and Future Card Buddyfight. They sound dumb (at least I thought Buddyfight did at first), but both have some pretty neat mechanics. My preference is for Vanguard. It's like a cross between UFS and Battle Spirits (the last TCG I was really in love with). I could talk about the rules, if there isn't a thread. Unlike Bandai/Namco America (the company that released Battle Spirits), Bushiroad isn't "Bushiroad America". The Japanese company has been translating and releasing their games all around the world, and put the Anime series for both Buddyfight and Vanguard on Youtube and Crunchyroll, and the player base has been slowly growing.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 03:15 |
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TheSoundNinja posted:
They also own New Japan Pro Wrestling, which gave us this amazing crossover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TJeX4EVd9Q
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 03:19 |
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Unrelated to trad games and more of a general life thing, but having basically no teeth sucks. It's been a week since I had the extractions (full upper and partial lower jaw) and my gums have yet to completely seal back up again so life is pain.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 03:26 |
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TheSoundNinja posted:Bushiroad actually isn't a TCG, it's a Japanese company that makes and sells TCGs. I played Buddy Fight recently. I personally didn't enjoy it, but, to be fair, the set available was a mirror fight for some reason. I also heard Buddy Fight is supposed to be a simplified version of Vanguard. Don't know if it's true. I will admit the idea of a card game that's all about buffing your leader monster is at least an interesting one. Edit: Kwyndig posted:Unrelated to trad games and more of a general life thing, but having basically no teeth sucks. It's been a week since I had the extractions (full upper and partial lower jaw) and my gums have yet to completely seal back up again so life is pain. Man, that sounds rough.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 03:27 |
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Reene posted:In related news a friend just sprang PAX passes on me so I'll be doing that I guess! Is anyone else here going? I'm going mainly because a lot of my internet friends go and it's one time a year when we can hang out. I got a Sunday pass to check out vendors and stuff, though, and try to play some RPGs. A few PAXes ago I got to play Burning Wheel for the first (and only) time and that was nice. There's a lot of things to like about PAX. There's also a lot of things wrong with it. There's a lot of people who don't feel safe going to PAX and I can't blame them. I have to keep that in mind when I decide what parts of PAX to participate in, and try my best to make things better.
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# ? Aug 21, 2014 03:29 |