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Didn't see this in the OP, hope it's OK to add. Final Stand (not to be mixed up with Last Stand) is a free, lightweight martial arts game designed to emulate kung fu action movies. Played it a while back and it's pretty fun if you want a low-plot fighty game without the sheer crunch of Fight. Not much in the way of rules for actions outside combat (as those are the 'boring' bits in the movies it emulates) - you either have a skill and succeed, or you don't and can't do that action. e.g. you can't sneak into a guarded warehouse without the Intrusion skill.
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This is Umbra Turris. It is a table top wargame similar to Mordheim. There seems to be more customizability since your warband doesn't have a lot of restrictions beyond alignment. I've been on a generic miniatures war game kick lately and this is the most in-depth, full-fledged system I've found. It lends itself to campaigns and it feels a lot like building an rpg party. It's free and in English or Polish and there's also some cards you would have to print out. I found this rules system after checking out some really cool minis(These pumpkin guys). They're not particularly cheap or anything but they look nice. I also mentioned that I've been on a generic miniatures kick and Skulldred has been lots of fun for quick skirmishes. The system is still being worked on and the designer actually has version 3 being tested(The link is version 2.05). As it is, the system is pretty easy to completely unbalance but with a few houserules(specifically limiting armor and combat stats), it can be a nice tabletop diversion if your group is getting burnt out on whatever they play at the moment.
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The new Bundle of Holding is indie horror games. Base: Dead of Night, Hell for Leather, Pickets & Blinds, and The Legerdemain Betrayers. BTA: Monsters and Other Childish Things, The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor, Little Fears Nightmare Edition, and Lacuna Part I. Of those, I only know MaOCT, Dreadful Secrets, and Little Fears, but in my opinion they're all worth owning. MaOTC and Dreadful Secrets especially; they're pretty much the closest things to official Edward Gorey/Series of Unfortunate Events we're ever going to see.
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Oct 15, 2014 21:45
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So, does anyone know if Drive-Thru RPG's going to do that hidden pumpkin thing like last year, where pumpkin icons scattered around the website can be clicked to get free stuff?
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Oct 25, 2014 03:32
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I hope so, I got like all the white wolf games except the core book to play them with. They have some freebies up now: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/featured.php?promotion_id=Halloween2014_RPG
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Oct 25, 2014 03:44
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I hope so, I got like all the white wolf games except the core book to play them with. They've got an old Ravenloft adventure on there, and just added a great DCC adventure this morning.
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Oct 30, 2014 16:39
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I'm pretty bummed they're not doing the pumpkin search this year. 
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Oct 30, 2014 18:06
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Me, too. I especially liked that the sister sites(wargames vault, drive thru comics, etc.) Had their own treats. It's nice they're offering some freebies anyway but I liked hunting for pumpkins.
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Oct 30, 2014 18:20
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Chaosium has a 25% off Halloween sale today. On my phone so I can't check the specifics, but maybe you want some stuff, so check it out.
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Oct 31, 2014 12:54
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Any opinions on the newest Bundle of Holding? It's a series of world building books, which I'm rather interested in as a GM
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How to Host a Dungeon is cool, as is Hamlet's Hit Points. I'm not familiar with the other books in the collection.
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gradenko_2000 posted:Any opinions on the newest Bundle of Holding? It's a series of world building books, which I'm rather interested in as a GM A Spark in Fate Core might interest you. It's free and you can readily apply the collaborative approach to any system, really.
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Lulu.com is spamming me with cool deals. Currently free shipping until 11/11 (code HSQ2), and on thursday they say there'll be a BOGO deal. I just can't find anything cool on there. Agon looks okay, something about Greek heroes trying to outdo eachother. Microscope is cool but I already have it. Grey Ranks is a Jason Morningstar game and probably cool but not that tempting. Plenty of OSR stuff but not very interesting. What would you recommend to someone who likes lighter storygames?
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Whitehack is supposed to be a pretty cool OSR game available thru Lulu, and the author links to this blog post which gives many Lulu recommendations.
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The latest Bundle of Holding is a second OSR bundle. Standard PDFs: -Dyson's Delves 1: A bunch of maps and adventures. -Labyrinth Lord & Advanced Edition Companion -People of the Pit: OSR Adventure. Beat the Average: -Death Frost Doom 2e: The first Lamentations of the Flame Princess adventure (oh boy...) -Lesserton and Mor: Giant sandbox campaign -River Knife Trilogy: Three OSR (and Dungeon World!) adventures -Scarlet Heroes: Neat OSR game based on playing with just one or two characters Scarlet Heroes is a neat game, can't really comment on the others. Ends next Wednesday, November 19th.
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Spincut posted:-Death Frost Doom 2e: The first Lamentations of the Flame Princess adventure (oh boy...) The Fatal and Friends writeup is informative.
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Lesserton and Mor is pretty good for a base of a sandbox "raiding the nearby ruins". You don't have a set map, it's largely randomly generated, giving a impression to the players of a huge, winding and complicated necropolis. Gnome Stew recommends it, along with Vornhiem.
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I went in for that bundle instantly. LOTFP is ehhh, but Scarlet Heroes is really really good and Labyrinth Lord is as OSR as you can get.
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Nov 12, 2014 20:49
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The River Knife adventures are really good, too.
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Lulu is currently offering 35% off all print products if you use the code SAVE35 before December 2nd. Stuff I can recommend: Encounter Critical (which is a must-own of you're a gamer of a Certain Age), Darker Dungeons if you like Basic D&D but want updated rules, The Story Games Names Project which is just a big book of names from various cultures, and pretty much anything by Johnstone Metzger.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Lulu is currently offering 35% off all print products if you use the code SAVE35 before December 2nd. Looks like a good deal. Any other good rule set recommendations?
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FastestGunAlive posted:Looks like a good deal. Any other good rule set recommendations? Montsegur 1244
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The new Bundle of Holding is more Fate stuff.quote:Adventurer! The Fated Fellowship, with help from our friends at DriveThruRPG, presents the Bundle of Fate +2, an all-new collection of DRM-free, non-watermarked .PDF ebooks that bring the popular Fate tabletop roleplaying rules to all kinds of new worlds and settings. For just US$8.95, you get all five titles in our starter collection (retail value $38): Day After Ragnarok, Base Raiders, Tianxia, and The Pirate's Guide to Freeport are all really good.
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Nov 19, 2014 22:01
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Alas, I already own almost all of them, thanks to Kickstarter.
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yeah, this is a really good bundle. You should get one as an early Christmas gift to someone, even if you have most of the games.
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inklesspen posted:Alas, I already own almost all of them, thanks to Kickstarter. Yup. Literally the only one I don't already have from Kickstarter is The Ministry Initiative. I blame these forums.
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Who likes FFG games? Who likes paying quarters-on-the-dollar for their stuff? Duh, you do! Get over to their winter sale! I just picked up enough $9 boxes of Dust Tactics terrain to finish my fall of Berlin table, and WHFRP3 and all the 40k RPGs are on sale. It's crazy.
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moths posted:Who likes FFG games? Who likes paying quarters-on-the-dollar for their stuff? Yeah I dropped about 250 all told including shipping on Dust Tactics and now I own almost every single thing they make for both Axis and Allies. 32 boxes. Including shipping. I have no idea where I'm going to put all this poo poo.
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Yeah I'm kinda mad that the Dust stuff isn't 28mm, but it's not like a few building with 10' tall doors is going to wreck my day.
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moths posted:Yeah I'm kinda mad that the Dust stuff isn't 28mm, but it's not like a few building with 10' tall doors is going to wreck my day. Just pretend you're in new orleans
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moths posted:Who likes FFG games? Who likes paying quarters-on-the-dollar for their stuff? Oh man, this is a steal. I can grab the Player, GM, and Creature Vaults for WFRPG3, along with the Player's Guide, for only $40. Each book is individually $40, normally!
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moths posted:Who likes FFG games? Who likes paying quarters-on-the-dollar for their stuff? They have the Black Crusade and Deathwatch collector's editions for $40. If you want a big leather bound book that comes with a huge 40K themed book sleeve or case, it's a steal.   The Deathwatch one comes in a big case too so I think that would hold the greater value.
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Evil Mastermind posted:The new Bundle of Holding is more Fate stuff. Haven't read the others but Day After Ragnarok is really good. It's only weakness is that I wish there was more of it.
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Guess I can post this here as well, it might be of interest to some people:Lemon Curdistan posted:Heads-up if you're in the UK: Amazon's Black Friday stuff has started and some X-wing stuff is on flash sale today. The transport was down to £20 and the E-wing was £6.50 but both sold out (
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New Bundle of Holding goes live in a sec: Base: Lords of Gossamer and Shadow; Rocket Age; Uresia: Grave of Heaven BTA: Nobilis 3E: The Essentials; Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine; Torchbearer I dunno the base games at all, but Nobilis, Chuubo's and Torchbearer is a hell of a bundle right there. (I own all three, though, so I guess for me it'll be wait and see what else they add and maybe just do the base for once.)
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Nov 27, 2014 21:54
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LoGaS is Amber Diceless Roleplaying without the licensed setting.
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Does it fix the stupid bits of ADRP (such as, fixed starting point count, then an auction for stats (relative pricing) then fixed pricing for all the character benefits)?
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Nov 27, 2014 22:39
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Nope!
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Rocket Age is the Dr Who: Adventures in Time and Space ruleset in a pulp sci-fi setting.
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The Doctor Who ruleset is a very breezy game and would probably fit pulp SF well. I have picked up Rocket Age several times at the FLGS but never bought it. I've also really wanted Uresia for a while -- it's an S. John Ross' fantasy setting, originally for Big Eyes Small Mouth, made system-independent and greatly expanded. This bundle is really tempting even though I've pretty much sworn off PDF RPGs. I just never use them...
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