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Lord Frisk posted:In America's high five. It doesn't often, but it has before. We had snow in June this year, so I dunno what to tell you. I'm shittin' bricks
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Evil Sagan posted:Where do you live that it snows on 4th of July? Because yes, there is a decent chunk of America that would poo poo bricks if it snowed in the middle of Summer. EDIT: Also which one of you wrote a Magical Girl RPG?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:07
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Evil Mastermind posted:Really? I'm in New London and there's none here. Hey, since you're in that area....is The Citadel still around and is it still a dark as poo poo place that would be a gaming archeologist dream/customer nightmare?
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Feb 9, 2015 22:09
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Davin Valkri posted:Is this the part where I feel bad for living in Southern California? You should NoCal > SoCal. 
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Feb 9, 2015 22:18
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Thomamelas posted:Hey, since you're in that area....is The Citadel still around and is it still a dark as poo poo place that would be a gaming archeologist dream/customer nightmare? I don't know; I've never been. The only nerd store I go to around here is Sarge's Comics, because it's literally three blocks from my office. I've heard horror stories about The Citadel, though, and as far as I can read it's still open. e: geez, the place is only 10 minutes from here...I should check it out sometime just to see if they have anything non-board game.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:19
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If it's any consolation, as a fellow Californian, snow is something we desperately need right now, at least in the mountains.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:23
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Evil Mastermind posted:I don't know; I've never been. The only nerd store I go to around here is Sarge's Comics, because it's literally three blocks from my office. I've heard horror stories about The Citadel, though, and as far as I can read it's still open. Sarge's was pretty cool. If the Citadel hasn't changed then you'll find a fair amount of D&D stuff. If you dig deep enough I wouldn't be shocked to find unopened white boxes that have been forgotten about and are now grey from dust.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:24
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Thomamelas posted:Sarge's was pretty cool. If the Citadel hasn't changed then you'll find a fair amount of D&D stuff. If you dig deep enough I wouldn't be shocked to find unopened white boxes that have been forgotten about and are now grey from dust.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:27
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MadScientistWorking posted:Also which one of you wrote a Magical Girl RPG? I think that was Ewen Cluney? Baron Snow fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 22:27
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Evil Mastermind posted:Sarge's is still pretty cool; they're not the indie/small press RPG carrier they used to be, but they still carry current trad and indie RPGs. They also have a shelf full of really old first and second edition D&D stuff. The Indie/small press boom hadn't happened before I moved away so they used to be super heavy into Magic, Comics and general Nerd stuff. Oh and anime.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:29
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Baron Snow posted:I think that was Ewan Cluney? Nah, this one: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/144223/Sparks
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Feb 9, 2015 22:31
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Thomamelas posted:The Indie/small press boom hadn't happened before I moved away so they used to be super heavy into Magic, Comics and general Nerd stuff. Oh and anime.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:35
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Evil Mastermind posted:You'll be ever so surprised to know that they did shut down for a while because they got in trouble for selling bootleg anime a while back, but that was a long time ago. Not even a little bit shocked. One can only move so many shady VHS tapes before it catches up with you.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:40
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Today I have been overcome with the strangest urge to acquire a copy of the DBZ RPG. Then I found out that it's 50 bucks on Amazon and that urge went away. I'm not even sure why I want it, honestly.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:42
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Emong posted:Today I have been overcome with the strangest urge to acquire a copy of the DBZ RPG. Then I found out that it's 50 bucks on Amazon and that urge went away. I think I still have my copy, if that rekindles the urge.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:43
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I'm starting up a game of Feng Shui 2 and one of my players is doing the Maverick Cop with a Triad member for a brother. God I love it when players give me a buffet of plot hooks.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:45
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ProfessorCirno posted:If it's any consolation, as a fellow Californian, snow is something we desperately need right now, at least in the mountains.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:49
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Evil Mastermind posted:I think I still have my copy, if that rekindles the urge. It might! I'm not exactly prepared to drop any significant amount of money on it; I was sort of expecting it and the sourcebooks to be going for basically nothing, since I can't imagine there's a lot of actual demand for them. They're the sort of obscure RPG curiosity that triggers the collector in me.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:53
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Emong posted:It might! I'm not exactly prepared to drop any significant amount of money on it; I was sort of expecting it and the sourcebooks to be going for basically nothing, since I can't imagine there's a lot of actual demand for them. If I still have it, I'll sell it for shipping costs. It's just taking up space in my "get rid of this poo poo" pile.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:57
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Evil Sagan posted:Where do you live that it snows on 4th of July? Because yes, there is a decent chunk of America that would poo poo bricks if it snowed in the middle of Summer.
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Feb 9, 2015 22:58
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The DBZ RPG is seriously one of those things you read once to your friends so you can all laugh at it, maybe play it once if you all have free time to smear yourselves with poop "just 'cause", and then you never look at it again. That said, the humor in it can be substantial depending on your friends' grasp of basic game design and also simple math. EDIT: Sorry for trying to unsell your garbage, EM.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:00
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I picked up a copy of the old Tri-Stat Sailor Moon RPG when my FLGS went out of business to try to steal the move-generation system. Almost bought the old Batman one, too. I also own a copy of Continnum and the Chi-Chian RPG. I own a lot of weird games.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:02
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Another magical girl RPG that's worse than Senshi: The Merchandising... unbelievable...
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Feb 9, 2015 23:02
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Evil Mastermind posted:If I still have it, I'll sell it for shipping costs. It's just taking up space in my "get rid of this poo poo" pile. Cool, if you find it just PM me and we can work out this transference of garbage. Plague of Hats posted:The DBZ RPG is seriously one of those things you read once to your friends so you can all laugh at it, maybe play it once if you all have free time to smear yourselves with poop "just 'cause", and then you never look at it again. That said, the humor in it can be substantial depending on your friends' grasp of basic game design and also simple math. The cost of shipping is a low enough price for me to have it just for the sake of having it. Plus I know I have at least one friend who would be willing to play an old, weird game just for laughs.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:06
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LongDarkNight posted:It would be a positive change for the state.  Hey, other than Legend of Wulin Heroes or Qin, any other China/Wuxia themed RPGs out there? Emong posted:Today I have been overcome with the strangest urge to acquire a copy of the DBZ RPG. Then I found out that it's 50 bucks on Amazon and that urge went away. I think I might still have a copy of the first one somewhere. I recall it being completely unplayable, even for a twelve year old.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:17
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There's the Tianxia setting for Fate Core and the Book of Jade for Ironclaw. Oriental Adventures used to have a China-alike way back in the AD&D ages. Besides those, I'm drawing a blank.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:32
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Rockopolis posted:Good job losing the Mandate of Heaven, Silver! A 69 AD oriented Feng Shui campaign, or 7th century in Feng Shui 2e, is basically designed to be wuxia.
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Feb 9, 2015 23:37
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Rockopolis posted:Hey, other than Legend of Wulin Heroes or Qin, any other China/Wuxia themed RPGs out there? Weapons of the Gods (Legends of Wulin 1.0 with kicking art) Swords of the Middle Kingdom and Chris Pramas's Dragon Fist (Comedy Option) Palladium's Mystic China expansion
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Thomamelas posted:Sarge's was pretty cool. If the Citadel hasn't changed then you'll find a fair amount of D&D stuff. If you dig deep enough I wouldn't be shocked to find unopened white boxes that have been forgotten about and are now grey from dust. These stores are great if you run in, delve into their vaults of ancient treasures, make your purchsse and leave without interacting with the staff or clientele.
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Tollymain posted:i thought shoggoths are ancient biological machines gone haywire. are they a metaphor for some grotesque bigotry as well? China Miéville made a decent case for it: quote:The Shoggoth's "shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles" is the logical extension (literally ad nauseam) of Lovecraft's dehumanizing, subhumanizing vision of the masses. Is it a coincidence that the Shoggoth stares at the narrator with "myriads of temporary eyes"? That it is compared to a subway train, a working-class, ethnically heterogeneous conveyance? The Shoggoth is a mass presence, various, multicolored, refusing to behave.
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I was at the used bookstore today and they had a copy of 2E World of Synnibarr. I already own it, but I was sorely tempted to buy it anyway and find it a home, because Synnibarr is some sort of perverse masterwork, even if McCracken seems to get meaner and crazier every year.
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Antivehicular posted:I was at the used bookstore today and they had a copy of 2E World of Synnibarr. I already own it, but I was sorely tempted to buy it anyway and find it a home, because Synnibarr is some sort of perverse masterwork, even if McCracken seems to get meaner and crazier every year. You mean the edition he kickstarted? I'm amazed that's available in stores at all.
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Evil Mastermind posted:You mean the edition he kickstarted? I'm amazed that's available in stores at all. No, the Kickstarter was for 3E. The one that's relatively most available is 2E, as far as I've seen. 1E is lost to the mists of tiny mid-80's vanity publishing.
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Ettin posted:China Miéville made a decent case for it: I need to reevaluate my life, because this just made me realize I've had to reorder my order of preference for communist genre fiction authors now that poor Iain Banks died.
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Plague of Hats posted:His prose really brings alive his contempt for nearly everyone and everything.
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Plague of Hats posted:His prose really brings alive his contempt for nearly everyone and everything. Hey now, "everyone" is stretching it. He had a definite soft spot for pure-blooded old money Anglo-Saxons. And cats. grassy gnoll posted:I need to reevaluate my life, because this just made me realize I've had to reorder my order of preference for communist genre fiction authors now that poor Iain Banks died. I just remembered Miéville's rejected Iron Man pitch and realized how fortunate we are that he's a person that exists.
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Yawgmoth posted:HPL was pretty much the ur-goon of his time. If her were alive today he'd probably split his posting equally between CC and D&D. And then he'd have jumped ship to somethign sensitive to flee the ess jay dubya menace.
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Yawgmoth posted:HPL was pretty much the ur-goon of his time. If her were alive today he'd probably split his posting equally between CC and D&D.
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