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Siivola posted:To everyone who recommended Fell's Five when it was up on Humble Bundle: As someone who also picked it up because of the thread's recommendations, yeah, it is pretty great.
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Ryoshi posted:Hey guys - I'm moving to Minnesota soon and am wondering what the tabletop scene is there. I'm used to the Chicago suburbs where it seems like there's a local (ish) meta for just about everything. Is there a cool store around the twin cities area? I know of Games by James but that seems to be only board games with no playing space at either location. Otherwise, there's Tower Games in south Minneapolis and Village Games in the NW burbs. I haven't played at either in a few years, but they were pretty solid back then. What are you looking to play?
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I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but I was wondering:
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Trollhawke posted:I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but I was wondering: Yes Lots of people like it.
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Trollhawke posted:Why is Monster Hearts so popular, especially in PBP on these forums? Because Young Adult literature is the pinnacle of the written word.
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Trollhawke posted:[*]Why is Monster Hearts so popular, especially in PBP on these forums? Because goons are deviants.
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Len posted:do you know the channel? Yes
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ImpactVector posted:What are you looking to play? Pretty much everything honestly. I have a small collection of minis from WMH, Malifaux, Infinity, and X-Wing, and a ridiculous collection of board games and random RPGs.
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Trollhawke posted:I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but I was wondering: It's #badwrongfun on synirc
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Trollhawke posted:I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but I was wondering: You made a mistake there, it's Monster Musume that it's popular. Please visit the ADTRW thread.
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Monsterhearts as a Monster Musume harem style setting. Keep all the MH mechanics, though. She gets grim real fast in the harem
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fool_of_sound posted:Because goons are deviants. hosed up but also a serious possibility
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Aug 30, 2015 06:39
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Evil Mastermind posted:Gamma World 4e. Yes! I just ran Gamma World 4e with this map a few months ago. Walked in with just that map printed across 4 sheets of paper and a handle of cheap whiskey. Players decided they were a rock band playing a show in the Strange Fire Area and, when their pyrotechnics (literally) set off the crowd, the session was a road warrior chase across the continent to reach the radiation barrier. Fantastic time.
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fool_of_sound posted:Because goons are deviants. gradenko_2000 posted:It's #badwrongfun on synirc Thanks, man. .
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Monsterhearts as a Monster Musume harem style setting. Keep all the MH mechanics, though. She gets grim real fast in the harem As a deviant, I like this idea, and will buy it for a high price.
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Countblanc posted:Because Young Adult literature is the pinnacle of the written word. This is a fact.
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Trollhawke posted:I'm not sure where to ask these questions, but I was wondering: Because bad media makes for good gaming (tm Laws and/or Hite).
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Parkreiner posted:Because bad media makes for good gaming (tm Laws and/or Hite). See also: Fantasy Superheroes Sci-fi Lovecraft
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Error 404 posted:See also: I am going to be honest here: my gut reaction was to jump to the defense of three out of four of those.
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paradoxGentleman posted:I am going to be honest here: my gut reaction was to jump to the defense of three out of four of those. Nothing to defend. They all rule, they all make good gaming, and they all tend to be "bad".
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Error 404 posted:Nothing to defend. They all rule, they all make good gaming, and they all tend to be "bad". What exactly do you mean by "bad"? Because I think the way GRRM portrays different characters with different, conflicting viewpoints is incredible and I will never not love Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics series, which pose some wonderful questions to the nature of artificial intelligence, all wrapped up in the shiny package of robot stories . If that makes me the scum of the literary world I can probably live with that. paradoxGentleman fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Aug 30, 2015 |
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You're thinking of some of the best Sci-Fi. Now think about all the rest. By "Bad" he probably means cheesy, campy, but still thoroughly entertaining. Think Star Trek TOS in terms of Sci-Fi.
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paradoxGentleman posted:What exactly do you mean by "bad"? Because I think the way GRRM portrays different characters with different, conflicting viewpoints is incredible and I will never not love Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics pose some wonderful questions to the nature of artificial intelligence, all wrapped up in the shiny package of robot stories . If that makes me the scum of the literary world I can probably live with that. Genre fiction is easy to emulate because games use mechanical rules to define play, and genre fiction and its authors rest on similar rules. When those rules are codified in game it becomes really easy to roleplay just like your favorite Star Trek novel. Yeah, that's a really low bar, but not everyone at the table is going to be an accomplished writer or comedian or actor. And that's okay because genre fiction is dumb enough that any old group of friends in a basement can emulate it actually pretty well with only a set of rules and some dice. And seriously, GRRM? I stopped reading at the child rape, so what was that, like the first 10 pages?
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fosborb posted:And seriously, GRRM? I stopped reading at the child rape, so what was that, like the first 10 pages? This already ate one thread. Please don't let it take another.
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paradoxGentleman posted:I am going to be honest here: my gut reaction was to jump to the defense of three out of four of those. No poo poo
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My point isn't that genre fiction is hard to emulate via tabletop (seeing as it has been done to death, it would have been a pretty stupid point); my point is that genre fiction isn't as bad as people say it is.fosborb posted:And seriously, GRRM? I stopped reading at the child rape, so what was that, like the first 10 pages? gradenko_2000 posted:This already ate one thread. Please don't let it take another. Oh man, that's what it was? I thought it was going grossly out of topic. I'll say this and drop it: I was not bothered by the portrayal of rape in those books, and I like them very much. If you disagree on either of those topics, I respect your perspective but do not share it.
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paradoxGentleman posted:My point isn't that genre fiction is hard to emulate via tabletop (seeing as it has been done to death, it would have been a pretty stupid point); my point is that genre fiction isn't as bad as people say it is. And my point is that you can tell genre fiction is bad because it is easy to emulate via tabletop.
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paradoxGentleman posted:What exactly do you mean by "bad"? Because I think the way GRRM portrays different characters with different, conflicting viewpoints is incredible and I will never not love Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics series, which pose some wonderful questions to the nature of artificial intelligence, all wrapped up in the shiny package of robot stories . If that makes me the scum of the literary world I can probably live with that.  " seems like a stupid way to live, but I guess if you don't have anything to like then you have to fall back on hate.
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Yawgmoth posted:Some people need to define themselves not by what they like or like to do, but how much better they are for hating something other people like. "You like a thing I have deemed 'bad' so I am better than you! Or sometimes people don't like a thing.
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So how about that tabletop game Strike! by Forums Poster Jimbozig? I think it's a really cool rule set and I can't wait for someone to run a super spy thing in the system while I wait for Phantom Pain.
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And sometimes you can acknowledge the flaws in something and also be a fan of that thing. Which is all I meant saying stuff was bad.
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Error 404 posted:And sometimes you can acknowledge the flaws in something and also be a fan of that thing. Oh! I guess I misunderstood you. Yeah, this is something that one should do with most of what one consumes.
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Error 404 posted:And sometimes you can acknowledge the flaws in something and also be a fan of that thing. Well people say that but in practice the people who consume a certain media end up being accused of advocating what is depicted in that media, a lot of the time.
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Captain Walker posted:So how about that tabletop game Strike! by Forums Poster Jimbozig? I think it's a really cool rule set and I can't wait for someone to run a super spy thing in the system while I wait for Phantom Pain. I'm a big fan. I appreciate that the system is still improving with each release too, generally by making everything stronger (with the notable exception of the change to Minor Striker which was probably the closest thing there was to a feat tax in the game). The class/role character creation metagame is a lot more fun to "play" than mixing and matching from a laundry list of feats for me, and still offers enough complexity for an idiot like me. My biggest beef with the system is just a product of its newness - Part of its design goal is to expedite combat by removing unnecessary rolls, egregious off-turn actions, etc., but most people I play with simply don't know the system yet so it doesn't actually end up going that much faster. But yeah that's comparing people 1-3 sessions into a completely new game (many of which weren't 4e players so they don't have that background either) versus a 4e group who has been playing the system for 2-7 years which is hardly fair. The times I've played Strike with people who've spent time with the book and understand the system have been lighting fast and a real treat.
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Check out this awesome stuff that I pulled out of a local junk store: I've never even heard of Quest of the Ancients, but hoo boy does this look like a hell of an AD&D clone. It uses a d30!  Aww yeah, that's the good stuff.
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While that is certainly some cool loot, I've got to say that my favorite has to be the elf with the machine gun.
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paradoxGentleman posted:While that is certainly some cool loot, I've got to say that my favorite has to be the elf with the machine gun. It looks like it's just meant to symbolize two different genres, with the sword clearly being the divider between the two. Sorry to be a downer.
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Bedlamdan posted:It looks like it's just meant to symbolize two different genres, with the sword clearly being the divider between the two. Sorry to be a downer. Well it's GURPS, so I guess it's to do with the universal system thing? I'll read through it and see if the cover actually has anything to do with the contents.
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