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Serf posted:The fact that I can understand Luke Crane perfectly is highly upsetting to me. I have to give him credit for sticking to what amounts to a performance art piece on a campaign to raise money.
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jivjov posted:I have to give him credit for sticking to what amounts to a performance art piece on a campaign to raise money. I can't tell how many people might have donated to the KS despite the schtick, or because of it.
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gradenko_2000 posted:I can't tell how many people might have donated to the KS despite the schtick, or because of it. I know I donated in spite of it. I've heard a lot about Burning Wheel but I've never read it, and a friend of mine tells me the books are gorgeous, so just having copies of them is incentive enough despite his pretentious writing.
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Jan 8, 2016 17:42
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If I donated -because-, it'd only be because I am reading all the updates as I suggested earlier in the thread, and hearing them being read aloud by Dr. Orpheus in my head.
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Jan 8, 2016 17:45
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Yeah; I'm bemused by the whole florid language thing, but if it wasn't for the fact that this is Burning Wheel up for funding I would have given it a pass because of the pretension.
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gradenko_2000 posted:I can't tell how many people might have donated to the KS despite the schtick, or because of it. I'm in the "in spite of" camp; I just want the content I couldn't get otherwise.
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moths posted:I hope there's a stretch goal for an English language edition.  Kinda sad to see the spiders go. I've read the previous rules for the dark elves, and they didn't strike me as all that interesting. Oh well, still going to pledge.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:03
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Just so we're clear, when y'all say "spiders" do you mean like actual spiders? Giant or otherwise? Because not getting the rules for playing actual spiders is a travesty.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:06
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Yeah, the Monster Burner has rules for playing as Giant Spiders (like Shelob), but they're currently not going to be in the Codex. Edit: here's an official extract showing the (slightly obsolete) rules from MB inklesspen fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jan 8, 2016 |
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Jan 8, 2016 18:10
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Evil Mastermind posted:In non-obfuscated kickstarter news, this looks like an interesting solo game. It's hit all its reasonable-looking stretch goals. Victory Point's also a really legit operation. Good quality on their retail stuff. They're the guys who do Darkest Night and a bunch of wargames and stuff.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:26
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Evil Mastermind posted:In non-obfuscated kickstarter news, this looks like an interesting solo game. It's hit all its reasonable-looking stretch goals. I'm a backer at the $1 level for now, had a group buy going but some people backed out. That Canadian dollar is making it hard to commit alone, but I think I will give in eventually. The company is very solid and the designer seems solid but I have no first-hand experience with him. e: Echophonic and I are in fact different people.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:27
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Nemo's War also got me to give group-buying a try. Another KS I'm interested in is Button Shy Games' Avignon: A Clash of Popes, a 2 player micro-game where each player attempts to pull people into their congregation while trying to minimize pushing people into their opponents' as they vie for the papacy in the 14th century. They're also letting people add on some of their earlier wallet games (i.e. micro games they pack in a wallet). The international shipping is pretty bad compared to the game price, so I'm also trying a new thing by having my brother in the US hold the games until we get to see each other again. Also took the opportunity to order some of those games as gifts for him.
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Jan 8, 2016 18:39
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In news that isn't whatever the hell a Burning Wheel is, someone is making 15mm Cold War BAOR and VDV infantry and armour, which could appeal to anyone who just picked up Team Yankee. It's already funded, has greens, CAD images and 3D prints, so already in the upper half of minis projects.
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Scarred Lands is getting an update to Pathfinder and 5th edition.
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Terrible Opinions posted:Scarred Lands is getting an update to Pathfinder and 5th edition. Why the hell are they even doing a Pathfinder edition of Scarred Lands? I can't imagine it would involve any amount of effort to use the original books in PF.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:52
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The ability to start selling a line of books again? I honestly hope this leads to new content and cleaning up some of the stupider things originally in the line. edit: I should note not getting rid of the gloriously stupid things like the goblin made of smaller goblins, but the things where something clearly was just not thoguht out.
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Can someone give a rundown on the Scarred Lands? The premise seems interesting but what was it good at? It just doesn't seem that different from other settings other than being somewhat post apocalyptic.
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jivjov posted:Yeah; I'm bemused by the whole florid language thing, but if it wasn't for the fact that this is Burning Wheel up for funding I would have given it a pass because of the pretension. Yup. This campaign isn't convincing anyone new, and I don't think it's about that. It's the equivalent of when he would take preorders on his own site. As for the spiders, they were cool, but I'm not sure anyone actually played them.
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You aren't a giant spider IRL? Anyone else here who is a human, please raise a pedipalp.
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If the choice is between having rules for playing as giant spiders or not having those rules, the latter choice is clearly the inferior one.
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Jan 11, 2016 15:46
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Giant Spiders as PCs should always be included for all 5-6 people who remember Cenotaph Road.
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Jan 11, 2016 15:54
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Giant Spiders as PCs should be included if you're making a Middle-Earth RPG that lets you play Sauron's forces. 
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Giant Spiders as PCs should be included if you're making a Middle-Earth RPG that lets you play Sauron's forces. I am really surprised that there hasn't been an apoc world hack where you are all the scheming minions of Morgoth.
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Giant Spiders as PCs should always be included when the other PCs are a Ratling named Templeton, a Human named Fern, and an Orc named Wilbur.
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The Fate More kickstarter launched a few hours ago. It looks like the backer rewards are going to be pretty straightforward: $10 gets you all the PDFs they're doing for this project, each hardcopy you want will cost you $20 and still get you all the PDFs.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Giant Spiders as PCs should be included if you're making a Middle-Earth RPG that lets you play Sauron's forces. Well yeah, considering the other races are wargs (with lifepaths for being ridden by orcs) and trolls, and the main book already has orcs, I think that was exactly 100% what he was going for when he made the monster burner way back when. Josef bugman posted:I am really surprised that there hasn't been an apoc world hack where you are all the scheming minions of Morgoth. Burning Wheel has always been the best game for playing the silmarillion-y parts of Tolkien. No AW hack necessary. Jimbozig fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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The first stretch goal for Fate More is up, and it's the Majestic 12 sourcebook for Atomic Robo! Go back!
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Tsilkani posted:The first stretch goal for Fate More is up, and it's the Majestic 12 sourcebook for Atomic Robo! Go back! Also the original Fate Core KS just sent out the layout-and-text-only version of Young Centurions. I know it's been said before, but man Evil Hat has been doing these projects amazingly well. It's been over two years since the Fate Core kickstarter and they're still getting stuff out at a pretty good rate.
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Jimbozig posted:Burning Wheel has always been the best game for playing the silmarillion-y parts of Tolkien. No AW hack necessary. Probably from a mechanics point of view, but in the "amount of dice and keeping peoples attention" ratings I am not so sure.
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Got my kickstarted copy of Spaceteam, looks pretty neat, can't wait to give it a try.
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For the new fate Kickstarter it's kind of lovely that I have to back content a second time to get new content I actually want. Especially since I didn't care about about venture or do the first time around...
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Demon_Corsair posted:For the new fate Kickstarter it's kind of lovely that I have to back content a second time to get new content I actually want. If you mean the Majestic 12 book, I'd imagine that it'll be available after the kickstarter.
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Demon_Corsair posted:For the new fate Kickstarter it's kind of lovely that I have to back content a second time to get new content I actually want. I'm pretty sure that you'll get at least $10 worth of new PDFs out of the PDF tier by the time it's done unless you're extremely picky, and if not, you can probably get them separately afterwards. And AFAIK the print book tiers are all pick your poison. Or at least, that's how they ran their fiction line KS, which is the only time I've gotten print books from them.
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Demon_Corsair posted:For the new fate Kickstarter it's kind of lovely that I have to back content a second time to get new content I actually want. You could just buy it after it's released? I's a Fate kickstarter, I doubt they're going to be hurting for funding.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2052977442/rumbleslam?ref=nav_search Rumbleslam has less than 6 hours left and is funded! I dunno, personally it seems like one of those kickstarters that I will regret not backing. Pythong. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/description Shieldmaidens versus orcs. Generic if well made models for cheap. HIPs is a big plus.
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:Can someone give a rundown on the Scarred Lands? The premise seems interesting but what was it good at? It just doesn't seem that different from other settings other than being somewhat post apocalyptic. I think it's strong point was that it was the first mass market FRPG to explore the fantasy design space. There were others that did it better and earlier but it was published by White Wolf back when they were still outselling DnD most months so it had better exposure. A lot of it just feels like a home-brew setting with all the inherent charm and drawbacks. There was a city of necromancers whose main focus was exploring the mysteries of death. They were also one of the safest and most comfortable cities left, you just had to sign an agreement that after death your body would be donated to the city so that zombified remains could be put to use defending or maintaining those luxuries.
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I would be all over that shieldmaiden KS if they hadn't given them belly shirts. poo poo makes those models look dumb as gently caress. Like either go full almost naked barbarian babe or real armor, this just looks lazy.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:I would be all over that shieldmaiden KS if they hadn't given them belly shirts. poo poo makes those models look dumb as gently caress. Like either go full almost naked barbarian babe or real armor, this just looks lazy. Yeah pretty much
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I'm intrigued by this kickstarter, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/338597945/fleet-commander-genesis?ref=category, a big box of spaceships, tiles and dice. I'm thinking maybe I could use it as a gateway drug to get some board-games-but-not-war-games friends into SW Armada too. But they've not done a kickstarter before and I've never played the existing Fleet Commander so not sure.
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