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jmzero posted:I don't know - he already has a very consistent style. For example, the word "and" can only be used at the beginning of a sentence or as part of "and/or" - otherwise, use an "&". That's important and thematic, because the & symbol is like how "machines" and "magic" are the same, but differently entertwined. "Machines" are powered by a mysterious machine power source that nobody understands, and is bound to the soul of the world. Unlike Magic, which is flowing through everyone - whether you're a "mortal" or a "thief" - to the great tree. don't stop, please
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jmzero posted:I don't know - he already has a very consistent style. For example, the word "and" can only be used at the beginning of a sentence or as part of "and/or" - otherwise, use an "&". That's important and thematic, because the & symbol is like how "machines" and "magic" are the same, but differently entertwined. "Machines" are powered by a mysterious machine power source that nobody understands, and is bound to the soul of the world. Unlike Magic, which is flowing through everyone - whether you're a "mortal" or a "thief" - to the great tree. 
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On the other hand, I really like the work of the illustrator. She's going on the shortlist for the next time I finish something.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Just a bunch of loving punks. There should totally be an RPG named A Bunch of loving Punks.
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A cyber-dungeon-bio-jade-steam-diesel-stone-nano-clock-punk post-apocalyptic-sci-fi-fantasy zombie adventure.
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May 5, 2016 20:43
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I guess Ether RPG - Where Worlds Collide is more dramatic, but Ether RPG - Where Worlds Gently Rub Up Against Each Other would be a lot more accurate.
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May 5, 2016 20:53
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NTRabbit posted:Minions of the Meadow, the first expansion for March of the Ants, has gone up, and already just about funded Was march of the ants any good? I hesitated backing it when it first was available.
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The Amethyst setting is another one that does the "magic vs. technology and never the twain shall meet", and it wasn't very good. It didn't help that it was made for 4e and Fate Core with a rather poor understanding of how the systems worked. Why do magic and science always gotta be fighting? 
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May 5, 2016 20:57
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Evil Mastermind posted:The Amethyst setting is another one that does the "magic vs. technology and never the twain shall meet", and it wasn't very good. It didn't help that it was made for 4e and Fate Core with a rather poor understanding of how the systems worked. When Pathfinder finds a trope apparently too cliche to deal with and has an adventure path filled with magical laser pistols and +1 chainsaws, you know it's a thing that's outlived its time.
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potatocubed posted:On the other hand, I really like the work of the illustrator. She's going on the shortlist for the next time I finish something.
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jmzero posted:Enchilanigma When you're at the Mexican place wondering what exactly is hiding under all that cheese. Not to be confused with guacamystery.
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dwarf74 posted:Wow, yes, I just checked it out, and she's fantastic. I'm glad I'm not the only one that was impressed by the art for the second before the crazy soaked in.
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Demon_Corsair posted:Was march of the ants any good? I hesitated backing it when it first was available. Cross-post from the Board Game thread: Mister Sinewave posted:March of the Ants is solid (except for the
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"co-op mode") and plays like a compressed Eclipse in 45 minutes. Buuuuuuut it requires you to be playing with Gamers who will actively be playing the entire time. This is because when someone takes an action there are free "reaction" actions all other players can take, in turn order, in reaction. Some of you might be feeling the hairs on the back of your neck raising.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:I'm glad I'm not the only one that was impressed by the art for the second before the crazy soaked in. Yeah, that's a nice punk. I mean punk cover. I mean the cover it is nice.
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Demon_Corsair posted:Was march of the ants any good? I hesitated backing it when it first was available. Chiming in as someone who backed the first Kickstarter: every time I've put March of the Ants on the table it has gone down a treat, and has repeatedly been called on by the same group for another go around. I think it's a really good game, but it is a step up in terms of attention required from the players. If everyone knows what they're getting into from the start, though, I've never had any problems/frustration!
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Jimbozig posted:When you're at the Mexican place wondering what exactly is hiding under all that cheese. I thought we finished our mexican food derail, but this is making me hungry
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Gravy Train Robber posted:I thought we finished our mexican food derail, but this is making me hungry Think I'll hit a food truck tomorrow - I need my fix. Back on track: "Warriors... Come out and pla-ay!"
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I don't know how someone watches a movie about disenfranchised kids running from gang violence to find a better life and thinks "hey, we should make a game about these guys killing each other!"
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Zurui posted:I don't know how someone watches a movie about disenfranchised kids running from gang violence to find a better life and thinks "hey, we should make a game about these guys killing each other!" It is probably related to how someone can call the project "Ghetto Miniatures" and use a skull with an afro as the logo.
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May 6, 2016 15:33
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I don't think it's really unreasonable, you had a bunch of visually interesting gang combatants in a fictionalized, stylized city. Gangs of New York had its roots in the same message, but I still think that it would be a great setting for a miniatures game.
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Fragged Empires: Protagonist Archive is in its last 24 hours and is a really good game. It's a tactical sci-fi RPG about a galaxy inhabited by genetically engineered species created by two now-gone warring progenitor races. It calls itself a "post-post apocalyptic game" because it's about these races choosing to work together and rebuild instead of continuting their creators' old war. It's got a pretty sandbox-y Firefly/GotG feel too it with a side of "these races are developing their cultures as they go along", and the mechanics are simple and well-presented. I've said elsewhere that FE is probably the clearest RPG I've ever read, because at the start of sections they cross-reference the major points that the section touches on ("This part is about X. The related rules are A (page 123), B (page 456), and C (page 789)"), and there's a lot of one-page rule summaries throughout the book. The various species are interesting too; there's a few designed-as-warrior races, but there's also races like the Corporation (yes, that's their name) who were the progenitor's least-favorite species. Then when the progenitors were wiped out, the race that would become the Corporation found the abandoned infrastructures of the progenitors, learned how they worked, and modeled their culture after corporate practices. Or the big Doomsday-looking bioweapon race that realizes that if they want to be part of the larger culture, they can't go around looking like giant spiky monsters, so they've begun engineering a sub-race that is engineered to be appealing to the more "human-looking" races. Or the "race" of intelligent robots that are actually the minds of long-extinct humans twisted and jammed into warbots to fight that old war and now coming back into themselves to learn it's millenea later and everyone forgot humans existed. There's a free quickstart if you want to check it out, and $45 US to the kickstarter gets you the core, the two expansions, two adventures, a reference book, and all the stretch goals in PDF format. Also, I know we like to support non-terrible publishers around here, and Design Ministries has really good customer support. He mentioned on RPGNet that there was an errata file available, but it was only part of the DriveThru version. I asked if the errata was available elsewhere for those of us who just have the hardcopies, and he told me to send him a pic of my books and he sent me DriveThru links for the digital versions. A nice one-two punch of good customer service and a solid game. For what it's worth, it's got the Evil Mastermind seal of approval.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Ether RPG - Where Worlds Gently Rub Up Against Each Other would be a lot more accurate. Be careful with those you don't want them to explode, do you?
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moths posted:I don't think it's really unreasonable, you had a bunch of visually interesting gang combatants in a fictionalized, stylized city. I wouldn't call this offensive per se, but it does look tacky at least.
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homullus posted:It is probably related to how someone can call the project "Ghetto Miniatures" and use a skull with an afro as the logo. Your project creator, ladies and gents: 
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Honestly it's a matter of everyone's own comfort level as to where they draw their line. I personally feel like ultra-modern wargames (Iraq/Afghanistan) goes way too far, but I get that lots of other people are ok with the idea. That said, calling your company "Ghetto Miniatures" is really loving tasteless in 2016.
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CaptainRightful posted:Your project creator, ladies and gents: So? You're pointing out that he's white? moths posted:That said, calling your company "Ghetto Miniatures" is really loving tasteless in 2016. He's funding a game about outrageous gangs in a fictional 70's NY slum., so I'd say it's pretty appropriate, if lowbrow. It's sure going to be limiting for future projects though.
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berzerkmonkey posted:He's funding a game about outrageous gangs in a fictional 70's NY slum., so I'd say it's pretty appropriate, if lowbrow. It's sure going to be limiting for future projects though. Slum and ghetto are not synonyms. Ghetto was a poor choice of adjectives even before he went with skull w/afro, but definitely a bad choice after.
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DalaranJ posted:Be careful with those you don't want them to explode, do you? ... of course not.
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If you like scifi and post apocalypse, go check out the Fragged Empire kickstarter mentioned above and the free excerpts on their website. The setting is really quite interesting. Zurui posted:I don't know how someone watches a movie about disenfranchised kids running from gang violence to find a better life and thinks "hey, we should make a game about these guys killing each other!" Necromunda is (was) a game about gangers killing each other.
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homullus posted:Slum and ghetto are not synonyms. Ghetto was a poor choice of adjectives even before he went with skull w/afro, but definitely a bad choice after. Yeah, I meant to say slum environment, but I get where you're coming from. If he was making something like the Thugz miniatures with that name, then yeah, I'd certainly say he had gone too far. A 70' gangsploitation game doesn't get me riled up though. Like you said though, there are various levels of acceptability between people for things. Helical Nightmares posted:Necromunda is (was) a game about gangers killing each other.
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Helical Nightmares posted:If you like scifi and post apocalypse, go check out the Fragged Empire kickstarter mentioned above and the free excerpts on their website.
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Evil Mastermind posted:One of my favorite things is how the Nephilim were engineered as a warrior race, then when their creator won the war and abandoned them, the biomind in charge basically went "oh so you make us for war and then abandon us, well then we're gonna go make friends with everyone because gently caress YOU DAD". Yeah the core focus of the races/faction are pretty unique. One focuses on "family", another on "capitalism" (no seriously), another on "survival" which is backed up by every member of the race having really traumatic racial memories. Still reading through the core free sample. Have you read the mechanics for Starships and such? These guys seem pretty creative. And I love that "social" is NOT a main attribute (ie Charisma is not a stat). They handle social conflicts differently. Edit: I get a shadowrunner vibe just a little from the CORP faction and some of the adventure hooks too. Which is a good thing. Edit2: Here is an excerpt from the Core book sample that I quite liked. Mechanical options for running different types of games in Fragged Empire. I do like the willingness to create permutations on their basic theme. 
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Helical Nightmares posted:Yeah the core focus of the races/faction are pretty unique. One focuses on "family", another on "capitalism" (no seriously), another on "survival" which is backed up by every member of the race having really traumatic racial memories.  quote:Still reading through the core free sample. Have you read the mechanics for Starships and such? These guys seem pretty creative.
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CaptainRightful posted:Your project creator, ladies and gents: He could be jewish. ....OH! Wrong one, sorry.
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White dude names his company Ghetto Miniatures, the logo is a skull with an afro "hmm yes this seems fine." Also when is Walter Hill suing this dude
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He's from the UK so I'm vaguely surprised there's not a chav gang.
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Its called New York Bop and yet the Boppers gang wasn't included.  Also no Electric Eliminators? Boo.  Also, who are the Satan's Skins supposed to be? The Rogues? The Satan's Mothers? They look very little like the former and if they're meat to be the later, they weren't really a gang that stood out visually IMO. And neither were skinheads, IIRC.
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The Black Cobras look to be based on Sho'nuff and his gang from Last Dragon. So it's not exactly a 1:1 Warriors thing. For me the fun of something like this is more in coming up with your own characters and theme. There are fun opportunities to get creative; Model a gang that dresses likes punk rock colonial AWI troops, or a gang of sharp-dressed satanic bellhops. The Hellhops.
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