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Presented without comment with Palladium House Ads excised. TL;DR: it seems that Carmen Bellaire survived his suicide attempt.quote:UPDATE: Carmen Bellaire doing better quote:UPDATE: Uncertain Rifts® Board Game from Rogue Heroes™ LLC quote:Carmen, words, dreams and all of us
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 09:03 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Presented without comment with Palladium House Ads excised. TL;DR: it seems that Carmen Bellaire survived his suicide attempt. Well at least something positive came of that mess. My sincerest hope is that that guy gets better, gets some help, and finds a vastly less toxic star to hitch his wagon to.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 09:07 |
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I don't know if it's just because I read too many Rifts books that everything Kevin Siembieda wrote in these posts comes off as exaggerated, contrived and insincere, or if it's for some other reason.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 14:39 |
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some loving LIAR posted:I don't know if it's just because I read too many Rifts books that everything Kevin Siembieda wrote in these posts comes off as exaggerated, contrived and insincere, or if it's for some other reason. Nope, I don't know anything about the guy and I was cringing through that whole thing. Waaaay too much selling for a post about a guy's suicide attempt.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 14:52 |
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This is great news for the Rifts Board Game.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 17:08 |
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Golden Bee posted:This is great news for the Rifts Board Game. You forgot an ®
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 17:35 |
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Golden Bee posted:This is great news for the Rifts Board Game. Ahem. Rifts>>>>®<<<< board game.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 17:36 |
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Nope, I don't know anything about the guy and I was cringing through that whole thing. Waaaay too much selling for a post about a guy's suicide attempt. Having read a fair amount of Rifts books recently (partially for kitch, partially for Savage Rifts material), the thing that makes it come off less bad to me is I think Kevin Siembieda is physically incapable of writing in any other style. gourdcaptain fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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some loving LIAR posted:I don't know if it's just because I read too many Rifts books that everything Kevin Siembieda wrote in these posts comes off as exaggerated, contrived and insincere, or if it's for some other reason. It really strikes me as painfully sincere, actually - from what I've read and heard from Palladium writers, he doesn't have much of a filter. Also I'm glad I found a tool to convert HTML to SA code, so I didn't have to go in and re-text that stuff by hand. Siembieda loves to use that bold text.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 20:16 |
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It sounds like he is trying to spin a failed suicide into a feel sorry for us and buy our things post.
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# ? Feb 28, 2017 22:39 |
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Nope, I don't know anything about the guy and I was cringing through that whole thing. Waaaay too much selling for a post about a guy's suicide attempt. Yeah that's a super painful read if you're empathising with Bellaire - KS is paternalistic as gently caress there, and spending waaaay too much time talking knowingly about what's in Carmen's head.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 00:43 |
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Someone please create a greasemonkey script that replaces Rifts®Board®Game® with "millennial" thanks
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 04:14 |
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Ropes4u posted:It sounds like he is trying to spin a failed suicide into a feel sorry for us and buy our things post. You should see the original post. But that's not an anomaly or anything, it's how every Palladium weekly (or so) update looks, it's always peppered all over with sales adverts. The Bellaire news comes after a Rifter advert. You'd think such a tragic event would be given its own update and not have blather about Kevin trying to sell his toy collection... or at least put the Bellaire news the top of the list, but it's the way he always does the weekly updates, and... Alien Rope Burn posted:Palladium Books: a 20 Second Summary
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 04:37 |
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Modiphius' ongoing delays (15 months late) and shoddy handling of the Infinity Kickstarter pushed me over my edge of 'giving a gently caress' with their latest update, and their responses to my refund request/demand put me from 'who cares, it was just £40' into 'yes i'll spend money to obtain an insignificant amount of money back because gently caress you, we have consumer rights in this country (UK)'. I suspect that their desperation not to give me a refund is because of worrying about the floodgates opening, but in denying it they're amusingly opening themselves up to actual legal problems because the UK/EU has consumer law that actually protects the consumer. So I'm a few days away from starting a small claims court action against them and passing it over to Trading Standards. Not that they'll do anything unless dozens/hundreds (hah!) of people complain, given how trading standards works, but their responses to me have confirmed them as a lovely company with the standard non-business aware owner who is riding the wave of kickstarter money and terrified about it all falling apart. Edit: And amusingly 30 or so minutes after more people were asking about refunds and how to get them I was suddenly refunded and my pledge cancelled. PST fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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Freeport Companion for Shadow of the Demon Lord has launched today, and I know there's a few SotDL fans here. e: it actually just launched; it's just a weird timeframe that threw me off. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Mar 1, 2017 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:Freeport Companion for Shadow of the Demon Lord has apparently been going on for a few days, and I know there's a few SotDL fans here. Hell yeah. Gonna get in on this as soon as I get home. Pirates + SotDL sounds fantastic.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 17:10 |
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Gonna set a reminder for that, my kickstarter budget took a hit because I went in hard on...uh, Dusk City Outlaws at the last minute after learning they got John Rogers -and- Scott Lynch to do contributing stuff.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 17:12 |
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Scott Lynch comes out of the RPG community. He's a friend of the people who did the famous FATAL review. Nice to see he hasn't forgotten his roots.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 17:14 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:Freeport Companion for Shadow of the Demon Lord has launched today, and I know there's a few SotDL fans here. What are the chances that physical copies of this book go to retail? I know the core book of SotDL is for sale now, but did any of the supplements get wide release?
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 18:00 |
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I honestly don't know. I think most of what he does is POD.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 18:03 |
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Jedit posted:Scott Lynch comes out of the RPG community. He's a friend of the people who did the famous FATAL review. Nice to see he hasn't forgotten his roots. And John Rogers is such a nerd that the last series he worked on, he named the main character's shadowy mission-giving employer "Mr. Johnson"
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 18:29 |
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/basketofdeplorables/basket-of-deplorables-the-board-game?ref=category_newest Haha, here's another stupid political board game KS. This time it's actually anti-Trump as opposed to a kneejerk anti-Clinton/liberals game, but it's just as stupid and poorly thought out as the rest. I seriously don't know who would want to pledge for this poo poo.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 19:00 |
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Jedit posted:Scott Lynch comes out of the RPG community. He's a friend of the people who did the famous FATAL review. Nice to see he hasn't forgotten his roots. He's a former RPGnet member, but I don't know him - he's a pretty cool dude, judging from the success of the Gentleman Bastards series.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 19:09 |
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JazzFlight posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/basketofdeplorables/basket-of-deplorables-the-board-game?ref=category_newest Politicans are basically celebrities who have no rights to their image or name due to the fact they're public figures and the emotions about the current politicians couldn't be more heated and polarized. Not surprised some people see a business opportunity.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 19:12 |
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PST posted:Modiphius' ongoing delays (15 months late) and shoddy handling of the Infinity Kickstarter pushed me over my edge of 'giving a gently caress' with their latest update, and their responses to my refund request/demand put me from 'who cares, it was just £40' into 'yes i'll spend money to obtain an insignificant amount of money back because gently caress you, we have consumer rights in this country (UK)'. I honestly have not kept up with it just because it's been this huge blur. Have they even sent out the miniatures yet?
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 19:13 |
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JazzFlight posted:Haha, here's another stupid political board game KS. This time it's actually anti-Trump as opposed to a kneejerk anti-Clinton/liberals game, but it's just as stupid and poorly thought out as the rest. Things I don't want to think about when I'm having fun:
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 19:34 |
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PST posted:Modiphius' ongoing delays (15 months late) and shoddy handling of the Infinity Kickstarter pushed me over my edge of 'giving a gently caress' with their latest update, and their responses to my refund request/demand put me from 'who cares, it was just £40' into 'yes i'll spend money to obtain an insignificant amount of money back because gently caress you, we have consumer rights in this country (UK)'. Huh? Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles 3e, and Thunderbirds Boardgame all arrived right on time for me.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 20:46 |
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Covok posted:Politicans are basically celebrities who have no rights to their image or name due to the fact they're public figures and the emotions about the current politicians couldn't be more heated and polarized. Not surprised some people see a business opportunity.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 21:15 |
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Huh? Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles 3e, and Thunderbirds Boardgame all arrived right on time for me. Their Infinity team hit a real set of snags. They ended up with way more stretch goals than they could realistically support, I recall there being some staff turnover and accidents that delayed things, and Corvus Belli are pretty controlling with their license, so everything's having to go through their ~*lore wizard*~ for approval, which means a hell of a lot of drafts and delays. Like, the thing's gonna come out, and they've been working on it since the funding campaign ended, but it's gonna be really late. Some people hate this, some people don't care.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 21:23 |
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grassy gnoll posted:Their Infinity team hit a real set of snags. They ended up with way more stretch goals than they could realistically support, I recall there being some staff turnover and accidents that delayed things, and Corvus Belli are pretty controlling with their license, so everything's having to go through their ~*lore wizard*~ for approval, which means a hell of a lot of drafts and delays. Basically this. I backed Mutant Chronicles and Achtung! Cthulhu. They've chugged along putting out stuff for it. A!C is I think completely done, and MC has like one PDF to go (of over a dozen supplements) before it's finished and ready to make the final book in print. They've been good about communication, and when I ordered the Fate Rulebook for A!C they accidentally sent me the regular rules, then sent me a copy of the Fate Rules free of charge. I have a lot of faith that they will get things done, but it will likely take a long time. Given this prior experience, I'm not really bothered by the delays they have, as I strongly believe I'll eventually get my stuff. Other people seem really pissed off over it. I personally think that trying to make a court case of it over 40 bucks is a huge overreaction, but I assume PST feels like he's being scammed rather than Modiphius just being delayed by a lot of things.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 21:55 |
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Terminator Boardgame just posted the updated rules http://terminatorboardgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Rules_20170228.pdf
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 22:05 |
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What do people think about Satanic Panic? Satanic Panic is a tabletop roleplaying game set in the fictional 1970’s and 1980’s where players take on the role of secret government agents tasked with combating the evils of tabletop. The players work as a team with the common purpose to contain, control, and eliminate the threats to our world. They must do all this while keeping the truth from the public, lest a panic ensue. I've backed because I am fascinated by that part of 1980s culture and hope it is worth my $25.
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# ? Mar 1, 2017 23:39 |
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grassy gnoll posted:Their Infinity team hit a real set of snags. They ended up with way more stretch goals than they could realistically support, I recall there being some staff turnover and accidents that delayed things, and Corvus Belli are pretty controlling with their license, so everything's having to go through their ~*lore wizard*~ for approval, which means a hell of a lot of drafts and delays. Yeah, I remember seeing that they had to redo an entire section of the corebook at some point because they accidentally contradicted information the Corvus Belli Lore guy had not seen fit to give them and that had not yet appeared in any published source for Infinity, so they literally had no way of knowing that it was wrong.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:26 |
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On one hand, nerdy poo poo causing horrible things is a time-honoured schtick. On the other hand, I grew up during that period and the ignorance still burns. On the naughty tentacle, I'm not dropping $25 USD sight unseen on a PDF, especially when its gimmick could easily end up more Halloween III than Stranger Things.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:36 |
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Bieeardo posted:On one hand, nerdy poo poo causing horrible things is a time-honoured schtick. Same. I might pay $10, but the only way I'm paying that much for a PDF is for licensed products or something with really high production values. I'm also not enthused with the cycle of play they're laying out.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 00:45 |
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Bieeardo posted:could easily end up more Halloween III than Stranger Things. Uh, this is the best possible outcome.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 01:15 |
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Bieeardo posted:On one hand, nerdy poo poo causing horrible things is a time-honoured schtick. If you pledge you can access their playtest document which is included in the first update. So if you're curious you could pledge a dollar, download the playtest, then cancel your pledge if you don't like what you see.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 01:16 |
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fr0id posted:I personally think that trying to make a court case of it over 40 bucks is a huge overreaction, but I assume PST feels like he's being scammed rather than Modiphius just being delayed by a lot of things. PST was pretty clear that they think $40 is not worth going to court over, but reminding a US company that they don't have the legal right to deny refund requests from customers outside the US is. Denying refunds is one of the quickest ways to make your company look super scummy to non-US customers.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 02:29 |
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HazCat posted:PST was pretty clear that they think $40 is not worth going to court over, but reminding a US company that they don't have the legal right to deny refund requests from customers outside the US is. It's a U.K. Company and they did give him a refund. He didn't post the wording they gave him of being evasive about the refund, which I think would be important.
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# ? Mar 2, 2017 02:36 |
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fr0id posted:It's a U.K. Company and they did give him a refund. He didn't post the wording they gave him of being evasive about the refund, which I think would be important. Even worse if it's a UK company, because then they have no excuse not to be aware of consumer laws involved. They just straight up tried to break the law over $40. Again, any initial response to a refund request that even implies you can't get your money back is super scummy. Giving in and refunding once it becomes apparent your customer knows their rights doesn't get you any brownie points, because it means if they didn't, you'd be happy to exploit them.
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