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Have there been any announcements as to when retail (US) places get copies? I know retailer buyers at the bottom of the priority list, rightfully so, so I'm not complaining.
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Somehow my crew of weird smugglers the Polter-guys took ownership of the Deathlands Scavengers last week and are planning to end a war with The Grinders the hard way this evening. Our crew is a Leech, a Spider, and a Whisper, but my character invented an electroplasm flamethrower that damages ghosts with Attune or Wrecks humans, so this crew of nerds packs an extra punch. I love this game and how it caters to improvisation.
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Oh man, my Special Edition arrived today. Truly a beautiful book. They managed to give the cover an almost leathery feel.
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dwarf74 posted:Oh man, my Special Edition arrived today. Definitely. Very happy I backed, even with the delay.
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I'm just hoping John releases the U'Duasha stuff as a PDF. Didn't even realize that was part of the SE since I tend to ignore physical rewards. Though with the form factor and style of Blades' SE I almost wish I had gotten it.
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DemonMage posted:I'm just hoping John releases the U'Duasha stuff as a PDF. Didn't even realize that was part of the SE since I tend to ignore physical rewards. Though with the form factor and style of Blades' SE I almost wish I had gotten it.
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Yeah, but not at the SE level, since I didn't want any physical rewards. I'm in the:quote:THE INFILTRATOR: You get the Quick Start PDF, a PDF copy of the complete game when it launches, and credit in the book. You also get all the additional PDF content unlocked over the run of this Kickstarter campaign, plus a code for a softcover POD version of the book at cost. John just replied with "Maybe" on twitter though, so there's hope at least!
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Jun 5, 2017 23:24
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Holy crap this is a beautiful book. I thought the book was dirty upon receipt but in bright natural light it's like... smokey. With depth. Gorgeous.
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I live in the States and haven't seen hide nor hair of my copy yet. Looking forward to it after hearing all this good stuff though.
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Jun 6, 2017 11:03
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been playing blades for a few weeks, last session the Iron Rats used stolen military explosives to level seven warehouses in the Docks as the opening phase of a real estate scam/entry into the construction industry with non-union Skov labor.
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Jun 6, 2017 12:23
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Serf posted:I live in the States and haven't seen hide nor hair of my copy yet. Looking forward to it after hearing all this good stuff though.
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Jun 6, 2017 14:52
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Have people been getting shipping notifications for the special edition, or is it just showing up?
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Evil Mastermind posted:Have people been getting shipping notifications for the special edition, or is it just showing up? They said they're not going to send out shipping notifications until all of them are fully shipped on the ninth, IIRC. Which seems dumb given people are -already getting them- but you know.
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Serf posted:I live in the States and haven't seen hide nor hair of my copy yet. Looking forward to it after hearing all this good stuff though. I'd give it a few more days, I guess.
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Serf posted:I live in the States and haven't seen hide nor hair of my copy yet. Looking forward to it after hearing all this good stuff though. The special editions should all be shipped out in the US by 6/9. Most people who've already gotten theirs are in Canada, where they started shipping sooner. (Stupid lucky Canadians.) The reason they're not sending out tracking numbers until they've all shipped is because Alliance won't send them tracking numbers until they've all shipped. Blame Alliance -- everyone else does.
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I live in California and I got my special edition a few days ago.
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thatbastardken posted:been playing blades for a few weeks, last session the Iron Rats used stolen military explosives to level seven warehouses in the Docks as the opening phase of a real estate scam/entry into the construction industry with non-union Skov labor. "And Tycherosi will PAY for it".
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Scum and Villainy 1.6 is out by the way. Same link as in the original Kickstarter post for it (or DriveThru if you bought it there).quote:Hey Folks.
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I ran this game for the first time and it was good and everyone had a good time. I was worried about making sure I made the first heist 'long enough' before the game, but since everyone was knew I just softballed the consequences (e.g. "failing the roll to break in, you end up sprawled on the floor in a desperate position" rather than "failing the roll to break in, you end up impaled on multiple glass shards") and it all pretty much came together. I did kind of 'overpower' the Whisper in the party, although I let it slide for that session. They managed to summon and compel a ghost, and I didn't really have a way for the target, the Red Sashes in a hidden house, to have a way to deal with the ghost rampaging through them. I started a countdown clock for 'ghost hunters arrive', but they managed to get out before that ended up filling up.
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xutech posted:"And Tycherosi will PAY for it". well, them and the businesses we extort money from
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I'm in the US and got my special edition book two days ago, too
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I just got my SE Hardback. Goddamn is it beautiful.
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Iceclaw posted:Is there a way for a filthy euro to purchase this without being murdered by the shipping fees? This is from a while ago but seems likely to still be true.
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bewilderment posted:I did kind of 'overpower' the Whisper in the party, although I let it slide for that session. They managed to summon and compel a ghost, and I didn't really have a way for the target, the Red Sashes in a hidden house, to have a way to deal with the ghost rampaging through them. I started a countdown clock for 'ghost hunters arrive', but they managed to get out before that ended up filling up. The GM usually starts a clock once a murder happens (the bells toll...you hear ravens...). I'm pretty sure he's also running a secret clock toward the either the Spirit Wardens or rival ghosthunters kicking down our door.
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Jun 7, 2017 22:46
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God drat those are beautiful. Why did I cheap out and get the standard hardcover...
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The only downside is that it's so nice, I don't want to put it a game bag or anything.
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And it was waiting for me when I got home today, so that was cool.
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Evil Mastermind posted:The only downside is that it's so nice, I don't want to put it a game bag or anything.  I cart around gaming books to read, but I don't want this to get scuffed or scratched.
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Jun 8, 2017 20:25
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Clearly we will have to buy copies of the standard edition to carry around so the special edition can stay undamaged. (I'm honestly considering doing this.)
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admanb posted:Clearly we will have to buy copies of the standard edition to carry around so the special edition can stay undamaged. It's why I bought two standard editions. They were loving cheap, too, so why not?
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Mentioned this in the Shadowrun thread, but anyone looking for a more narrative Shadowrun there is an in-progress Blades hack that seems pretty solid. Runners in the Shadows (Direct link to PDF). It's rough around the edges, but seems totally playable.
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Read some people on Reddit thinking, since Cortex+ licensing deal is such utter poo poo, that Blades might be the new hot-child for hacks and spin-offs. Like PBTA or Fate. Anyone here with more familiarity seeing that in the pipeline?
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Covok posted:Read some people on Reddit thinking, since Cortex+ licensing deal is such utter poo poo, that Blades might be the new hot-child for hacks and spin-offs. Like PBTA or Fate. Anyone here with more familiarity seeing that in the pipeline? Oh yeah. There are already a ton of hacks in the work and the buzz on Blades is hotter than any indie game I've seen in a long time.
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There are already gobs of hacks posted on the G+ page. John is currently working on nailing down what is in the SRD and releasing it. You can get some pretty big thematic shifts just by messing with the Stress/Trauma tracks, and what kind of currencies you're working with. As well as what goals the crews are after. Plus the kickstarter unlocked something like a zillion hacks. Talk about the SRD. quote:I'm working on the SRD with John now (it's almost ready). Here's the skinny so far. All core rules are in. All of Doskvol (including playbooks, ghosts, and all that business is out), except that we give some example moves culled from the playbooks as examples. GMing and playing advice is also out, but it will be included in a separate doc that can't be reproduced but will freely be available as a general "guide" to making Powered by Blades games. quote:yep, what we have in the SRD will be what's available for reproduction. Just like you don't see Beholder or the Mind Flayer in the d20 SRD, we'll have a few abilities that are closely enough tied to the setting they can't be re-used. Those are are pretty few and far between though. I think I only pulled out 2-3 from the entire list of character abilities. Going through crews now.
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Covok posted:Read some people on Reddit thinking, since Cortex+ licensing deal is such utter poo poo, that Blades might be the new hot-child for hacks and spin-offs. Like PBTA or Fate. Anyone here with more familiarity seeing that in the pipeline? Blades has so much DNA from PBTA, you could probably get even splice it down the middle between the two. Or Blades and FATE.
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admanb posted:Oh yeah. There are already a ton of hacks in the work and the buzz on Blades is hotter than any indie game I've seen in a long time. It's been stuck in the Top 10 Bestselling on Drivethru since before its release.
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I should have sprung for a standard copy instead of sticking to POD, the wait is killing me.
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