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The King in Yellow is my favourite part of all the things that were incorporated into the Lovecraftian mythos. I like it particularly because the original source material is weird and fragmentary, by an author who quickly left weird fiction behind, and it really doesn't square with a simplistic Giant Tentacled Monster reading of the Lovecraft mythos. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
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Jun 22, 2017 02:38
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I threw some money at it but I'm not really expecting a product before 2020.
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Jun 22, 2017 09:42
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Delta Green: Holy poo poo the case officers handbook is huge. The copy only version dropped for backers and patreon supporters. I also think the raid jackets shipped (which were my idea).
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Jun 23, 2017 12:08
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Elendil004 posted:Delta Green: Holy poo poo the case officers handbook is huge. The copy only version dropped for backers and patreon supporters. Well gently caress, just found out about the jackets - didn't see them in the kickstarter comments or anywhere else but apparently they were advertised on reddit. I got a friend to bring me back t-shirts and patch from GenCon. I don't need a jacket at all, and have no idea when i'd ever wear it, being in the uk it's a bit over the top, on the other hand... Edit: Also holy gently caress is the Delta Green Huge loving Book(TM) (Formerly known as the Case Officer's Handbook) dense and filled with stuff. There's 230 pages of GM-side stuff, from year by year events broken into sections, to full breakdowns of The Program and The Cowboys to a really nice take on the GOOs to Hypergeometery to Case Officer advice on how to run campaigns, to an adventure to...just so much stuff to take in. It might hit 700 pages in layout. PST fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jun 23, 2017 |
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Jun 23, 2017 19:20
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Elendil004 posted:Delta Green: Holy poo poo the case officers handbook is huge. The copy only version dropped for backers and patreon supporters. It is awesome 
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Jun 23, 2017 19:32
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PST posted:I don't need a jacket at all, and have no idea when i'd ever wear it, being in the uk it's a bit over the top, on the other hand... He's PISCES! Get him!
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Jun 23, 2017 19:40
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gradenko_2000 posted:He's PISCES! Get him! Ohh come on, like your president doesn't totally have a badly assimilated Insect in his brain! We're all on the same side now!
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Jun 23, 2017 20:04
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PST posted:Ohh come on, like your president doesn't totally have a badly assimilated Insect in his 
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Plot hook idea: DG sees the influence of the mythos at the highest level of authority but after careful investigation its not hastur's touch just early onset dementia and decades of cocaine abuse. I admit back when I ponied up three hundo for everything I was hoping for a tighter timetable, but sounds like this book will be worth the wait.
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Jun 23, 2017 20:29
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PST posted:Well gently caress, just found out about the jackets - didn't see them in the kickstarter comments or anywhere else but apparently they were advertised on reddit. I got a friend to bring me back t-shirts and patch from GenCon. I don't need a jacket at all, and have no idea when i'd ever wear it, being in the uk it's a bit over the top, on the other hand... I loved how casually SaucerWatch gets obliterated and the the joint Delta Green/MAJESTIC operation against the Karotechia the day before 9/11 is amazing.
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Jun 23, 2017 23:24
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:Plot hook idea: DG sees the influence of the mythos at the highest level of authority but after careful investigation its not hastur's touch just early onset dementia and decades of cocaine abuse... ... unfortunately they still have to justify eliminating cabinet members genuinely warped by the Mythos, as well as burning through six digits worth of funds in equipment and relics. It falls on the team to cover everything up using nothing but their wits and a charge card with a maximum of $30 USD per purchase.
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Jun 24, 2017 03:02
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The jackets came about because I asked Shane if I could use the logo to get a one-off for myself (and to get a nice vector version of the logo) and he said hey actually folks might like that, can we make them and give you one at cost? So it was pretty quick. It went up on facebook and reddit and it looks awesome.
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Jun 26, 2017 19:44
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That's cool.
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Jun 26, 2017 21:27
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Yeah and it's a legit raid jacket, they had to go through the same folks who make tons of police and law enforcement jackets, so it feels authentic rather than just being a silk-screened windbreaker.
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Jun 26, 2017 23:23
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Oh man that is absolutely killer
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So for someone who is familiar with BRP and some previous CoC editions what are the main rules differences between the two of them and previous CoC editions. I know both of them modernized some what but I'm curious as to how much.
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Jun 27, 2017 04:29
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A few raid jackets available here https://shop.arcdream.com/collections/collectibles/products/delta-green-raid-jacket They're also selling the misprint hosed up ones for 30 bucks, which honestly feels VERY delta green. Elendil004 fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Jun 29, 2017 |
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Jun 29, 2017 14:33
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Elendil004 posted:A few raid jackets available here https://shop.arcdream.com/collections/collectibles/products/delta-green-raid-jacket quote:These jackets were printed and delivered with the wrong ink for their fabric, so the text and seal have uneven coverage and sometimes look smeared. If you want your raid jacket to look as DIY and half-assed as so many Delta Green operations turn out to be, this is the option for you. 
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Jun 29, 2017 14:44
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Agent Napoleon's standard approach of "gently caress it, this is an insoluble, completely messed-up-rear end problem, blow it up/burn it down" was not "half-assed," it was thorough.
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Jun 29, 2017 14:57
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Elendil004 posted:A few raid jackets available here https://shop.arcdream.com/collections/collectibles/products/delta-green-raid-jacket Oh goddamn this is so tempting. Pac-Manioc Root posted:Agent Napoleon's standard approach of "gently caress it, this is an insoluble, completely messed-up-rear end problem, blow it up/burn it down" was not "half-assed," it was thorough. Yeah but Agent Ruby here wanted to ""save"" the tome for ""further examination"". Fuckin' Program pukes.
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Jun 29, 2017 15:03
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I gave Music From A Darkened Room's scenario a fair shake before I was like "gently caress this creepy-rear end mirror house. I call the EOD guy I know from the marines to pull it and make it look like a gas leak."
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Jun 29, 2017 15:06
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:I gave Music From A Darkened Room's scenario a fair shake before I was like "gently caress this creepy-rear end mirror house. I call the EOD guy I know from the marines to pull it and make it look like a gas leak." Enjoy the news that the building is being rebuilt in six months time... And then the news 12 months later
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Jun 29, 2017 15:22
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Elendil004 posted:The jackets came about because I asked Shane if I could use the logo to get a one-off for myself (and to get a nice vector version of the logo) and he said hey actually folks might like that, can we make them and give you one at cost? I may have succumbed, and drat that shipping to the UK was expensive. $70 of stuff, $35 of shipping
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PST posted:Enjoy the news that the building is being rebuilt in six months time... Yeah that wasn't the best epilogue but what are you gonna do? You salt the earth as well as you can and hope for the best. E: That scene in event horizon where cowboy curtis says "gently caress this ship. I am going to maneuver to stand off distance and launch tac missiles at her until I am satisfied she's destroyed?" that would be my DG guy, in space. Owlbear Camus fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Jun 29, 2017 |
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Jun 29, 2017 15:26
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Holy poo poo, I think that misprinted DG jacket was the fastest $30 I've ever spent.
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Elendil004 posted:A few raid jackets available here https://shop.arcdream.com/collections/collectibles/products/delta-green-raid-jacket I like that if you click on the tee shirt and want to see what's on the reverse you can't, because instead of a functioning product viewer they just took a screenshot of one that happened to include the "Zoom" and "Other Side" buttons.
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moths posted:Holy poo poo, I think that misprinted DG jacket was the fastest $30 I've ever spent. Did you get yours? I'm so tempted but I am curious how the misprints look.
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I'm so stoked: I'm running In Media Res at a local con next January. We have a private room, costumes, props, and the guy who does SFX and AV during his games is going to come and run crazy-assed lighting and music effects for us. I may figure out a way to record the whole thing if I can because it's going to be off the loving chain.
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Sionak posted:Did you get yours? I'm so tempted but I am curious how the misprints look. I did, the misprint is barely noticeable - it's just slightly uneven coverage. I'll get pictures up soon. I'll likely order a second one and gift this to someone for Christmas, since I've successfully worked out down to Medium from Large. (Unless any of you goons want to trade a fresh medium for my unworn large jacket.)
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It's a sale!quote:DriveThruRPG's annual Christmas in July sale is now on, and for the next five days you can save 25% on over 250 Chaosium PDF titles!
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is CoC 7th Ed the current best one to jump into? I already have DG, but I wouldn't mind getting something from Chaosium to show my support
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gradenko_2000 posted:is CoC 7th Ed the current best one to jump into? I already have DG, but I wouldn't mind getting something from Chaosium to show my support I'd say yes, but 6th is fine as well and has a wide array of support. 7th is closer to DG as well. The main difference is how it handles challenging rolls, and that it removed Know rolls and just assumes characters either know something or don't, which isn't a terrible change since it leaves it up to the Keeper to move things along.
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CoC is kind of a weird outlier among games in that it's editions really are editions, incrementally improving things, rather than the radical changes you tend to see in other games. I don't know how many other games actually mark editions with decimals. I would buy CoC 7 if I were going to play it soon, but dusting off my old 5.something would work fine. That said, CoC isn't really my favourite system to play CoC. BRP is just alright.
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Looking over the Delta Green books again. There's a huge difference between how many points the careers start off with (not including the baseline values the skills start off at.) Anthropologist/Historian gets about 350. I compared it to Intelligence Analyst which is on at least 400. Computer Scientist/Engineer gets over 520…! What am I missing?
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Halloween Jack posted:CoC is kind of a weird outlier among games in that it's editions really are editions, incrementally improving things, rather than the radical changes you tend to see in other games. I don't know how many other games actually mark editions with decimals. I would buy CoC 7 if I were going to play it soon, but dusting off my old 5.something would work fine. What's your go to?
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Night's Black Agents cleans up most of the things about Trail of Cthulhu that I don't like. But really? Anything. CoC is just BRP, the game system equivalent of A4 printer paper, with some extra bits tack on. Any generic system that can accommodate a sanity system tacked onto it can do CoC.
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Yoshimo posted:Looking over the Delta Green books again. There's a huge difference between how many points the careers start off with (not including the baseline values the skills start off at.) Computer sci does have 1 less bond, which means that have more skills to compensate. Though that should only account for an extra 50 pts. I only calculate about 420 depending on the pick 4 you take for computer scientists though, check your math?
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