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5th is good.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 03:22 |
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Serf posted:Looks like a bunch of sourcebooks for Ars Magica 5E are the Bundle of Holding deal. Plus you can get the original bundle with the core book. It is one of the most amazing games you may never play. I am willing to say it is my favorite rpg ever, but it requires a CRAZY level of buy in from your players. Get the books regardless, they are great reads.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 03:26 |
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Lord_Hambrose posted:It is one of the most amazing games you may never play. I am willing to say it is my favorite rpg ever, but it requires a CRAZY level of buy in from your players. Seconding. Regardless of whether you ever play it or not, they're worth the read if you're someone that enjoys just reading your RPG books. My friends will never have the level of buy-in required. Drone posted:Any run-down for those of us unfamiliar with the system, as to why it demands such a high buy-in? It's a Tweet and Rein-Hagen game that's essentially a forerunner of Mage. Each player is responsible for playing multiple characters (apprentice/assistant/bodyguards, etc) and there are lots of latin-derived terms. Much like Mage, the magic system requires effort and imagination from players as spells aren't the D&D style Fireball/Invisibility stuff. Wikipedia because I'm lazy posted:Die-rolling conventions[edit] shoplifter fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Aug 23, 2017 |
# ? Aug 23, 2017 13:54 |
Any run-down for those of us unfamiliar with the system, as to why it demands such a high buy-in?
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 14:02 |
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Drone posted:Any run-down for those of us unfamiliar with the system, as to why it demands such a high buy-in? - Help design the coven/chantry/wizard's tower that is the basic setting - Create multiple characters (usually an Archmage, an Apprentice or two, and a bunch of Mundane Servants) to populate it - Change the character they play every session, depending on the needs of that session's adventure (characters drawn from the pool everyone created in the above step) - Take turns creating and running adventures (the GM seat rotates from player to player) - Engage with the rich, detailed, and complicated setting (which really is designed to put peoples' BA degrees in Medieval Studies to use) Oh, also, the magic system is a freeform design-your-own-spells affair. It's very well done, and one of the few such systems that works (compared to, say, Torg's), but yeah more work for the player. It's pretty demanding, and only really works if everyone has bought in to it.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 14:15 |
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Oh dude Esoterrorists is also on the Bundle. That was recommended several times for me in another thread. Sweet!
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 15:24 |
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Drone posted:Any run-down for those of us unfamiliar with the system, as to why it demands such a high buy-in? There is an intimidating amount of math for some people. It is generally easy math, but Ars Magica has a billion formulas for everything. Once you have a reference sheet and have your characters made it is a breeze to play. A big thing that wizards are SO POWERFUL compared to everyone else. Fortunately as a wizard you mostly just sit in your tower reading books and designing spells. Adventures? Sorry, I have people for that. Also, a big thing is that you really need to be self motivated with what your characters life work is. Doing esoteric research and exploring ancient magical runes just to create an advantage that slightly breaks a rule of Hermetic Theory then writing a book about it, as all your guy does, is what your deal is. Decades of work. Being the biggest fireball throwing man is possible (Flambeau ) but eh. Any baby can throw fire. Show me something interesting.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 15:46 |
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Does anyone know enough about BASH! to have an opinion about the bundle?
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 21:21 |
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Agent Rush posted:Does anyone know enough about BASH! to have an opinion about the bundle? IIRC, it had a big chart in it and didn't grab my interest too hard. Check discord. I may be able to help you out better there.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 21:27 |
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Does anyone else who got the Ars Magica set from Bundle of Holding see layout problems like overlapping images? It makes some pages pretty hard to read.
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# ? Aug 26, 2017 22:34 |
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Subjunctive posted:Does anyone else who got the Ars Magica set from Bundle of Holding see layout problems like overlapping images? It makes some pages pretty hard to read. My copy from the prior BoH had similar issues, enough to put me off from reading it.
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# ? Aug 28, 2017 09:04 |
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The current BoH is Werewolf 20th Anniversary Edition, btw. I never cared that much about classic Werewolf but it's probably a great bundle if you do.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 00:36 |
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The Journey Fraternity posted:My copy from the prior BoH had similar issues, enough to put me off from reading it. Yeah, I think I'm done too. Maybe I should complain to BoH...
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 01:15 |
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Are they hosted on DTRPG or not? I'm too lazy to go back and check mine.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 01:23 |
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No, they aren't.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 01:29 |
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Subjunctive posted:Yeah, I think I'm done too. Maybe I should complain to BoH... Too late for me to complain, but save yourself! Best case, they fix the PDF and we both win!
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# ? Aug 30, 2017 05:42 |
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The latest Bundle of Holding is a terrific spread of PBTA games: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ApocEngine2
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 00:15 |
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malkav11 posted:The latest Bundle of Holding is a terrific spread of PBTA games: the basic bundle's very good but the only decent bonus one is Masks, imo.
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 00:33 |
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What's wrong with Night Witches? (I actually backed it on KS and then never got around to reading it, due to the elfgame version of the Steam problem.)
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 01:44 |
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I can't imagine there's anything wrong with it per se, but I can see the high level of specificity and historical emphasis giving it a fairly limited chance of getting to table.
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 01:55 |
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Someone covered Epyllion in F&F recently, and the verdict was that it was a barely functional My Little Pony reskin. The other ones are cool, but Night Witches is going to be a harder sell at the sterotypical gaming table than Uncharted Worlds.
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:30 |
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There's also a $25 Harvey relief bundle on DriveThru.
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:01 |
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inklesspen posted:What's wrong with Night Witches?
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:28 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:There's also a $25 Harvey relief bundle on DriveThru. Anything particularly noteworthy? I didn't recognize anything in it myself.
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:36 |
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dwarf74 posted:I have heard (from people who were game for the concept) that it doesn't actually work very well in-play, but I can't remember the details. That's really weird, I played NW and it ran pretty fantastically. The switch between daytime antics vs night's bombing runs was pretty interesting.
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# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:46 |
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Already posted this in Historical thread, but Bolt Action's Tank War supplement is free from Warlord Games store this month! E: oops, scroll down to the PDF. That's the free one. moths fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 6, 2017 |
# ? Sep 6, 2017 21:01 |
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Evil Mastermind posted:There's also a $25 Harvey relief bundle on DriveThru. Deep Carbon Observatory, Fever-Drinking Marlinko, and Slumbering Ursine Dunes are pretty good OSR campaign settings, and then The Petal Hack and The Zebra Hack are OSR-compatible games, but unless you're really into OSR stuff I don't consider this bundle particularly outstanding. I'd just donate to the Houston Food Bank FWIW
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# ? Sep 7, 2017 02:59 |
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rumble in the bunghole posted:the basic bundle's very good but the only decent bonus one is Masks, imo. I quite enjoyed running Uncharted Worlds. It's a bit more front-loaded, but you can do a lot with the ability to customize your archetype and gear.
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# ? Sep 7, 2017 03:12 |
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Emerald City is slid as far as superhero settings go, it was Mutants & Masterminds'/i] attempt to make a more new-hero friendly setting (compared to [i]Freedom City) without as much in the way of an established history or existing heroes. Granted, I think writing superhero settings for RPGs is an uphill battle, but it's a good book if you're looking for that sort of thing.
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# ? Sep 7, 2017 17:32 |
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I'm an unashamed fan of Strange Stars, which manages to put together an interesting, evocative sci-fi setting in about 30 pages. It's very much a "stuff I found cool as a kid and I find cool as an adult" type setting. The bundle has the systemless setting book and separate Fate and OSR/Stars-Without-Number-compatible rulebooks.
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# ? Sep 7, 2017 18:41 |
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Huge Warhammer Fantasy 2e PDF bundle for $20 $20 for 26 books plus WFRP 1e.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 19:41 |
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Yea 20 bucks for basically all the WFRP worth getting is bonkers.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 21:40 |
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It's worth pointing out that $20 gets you everything that was officially published for WFRP2e.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 21:42 |
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yea if I remember right there were some neat third party/fan works that could be nice but this is literally all the official 2e books for twenty bucks and that's just fantastic. Really even if you don't wanna play, if you like Warhammer Fantasy at all this is a fantastic deal for books that have a lot of fluff.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 21:46 |
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These are just hosted on humble's CDN, right?
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 22:03 |
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Yea no Drivethru downloads or anything it seems, but they're good quality bookmarked and all
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 22:18 |
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sexpig by night posted:Yea no Drivethru downloads or anything it seems, but they're good quality bookmarked and all That's actually a plus, because DTRPG's servers suck.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 22:20 |
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Lemon-Lime posted:These are just hosted on humble's CDN, right? Yes, you'll just download them from HumbleBundle. They'll be attached to your account. GnomeStew, an RPG blog, spoke highly of Renegade Crowns for its random tables. You can generate an interesting area, if you file off the obvious Warhammer bits and pieces if you're to use for hex-crawls and the like.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 22:22 |
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I got the bundle and then used the coupon to get the TOR Companion, and only then did I realise I also wanted to get the map set and could have saved £6 off that.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 22:43 |
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# ? Jun 7, 2024 20:08 |
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LashLightning posted:Yes, you'll just download them from HumbleBundle. They'll be attached to your account. Yeah, the Border Princes stuff in Renegade Crowns is a great generator for interesting, troubled fantasy area. These books are pretty much a must buy. I am a huge Old World fan, but these are some great RPG reads especially Tome of Corruption and the Magic one.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 23:41 |