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Two days ago I talked myself into buying a chinese bootleg on Aliexpress, on the grounds that the thing has been out of print for 10 years, and sells for over a hundred bucks now. Today I find out that Z-Man is going to reprint Condottiere. I have the best timing.
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El Fideo posted:Two days ago I talked myself into buying a chinese bootleg on Aliexpress, on the grounds that the thing has been out of print for 10 years, and sells for over a hundred bucks now. TBF it's Z-Man so you probably made the right choice for a higher quality product.
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Jun 16, 2018 17:50
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El Fideo posted:Two days ago I talked myself into buying a chinese bootleg on Aliexpress, on the grounds that the thing has been out of print for 10 years, and sells for over a hundred bucks now. How much did your copy cost? Zark the Damned posted:TBF it's Z-Man so you probably made the right choice for a higher quality product. Is Z-Man notoriously bad about that? I don't have many of their games but haven't noticed any problems with my copies. On another note, does anyone know about Herbaceous Sprouts? It's in the final 48 hours.
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Jun 17, 2018 15:37
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Agent Rush posted:Is Z-Man notoriously bad about that? I don't have many of their games but haven't noticed any problems with my copies. I wouldn't say notoriously bad, though they did screw up Tash Kalar so badly that CGE took the license off them and self published (and IIRC produced an upgrade pack for people who bought the Z-Man version). They also overprice games, e.g. when I picked up Cacao at Essen a few years back I could either get it from Z-Man for 25 Euros in English, or direct from the original developer for like 18 Euros in German with English rules available on their site and some free promo stuff added in (I forget the exact prices but the Z-Man version was significantly more expensive for less content).
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Jun 17, 2018 15:52
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Agent Rush posted:On another note, does anyone know about Herbaceous Sprouts? It's in the final 48 hours. I backed the original Herbaceous, and it's a fun little game, so I backed this too.
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Jun 17, 2018 16:33
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Z-man also doesn't bother to keep their games in print.
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Jun 17, 2018 17:35
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Agent Rush posted:How much did your copy cost? Just under  The alternative was over a hundred on Amazon. Z-Man's new one will be $30, It'll have a bigger board and box size, which actually turns me off. The previous edition is ultra-portable, and the board does essentially nothing, so why have a big one?
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Jun 17, 2018 19:04
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Granted, the Tash Kalar incident happened When ZMan was owned by Filosofia, who were seemingly responsible for a lot of the company's flops. ZMan has since been absorbed as another appendage of the many-mouthed beast of Asmodee. And sure, Asmodee is a soulless corporate leviathan swollen beyond the reach of our sun, but they can produce games.
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Jun 18, 2018 00:38
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Gutter Owl posted:Granted, the Tash Kalar incident happened When ZMan was owned by Filosofia, who were seemingly responsible for a lot of the company's flops. ZMan has since been absorbed as another appendage of the many-mouthed beast of Asmodee. And sure, Asmodee is a soulless corporate leviathan swollen beyond the reach of our sun, but they can produce games. It's funny to me they didn't reprint Arboretum.
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Jun 18, 2018 01:29
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loving arboretum i've been waiting forever
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Jun 18, 2018 02:09
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Isn’t an Arborotorum reprint around the corner?
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Jun 18, 2018 05:41
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i think so, but i read that someone else is doing it and the art is different, which was a main draw for me
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Jun 18, 2018 05:50
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Yeah, Beth Sobel is doing the new artwork because they don't have the rights to the old stuff.
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Jun 18, 2018 05:54
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The_Doctor posted:Isn’t an Arborotorum reprint around the corner? Yeah Z-man lost the rights because they didn't reprint it for a billion years for no earthly reason.
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Jun 18, 2018 07:36
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herogames/champions-now SA isn't exactly a big place for old games, but Ron Edwards is doing something interesting: his personalized take on Champions 3rd edition. Third ed was the last edition before Champions became the Hero System, with its attempt to be GURPS-like universal modeller of everything. This interests me on several levels. Normally 4th edition is the one most often spoken about with the most nostalgia, so the choice of edition itself is neat. The other thing is Edwards' interest in meshing modern gaming design with such an old-school crunchy beast. I've got a pretty soft spot for Champions and the Hero System in general, so I'd like to see where it goes, even if I'm still on the fence as to whether I'd ever get use out of it. There's a sketchy playtest document for perusal if anyone is curious. I appreciate that they've made the delivery date a year from completion specifically to facilitate playtesting.
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Jun 19, 2018 05:17
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The makers of Spirits of the Forest (which I swear just wrapped up) have already launched their new KS, Tang Garden, a very pretty game about making the nicest garden. In Tang Dynasty China. If you pledge in the next 54 hours, you get an extra character with miniature to play, the Wayfarer.
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Jun 19, 2018 08:36
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The_Doctor posted:The makers of Spirits of the Forest (which I swear just wrapped up) have already launched their new KS, Tang Garden, a very pretty game about making the nicest garden. In Tang Dynasty China. If you pledge in the next 54 hours, you get an extra character with miniature to play, the Wayfarer. This game’s artwork looks really amazing. Anyone had a chance to take a look at the gameplay yet and have any thoughts?
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Jun 19, 2018 08:50
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Xotl posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herogames/champions-now The playtest rules are sketchy-sketch but...also modern and full of good RPG advice. I've set this on "remind me" because it's interesting.
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Jun 19, 2018 14:37
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The introductory-level commodities speculation (with a bit of tableau/engine building and auctioning) game featuring amazing and adorable gilded-age animals Raccoon Tycoon just hit Kickstarter. It looks like a good intro to that sorta game (the rules are posted and there's a good Rahdo video of a quick playthrough) and the art is amazing, so I was pretty stoked about it, but $49 + $10 shipping in the US for the base pledge seems awfully high for the components - maybe it's just me though? Anyway have some art:   
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Jun 19, 2018 16:21
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Doubleposting, but this is too good not to link Dragonball, the legend of the saiyans quote:Risks and challenges
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Jun 19, 2018 19:03
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Doubleposting, but this is too good not to link Literally every single sentence has some grammar or spelling mistake, up until "Train to become legendary" and even then only if you're being generous and not counting punctuation as required
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Jun 19, 2018 19:27
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Doubleposting, but this is too good not to link loving lol, €75k funding goal. Reach for the stars my dude. Really want the incoming "images" to just be screenshots of the show or posed action figures. Buck Wildman fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jun 19, 2018 |
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Jun 19, 2018 22:22
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I'm pretty sure he's trying to make a video game.
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Jun 19, 2018 22:29
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FunkMonkey posted:loving lol, €75k funding goal. Reach for the stars my dude. I want them to be mid-tier deviantart level OCs along with some poorly traced art of Goku.
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Jun 19, 2018 23:24
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is it really ok to be making fun of developmentally disabled people tho 
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Jun 19, 2018 23:30
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Goku got married, raised a kid, went into outer space, learned to drive a car. I wouldn't call him developmentally disabled.
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Jun 19, 2018 23:38
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LongDarkNight posted:Goku got married, raised a kid, went into outer space, learned to drive a car. I wouldn't call him developmentally disabled. He also never once kissed his wife.
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Jun 20, 2018 02:42
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Slimnoid posted:He also never once kissed his wife. Wait a minute, I just realized: they had a western style wedding! How did that go without him kissing her?
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Jun 20, 2018 03:10
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Goku head butted her, then the priest.
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Jun 20, 2018 03:45
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Mors Rattus posted:Goku head butted her, then the priest. https://youtu.be/jpMUx7y-Ano
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Jun 20, 2018 03:50
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Is Escape From The Dark Castle any good? They've got a new Kickstarter out, and I'm looking at some light and quick to try and entice non-RPG -playing friends...
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Jun 20, 2018 11:30
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Read some reviews - it's very light, from what I've seen. Of course, it's also got its aesthetic. If you want to listen to spooky dungeon music (optional) and look at that art and die in a dungeon, well, if watching a playthrough on youtube has you saying "yes, I can see exactly what some people are complaining about" and wanting it anyway, then back. I think being British helps? "i hate this game. i mean i hate it. ... i despise this game. it looks boring, it looks dreadful, it looks bad. ... do you want to be one of these people? no! they all look grotesque and and nasty and bleh. ... extremely unfun ... wasn't very fun anyway ... this is one of my least favourite games i've played in a long time." so yeah I'm backing it for everything except the player mats and sleeves.
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Jun 20, 2018 12:03
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It seems like barely a game with cool art that you can get from any OSR RPG.
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Jun 20, 2018 12:13
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Pretty much, as far as I can tell, but in card form. With some dice. And in the new kickstarter, an add-on book that you can look up the card which killed you in to find out in more detail how you died. edit: I'm not making that book up, it costs £8 and comes with a free PDF version.
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Jun 20, 2018 12:15
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homullus posted:The playtest rules are sketchy-sketch but...also modern and full of good RPG advice. I've set this on "remind me" because it's interesting. I feel like it's not going to be a great game but it is a decent commentary on a classic one? I feel like seeing what he has to say might be interesting but counting END was never that fun as far as superhero games go. It's kind of like the LEGO of game systems; fun to build with, not really all that great for actual play. I'm puzzled by his commentary of a "subculture being left behind". It's the kind of thing that probably deserves an explanation, but I can't find it anywhere on the Kickstarter page.
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Jun 20, 2018 12:35
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Alien Rope Burn posted:I feel like it's not going to be a great game but it is a decent commentary on a classic one? I feel like seeing what he has to say might be interesting but counting END was never that fun as far as superhero games go. It's kind of like the LEGO of game systems; fun to build with, not really all that great for actual play. I don't know whether you meant commentary but that's really what it is, and probably why I find it as interesting as I do. As you say, more interesting than the game itself, which is ok.
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Jun 20, 2018 13:48
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Looks like the Nemo's War reprint is shipping out two months ahead of schedule, which is pretty awesome.
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Jun 20, 2018 23:16
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I upgraded my pledge for Tang Garden because there’s an expansion included that’s going to be KS-only, which is kind of an arse-y move.
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Jun 21, 2018 08:48
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The_Doctor posted:I upgraded my pledge for Tang Garden because there’s an expansion included that’s going to be KS-only, which is kind of an arse-y move. I hate this practice, let me support it with my dollar.
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"I'm a huge enthusiast of the whole ''Crusade movement''" is possibly not the best way to phrase that. It's also not a campaign to create an RPG, it's a campaign to buy the reference books to create an RPG. At some point. "Risks and challenges: The main challenge we will have to face is time itself. I have several jobs at the moment but I think I can fully give all of my remaining free time working on the game (apart from work I have no distractions)." Don't worry, there'll be another kickstarter to fund the actual game. I wish this guy luck in getting people to buy his amazon wishlist, I guess.
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