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A Terminator RPG has been going for a few days now. It is *only* licensed for Terminator 1 and extrapolations thereof. That certainly helps them avoid the garbage of the series, but not being able to use T2 hurts. I've never been a big fan of Nightfall's work, so I don't know where to stand on this one yet. Love the movie, but its a hard setting to make playable, particularly with only the original movie to work with.
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Mar 15, 2021 07:22
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like there's a decent amount of potential for the setting but it's not very reassuring that they'll do anything interesting with it when the corebook campaign is an adaptation of the movie and three of the stretch goals are just making a mini campaign out of a comic book
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Mar 15, 2021 07:48
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Only the first film and spin-off comics feels a little like some star fleet battles license poo poo.
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Mar 15, 2021 08:23
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Only the first film and spin-off comics feels a little like some star fleet battles license poo poo. From time to time I wonder if the Alien RPG not covering Aliens and now apparently the Terminator RPG not having T2 is because Leading Edge Games still has the licenses.
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Mar 15, 2021 11:03
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Reminds me of the GW games where they were coming up with background for the Ringwraiths from LOTR, only one of them has a proper name but as it wasn't mentioned in the material they had the rights for, they weren't technically allowed to use it. It was only after they suggested they might give him a funny name (perhaps Bob or something) that they were begrudgingly allowed to use the correct name for him.
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Mar 15, 2021 11:49
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Marmaduke! posted:Reminds me of the GW games where they were coming up with background for the Ringwraiths from LOTR, only one of them has a proper name but as it wasn't mentioned in the material they had the rights for, they weren't technically allowed to use it. It was only after they suggested they might give him a funny name (perhaps Bob or something) that they were begrudgingly allowed to use the correct name for him. IIRC the Decipher CCG also gave them "names," but they were literally just "Ringwraith #3" and so forth in Elvish.
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Mar 15, 2021 11:56
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"what's the elvish word for 'friend'" the hobbit asks. the elf nods and tattoos "bob" on his arm
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Buck Wildman posted:"what's the elvish word for 'friend'" the hobbit asks. the elf nods and tattoos "bob" on his arm Speak, Bob, and Enter
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Mar 15, 2021 16:04
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The old ICE Middle-earth RPG and CCG filled in quite a bit of space outside the typical NW region of the main books, including giving all the Ring-wraiths backstories and real names, some of which were pretty interesting. I liked "The Nazgûl's Citadel" a lot because it had a ton of stuff about how whichever wraith ruled it did stuff other than cackling evilly and chasing hobbits. The whole line was filled with ridiculous overboard minutiae that only a very 80's successful fantasy RPG could deliver, but they also did an astounding amount of work fleshing out the world so that it didn't feel like there was literally nothing between all the major locations mentioned in the books. I seem to recall in TOR there's "big bad Witch-King" and then "the others" and mostly what you get are the combat stats. I love that game but its NPC write-ups frequently leave a lot to be desired. The Estate really let Pete Fenlon and pals go nuts, right up until the movies were imminent and transmedia empire beckoned.
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EverettLO posted:A Terminator RPG has been going for a few days now. It is *only* licensed for Terminator 1 and extrapolations thereof. That certainly helps them avoid the garbage of the series, but not being able to use T2 hurts. After the extremely mixed reaction I had to SLA Industries I would honestly recommend giving it a miss, especially if they use some variant of the very clunky system from SLA.
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I think you need a much less...focused...movie than The Terminator to make for an interesting RPG license off a single movie. I guess you might be able to get a light RPG designed for one-shots out of it, but even there you'd have a pretty repetitive experience, I think.
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That Old Tree posted:The old ICE Middle-earth RPG and CCG filled in quite a bit of space outside the typical NW region of the main books, including giving all the Ring-wraiths backstories and real names, some of which were pretty interesting. I liked "The Nazgûl's Citadel" a lot because it had a ton of stuff about how whichever wraith ruled it did stuff other than cackling evilly and chasing hobbits. The whole line was filled with ridiculous overboard minutiae that only a very 80's successful fantasy RPG could deliver, but they also did an astounding amount of work fleshing out the world so that it didn't feel like there was literally nothing between all the major locations mentioned in the books. For all that MERP had some unfortunate tendencies in grafting stock D&D-isms like wizards and clerics onto Middle-earth, yeah, it really did. I particularly love the extensive geology and climatology section that explains exactly why Angmar was such a desolate frozen hellhole even before the Witch-king showed up. (I'm not being sarcastic, for all that it's a lot drier and more earth science-focused than Tolkien would have written it, it really did make me feel the terrain the way reading LotR does.) That Old Tree posted:I seem to recall in TOR there's "big bad Witch-King" and then "the others" and mostly what you get are the combat stats. I love that game but its NPC write-ups frequently leave a lot to be desired. The Witch-king is written up in Rivendell, and three others are written up in Darkening of Mirkwood--and they all have at least slightly different approaches and stats, but no, they're not terribly in-depth. Which makes sense, IMO--in the time and place when TOR is set, three of them are just chilling in Dol Guldur extending a shadow of fear and wickedness into Mirkwood, while the Witch-king and the other 5 are slowly building up their forces in Minas Morgul, whereas MERP was set at the height of Angmar's power when most of the Nine were abroad and basically pretending that they were going to be this Age's big bad while Sauron regathered his strength.
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I really wish I still had all my old ICE Middle-Earth stuff. The book they put out for Isengard had full floor plans for the entire tower.
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Funzo posted:I really wish I still had all my old ICE Middle-Earth stuff. The book they put out for Isengard had full floor plans for the entire tower. They made a whole-rear end book about Dol Guldur with whole-rear end floor plans for the entire thing. Yet even MERP went a lot more general on Moria because loving lol at the scale of that poo poo.
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Mar 15, 2021 18:16
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ICE's MERP stuff is great, just great (especially the maps). There is a lot of love for the setting and all its details in there, and the Tolkien estate was unusually generous letting them use material from the Silmarilion and Unfinished Tales (so you have game stats and writeups for the two blue wizards Alatar and Pallando) You just have to understand going in that the rules are there support D&D style adventuring in Middle Earth.
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Mar 15, 2021 18:28
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The giant 2'x3' ICE MERP world map is one of my gaming white whales. I'd love to have one of those to frame and jam onto my wall. I mean, I know it's all made up, and yet....
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Mar 15, 2021 18:48
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I'm not hugely familiar with every game in this bundle, but it seems like a great effort that's well worth contributing for, Bone Marshes was, iirc, p tight https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/technicalgrimoire/rpg-printing-spree
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:I'm not hugely familiar with every game in this bundle, but it seems like a great effort that's well worth contributing for, Bone Marshes was, iirc, p tight Oh that looks cool. Thanks for bringing it up.
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Mar 15, 2021 19:01
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dwarf74 posted:The giant 2'x3' ICE MERP world map is one of my gaming white whales. I'd love to have one of those to frame and jam onto my wall. I knew someone who had the maps from each of the supplements up in his game room. About 12 books made it take up a lot more than 2x3.
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mllaneza posted:I knew someone who had the maps from each of the supplements up in his game room. About 12 books made it take up a lot more than 2x3. (trying not to embed a huge image) https://i.imgur.com/LqFv5.jpg
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dwarf74 posted:The giant 2'x3' ICE MERP world map is one of my gaming white whales. I'd love to have one of those to frame and jam onto my wall. It looks like there's one up on eBay at this very moment (https://www.ebay.com/itm/MERP-Middle-Earth-Roleplaying-Map-1982-Tolkien-Fantasy-DnD-Rolemaster/274721332495)
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Ixjuvin posted:It looks like there's one up on eBay at this very moment (https://www.ebay.com/itm/MERP-Middle-Earth-Roleplaying-Map-1982-Tolkien-Fantasy-DnD-Rolemaster/274721332495) I don't want to pay a hundred bucks for it.
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Funzo posted:I really wish I still had all my old ICE Middle-Earth stuff. The book they put out for Isengard had full floor plans for the entire tower.
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bowmore posted:Wow they really do hate illegal immigration One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them One ring to cage them all and asylum deny them In the land of MAGA where the shadows lie
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LatwPIAT posted:From time to time I wonder if the Alien RPG not covering Aliens and now apparently the Terminator RPG not having T2 is because Leading Edge Games still has the licenses. There's a Colonial Marines Operation Manual in the works for the Alien RPG, I don't know how that works with the movie rights exactly, like a lot of this stuff it's probably a huge clusterfuck.
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bowmore posted:Wow they really do hate illegal immigration ELENDIL (CLAP!) WAS (CLAP!) AN ILLEGAL (CLAP!) IMMIGRANT (CLAP!) ...We may have drifted just a touch from talking about TTRPG Kickstarters.
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Mar 16, 2021 09:22
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Last day reminder for Tiny Epic Dungeons + Root Marauders
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Given the Brexit unknowns I think I am begrudgingly going to have to pass on a bunch of Kickstarters, including Root. Missing out on hirelings and fancy markers is a blow but I can always pick things up in retail later and not have to deal with shipping and a potential $20 tax for my countries poor choices.
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Mar 16, 2021 18:59
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Death Valley, a new $10 Buttonshy game is up. Looks fun!
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The_Doctor posted:Death Valley, a new $10 Buttonshy game is up. Looks fun! Pretty much any Buttonshy game that has a solo mode is an immediate back for me. They've all been solid, relatively cheap to back, and I love just being able to toss one in my pocket.
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StarkRavingMad posted:Pretty much any Buttonshy game that has a solo mode is an immediate back for me. They've all been solid, relatively cheap to back, and I love just being able to toss one in my pocket. I’ve never seen Buttonshy before that I recall, but these look great. Backed for their collection!
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StarkRavingMad posted:Pretty much any Buttonshy game that has a solo mode is an immediate back for me. They've all been solid, relatively cheap to back, and I love just being able to toss one in my pocket. Yeah, Sprawlopolis lives in my backpack all the time. That’s such a good one.
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Subjunctive posted:I’ve never seen Buttonshy before that I recall, but these look great. Backed for their collection! Tussie Mussie remains one of my favorite card games; I recommend it if you want to pick up something else.
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The_Doctor posted:Yeah, Sprawlopolis lives in my backpack all the time. That’s such a good one. For a game that's like 18 cards without the expansions, it's a surprisingly good little brain burner.
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StarkRavingMad posted:For a game that's like 18 cards without the expansions, it's a surprisingly good little brain burner.
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Got the physical copy of Jenna Moran's Glitch. I can't speak to how good it is as an RPG or sequel to Nobilis since I haven't finished reading it, but it's absolutely a worthy successor to Nobilis 2e in how beautiful a book it is. Just fantastically good looking.
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After the campaign ended on the 8th of October 2016, I have just received notice today that my copy of Siege of the Citadel has been assigned a UPS Tracking number. I now have only one project that hasn't been fulfilled and that's Up Front!, which never will be.
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That Old Tree posted:The old ICE Middle-earth RPG and CCG filled in quite a bit of space outside the typical NW region of the main books, including giving all the Ring-wraiths backstories and real names, some of which were pretty interesting. I liked "The Nazgûl's Citadel" a lot because it had a ton of stuff about how whichever wraith ruled it did stuff other than cackling evilly and chasing hobbits. The whole line was filled with ridiculous overboard minutiae that only a very 80's successful fantasy RPG could deliver, but they also did an astounding amount of work fleshing out the world so that it didn't feel like there was literally nothing between all the major locations mentioned in the books. Same thing happened with Star Wars and West End Games, the makers of the first Star Wars rpg. They re the ones that made up the names for a lot of the alien races in the movies like Rodians and Twi'leks. They re also the ones that made the Empire a human supremacist movement.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:After the campaign ended on the 8th of October 2016, I have just received notice today that my copy of Siege of the Citadel has been assigned a UPS Tracking number. I now have only one project that hasn't been fulfilled and that's Up Front!, which never will be. Still waiting on my Siege of the Citadel tracking number. I got that Dark Trooper pledge and opted to just have everything sent at once. What a smart decision that was. 
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