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Plutonis posted:I dunno but Ettin put it on the OP of last month thread and I was kinda disgusted because the only good Quest Thread that existed ever was Dorf Quest. Huh, I was wondering if that was going to get mentioned. Hi, I wrote that. But if you think Ruby Quest was bad you're just flat out wrong.
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gnome7 posted:Huh, I was wondering if that was going to get mentioned. Hi, I wrote that. The adventures of Beardbeard and Garelf were enjoyable, friend, and I indeed had a lot of fun participating from the audience and choosing what to do. [Voice's tone changes to really disdainful] Ruby was kind of... Meh, though.
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So I've had kind of an idle thought sitting in my head today. Something you see in fiction is the idea of someone being Number One. Literally the best swordsman, or gunslinger, or whathaveyou in the goddamned world, that is nearly unchallengeable in their field and that "nearly" is only if you can make it one hell of an unfair fight. The thing is, these folks are protagonists as much as they're antagonists. So the thought sits in my head. How would you design an RPG around the player/one of the players being literally Number One? What would you do differently, when so many normal RPGs are about the idea of mitigating the players' chances and pitting them as the underdog? My vague thought was something involving the *World engine, but beyond its basic "play to find out what happens" mentality I'm genuinely not sure. What do you guys think?
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Yalborap posted:So I've had kind of an idle thought sitting in my head today. Something you see in fiction is the idea of someone being Number One. Literally the best swordsman, or gunslinger, or whathaveyou in the goddamned world, that is nearly unchallengeable in their field and that "nearly" is only if you can make it one hell of an unfair fight. Amber 
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That is literally high-level Exalted play. Or Scion, if you took a primarily Dex-based build. It's kind of boring and fiddly. It turns out that once you're on top, the preferred strategy is to go even deeper into risk mitigation and crushing any potential opponents before they can realistically pose a threat. much like capitalism As a Marxist-Leninist-Gygaxist, I
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Asymmetrikon posted:If you do want to run this month, please do; otherwise, I was gonna make April contest about RPGs specifically designed for play by PBP (since it's come up multiple times now, and PBP is obviously quite popular). Looks like Evil Mastermind already jumped on the grenade, but I really want to see this contest.
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Evil Mastermind posted:I saw a thing a while back (I think it was on the Forge) called "the character sheet is the RPG", where the character contained the whole game, and nothing else was needed besides dice/playing cards/randomizer. Basically writing an RPG that's literally contained on one side of a sheet of paper. I'm in! Asymmetrikon posted:I know about the WTF contest, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't stepping on anyone else's toes 'cause I was planning on starting one. I'm writing something along these lines as a general hack, would love to see how other people do it.
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Winson_Paine posted:FINE. 
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So, is anyone going to PAX East? I've never been before, and my friends are trying to get me to run Dungeon World. I might be able to be convinced to run a goon game too. Any takers? (Also, am I insane/blind or is there legit not a PAX East thread?)
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Xiahou Dun posted:So, is anyone going to PAX East? I've never been before, and my friends are trying to get me to run Dungeon World. I might be able to be convinced to run a goon game too. Any takers? At least, I will assuming I get my badge soon...
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I need to finish judging my contest entries  I swear life waited until I actually had an obligation to fulfill before piling a stack of bad on me 
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If there's so much bad, shouldn't judging be easy? Oooh I get to ask a convention question, anyone doing Gold Coast Supanova?
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So I've been looking over that Shadowfist/Feng Shui Apocalypse World hack (mentioned in last month's thread) and man, I love it! I think I like it even better than the idea of using FAE to run Feng Shui. I have no experience with Apocalypse Powered games, but I like what I see. Fronts are pretty cool too. Currently reading through that goon made Dungeon World GM Guide (which still seems 90-95% applicable) for a better idea of how things work. My only complaint is that its missing a few of my favorite archetypes (Journalist, Masked Avenger, Velocity Addict). But making your own playbooks doesn't look too hard. I want to run this. Too bad that is unlikely with IRL friends and my online group is currently experiencing severe scheduling issues in addition to having only recently started another game. Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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Xiahou Dun posted:
I thought about making a "Not-Gencon/local game convention" thread but I don't actually know anything about local conventions other than that they exist.
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Cassa posted:If there's so much bad, shouldn't judging be easy? No, he means his life is full of poo poo right now, not that all the games are bad.
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I finished a PbP game! And it's like the third time I've done it*! A young couple fell in love and a little girl got her wish. I like Golden Sky Stories.  *in the course of five-odd years
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grassy gnoll posted:I finished a PbP game! And it's like the third time I've done it*! It was great to see!... especially after the first GSS game died on the vine, despite our party art. Calling a GSS group a "party" seems way more appropriate for that game than it does for D&D. 
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grassy gnoll posted:I finished a PbP game! And it's like the third time I've done it*! Now run Everyone Is Goat.
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Ettin posted:Now run Everyone Is Goatse.
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Today is my birthday, and I am officially Old.
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Yawgmoth posted:Today is my birthday, and I am officially Old. Happy birfday, you hoser!
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Yawgmoth posted:Today is my birthday, and I am officially Old.
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grassy gnoll posted:I finished a PbP game! And it's like the third time I've done it*! Tbqh that's a great completion rate
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Captain Foo posted:Tbqh that's a great completion rate It's the first game I've been in that's completed, though the first Tenra Bansho game I was in at least wrapped up the first adventure before flaking out in the second. It's refreshing in the face of a lot of the straight-up flakin' I've been seeing lately. It's like dandruff with some GMs.
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Hey remember 2 weeks ago how some SA posters did an Inverse World stream? Yeah we dont remember either. But apparently it was us. And we are doing it again this week at 7-720pm cst. http://www.twitch.tv/finiterespawn/ is the new channel. Feel free to stop by and watch us play dumb goon inspired elf games. Edit: Also theres about a 75% chance of Madscientistworking trying to throw a rock at something in game. ( DID NOT DELIVER ) I put tonights stream on youtube for anyone who wants to watch. Island Crash Episode 2: Shadows Part 1 Playlist Island Crash Episode 2: Shadows Part 2 Playlist Talkc fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Talkc posted:I put tonights stream on youtube for anyone who wants to watch. Oh my God, you guys sound exactly like I wanted you to.
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Gau posted:Oh my God, you guys sound exactly like I wanted you to. What did you want us to sound like? 
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OK gau what's with the new title
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I dunno man, I don't even post in E/N.
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holky poo poo e: that's a really low effort title, even for someone who despise those like me
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Xiahou Dun posted:(Also, am I insane/blind or is there legit not a PAX East thread?) Bucnasti posted:I thought about making a "Not-Gencon/local game convention" thread but I don't actually know anything about local conventions other than that they exist.
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So ICONS Team-Up, a GMS product set to release in October 2011, finally came out in PDF format and last year and is expected to ship in print any day now!  ... Or was. Unfortunately Cubicle 7 can't afford to do the promised print version and GMS can't do POD without redoing the layout, so that's been cancelled. Instead, anyone who pre-ordered the print version gets back the difference... in credit for Adamant products! Save on Far West!  ICONS TEAM-UP: IN MEMORIAM quote:Still on schedule for November, yes. quote:The PDF will be available (and sent to pre-order customers and the printer)before Christmas. quote:Sorry I've been so out of touch -- things are way, way busy here and Adamant is basically a one-man operation plus freelancers, which means that things tend to bottleneck when they get to me. Add that to the issues we had with our print-partners that needed resolution, and the amount of work on FAR WEST (the overwhelming success of the Kickstarter meant that there was literally 3 to 4 times as much stuff to do as we were expecting), and things have really piled up. quote:By the end of March. quote:Here's the tl;dr version: ICONS TEAM-UP is going direct-only, rather than through distribution, and as such we're going to keep the pre-order open until April 15th. Customers will get the PDF when we send to the printer that week. quote:I'm expecting to deliver PDFs in no more than two weeks. quote:Perspective, kids. It's not just for representing relative distances in two-dimensional images anymore! quote:Yes, TEAM-UP appeared in a list of projects that I'll have done by the end of August.However, it will be the first of them that will be completed -- in the next week or so. You won't have to wait until August. quote:Nothing quite so career-affirming as people complaining about late releases when you're sick as hell. quote:Adamant will send out the PDF and Print copies to pre-order customers, and then Ad Infinitum will be handling the general release after that. quote:ICONS TEAM-UP *will* go to Steve this week for his approval. I'll drop everything else to make sure that happens. You've all waited long enough. quote:It will go out this week. Family stuff interfered with my earlier plan. quote:Team-Up will be available in print for the folks that pre-ordered it. quote:Contract signed, licensed secured -- TEAM-UP will be released by Adamant this month as an officially-licensed ICONS product, including a release for general sale after delivery to pre-order customers. quote:You'll have it by July 31st. quote:ICONS TEAM-UP should be ready for digital delivery at some point tomorrow. quote:I can report that a complete ICONS Team-Up PDF is sitting on my hard-drive and that I have looked it over and given Gareth the thumbs-up to proceed. quote:It should be shipping soon. quote:So at this point, I’m cancelling the print edition of ICONS TEAM-UP. Each of you will be credited the difference in price between the price quoted for the print version and the price of the digital edition you have received. That credit can be used on any Adamant Entertainment product you want, including our forthcoming ICONS COMPATIBLE licensed releases.
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Sorry I took your money everybody, but here's a bunch of FarWest FunBux for your loss! Hope you guys like MARS! e: So of course he's begging for these people to pay his medicals bills too. Karma to Burn fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Apr 6, 2014 |
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"It would be awesome if game designers with high-profile public reps for whining about other game designers/everything else had more actual game designs." "When they’re known more for petulant behavior than designing, it makes me wonder if they’re in the right job."
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Ettin posted:So ICONS Team-Up, a GMS product set to release in October 2011, finally came out in PDF format and last year and is expected to ship in print any day now!
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Evil Mastermind posted:I'm surprised he didn't manage to wedge a slam on RPGNet in there somewhere. Gareth M. Skarka @gmskarka Apr 4 …you’ll have more info then, once I’ve got recovery behind me. I’d ask you to hold off on typical RPGNet hate-fest until then, but… nah. Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite More 1:55 PM - 4 Apr 2014 · Details I mean, Skarka could be understanding about this, but... nah.
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GMS is the gift that keeps on (not) giving.
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