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The Confederacy would have probably been very expansionist if it didn't become a Before the war a number of Southern congressman had tried to lobby for the purchase of Cuba and wanted to expand into Central and South America because Northern climates did not support cotton cultivation. Slavery was still legal in Spanish colonies like Cuba and countries like Brazil until the late 19th century so they assumed it would be the logical route of conquest. They probably wouldn't have accomplished much with a small national army. EDIT: The argument for conquest mostly came due to the makeup of Congress. If slavery is legal, they aren't going to need to get more states to pass legislation. RocknRollaAyatollah fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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Libertad! posted:We're still playing Pathfinder, but I have a soft spot for Deadlands so it might be one of several planned games once we're done with our current campaign. Confederate governors were constantly telling Jefferson Davis to screw off and were purposely withholding troops by the end of the war because they wanted to protect their homes from marauding Union generals like Sherman. There's a reason it used to be called "these United States" as opposed to "the United States". The Civil War forever changed the definition of what powers the executive branch could wield and Lincoln's interpretation of the Constitution has influenced American perceptions of "state's rights" Though on paper it might seem like they had less rights, in practice they had a lot more because when you secede from a country decrying a tyrannical central government, the President isn't going to exercise every power. One of the reasons the Confederacy went bankrupt was because the central government couldn't effectively raise taxes on the states. It was a constant struggle from day one. Every Confederate President in the first 100 years, the first 20, would have probably strictly held to the constitution while every governor would have gone with what was implied. Jefferson Davis would have influenced every CSA President like Lincoln does every US President. There would be a big culture of strict constructionism and the implied powers of the executive branch would not have been exercised very frequently. EDIT: Alien Rope Burn posted:Bear in mind the pyrrhic Confederate success is, in the larger metaplot, an evil plot by the archvillains to divide America. Though there is some Confederate apologism afoot, the Confederates ultimately are deeply in the wrong, though not for reasons they're aware of until it's too late (and Hell on Earth happens). Of course, the Union is also manipulated too. Both sides are essentially victims of the Reckoners' manipulations. This whole thing is pretty dumb because the world ends in a nuclear holocaust and they could have easily just had that happen with a victorious Union. The world pretty much follows the same trends it followed in the regular timeline anyways so it's not like that scenario is dependent on a CSA existing. RocknRollaAyatollah fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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FMguru posted:In the (slight) defense of the 7S/L5R RPGs, they are adaptations of a property with a built-in ongoing storyline (their respective CCGs). Complaining that it's hard to run L5R because there's a constant stream of new developments and setting-changing revelations attached to it is a little like complaining that Star Wars has wizard-knights with laser swords in it. It's part of the package. Yeah, isn't 7th Sea just a step below L5R in terms of being hit by the CCG plot train? Zurui posted:I think it's more like complaining that Star Wars RPGs sucked in the 2000s because there was a new book or comic or animated series being released all the drat time and it was difficult to keep up with the canon. That's always been an issue since the WEG days. Anytime a big book or comic series came out they had to make a splat book. This is why you got necessary books like The Truce at Bakura.
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Tendales posted:I think I might 'borrow' that copy before it goes on the shelf and give it a read. Well all of their scenarios are in space so it's completely different. What is the system they use like? Why wouldn't I just use a generic system because the premises are pretty generic?
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Tendales posted:Who, FFG, or the Outbreak guys? I meant Outbreak. quote:Well, the answer in both cases is 'I dunno', since FFG's games aren't nearly out yet, and I'm still at work so I haven't snuck Outbreak home with me yet. Their previous game, Outbreak: Undead, was a pretty standard d100 system, if that helps any. I hope they have some good material in the books because everything is sounding pretty boring.
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Covok posted:Nah, that's probably going to be John Wick's next book of advice for GMs. Please, no more.
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Kai Tave posted:Honestly I'm legit curious to see if John Wick's GMing advice remains the same or if his supposed play style has changed any over the years. Not curious enough to pay for the privilege, mind you. I actually went to his website to see if he wrote anything that showed any positive growth and there was a 2 part interview with Zak S. I'd wager that he hasn't changed much.
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Babylon Astronaut posted:"A roleplaying game has no fluff." Creates a roleplaying game based around a strict, class based society and a metaplot that can't be deviated from.
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grassy gnoll posted:Everybody always thinks they're gonna be the wizard, but it turns out 99.99% of the denizens of Heartbreakerland are poo poo farmers. Just sayin'. Commoners who live in fear of the common house cat.
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We all live in the shadow of Patches the Destroyer.
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AmiYumi posted:Where/what is your avatar from? It's a very...unique take on the character. It's a prolific Japanese voice actor named Sugita from when he was on Persona Stalker Club. He dressed up like Yukiko when they were playing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.  
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He was only on the one episode by the way. The bald guy and the woman are the usual hosts.
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Kai Tave posted:It turns out that someone's masturbatory attempt at creating a "real, verisimilitudinous" setting feels fake too, because no game writer that fancies himself Tolkien is actually Tolkien and so all these settings full of extraneous details like the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt just wind up like those character backstories from that one guy, you know the one, who wrote like 15 pages detailing his character's life story down to the history of each individual scar and pimple, literally none of which ever came up in the six sessions you played before Bob got bored and decided he'd rather run something else. Stacking a bunch of dumb, pointless poo poo into your setting doesn't make it feel any more "real" no matter how much die-hard simulationists rail against making things "too gameable," it just feels like someone crammed a bunch of stuff together because that's how you make settings, right? Just layer on the fake places and fake names and meandering backstory with a trowel until you hit critical mass. This is why Killzone 2 is the strongest out of all the games because it uses Killzone as the setup mythos and it boils down to get Space Hitler. I agree with everything you're saying by the way because I played 1-3 and did my time with that series.
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Destiny was supposed to do the same thing but all of that was allegedly canned, along with the plot of the game, when it launched. There are some files on the enemies and locations you can read on Bungie's website but it still doesn't save that game's story or lack thereof.
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For a second there I thought Karen Traviss wrote a lot more Halo novels but she only wrote three. Gears of War was the series she was given way more influence on, not that it mattered. Halo really dodged a bullet there though.
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For some reason I feel like a game based around commodity trading and over analyzing charts is the height of roleplaying according to a majority of grognards.
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BatteredFeltFedora posted:Hey now, Traveller is a lot of fun with the right group. A broken clock is only right two times a day. EDIT: I'd like to imagine all grognards own a copy of the film Trading Places. RocknRollaAyatollah fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Dec 15, 2014 |
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ravenkult posted:poo poo, is there a name for when a GM treats his NPCs like real people and his players as NPCs? Because I have stories about that. Terrible storytelling. I don't think there really is a good name for that. I had a similar experience in a Werewolf the Forsaken larp and the ST still ran things on rails even though there were only 3-4 regular players. We were pretty much playing tabletop and he still kept on acting like there were 20 regular players in his game.
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