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- Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Middle Earth Mashup
- Replies: 31
- Views: 21909
Re: Middle Earth Mashup
Not AiME, exactly but if you are looking at 5E and Middle-earth you might check out Free League's new "Lord of the Rings Roleplaying" system. Both AiME and LotRR are based on 5E but they are somewhat different. LotRR redoes classes and calls then "callings" and they feel more Tol...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:42 pm
- Forum: Out of Print
- Topic: TLG's Castle Zagyg in PDF
- Replies: 35
- Views: 59579
Re: TLs Castle Zagyg in PDF
Welcome to the boards! How about a quick intro? What's your connection to Castle Zagyg? Funny this should come up after so many years, but I was looking at my copy of The Outs Inn yesterday and noticed the prices for food/drink/rooms/etc were way inflated compared to standard C&C or even AD&...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: Your Favorite C&C
- Replies: 54
- Views: 7572
Re: Your Favorite C&C
My favorite C&C is ... first printing! I know that doesn't at all answer the question or follow the thread, but I loved the cover and the font size and the fact that my game group got recognized for playtesting. As to favorites to follow the thread, I don't have a good answer at all for this. My...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:27 pm
- Forum: TLG News
- Topic: TLG & The Gygax Estate re-release Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3629
Re: TLG & The Gygax Estate re-release Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh
Huzzah! I own most of the products from the first run, but it will be nice to get PDFs and some reprints. On several game boards it is suggested that this line is full of typos and/or layout issues. Any chance this will be cleaned up, or is it just a quick "let's just get this done" kind o...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: FLGS Update
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27346
Re: FLGS Update
The one that is closing is Fair Game in downtown Downers Grove. Much closer. Totally forgot about this thread until it re-surfaced recently. Turns out that another buyer came through in the 11th hour and Fair Game did not close. It's thriving under new ownership, and the new guy is willing to consi...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: What happens when 5e players try Castles and Crusades.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5578
Re: What happens when 5e players try Castles and Crusades.
I would assume the Trolls were playing in their world with their rules long before 3.X became public. Both were likely insulated from each other. My understanding is C&C wasn't created until the OGL was released. I believe the Trolls were still running 1E in their home games at that point. The ...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: FLGS Update
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27346
Re: FLGS Update
As an update: Fair Game in Downers Grove did NOT close after all. Indeed, the store is not only healthy but they have expanded to both LaGrange and Geneva. There is now a chain of Fair Game stores. :O
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 12:03 pm
- Forum: Amazing Adventures
- Topic: Amazing Adventures 5E or the 5th Edition of Amazing Adventures?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1456
Re: Amazing Adventures 5E or the 5th Edition of Amazing Adventures?
I've followed the evolution of Amazing Adventures from early kickstart to today, and have a whole box of AA books and adventures. Here is the evolution as I recall it off the top of my head: Amazing Adventures started out as a pulp-only system which was compatible with C&C, then evolved into a m...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:29 pm
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: Copy of TOR Ruins of the Lost Realm Available!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3246
Re: Copy of TOR Ruins of the Lost Realm Available!
Huh. I haven't even gotten my copy from Free League (I backed the KS, too!) and you got yours a month ago. :O
- Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:39 pm
- Forum: SIEGE Engine & Other TLG Games
- Topic: Swords & Chaos
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2447
Swords & Chaos
Looks like a SIEGE based RPG, but not done by the Troll Lords. Not sure if that's good or bad, but they advertise that it's inspired by Karl Edward Wagner and Robert E Howard.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bl ... escription
Anyone know anything about this?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bl ... escription
Anyone know anything about this?
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:44 pm
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: Returning to C&C
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1763
Re: Returning to C&C
I just rebought the "classic box" C&C and am currently pondering a new set of hardbacks. It's a little strange that not all books are the same "printing" (I think the newest PH is 8th while the newest M&T is 5th) but always nice to remember that the core rules never chang...
- Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:02 pm
- Forum: TLG News
- Topic: Very important message regarding the forums
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9617
Re: Very important message regarding the forums
I'm hoping that the Forum doesn't get replaced by Discord. We have a Discord presence on my own forum (ODD74) and I don't visit there, either. I like the message board format.
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:11 am
- Forum: Out of Print
- Topic: CZ boxed set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5103
Re: CZ boxed set
Also, I am looking for two of the Yggsburgh softcover supplements (East Corner and storehouse district), so if you are selling those, I would be interested! If you are selling as a lot, PM me and we may be able to negotiate a price. I thought I had a complete set but I'm not sure if "East Corn...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:08 pm
- Forum: Out of Print
- Topic: CZ boxed set
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5103
CZ boxed set
Thinking of selling my Castle Zygig stuff, including the "upper levels" boxed set. Any idea what the value is for this? (I know it was quickly out of print.)
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:09 pm
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: Star Trek RPG
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7174
Re: Star Treck RPG
I love ST:A. It is a 2d20 system. I mostly use the top (main) layer of the mechanics but there are a lot of extra layers if you are a rules lawyer. Apologies if I have asked this elsewhere, but every time I see that someone is using a simplified version of 2d20 I ask for more information. I love th...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:03 pm
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: Popularity of focused v generic game systems
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1235
Re: Popularity of focused v generic game systems
Alien’s, from what I’ve read and seen (I admit I haven’t played it so don’t have 1st hand knowledge) it look amazing at capturing the look and feel of Alien(s) movies – 1,2,& 3 . But I don’t think it would be usable for anything else. I’m not sure if you could pull off playing a campaign in the...
- Sat May 23, 2020 2:41 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Worst fantasy movie ...
- Replies: 82
- Views: 55798
Re: Worst fantasy movie ...
The LOTR films had a sense of care and passion behind them - the Hobbit trilogy by comparison felt like a bloated cash-out. If LOTR had never existed, maybe the Hobbit would've gotten a better reception? Same could be said for the Star Wars prequels. . . I seriously dislike the Hobbit films. Just a...
- Sat May 23, 2020 2:32 pm
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: Worst fantasy movie ...
- Replies: 82
- Views: 55798
Re: Worst fantasy movie ...
You know, I think my problem is that if a movie looks bad I don't even bother to try it. I guess in that sense I'm a "judge a book by its cover" kind of guy, and only the ones that make it through the cover test (or the preview test) even enter my brain as a movie for discussion. For examp...
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:51 am
- Forum: Conventions
- Topic: Gary Con XII
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18032
Re: Gary Con XII
Actually, GaryCon is now virtual. All games are online this year.
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:24 pm
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: Minimizing math while also balancing the "Siege Engine"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8654
Re: Pre-Calculated "Challenge Class". Easier task resolution
Nice analysis of the numbers, and welcome to the boards!
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:42 am
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: Feast of Legends -- Wendy's 5th edition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3893
Re: Feast of Legends -- Wendy's 5th edition
I think it's cute and I hope to run a one-shot for my group one of these days.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:45 am
- Forum: Tributes
- Topic: RIP -- Rick Loomis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6418
Re: RIP -- Rick Loomis
I met Rick a couple of times at Gen Con. I kept thinking that he was Ken St.Andre.
The few times I got to chat with him I found him to be a really nice and polite guy. He really was enthusiastic about his gaming. He will be missed.
The few times I got to chat with him I found him to be a really nice and polite guy. He really was enthusiastic about his gaming. He will be missed.
- Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:33 am
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: Alternative to the SIEGE system
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3862
Alternative to the SIEGE system
Over on DF is a thread where folks are discussing a way to replace SIEGE with something similar. I think that an awesome idea from that thread is simply to make use of the 5E "Advantage" mechanic, e.g. instead of having a 18/12 type difficulty roll you could keep all checks at 18 difficult...
- Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:33 am
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: Cthulhu, Poeish RPG
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4287
Re: Cthulhu, Poeish RPG
I haven't really read much Poe in decades so my memory on his stories may be faulty, but my thought is that a Poe game would probably emphasize story over number crunching so I would look for a rules set which allowed for fast play and imagination over some of those "a rule for every situation&...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:40 pm
- Forum: Victorious
- Topic: Evil in the White City Act 1 Released!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4652
Re: Evil in the White City Act 1 Released!
Nice to see more support for Victorious!
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:52 am
- Forum: Open Discussion
- Topic: What gaming stuff are you reading?
- Replies: 2169
- Views: 749495
Re: What gaming stuff are you reading?
Shadowrun 6E boxed set. As many have said, the setting is neat but the mechanics not so much. :( I tried to run a short session the other day and it flopped. My players never got comfortable with combat because the sequence just didn't make sense to them. Attack roll, followed by the defender gettin...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:01 am
- Forum: Conventions
- Topic: Gary Con XII
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18032
Re: Gary Con XII
I keep telling myself that I need to get off my tushie and go to GaryCon again. The one I attended was a ton of fun. It always seems to happen at a tough time for me each year -- as a teacher we have lots of parent-teacher things and the like in March. Ugh.
- Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:09 pm
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: D&D 5th Edition Discussion
- Replies: 418
- Views: 245472
Re: D&D 5th Edition Discussion
Oh yeah ... 5e and the short/long rest ... I will willing benefit from it in game, but I don't like it. ALL HP back after 8 hours rest (and a good heal boost even from a short rest), some powers reset after an hour res, others after 8 hours rest ,,,, cab you get any more over powered ... If I did a...
- Tue Jul 09, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: D&D 5th Edition Discussion
- Replies: 418
- Views: 245472
Re: D&D 5th Edition Discussion
I probably won't run 5e again, but I'd be willing to play it. That's the heart of the issue, isn't it? True old school games are earlier on the DM but provide fewer options for the player. New school games provide a lot more player options, at the expense of being harder to run. As a player, when y...
- Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:13 pm
- Forum: Castles & Crusades
- Topic: Half-orcs: How often do have you seen them used as PCs?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18871
Re: Half-orcs: How often do have you seen them used as PCs?
I tried a half orc for a couple of sessions. Okay, but not anything really awesome. My sister played one pretty well. A couple of guys at the game store run one occasionally. Overall, not a lot of half orcs at my tables.