Troll Lord Games

I find the color books hard to read. I liked my 4th edition black and white version the best. The color books are very pretty, but impractical. I kickstarted and bought copies of all the new color books, but the B&W versions are my favorites. It seems the industry as a whole has shifted toward big, ...

I find the black and white easiest to read. Color looks pretty, but for reading and playing it's B&W all the way.

I think full color is the industry standard and the way to go to get new customers though.

Monk and then Illusionist. I never cared for the monk as a concept and they always seemed underpowered at low levels. Attacks and defense never seemed to compete with a fighter-type, and the other abilities don't compensate for this. IMO. The Illusionist always seemed odd as a class unto itself. It ...

Thanks for the link! I have no idea why Facebook's search panel wouldn't find it.

Can't find it searching on Facebook.

My girlfriend and I are going to GenCon for the first time ever! We're both very excited. We registered a little late so the official C&C games were already filled but we'd love to get in on a pick-up game sometime.

Just picked this up. Ah the nostalgia. Still a great game!

I recently started playing The Secret World . It just went buy-to-play (buy the game, no monthly subscriptions). The concepts and story are cool and the skill wheel keeps me up at night planning out my character and devising builds. You can buy the game for $30 or less and with no subscription fees,...

Too crunch for me. Lots of cool ideas, but the sum of all the small changes was too great compared to a traditional D20 game. The roll for attack and roll for defense and reroll if either is a crit or fumble leads to some drawn out die rolling sequences to resolve a simple attack. I don't care much ...

Sir Ironside wrote:One would think, in the standard fair, the d20 would be the most guilty of this (Even physics backs this up.). By another popular thread you'd figure the d30 would even be worse and the d100 the worst by far.

Well, a d20 has only 3 sides to each face, 2 less than a d12 which has 5.

The d12 is my least favorite die and this makes me wary of a game that uses it often. The problem is that of all the dice I own, this one rolls for the longest time and covers the greatest distance, making it a pain to roll at a table. (I'm guessing this is due to the fact that each face on a d12 is...

My experience with Lulu (print on demand) is that hardcovers aren't cheap. If you want to sell them basically at cost, they can be reasonable, but definitely not cheap. If I wanted to make an RPG that was affordable, I would make it digest sized and paperback. If it's print on demand, you can make a...

Sounds interesting as I prefer a bit more roleplay and world interaction rather than mostly straight up combat.

To clarify one point, is the in-game stuff handled with text and typing via matpools and Skype just for OOC? Or is Skype used for everything?

Another problem that I thought of is that the campaign setting doesn't distinguish holy and arcane magic, which could be a problem. Anyone houseruled around this with their own setting?

I've finally started playing through Dragon Age: Origins and am loving it. I like a lot of the basic setting tropes (like the Chantry and the Templars, politics reminiscent of game of thrones) and would like to run a Dragon Age game. The rules for the Green Ronin are a bit lackluster in places and i...

I just checked out the latest edition and suddenly I'm less enthused. It seems there's a bit more complexity than originally, which is a bit of a detractor for me. Too many feats and skills etc. Still, I like games with an older edition feel and certain new edition mechanics, so I'll definitely be p...

This game looks amazing. It ended up being very much like C&C in it's approach - not a retro clone at all, but a redesign of 2e.

I love a lot of the changes they made and can't wait for the final version.

I have a feeling this is going to be right up there with C&C as one of my all-time favorites.

Cortex Serenity - I ran a very short campaign but dropped it early on when the clumsiness of the rules and writing was too much for me. From what I've seen, later games have improved quite a bit, but that was the setting I had high hopes for a great RPG for.

Enjoyed the sample Tim. Looks good! I should point out that it seems odd that one would review a book based on a 25 sample as this guy on therpgsite decided to do. Think he is a fan of c&c? No matter. Here is his thoughts on the ToC for the CKG: Please note that this was only commentary on the ToC ...

Nice to see someone in the business taking a rational approach to this. Many content producers get emotional and can't get past the "They're stealing my stuff!" sentiment to look at the potential benefits like increased sales and revenue. There is a fine line in there somewhere, however. In the musi...

Good tips Anglefish. I picked up the Freeport companion; the Pirate, Noble and firearms rules should work well. I'd still like to add a Swashbuckler or Musketeer class, or at least a variant fighter who focuses more an agility. I like the defense bonus rules you linked as well, although those values...

I would like to run a 7th Sea campaign with swashbuckling musketeers, pirates etc. but I'd like to stick to my go to system, C&C. The Original 7th Sea system is cool, but it's not as quick and easy as Castles and Crusades. Has anyone done conversions or home-brew classes for 7th sea type characters?...

I think it's an excellent idea. A lot of people really go for the "living" campaigns.

<t>I often use Amazon. Lately I've been looking at CoolStuffInc - they seem to have good prices but with a limited selection. Troll and Toad is a good store and probably the best spot for minis in addition to books. Nobleknight has a decent used collection although their prices on new stuff is a lit...

<t>I think you're confusing the meaning of the word. It generally doesn't carry a negative connotation, that's misinterpretation.<br/> <br/> Think of it as next to final rather than next to last. Last often has a negative tone to it while final doesn't really carry a subjective judgment to it. <br/>...

<t>I recently picked up some used copies of AD&D 1e and purchased OSRIC at lulu. In the end, it wasn't as cool as I remembered. The original books were poorly organized and bizarrely written, but with a certain entertaining flair. OSRIC made more sense, but rambled on with a monotonous writing s...

Great movie. Hit Girl stole the show.

I'd definitely see this one again soon.

Borrowed the comics from a friend and was underwhelmed, but I'm not a comic guy so that's not entirely surprising.

<t>It's not quite the same thing, but as close as you'll get. The rules are available to download online for free and you can purchase soft and hardcover versions if you'd like from lulu.com.<br/> <br/> The changes between 1e and OSRIC are fairly insignificant, mostly just rules clarifications and m...

SigilWraith wrote: What are the main differences between S&W and LL? Also, what is the closest modern, in-print (or POD) thing out there to the ol' D&D Rules Cyclopedia (which if I remember correctly was an amalgamation of BECMI)? Does anything come close? S&W is based on OD&D - the little brown bo...

<t>I didn't care for combat in Cortex at all. I ran a few sessions of it for a Serenity game and we eventually got so frustrated with the system we stopped playing altogether.<br/> <br/> Roll to hit, roll for defense (what's the dodge roll again or were you using innate defense or blocking? did you ...