Troll Lord Games

Its pretty interesting, and I have to admit it grew on me a little more during CharGen.

Mike

Hey all,

Elizabeth (DM Liz) and I will be guesting on the Youtube show “Talking Crit” with BadMike and Erik Tenkar this coming Wednesday Dec. 23rd at 7pm Central. Give us a gander, and you’ll mebbe get a goose. Mebbe…?

https://www.youtube.com/c/ErikTenkar/featured

DM Mike

Save For Half episode # 29: "Cosmic Encounter by Eon Products" No, its not a Spielberg movie. ItÕs the board game sensation of the 1970s Adventure gaming industry, Cosmic Encounter by Eon Products. A simple yet innovative system lets each of the alien races a player chooses change powers and goals t...

Save For Half episode # 28: "Space Patrol by Gamescience" Space, the final frontier... or the first, as far as RPG space gaming went. Gamescience's Space Patrol beat Traveller to the punch in 1977, but was lost in the shuffle of its better known rival's little black books. But this little game has s...

Save For Half episode # 27: "Dresden Files by Evil Hat Productions" It's time for your Fab Four Halflings to accept their fates...FATE Core, that is! We sit down and cover our first FATE game in the guise of The Dresden Files RPG, based on the bestselling book series by Jim Butcher. We learn about F...

Save For Half Sideshow #26 1/2: North Texas RPG Con with Chris Holmes Yes there was in fact a North Texas RPG Con this year; both virtual and live tracks. Your Halflings read some emails and then discuss their time at the con. Chris Holmes, son of J. Eric Holmes, was the only one of us actually in p...

Yeah, its a great setting that I've used with Victorious on occasion. Didn't have the "Clockwork" version though, so I picked up that part of the Bundle of Holding.

Mike

Save For Half episode # 26: "Timeship by Yaquinto Publications" Timeship has, let's say, a checkered reputation in the RPG community. This episode your intrepid Halflings delve into a game that mandates a player play themselves, travel back in time, and (among other things) kill Hitler. What's not t...

Save For Half episode # 25: "Awful Green Things from Outer Space by SJG" What more can we say about episode 25 of Save for Half? Only they're awful, they're green...and they're from outer space! Yes, it's that quirky Tom Wham boardgame first published in Dragon magazine #28, and was in its 8th editi...

Save For Half Sideshow # 24 1/2: "Alarums & Excursions with Jon Peterson" Save for Half is back with another sideshow, this time featuring the return of the Arch-RPG Historian himself Jon Peterson! He joins the Halflings for a discussion of the seminal D&D fanzine Alarums & Excursions, and we discus...

Truthfully (as I stated on the show) its not my bag either. But since it came out in 1975 its interesting as a historical document as to where the embryonic RPG idea was at the time. I'm not sure, but I think it even predates Tunnels & Trolls. In that vein, its an interesting read and in some ways i...

Save For Half episode # 24: "Empire of the Petal Throne by TSR" It's a legend in the RPG community, M.A.R. Barker's famous Tekumel is brought to you by the halfling horde's inimitable wit! Well, half of it anyway... The Empire of the Petal Throne is arguably the first D&D variant world to see public...

Ah, but she'll have to blame Liz because it was her choice! Also, in fair warning Spahn told me that THJ 2E Companion coming out soon will have....sigh....Gnomes as a lineage.

I can't argue that gnomes aren't part of folklore, but.... !

Mike

Save For Half episode # 23: “The Hero's Journey 2E by Gallant Knight Games" What's This? (said in our best Batman '66 announcer voice) A review of a game that has only just finished its Kickstarter? Your Fab Four Halflings come through again with a review of The HeroÕs Journey, 2E! We discuss its (n...

Save For Half Sideshow # 22 1/2: “James Spahn and Heroes Journey 2E" Welcome to the New Year! Your Halflings are joined by noted game designer James Spahn to talk about his new update of The HeroÕs Journey Fantasy RPG, Kickstarting this month. We discuss his game philosophies, new innovations that m...

Yeah, I'm currently in a situation where some of my Victorious players are moving through dimensions and the random tables to generate realities are turning out to be great springboards for ideas!

Which makes it far more useful than at the time of its original publication.

Mike

Save For Half episode # 22: Aftermath! By FGU ItÕs the Post-Apocalypse, and you are a lone survivor battling the radioactive wastes with a pistol, sneakers, and all the armor hit location #12 can hold! ThatÕs right, itÕs Aftermath by Fantasy Games Unlimited, and your Halflings delve into how the wor...

Save For Half episode # 21: "Manual of the Planes by TSR" What do you do with that 20th level character in AD&D? Start adventuring in the various planes of existence, naturally! Your four halflings take a dive into 1987’s Manual of the Planes by Jeff Grubb and the TSR Bullpen. Soaring vistas, deep A...

My system was printed in Crusader mag (issues 6 and 7, maybe?). In brief, I combine the two classes to get a third class and I treat that combine as 1 class. So, instead of a Fighter/Rogue I've got a Bandit. Wizard/Rogue is a Charletain, etc. Maybe its my Classic D&D-ness showing, but I've never lik...

Save For Half episode # 20: “Flash Gordon & The Warriors of Mongo by FGU" It’s Flash! <insert Queen chorus here> He’ll save—for Half—every one of us! In this latest episode of Save for Half, your Fab Four take a deep dive into 1977’s Flash Gordon and the Warriors of Mongo, a…RPG? written by Lin Cart...

Officer Z Let me welcome you to the boards. Despite the grump guys around here - Me included, just ask my daughters! ;) - there are a bunch of good guys here that can normally answer any of your questions. For your questions, I defer to the writer of the rules on the specifics My only helpful input...

:lol: No doubt! For those not in the know, Traveller was the editor on Victorious. He was great to work with BTW, but as noted earlier only some corrections made it in. Someday a revised Victorious might be in the offing. I need to check with Steve to see how many hardbacks are left. If there's to b...

Hi! First off, apologies for the typos and missing section. A bit of confusion at the printers had the non-edited file being printed in lieu of the corrected file. <sigh!> As to your q’s: “Armor Power: Supposedly "Damaging Things" refers to reading the Battle Suit power. Nothing actually says this, ...

It’s party time here in the Halfling Hideaway, and what's more of a party than a Party RPG? It says so, right on the box! Yes, it’s the Bullwinkle and Rocky Roleplaying Party game, from 1988. You demanded it (sorta), so we're here to bring it to you! Can Boris really 'Kill Moose'? Does Sherman and h...

Pretty intuitive as well, IMO. Of course, its not absolute like a +6 is but something I'd give a try in a home game.

Mike

Comments, either on the blog or here, would be appreciated:

http://victoriousrpg.com/2019/08/08/an- ... the-table/

Mike

Tell me about it. :) We've got 4 acts planned for the pdf runs, then the full print product will combine them with a fifth section covering details of 1890s Chicago (the "Black City") that will hopefully make it not just an adventure pack but a true city supplement. More as it becomes available, Mike

Greetings!

The first part of the multi-scenario adventure pack "Evil in the White City" has just hit DrivethruRPG! Details are at:

http://victoriousrpg.com/2019/08/07/evi ... -released/

Mike Stewart
Co-Author
Evil in the White City

Oh, you should! NTRPGC is an awesome con, especially if you don't want to be lost in a crowd. Like I said on the show, there's enough people that if you like you can always find a game but few enough that you can just walk up to any of the guests and start chatting.

Mike

Save For Half episode # 18 1/2: ÒNorth Texas RPG Con 2019Ó WhatÕs this? A Save for Half NTRPG Con wrap-up show before November? Thrills, chills, and Mike Badalatos abound in this overview of what the hosts did at NTRPGC! Well 3/4 of the hosts anyway. We review the con in its entirety, from the Wed. ...