Troll Lord Games

The Grey Elf wrote:
I'm the author
It is odd that I'm not listed as such, though...

Erm, that's not very cool
Any reason why you weren't credited?

mordrene wrote:
I did not know that. they need to sponser a cfl team. nfl network shows the games in the states.

For your next trick; who shows nfl in Europe?

I've recently discovered that american football is actually really good, but finding it on tv is kinda hit and miss

I knew Tellus sounded familiar.
I thought the series was a lot better than the pilot.

What did you call it in the end?

ps I liked Titan AE...

I'd live on planet debaser.

Indeed. I'd grab one of them.

The symbolism is all there (escape by ship to preserve life)

Has a mythological basis like all cool planets,

And is suffenciently weird to pronounce that most people go "frak it, I'll call it home"

Atrahasis? The noah like figure of a 4,000 year old Akkadian deluge epic.

He is warned of the flood by Enki the water god and escapes in a ship and preserves life...

Anyone else get a similar feel from starsiege and WEG Star Wars?

Skill bundles with specialisations, nova/force points, encouragement to try anything, that type of thing?

I agree, Medical is the only one that I'm tempted to add to be honest.

And that mainly as it supports an archetype and I could see in regular use.

I'm not a fan of skills that don't see use in games. (eg I like the reduced skill list in d&d4)

<t>hmm, I think I'd prefer a new bundle to a new rule, but apreciate the feedback aswell as the rapid response.<br/> <br/> It only came up because I was thinking about the characters in my current game in starsiege terms. The doctor didn't quite feel right as the general scientist type. The Pilot, E...

<t>Can anyone see any unforseen effects of adding skill bundles? I don't mean just for the hell of it, or to overcomplicate stuff, but support diversity of concept. In other worlds, Lore is very broad, which is fine in space opera. However in a game heavier on scientific investigation or medical spe...

Hmm, I didn't get that. You may well be right, I have a metric ton of different games, perhaps as you say, that helped.

Thank You, that was what I was missing. I had assumed that close range was a maximum and an accuracy bonus was pushing up the size, cost and tech level. Close range ONLY restriction gives the couple of points I needed to make it work.

Now I see it, thanks again.

<t>OK as a quick test let me see if I have this right. Starting simple, but maybe usefull.<br/> <br/> Hand grenade. R0 S0 T3 V0<br/> <br/> Weapon. Uses Combat bundle. <br/> <br/> close range, SFX:area effect Flaw:disposable, 2 wounds.<br/> <br/> [+1 damage (+3), area effect(+3), disposable(-3)3BP]<b...

<t>Rules light, but surprisingly complete.<br/> <br/> OK, OK more detail.<br/> <br/> I ordered if with some more RPGs from Games Lore in England. It arrived quickly and in good packaging. So if the Trolls are looking for feedback on their distributors; keep dealing with Game Lore in confidence, they...

<t>OK, just got it. Don't really have time to take it all in at the moment.<br/> <br/> But a quick question.<br/> <br/> Say I want to make a big Plasma Cannon type thing. Like a 40K Marine Plasma Cannon or Traveller PGMP. 'coz I do.<br/> <br/> Say I take a Blastgun. Add area effect, Armour crushing ...

<t>There may be other bits, I'm just going by the free sample rules. I may have missed something.<br/> <br/> My actual copy is due to arrive tomorrow or wednesday, along with Dragon Warriors, Ars Magica and Rolemaster Express.<br/> <br/> If it's cool with people I was going to post a "first impressi...

You're welcome. Nice avatar by the way.

slimykuotoan wrote: Under the description of variuos ranged weapons, there's a 'shooting' number. So, someone with the combat bundle, uses a base of 12 for their check, and the +8 shooting score of Lace Pistol to hit. In essence requiring a 4 or higher on a d20 to hit a target. Is this correct? Pre...

slimykuotoan wrote: Weird, I have a section that says sample characters, but there's nothing after it. Can anyone post them here? I don't know how to, or if I'm allowed upload on this forum, but here is a link to where I got my copy. I redownloaded to make sure it has the samples. It does. http://r...

The last 4 pages of the introductory manual are characters. At least they are on my copy.

<t>"Path of Tears" by GDW. Gritty 3 dimensional description of people and worlds, in a dark universe with plenty of conflict that somehow, at the same time manages to be all about hope and heroism.<br/> <br/> Gave a fantastic, realistic feel to a setting that was custom built to be adventured in. St...

<t>My favourite sci-fi game setting is the reformation coalition of Traveller New Era. A big part of the feel is the different worlds that make up the Coalition as they vie for influence on the future shape of the coalition.<br/> <br/> So can anyone tell me what types of interactions do the rules su...

Deogolf wrote: I can't say one way or the other as I don't own it and don't play alot of sci-fi type games, but from what I've read about it from others, it seems like alot of fun! I do, and I'm sick of bean counting and cutting out needless detail. Most Sci-fi games I've run I've had to design my ...

<t>...Does the preview make this look like the best sci-fi game ever?<br/> <br/> The detail seems to be in the right places, the fat trimmed off and the game designed to encourage you to just play and have fun.<br/> <br/> The Planet has a character sheet? That is just...somehow...awesome....<br/> <b...