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Nope. But I could write a similar set of game rules. This. Or, I would try to recreate Tunnels & Trolls because solo play and I'M STRANDED ON A FLIPPING ISLAND HERE. I did say there'd be willing players. Though maybe they are all asking for Synnibarr instead. Could you still write an RPG if Rav...

I read Tolkien as a kid. I think having done that turned me off to super serious, world-hanging-in-the-balance fantasy, because I felt that I had already seen it. Sounds dumb, I know, but that's the effect it had on me. So, after that, I gravitated towards adventures that were either more existentia...

Go0gleplex wrote:Nope. But I could write a similar set of game rules.

This. Or, I would try to recreate Tunnels & Trolls because solo play and I'M STRANDED ON A FLIPPING ISLAND HERE.

Good call on Ghostbusters and Paranoia serleran. I wholeheartedly agree! Same. I dig Ghostbusters from a historical perspective. Early the d6 system and all that. In a similar vein, maybe Pacesetter's Action Table system might be worth looking at. Not just Chill, but Star Ace and Timemaster as well...

Okay, lemme make one change to my list. I didn't understand the decidedly old-school thrust of your podcast. My new list is the same, except with Justifiers instead of STOCSlite.

Here is a fun and free tool you can use to generate full color pictures of your very own superhero! I find it useful for generating character portraits.

http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-3-lab/

Ah, the joy of random power generation. ;) I'll probably start making a character after NTXRPGC in early June. I'm committed (or should be!) to running Victorious at the con, so most of my efforts will be preping for that game. Oh, and the podcast. :) Mike You may notice that there is no number 49 ...

Combat is starting to make sense now. Or, I should say that I am starting to understand how it works. It is definitely intended to mimic comic book action, so saying that it "makes sense" may not be entirely accurate. 13-point checklist for each combat round, jeez. Initiative at the start ...

GatewayTodd's list is aces, I would love to hear reviews of any of those. I almost added James Bond 007 to my list. Also, this: I love reading or hearing well thought reviews of pop culture items. Why do we discuss literature, film or any art form? This kind of conversation can be simply about evalu...

Sounds good, man. Take it easy, and we'll see you in Xylh next week!

Gringnr Dwarf Cleric Lawful Good Deity: Mithril, Dwarven God of Treasure and Magic Level 4 XP: 9685 / 18001 Hey Gring. Sorry, but you were totally correct about him at 4th lvl. I went back through some threads to be sure. He (and everyone else from that game is at XP=10,099! :) Ah wow. Nice illustr...

More on topic, I listened to Save for Half (the FASA Dr. Who episode), and liked it a lot.

Huh...I could've sworn I saw that earlier. Maybe I'm thinking of another game. I must have, since I only went to very local ETX cons in the late 1980s. <shrug> Of course, Traveller already have wolflike and catlike aliens (Vargr and Aslan) but the slave aspect is interesting. Though I know a lot of...

BM, sure send the contact info over. Though one of the first q's I'll have for him is does he have any more copies. ;) Justifiers, I remember seeing that game at CoastCon 1982 but couldn't afford it at the time. I never saw it anywhere other than that convention; though I might've seen an ad for it...

BM, sure send the contact info over. Though one of the first q's I'll have for him is does he have any more copies. ;) Justifiers, I remember seeing that game at CoastCon 1982 but couldn't afford it at the time. I never saw it anywhere other than that convention; though I might've seen an ad for it...

Speaking of obscure old school sci-fi RPGs, what about Justifiers? Plot wise, it's got some similarity to Mach...

Love Blade Runner. It makes a lot more sense if you read the source material, as there are a lot of seemingly offhanded comments in the movie that are given context in the book. Veeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyy skeptical of the new movie. But, I liked Tron: Legacy, so maybe there's hope for this one as well. N...

Ah, I see. Star Rovers was published, but Module 2, which was to detail world creation and (I think) space travel/combat, never saw print.

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Gringnr wrote:Cinematic sci-fi has been complete ass lately.

The tidal wave scene in Interstellar was pretty bad ass, though.

Any scene in which Jared Leto dies gets a thumbs up from me.

Well, I feel like there are a lot of reviews available of current/well-known products as it is. So, I would be interested in hearing about games that are old/obscure/weird. Either because I haven't seen them myself, and am therefore curious, or because I have, and want to hear other people's reactio...

Love Blade Runner. It makes a lot more sense if you read the source material, as there are a lot of seemingly offhanded comments in the movie that are given context in the book. Veeeerrrrrrrryyyyyyy skeptical of the new movie. But, I liked Tron: Legacy, so maybe there's hope for this one as well. No...

OK, I seem to have (hopefully) made a sizeable dent in my current workload. Still interested in running this. I have read the Players Book, and plan to devote the next several weeks to learning the mechanics of this game backward and forward. And reading comic books. Lots and lots of comic books. No...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tucholka

Contributor to/author of The Morrow Project, FTL: 2448, Fringeworthy, and many other games.

I pretty much listen to metal (death, doom or older thrash) and synthwave only.

Also, a monk cannot wear armor. That said, I'm going to house rule that she/he can choose padded armor or a leather coat/vest (+1). So, 2nd lvl AC is 12. Add DEX(+1) and armor (+1) for a total of 14! Please feel free to choose one or more deities! Ah got it. And yeah each of them will have a doety ...

Rhuvein wrote:Hmm, Yin's INT score seems low based on my chargen house rules, but possible.

After rolling 4d6 and re-rolling 1s ~ did you end up with 4 d2s and then dropping one, you finished with a total of six for one attribute??

I don't remember...

Soooo looking forward to this... Okay, here all all of my relevant characters, and their current stats. When necessary, I have taken stuff from the PHB 1st ED. (because I have a physical copy) First, the unfortunate Thurgood... Thurgood , human magic-user Neutral good Level 2 XP 4948/5201 HP: 8/8 (p...

Never owned any other metal dice, so I can't say...

The only one I have much experience with was Marvel Super Heroes. I had a lot of fun with that back in the 80s. I've never understood the allure of Star Wars RPGs. I can't wrap my head around the idea someone might want to play a non-Jedi character in a Star Wars game. Obviously, many, many people ...

Yeah but Albedo is more anthropomorphic animals than actual little critters, so it may or may not offer the same perspective as Mouse Guard/ Harvesters/Bunnies & Burrows.