Troll Lord Games

NulSyn wrote:
Is this a joke?

Go to BoardgameGeek you'll see it all over the place.

I guess I still have too much faith in humanity.

Funny how you never see this kind of crap with board games. Nobody ever proselytizes about how you need to "mature/graduate/evolve" from Risk to Trivial Pursuit.

I guess I'm part of that crowd as far as that goes. I don't even like being reminded that WotC's game exists at all. When compelled to discuss it, I literally will not call it by the Name that they happen to own the legal rights to.

Ah, trying to boost the no doubt flagging interest in their obscure buckets-o-dice anime abortion by talking down to D&Ders.

Some thing never change.

Matthew wrote: Do characters refer to one another by class designation in game? Of course! In my games, anyway. This is a surprisingly liberal crowd as far as such things go. I get the feeling I'd see some much different responses on other sites frequented by "retro-D&D" enthusiasts.

<t>It seems odd to go after the "old-school" vibe while keeping WotC's unfortunate rechristening of the thief and MU. And "cavalier" not only sounds cooler than "knight", it's more old-school, too.<br/> <br/> Mostly, I'm just tired of having to explain that there are no "rogues" in my campaign, godd...

Ghul wrote: STOP! Here is where old Ghul, the grumpy DM speaks up to "Lisa" and says: "What? Which one looks most hurt? Here's the deal, Lisa -- attack one right now, or spend your round observing your opponents. You have no chance in the heat of melee to assess which monster is inju...

Can you post some details about the cards? That sounds just too horrific to be true. Like all those jokes everybody made back when WotC first bought the D&D name.

Ah, Dragonlance. D&D for the romance novel set.

moriarty777 wrote: Version 2.0 of the OSRIC rules document will have magic items and monsters. It's not officially out yet as it is still being worked but I have seen a 'work-in-progress' version of the document is just over 260 pages (as compared to 129 pages of the current official release). As f...

It just seems weird to me that OSRIC left out the monk and magic item/monster info. It's not really very complete at all. More like 90% of a AD&D PHB (which I already have).

As a player/GM, it leaves me cold. I just see no utility in it.

Looks like I picked a perfect time to subscribe.

Rhuvein wrote:
For sure. Last prices ~ about $525.00!!

You can buy collections of the source material for about 5% of that.

And I highly recommend you do!

Most excellent!

This tells me that I'm finally going to get the dungeon I've been waiting years for.

I just have the players pick whatever they want with the implicit understanding that I won't allow more than one or two really high scores and expect at least one or two below average ones.

moriarty777 wrote: I don't believe this particular Gazetteer will have too much on the Castle... those projects are still feverishly being worked on. But you aren't the only one waiting in anticipation. Assuming I haven't been forgotten, I'll probably have to wait another 3 weeks with my luck! M I'...

Please, please, PLEASE post a detailed review of the dungeon section!

I've waited so long to hear how the real Castle is presented in print.

I probably wouldn't be too interested. I use the Fudge system for my non class-based games.

Beyondthebreach wrote:
Thoughts? What if the Swashbuckler's Strength is better than their Dex?

In that case, I'd call the player silly for not making his character a regular fighter.
The whole reason I made the tweak is to provide a boost to low Str/high Dex warrior types specifically.

<t>The swashbuckler is your classic "light fighter." Think The Three Musketeers, The Princess Bride, etc.<br/> <br/> As fighter, except:<br/> <br/> Prime: Dexterity<br/> <br/> Weapons/Armor allowed: As rogue plus the buckler<br/> <br/> Add the following two class abilities intended to compensate for...

serleran wrote:
You won't get that from TLG, I think. Sorry. Maybe fans will create it, but I don't think the Trolls are into that kind of fantasy.

Besides, you can just use Eberron or Iron Kingdoms! All versions of D&D are a cinch to use with C&C.

<t>Skills are simulated through SEIGE attribute checks.<br/> <br/> At first level, a fighter with Dex as a prime will likely sneak around the woods better than a ranger of the same level that doesn't have Dex as a prime.<br/> <br/> Think of it as the fighters abundant natural talent trumping the ran...

jfall wrote: Man, sorry about the triple post... the server's obviously having some "issues". So Yamo, you don't find City State to be too large? I'm looking for something that fits a pretty specific niche...and I'm not sure it exists. In other words, I'd like something that's not so larg...

Oh, man. This is such an easy one for me...

Sounds like you want City State of the Invincible Overlord. It's a very Lankhmar/REH-style city. A true classic with a version currently in print.

serleran wrote: Just do whatever I want, and screw making it follow any "rules." Basically, yeah. I would just say "casts spells as a 5th level wizard" or "4th level assassin abilities" or whatever. Detailed systems for this kind of thing seem like a waste of time to me.

Just think of it as a system of divine bureaucracies.

You don't go to the DMV to get a marriage license, right?

So why pray to the fire god for rain?

Responsibilities are compartmentalized. These things have to go through the proper channels, you see.

I love historical gaming (with or without fantasy elements added). The series of historical gaming handbooks that TSR put out in the 90s was one of the few saving graces of that era for me.

Personally, I think this would make a great regular or semi-regular Crusader feature.

I've never been a big Tolkein fan, so I say old-school D&D all the way. They gotta rhyme with "pork" for a reason, right?

gideon_thorne wrote: Steve's still experimenting around with a proper balance methinks. So the magazine content will probably be ... eclectic ... for a while. I'm hardly complaining. I actually subscribed for the first time yesterday after I determined that the more recent issues (4-7) are leaning ...

I agree. I tend to read the stuff that has new rules expansions and skip or skim anything else.

I'm a gamer reading a gaming magazine. I don't care about fiction, blogs or observational humor.