Recent content by evilhat

The TRCU MultiLaraVerse... I didn't do the requesting/setup with that code, that was my marketing/web folks, but the logline I'm seeing for that config reads "we are doing 20% off all non-sale items (print and PDF) as part of the TR announcement. Coupon code ENTERTHETOMB, through March 31."...

To give a brisk preview ahead of folks playtesting it: The biggest influence (IMO; I'm not Rae) will be seen in the use of Forged-style dice. "Standard" 2d6 PBTA with fixed numeric bonuses tends to have a narrower band of uncertainty (so to speak) — once you've got a +3 to a roll, you're on...

I appreciate the mod note, but I just want to say, it's all good here. I get where their concerns were coming from and why some of my responses didn't land as well as they could have. I'm not scared off!

Right! I've heard it said before that "a cover is a promise", and I try to keep that in mind when working with folks at the Hat to come up with artwork that communicates the promise of the game. The promise here is that you'll play in Lara's world, but that you'll be the stars (whether you're...

I hear you, Steve, and thanks for your response. I just happen to disagree with its central assertion, when she's the largest character on the cover and positioned dead center on it. Standing behind your team is not the same as being absent from it. Ironically, when we took the five characters...

I'm sorry if the apparent tone of my responses struck you wrong. I'm just not, like, a doormat when it comes to criticism (especially when that criticism appears to come from a stance of authority on an IP while missing stuff that's been a part of the IP for 18 years). I have opinions of my own...

I fervently hope someone does =)

I was more pointing out that you're critiquing something on its fidelity to the IP while showing little evidence of an understanding of who's from that IP. The Laura/Lara thing is a footnote to that, not the main point—clearly.

Two of them are fan favorite supporting characters from the video games. Jonah from the Survivor trilogy; Amanda from Legend/Underworld. Also, it's Lara. Not Laura. So...

These folks get it! The owners of the IP (Crystal Dynamics) wanted original/ensemble characters to be foregrounded—while it's possible for someone to play (one of several possible versions of) Lara, assuming you have 2 or more players at your table, that only addresses one person, and some...

You're allowed to, but I do.

Oh for sure. Absolutely. Definitely. (No.) ;) Yup! For one, Evil Hat's the one taking the financial risks here; the value Crystal Dynamics adds is the increase in audience via a familiar IP, the opportunity to start from somewhere better than zero. But maybe more importantly, it lets them...

Actually it was more like: Evil Hat: ... Crystal Dynamics: Hey there, Evil Hat! We're interested in working with you to create a tabletop RPG for Tomb Raider! Evil Hat: Thanks for contacting us, let's talk! [Months pass, discussion happens, a vision comes together] Crystal Dynamics: Let's do it...

That one that got released, for free as a PDF, was a passion project by one of the employees at Crystal Dynamics. It didn't line up with what we proposed doing when CD approached us with interest in us working on a TR game. I'm sure some folks will prefer that earlier one — big hobby, differing...

Perhaps more importantly, it's the difference between Evil Genius Games and Evil Hat Productions (our actual company name). Folks have mis-typed it as Evil Hat Games for years, tho, so you're hardly the first. :)