What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?
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schneeland
Hero
I'm a bit surprised here: I thought Deep Cuts was already out? (DriveThruRPG)
But if I get it right from the campaign page, the crowdfunding is mainly for a print version?
chuckdee
Explorer
Ad Astra looks really cool on background and really crunchy on system. I have to digest what I can get for the setting because I can't see myself running that system.
MGibster
Legend
No so much a recent purchase as a delivery on a pre-order. I ordered God's Hunt for Delta Green last year and it arrived via the United States Postal Service yesterday. God's Hunt is a series of individual scenarios that can be used along with the campaign God's Teeth. I haven't had an opportunity to run any of the scenarios from GH yet, but they're pretty good.
Eyes of Nine
Everything's Fine
Just paid for my backerkit of Wind in the Willows RPG.
Also! Bought 2 Pathfinder AP volumes for 50% off at the FLGS. vol 6 of Skull & Shackles (I already have v1. Now to just get v2-5); and vol 3 of Wrath of the Righteous AP (I don't have any of those, will have to keep my eyes peeled to find v1 and 2).
Also! Bought 2 Pathfinder AP volumes for 50% off at the FLGS. vol 6 of Skull & Shackles (I already have v1. Now to just get v2-5); and vol 3 of Wrath of the Righteous AP (I don't have any of those, will have to keep my eyes peeled to find v1 and 2).
mrm1138
Explorer
I've been on a bit of a wuxia kick (no pun intended) lately, so the last thing I purchased was a hardcover copy of Art of Wuxia. I ran a one-shot for my friends a couple weeks ago, and they liked it enough that I'm now going to be running a campaign.
And then I backed the Kickstarter for Wandering Blades. I will say that I'm not as big on its OSR-inspired rules set as I am Art of Wuxia's percentile system, but I do want to see what kind of genre emulation mechanics the full version will have.
And then I backed the Kickstarter for Wandering Blades. I will say that I'm not as big on its OSR-inspired rules set as I am Art of Wuxia's percentile system, but I do want to see what kind of genre emulation mechanics the full version will have.
Eyes of Nine
Everything's Fine
Did you hear Daniel Kwan on Between Two Cairns discussing Wandering Blades? (As well as the adventure Kidnap the Archpriest)
mrm1138
Explorer
I did not. Adding it to my queue right now. Thanks for the heads-up!
Alzrius
The EN World kitten
I recently picked up a bunch of PDFs at the tail end of DriveThruRPG's PaizoCon Sale, one of which was 10 All-New Giant Arthropods (affiliate link) for PF1 by Octopus Apocalypse.
It was...okay.
If I sound unenthusiastic, it's because what's on the tin is what's here; no more, no less. That's not a bad thing by any measure, it's just rather unusual for Octopus Apocalypse. And that's not just me taking note of their rather humorous (and somewhat Cthulhoid) name; this is a company that's put out products such as Exotic Races: Sentient Piles of Animate Garbage and 10 All-New Absurd Monsters, with other offerings that feature banana-men and goblins with flumph heads. In other words, it's strange to see them take a particular idea seriously.
To be fair, it's not unprecedented. Their Weapon Mastery: Shang Gou book was also straightforward, with none of their trademark humor. But I suppose I expected there to be something atypical in a book with giant arthropods (though I suppose a giant carnivorous butterfly is something of a nod in that direction).
As it stands, the monsters here are good. I kind of wish they hadn't used so many close-up pictures of the actual creatures, since those were rather uncomfortable to see in such detail, but it's not like it's unexpected. That said, I can't help but notice that there's design space that was ignored; this book came out more than three years after Paizo's Ultimate Magic gave us rules for vermin companions for druids and rangers, so why are there no companion stat blocks for any of the creatures here? Neither is there any guideline about where any of these would appear on a summon monster list. Likewise, while the book is consistent in its focus on giant versions of these monsters, some swarms would have been nice (though you can at least apply the creature swarm template easily enough to get that).
None of this is a mark against the book per se, and I've mentioned before that I'm not sure how much I can condemn something for what it didn't do. But at the same time, I can't help but be cognizant of the fact that sometimes the difference between a good product and a great one is that the latter goes the extra mile...and this book didn't. If you want some bigger, deadlier vermin, you'll find them here, but just that and nothing more.
It was...okay.
If I sound unenthusiastic, it's because what's on the tin is what's here; no more, no less. That's not a bad thing by any measure, it's just rather unusual for Octopus Apocalypse. And that's not just me taking note of their rather humorous (and somewhat Cthulhoid) name; this is a company that's put out products such as Exotic Races: Sentient Piles of Animate Garbage and 10 All-New Absurd Monsters, with other offerings that feature banana-men and goblins with flumph heads. In other words, it's strange to see them take a particular idea seriously.
To be fair, it's not unprecedented. Their Weapon Mastery: Shang Gou book was also straightforward, with none of their trademark humor. But I suppose I expected there to be something atypical in a book with giant arthropods (though I suppose a giant carnivorous butterfly is something of a nod in that direction).
As it stands, the monsters here are good. I kind of wish they hadn't used so many close-up pictures of the actual creatures, since those were rather uncomfortable to see in such detail, but it's not like it's unexpected. That said, I can't help but notice that there's design space that was ignored; this book came out more than three years after Paizo's Ultimate Magic gave us rules for vermin companions for druids and rangers, so why are there no companion stat blocks for any of the creatures here? Neither is there any guideline about where any of these would appear on a summon monster list. Likewise, while the book is consistent in its focus on giant versions of these monsters, some swarms would have been nice (though you can at least apply the creature swarm template easily enough to get that).
None of this is a mark against the book per se, and I've mentioned before that I'm not sure how much I can condemn something for what it didn't do. But at the same time, I can't help but be cognizant of the fact that sometimes the difference between a good product and a great one is that the latter goes the extra mile...and this book didn't. If you want some bigger, deadlier vermin, you'll find them here, but just that and nothing more.
Doctor Futurity
Hero
I am still musing about how yesterday I got a mail delivery (on a holiday no less) of several packages containing two new Traveller books (a ships book and Bounty Hunter book), Delta Green's latest hardcover, Daggerheart and a perfect condition copy of Avalon Hill's Runequest Vikings. Then I spent my day reading other books in my backlog (Numenera stuff mostly), though the Bounty Hunter book and Daggerheart are super intriguing.
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