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I recently picked up Moonring which is a retro game, inspired by Ultima (4, I think) and developed by one of the original developers of Fable. It’s free for the full game, so what’s not to like? There is a paid-for add-on if you like it and want to support the developer.

Yes 🙂

Experiencing novelty and overcoming adversity- those things make up adventure in my mind. Levelling and treasure are how we measure progress, but not an end in their own right.

The system is d% blackjack, where you want to roll under your skill but high. You earn success levels equal to the ‘tens’ die of your roll, and many rolls seem to be opposed where you compare success levels between the two parties. The magic system is very interesting IMO. Arcane magic is verb...

I’m a backer of The Broken Empires (TBE) and have been following pretty much all the info shared on it. Just to check your initial understanding on the system: it isn’t rules lite. It is sim-lite which means it is a simulationist system but lighter than systems like Harn, Runequest, or GURPS...

Bonus question for the GMs replying, please - out of interest, usually what percentage of your player group is in more than one of your campaigns?

Lots of really interesting experience there, folks. Keep ‘em coming!

Personally I generally avoid games which use apps. The only two I have seen make it worthwhile were the XCOM board game and Mansions of Madness. But even then, I wouldn't buy these personally since the app might go out of support and then the game cannot be played (unless there is an open...

This statement caught my eye, and I thought it was worth a thread of its own, rather than derailing the original one: I’ve never run more than a single campaign at one time. For those of you that do, how do you handle this? Multiple campaigns set in the same world? Possibly even coexisting and...

Hobbies often have many facets beyond the obvious primary aspect. Wargaming, for example, can include learning about the ‘fluff’ (be that real-world history or fictional worlds), model assembly and painting, army building, and actual play at the table. RPGs are no different. As well as play at...

I’m steadily acquiring a range of games in this space, for multi- or solo-play, and filling different time demands. Recently I picked up Pauper’s Ladder which is a fairly light-weight and fun adventure game that we can play easily in an evening. I also just got Vantage which is a coop...

Coming back to this, it was Power ups 11 I was remembering discussion of. Kromm mentioned it again in the latest GURPS News.

GURPS Dungeon Fantasy hits points 1 and 2 really strongly. Could be worth checking out.

How does it compare / contrast to the original TV series?

Depends on the nature of the spell. If both effects were separate and came from the caster, I would allow this (e.g. like Magic Missile). If the line of effect went from the caster, to target 1 then to target 2 (e.g. chain lightning) they would need line of effect between the two targets and...