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Jahydin replied to the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?.I own both BECMI and Rules Cyclopedia and prefer ACKS II because of the cleaner layout, updated rules (including AD&D material), and the... -
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Jahydin reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with
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I don't have experience at the table nor own the books. The first edition has a SRD released under the OGL, available a few places... -
Jahydin replied to the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?.Oh, another touch I really liked was a section on when to "fudge the dice"; quite the blasphemous topic in the OSR! 😮😄 But I couldn't...
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I don't play as much as I used to since my board gaming friends moved a few hours away, but our jam was co-op dungeon board games...
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Jahydin replied to the thread RPG-style Board Games.I have an entire closet full of them. I've been fascinated/obsessed with them since I received my first copy of Heroquest as a kid. My...
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Boardgames are one of the secondary activities of my gaming group. We aim to meet weekly, and the #1 plan is to play an RPG. If the GM...
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Jahydin reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
1. The default game setting is the periphery of a crumbling pseudo-Roman Empire, but anything you can do in B/X you can do in ACKS, plus...
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Jahydin reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
Eye of the beholder. IMO ACKS is one the best games out there that does what it does.
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Jahydin replied to the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?.It absolutely can and has lots of optional rules you can use to make that happen. For instance, there are separate treasure tables for...
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Jahydin reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
Some of the things I like about ACKS, which can easily be imported into other games: Warriors gain a scaling damage bonus starting at...
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Jahydin reacted to SteveC's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
I picked up the second edition due to some strong recommendations from friends who are very BECMI influenced, so I guess I'd agree. It...
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Jahydin reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
1) Yes, but not by default. The game does encourage hacking and has pretty detailed rules to do so, but it would take some work to...
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Jahydin replied to the thread Gary Gygax's The Hermit kickstarter is almost over!.From the bottom of my heart, I love the Trolls, but they absolutely are the worst when it comes to editing. I thought they were going...
