Recent content by Kannik

Alrightee, here is my pitch to “sell you (and everyone else!) on Cortex.” :) As you’re familiar with Fate, many of the advantages and selling points about Fate applies here too, including a narrative/fiction focus, flexibility to define characters through Stunts (called SFX in Cortex Prime)...

It was then bought by Direwolf who have done very little with it, unfortunately (understatement). So it's kind of in limbo insofar as new material or official games built with it other than Tales of Xadia. :/

-nods- I hear you on that -- it's one of the biggest hurdles to get into Cortex. Fortunately, as Parmandur mentioned, there are handful of official though unfortunately out of print Cortex games that showcase it's breadth, including Smallville, the superhero drama game where combat is not the...

I'll second Cortex Prime. It emphasizes the fiction/narrative and storytelling beats, and as it's a toolkit it can be tailored to meet the campaign's needs. Be easy to use a challenge pool to represent both antagonists or broader obstacles, with everyone getting a chance to overcome the...

Nice! That's how my own shelves for the most part also ended up being sorted, by themes/genres. D&D has its own shelf due to the sheer number of books over 5+ editions, but the rest of my shelves each have 3-6 different related genres grouped together (sub-grouped by the individual games...

Heheh, as it turns out no, as the lack of firearms in that list may illustrate. ;) D!oh of course, good point!

oOOOH, are we doing armory tallys now? What do I have in my house... 3 spears, 3 staffs, 8 Jian, 4 Dao, 2 Guan Dao, 1 Pu Dao, 1 pair of Butterfly Swords, 2 pairs of double daggers, 1 chain whip, 2 three-section staffs, 2 bokken, 1 metal fan, 1 bow, 2 paintball rifles (not sure those are really...

Ah Ha! Another point in the superiority of ordering your steak Blue -- no chance for confusion when it's raw raw raw your boat in the middle... ;)

I did at least include it by listing the "Star Wars Trilogy". It may not have started many things, but as a conclusion and follow up to the adventure of Ep IV it is, as a whole, solid enough. (And really I think RotJ gets more disdain than it deserves.) And Williams' deep, haunting score when...

Adding Guardians to the mix (yeah, pun intended :P) I'd rank them 2, 3, & 1. 1 was fun, but 2 and 3 are stronger in their themes and thematic/character exploration. Rocket's arc especially really kicks into high gear in 2 (the ending, so perfect) and comes to fruition in 3.

While I get where you are coming from, as noted by others this is such a broad issue across, well certainly the English language but likely across all or nearly all languages. There are just some things that get put into a vast and broad category. An issue, perhaps, but mostly/"only" I would...

I've RPed in both tactical games (Battletech, Renegade Legion) and also while playing solo computer games such as 4X games (Master of Orion+), or semi-story games (Battletech, again). There's probably been a "traditional" board game or two that I've RPed at least in my own mind while playing...

Both the above, and also riffing off my earlier comment how, IME, the DM's of many moons ago seemed to view D&D as a core framework to adjust to their preference, WotC getting DMsGuild going was a great (and maybe under-valued?) boon as it provides as it provides a centralized location for...

"Bleu", or as I like to jokingly put it, "The meat passed through the kitchen on the way to my plate." :)

As a resident Cortex Prime lover/booster, I have to second this! And I'm cool with FitD as well. :)