Recent content by kronovan

I wouldn't want it to be built upon 5e, but instead would much prefer it used a chassis based upon 13th Age. Mostly because WotC had some good ideas in GW 7e, but really pooched it up in a few areas. IMO, an edition that embodied the changes 13A made to the 4e core, would be very good. As well...

It started yesterday (Fri Aug 29th) here in Canada. So at least in the Great White North it's happening. So...if you want this beautiful mirror ball made in a non-USMCA garage in Toronta... ...ya gotta pay 35% more plus $80 shipping.

Yep, I read the same.

I saw a news ticker on the CBC News broadcast where the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses estimates that a 3rd of all their members will be effected by this change. Unfortunately I missed the actual interview. I don't know what % of all CDN manufactures and retailers CFIB members...

The Pendragon Starter Set (6e) costs $25 USD and is excellent quality. The rules booklet that comes with it is particularly good - well written with far more coverage of the core rules than you typically get in a Starter Set. The rest of it is terrific too, with the pregen Knights being top...

I'm not very familiar with all 2d20 settings, but to the best of my knowledge there isn't. To the extent that it seems Modiphius has deliberately chosen to avoid that style of Fantasy with the 2d20 rules. At one point I was hopeful that Dreams and Machines would have something like magic via...

Part of the weirdness may be due to Blackbook Editions being far better known as a publisher that localizes products into French. They have an impressive resume for that, having localized some high profile TTRPGS. They even localized a book (Interface Zero 2.0) that I was a setting writer for...

IMO Delta Green is a better crunch comparison and I agree STA is a bit less. The big thing in comparing STA to Delta Green, or Call of Cthulhu for that matter, is that PCs don't have to contend with Sanity so there isn't sanity rules to learn. Which are crunchy in both DG and CoC; albeit IMO...

All of my STA players are middle aged or older and grew up on the idea of reading the CRB of handbook before you play. They all at least bought the Rules Digest (some the Klingon Empire rules) PDF, as they all eventually wanted to dig into the player targeted content. So for sure, my suggestion...

I have played and run Mythras and own the new Pendragon 6e CRB and GM's Handbook - have never read Burning Wheel. I'd say STA is much less crunchy than both Mythras and Pendragon. More than those 2, STA just seems to be a TTRPG that players get once the dice are rolling on the table.

I by chance you and some of your players are also boardgame fan, I'd highly recommend the Dune Imperium boardgame and its Rise of Ix expansion. That game is a sort of high level outline of the Dune verse and intros players to the Dune factions, most known Houses & leaders, important locations...

To the best of my knowledge, only Savage Worlds features bennies, but there's ceratinly other TTRPGs out there that have a similar metacurrency. Bennies are core to Savage Worlds, as among other things, they allow a player or GM to remove the Shakened condition or to soak a wound. Soaking wounds...

What I tell my players to simply a CRB 1st read, is to read the "Reporting for Duty" chapter 1st, the "Operations" chapter next, followed by the "Conflict" chapter. The reason being, that STA PC creation uses a Life Path system, so they're going to get some of the Starfleet background by going...

The Core Rules were republished for Star Trek Adventures, as the Star Trek Adventures Rules Digest and The Klingon Empire Core Rulebook. Both of those are apparently reorganized for ease of use. I couldn't say what content has changed, but can say that I originally just owned the original STA...