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What do people think about the the Free League Year Zero engine? We are fixing to play Twilight 2000, and I'm looking at The Walking...

WFRP had "The Small vicious Dog", it was not just a "Terrier". It British humor making its way into the setting, you could tell that...

For the most part Warhammer Fantasy has never been as dark and dreary as 40k. Still it has it's black humor stuff like the Leg Tax in...

It's so grimdark that it wraps around to absurdity. To enjoy the game you've got to embrace the absurdity.

I know WH from WHFP 1e and I've not followed the setting from there to 4e. I'd love to hear ppls' opinion of the setting the designers...

Sirlin's Playing to Win feels pertinent here, as well as the casual/hardcore divides in video games that led to negative gatekeeping...

I win again, Lews Therin.

I don’t know to what extent this is true, but I always felt that Warhammer had a more European feel, both in the themes and geography of...

There is also a trend where the media finds ways to market nostalgia. In the 1930s through the 50s comic strips like Li'l Abner, Prince...

They have a cave troll. -- Boromir, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship (movie) The way this line was delivered, with its black humor and...

Nice take. I was thinking that worshiping the universe meant that its creator delivered one's powers, but I like this too. So, scrolls...

If the cleric draws his powers from "the universe" and not "the multiverse", then we could conclude his powers are of an unknown source...

Interesting. By "limited to 1st and 2nd level spells" you mean praying for recovery, right? They can still cast higher level spells as...

When in doubt the hack you've implemented should not recieve specific bonuses unless it specifically seems like it should. So my default...

Here in Seattle home games are harder to set up, but a third space or online game is a lot easier, and there are plenty of Adventurer's...