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Thanks. It was fun while it lasted. I just wish that I'd kept my notes to run it later. Hero Games, at one point, was going to publish a psi-based campaign for Star Hero. I would've snagged that in a heartbeat.

I always felt that GURPS emulated "real life" well without being incredibly lethal. Taking psionics as a skill set appealed to me at the time, and I felt that realism extended well to their rules for psionics. I took a few crib notes from Stephen King and had an organization like "The Shop" from...

I once ran a short-lived Scanners game using GURPS back in the day. I used Psi World as a basis and built off from some of the concepts.

I love the idea of class card packs. Using Kickstarter to produce them? I just don't get it. With the book selling like it is, and already having the files for the cards, why is this a KS? Why not just go through the distro chain to do this? Or, alternatively, go POD with the cards. I'll be...

Sure. And I have a bunch of it. But I think there are settings that have been released that could use expansion still, such as Gods of the Fall and Unmasked (to name a few). There are always books to be made, and most of them really don't need an updated rulebook.

I really would love to see Chaosium bring back Thieves World, Ringworld, and Stormbringer as "Classic Deluxe" sets akin to what they've done recently with Elfquest, Call of Cthulhu, and Runequest. Heck, I would take a Superworld one while I'm at it. ;)

In the 12 years since Numenera was released, we've gotten two editions of Numenera and the core rulebook. It seems a bit hasty to release a 3rd edition already IMHO. I dig the game and all, but does it really need that much tweaking? I'd rather see more content come out for the system.

I would prefer if it were the other way around. Running a sword & sorcery game in Call of Cthulhu could be a hoot. Lethal, but a hoot. And yes, I have Cthulhu Dark Ages, but I think something designed to be more pulpy would be fun.

Gods how I used to love Alternity. I only got to run it a few times, but had a blast when I did. It's a shame that it was cancelled. Even the launch of 2e just wasn't the same. I can only imagine what we might have seen if it continued on.

I've always liked using the "Mastermind" archetype for villains in my campaign. Someone pulling the strings on what seems to be unrelated events to further their own nefarious goals. It could be someone from the shadows, or maybe someone closer to the player characters than they realize. In a...

Yup. I've bought a few things here and there from FGU in the past. I'm more of a Champions GM these days, but I like to revisit the old V&V products and convert characters over from time to time, or read them for inspiration. I often wonder what could've been, however, when it comes to indie...

I loved the V&V ads back in the day. I remember using them in the system, and even converting them over to other games. Always wished we'd get more. I believe that Shatterman and Condor stats also appeared in the Villains & Vigilantes comic book from by Eclipse Comics since they were central...

Prices for Break have gone up (probably due to Tariffs): $71/$104. Ouch.

I think this is a bit of a jump, Egg. RPGs are still a bit niche for some and banking on 600-900 fans of the movie to back it could be more disappointing than one might think. Ouch. Personally, I don't need a Deathstalker RPG. I think a "It Came From the 80s" kind of book might be more...

Part of what appears to be the issue is that folks define "fun" differently from group to group. As an example, I ran the FFG Star Wars for a while and enjoyed it for the most part. The group I ran with enjoyed the game as well, but most of the narrative functions of the game weren't used very...