Recent content by soviet

Tariffs on PDFs are coming, bet

You're not allowed to join this thread, Snarf Zagyg wouldn't do that.

You tell me, you were the one arguing that only D&D counted.

D&D has been insanely successful because it was good and because it was the first of its type. No other game can ever be the first RPG. I would say that in any context other than 'replaces D&D and penetrates the mainstream' PbtA has been insanely successful.

I was being lightly sarcastic. I live in the UK where, yes, things are terrible, BUT could be worse

Such as? I know Legion, First Heretic, and Master of Mankind have good reviews. Just today I graduated from Flight of the Eisenstein to Fulgrim and it was SUCH a relief. The first bit of Fulgrim is just about some artists but it's palpably better written than Eisenstein was.

Well I'm gonna finish Fulgrim and then skip straight to Saturnine

I'm just glad things are going so great for you guys that the biggest topic of conversation is the comparative reach of different fast food outlets

Two withering responses drafted and deleted without posting I am right, I just can't even

I felt the same, but I just recently started reading the HH novels and Horus Rising by Dan Abnett was genuinely great. False Gods by Graham Mcneil was also pretty good, as is Fulgrim so far (also by Mcneil). I think you pretty much read the first five and the last five and skip the rest, but...

I've been to Naples and had proper pizza. After that most pizzas are pretty disappointing. I like Domino's and think it's better than most restaurant pizzas.

Not really. I've always played WFRP theatre of the mind. It's easy, no difficulties at all. The book presents combat with miniatures because it was made by a miniatures company and they largely assume you will already have them. The rules don't require models or a grid at all. So?

Echo what's been said on WFRP 1e (it's not even slightly wargamey, it's certainly less so than D&D) and MERP/Rolemaster 2e (its reputation for being overly complex is not really fair IMO, the only really complex bits are chargen and levelling. Combat and exploration are pretty smooth IME).

I don't understand these situations you envisage. First it's a complex multi-part conflict such that we want to break out the skill challenge rules. Then, almost immediately, one of the players has resolved it in one go and the GM is apparently scrambling to throw in quantum cooks to draw things...

Ouija board roleplaying. I'm not moving the planchette, the causality of the fiction simply has an undeniable momentum of its own!