Recent content by Taley

I know this review doesn't talk about the quality of the miniatures and they are re-paints of old sculpts, but I just wanted to throw in that their choice of green for the skins was horrible. I though Pathfinder's orcs had ugly green skin, these guys look worse. Also, my set looked real sloppy...

I'd like to think I'm using my Intelligence in all combats, but maybe that's not true. And I think Wesley did defeat Fezzik with Intelligence. He certainly wasn't stronger than the giant. But, you are right that Intelligence combat modifier is over simplification and that's not what I meant. It...

You think it's pretty niche? How many pirate RPGs are out there or how many D&D adventures are set on the high seas? WotC focused on dungeon crawling minis (skeletons, orcs, gobs, etc) and Pathfinder is doing a good job of bringing us something different, but still not much nautical themed...

Yes! I am for this. One of the best fencers I ever took on was a 65 year old man with a bot-belly. He was amazing. He did not use Strength or Dexterity to beat me (cause he didn't have it anymore), but rather it was all Intelligence. That left a huge impression on me. Fencing is compared to...

I cannot understand why more people aren't jumping on this. D&D made like 1400 minis and not one mermaid or pirate. This kickstarter fills a void that has annoyed me for years. For my $100 pledge I'm getting 48 minis, sure they are the same 8 sculpts repeated (with 2 color schemes) right now...

I taught a fencing class for years and one of my older students told me about a game called En-Garde that did something like this. It's not the board game from the 90's, but an older rpg, though I never looked into it. I'd maybe go with Burning Wheel. Some of my fencing students I turned on to...