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I would never use psi powers in a fantasy setting (except for the Illithid). But I'm OK with it in non-fantasy settings.

The game is coming up on six years, and the rules expansion, from the kickstarter blurb, don't sound all that earthshaking. I agree. Plus, Alien the creature is much diminished when not on board a ship; without the threat of acid-blood hull-breaches, they are not nearly as fearsome. I've...

I think what I shall do, unless a better idea surfaces, is to include currency as loot, and make currency and success the means by which influence is raised. Also have black-market sources for gear that are cash-only. In the canon as provided by Dan Abnett, First of His Name and Protector of...

Still not buying an outdated book (pdf) just to check a rule.

I'm not going to buy the book just for that.

I don't have the 1e books, but I'll check around.

A good point in theory, but the resources available do not look deep enough to support that concept in a long-term campaign. In my other games, money is essential for day-to-day living standards, for fending off penalties inflicted by the environment and combat, to purchase training in order to...

So, I'm looking at Dark Heresy 2e for a campaign down the road; I figure my players will go for a lighter system, and you cannot beat 40k as a setting. The thing is, money is not a factor in the game, which makes sense, because I can't imagine Eisenhorn collecting receipts and worrying about a...

Pick RL factions, and file off the serial numbers. In a long-term zombie campaign I ran, I created a 'save the zombie' organization based entirely on PETA, right down to tactics, personalities, and (slightly adjusted) slogans. It was a breeze to put together (mostly just cut & paste, and a...

I only GM. And I never use systems that lack detailed and varied tactical options. But being stuck running one PC just isn't interesting. TBH, my PS5 fills my gamer needs completely. My dream is AI players. :) Addressing the core issue, though, besides employing crunchier systems, which...

Hard to say. A lot of games never really establish much of a base; there's a vast difference, as we all know, between buying and playing (the two are almost separate hobbies). Petal Throne has been mentioned, and I know of several online and FtF groups still playing it. I know of groups still...

Actually, corps hate paying tariffs. Tariffs that give them an edge, on the other hand, they love. As to the voters, last November proves that isn't true. Time will tell. Games stores have been dying for decades. They are in fact, doomed. Kohler has numerous US plants in operation. Actually...

There's the million-dollar question: will the added jobs and revenue from boosted domestic production offset the market dislocation caused by the tariffs? However, if, as I noted in an earlier post, if oil and automakers benefit, 2026 will be seriously impacted.

The US-Canadian trade amounts to a trillion dollars, +/-, and the bulk of it is in fossil fuel and auto parts & assembly. Nudge Canadian costs up with a tariff could lead to US production increasing, which would be very popular with both voters, unions, and the big corps. Most especially the...

Inflation has been running wild for the last four years. There's a lot of leeway in play. Game stores are not a very big demographic, and brick&mortar is likely a doomed business model anyway. And there's an interesting point. Kohler's factories in Mexico have been dogged by quality control...

Good point. But we're still talking small sums.

Why? it looks like the most widely used RPGs are owned by US companies.

Making do, you mean. Well, if you can't afford 25%, that's the option, I guess.

Why? PDFs are unaffected, and while I'm no fan of D&D, Pathfinder, or Canadians, its hard to see why gamers would abandon the hobby because of a tariff. You guys have faced tariffs before.

I'm just passing on what I have heard. Keep in mind that the only sense it has to make is in terms of voter approval, and those numbers are definitely positive, at least for now. Like I said, I know zip about Canadian politics.