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Yeah, keep in mind one of the key components of game play in ALIEN is that the characters have competing agendas, and (usually) one of them is playing a company agent that is almost guaranteed to betray the entire party by the end of the scenario. And/or a robot that will do the same. ...which...

I'm really glad they are out there. Some of the best GMing advice ever written comes from those games. But I don't enjoy running them. Moves and the high degree of player-driven setting creation are at odds with how I run games.

Interesting! Did River Horse give up the license or lose it? River Horse's Labyrinth and Dark Crystal games are phenomenal...but as a company, it feels like they just publish these works of art in terms of game design and production and then just disappear back into the mists or something ;-P...

It's good. Like really, really good. I'm shocked at how much they do with such a lite rule system. I'd argue both Labyrinth and Dark Crystal aren't exceptionally good for a completely new GM to run, but they are great for new players and GMs who either have only limited experience (but at least...

Second Raging Swan's stuff: in print+PDF on drivethrurpg. Ultimate Toolbox is on DTRPG too but only as PDF. The book is expensive second hand, but IMHO worth it.

From my experience and the handful of designers I've spoken to about this very subject, it's mostly time. It's a (relatively) new space to be making games in, and that specific model you describe requires interacting with a lot of other people: it's not like you advertise you're brand new...

You guys are always very open about stuff, but I don't want to presume, so I'll ask: will you and the team be sharing some of that financial side of things at any point, such as in a retrospective once you have the VTT support fully operational on a few platforms? As an indie publisher, I've...

Astonishing Super Heroes Book 1: Basic Rulebook has launched! The FASERIP game system* has remained a popular roleplaying game with a highly active community of fans, players, game masters, and content creators since 1984. Brought into the world of open gaming thanks to Gurbintroll Games in...

For sure! Comics aren't beholden to modeling physics, whereas game systems inevitably have to reconcile to some degree. That being the case, I think there's an excellent opportunity for our team to do something about that in our second release for the game. We're already playtesting all sorts...

I might be getting into minutiae with this, but I'd expect that (Spidey = underdog versus Scorpion) because in a single issue Spidey should be the on the ropes against him to show he's a threat. It's Spidey's intelligence and access to entangling/restraining webs that gives him a shot at...

I don't mind going into detail since we're very conscious of our system being (1) backwards compatible with other FASERIP games, (2) not meant to replace some person's favorite version of FASERIP, but rather exist as optional add-on rules, and (3) act as an affordable, in-print option for fans...

Funny you should say that! At the risk of being a selfish shill, I'm about to release book 1 of 2 that is exactly that first week of February. AstonishingSuperHeroes.com The first book is the Basic Rulebook, which is basically OGL FASERIP with a dramatic social conflict system, and...

Mechanically? Inspiration and BIFTs: seemed like such a great idea, totally ignored in play by all groups I've run for. I'm terms of the books? The DMG is a disorganized book that gives you zero procedures for play, and is just better as a book of inspiring generators for prep, and as a magic...

Cortex is session focused: not a huge focus on advancement, the GM can solve a lot with either the Doom Pool mod and/or the simpler Test, Contest, Challenge systems in Tales of Xadia, etc. Labyrinth the Adventure Game is effectively old school D&D with narrative mechanics and a dungeon ready to...

Absolutely interested in folks sharing their creations in this thread!

Yeah, the biggest changes are thieves, saving throws, and treasure/encounter tables. Therein lay the answers you seek as to which one will do what you want best!

Yeah, Caverns of Thracia is an absolute blast. IMHO, it's vastly superior to Dark Tower, too, so I'm not entirely sure why that one made it and Caverns didn't, but in fairness I've only skimmed Tower and it didn't speak to me right away, so maybe I missed something crazy awesome about it.

TL;DR: OD&D and B/X are the best older editions. Preferably using Delving Deeper or Old School Essentials (respectively) for ease of use. But if your group hates some major aspect of old school gameplay -- mapping dungeons, tracking resources, or something else -- then consider an OSR game that...

What are some great supplements that feature fleshed out villages, towns, and cities without a significant reliance on a larger campaign setting's trappings? I'm building my own world and have loads of adventure sites like this, but having trouble sourcing settlements that aren't either so...

That's what I did. It works really well, actually, and you can make the Hordelands less of a real-world analogue by turning it into the Sundered Empires setting of 3rd edition era Chainmail.