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Can't say for certain since the post is gone, but I'd guess that this is one of those subtle spambots i've seen around recently. Posts something that it thinks is relevant to the topic and then puts a spammy link in the signature line.

I have fond memories of the Willow boardgame that my 6th grade study hall teacher kept in his classroom, and snagged a copy last year. Over christmas break, I liberated a copy of HeroQuest that was going to waste in my grandparent's vacation house. Looking forward to playing that (plus...

A lot of that sounds like Castles and Crusades--I haven't played the game myself, but I've heard good things about it on these boards.

Are those... Triffids?

Bicycles outnumber airplanes to an astronomical degree, but I'd bet that Boeing and Lockheed-Martin make more money than Schwinn and Huffy. Which would you consider bigger? So it is with gaming and model trains. I think you'll find many more gamers than train hobbyists, but the train hobby...

Oh, that's not from Dragon Age (AFAIK, I haven't played the game either). It's just an example Vartan gave in this post. I assume that Fascist connotations were part and parcel of the "equivalent to fuhrer" bit. The term (literally "Leader" or "Guide") was not used as a title outside of a...

I think the degree of digital integration described by some of the posters here is a long way off. RPGs just don't have the customer base to drive innovation in these areas. Instead, I think we'll see the crazy-cool things start in other segments of the entertainment industry: E-book readers...

See, the thing about english is that it's really really big. And, as in the case of Samurai, it's borrowing more words from other languages every day. For all your obscure Gaelic words, chances are you could find distinctive english words, or more recognizable foreign words for which no...

Orhpeus's bride was killed by a snake, I believe. It was Orpheus himself that eventually fell victim to the Maenads.

If he were a passenger, yes. But I imagine our hypothetical guy might do very well to join the cruise staff.

The only examples that spring to mind are Nanauatl (A humble aztec god who threw himself into a burning fire to become the sun), and of course, Jesus. However, Nanauatl was reborn as the sun god Tonatuih, and Jesus was ressurected. I can't think of any god that stayed dead.

Hit point revision: Characters begin with hp based on class: Combat Spec: 15+Constitution Score Other: 12+Constitution Score And gain one additional hp per level gained. Attacks either deal Stun damage our Wound damage. Armor has a soak rate--wound damage up to the soak rate is converted to...

Augury is particularly awkward, but I've seen other more powerful divinations work well for the party.

Your math on reckless is incorrect here: they've got seven successes, and the two banes work to cancel out the three boons. The result is: Reckless d10 (Red): +.7 success, +.1 boon, +.2 fatigue as for the statistics of the exploding die, you just don't count the exploding side when dividing...

Working on something Star Trek-ish, "where noone has gone before" and such. Working title is Manifest Destiny

I feel like 4e's strengths cover alternity's biggest weaknesses: unclear and unnessesarily complicated rules. A game that combines the clarity of 4e's skill and power structure, and unified math, with the flexible, skill emphasizing spirit of alternity is a game worth playing. Looking at what...

Yeah, was specifically talking about online, where lack of access to action, talent, and career cards would be amazingly awkward. In person, one box works out incredibly well for a GM and three players, and can still work nicely for four or more.

The more abstract combat will certainly make PbP go a little bit smoother, and given how initiative works there will be a lot less of waiting around for player X's turn. The difficulties are in handling the game specific randomizers (dice pool, critical wounds deck, miscast deck, etc.) and, of...

sweet. can't wait to start.

Once you've learned the basics, the different kinds of die don't really factor into the difficulty of assembling the dice pool. You just grab dice for your characteristic and stance, dice for your skill, and dice for spending fortune. The fact that some of those are blue, some red or green...