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  1. lyle.spade

    John Wick Presents Lays Off 7th Sea Staff

    I believe so. He also wrote an article a few years ago about how most editions of DnD are not RPGs. He has also failed to deliver some materials on an earlier KS, the work towards which was seemingly eclipsed by the success of 7S. A friend of mine is still waiting on that one, and has actually...
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    The Law Is Here! Back The Judge Dredd RPG Kickstarter Now!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEYGKhHGarg 2013 live version, from the classic thrash album "Among the Living." Dredd makes an extended appearance stage. I had an Anthrax/Dredd poster on my wall in college. This will be playing in the background when I play the game next year. And if you've...
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    Take A Peek Inside Modiphius' Star Trek Adventures: Operations Division Supplement!

    It looks like it includes some good information, but it's unfortunate that about 20% of the book consists of the "Red Alert" skirmish rules, which they made available for free not ago.
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    Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD Tabletop RPG Kickstarter Coming Next Month!

    I may have missed it, but what rules will this game use? WOIN? Or a new set?
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    D&D = American + European Fantasy

    That's a really good point.
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    D&D = American + European Fantasy

    I ran a DnD game not long ago which was based on a fantasy analogue of the American Revolution: distant colonies poorly-administered by an out of touch government, which then tries to assert itself, to disastrous results. I framed it as being exactly that going in, too, and it worked pretty well...
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    Strange Machine Games Announce New Robotech RPG

    I am happy for this and hopeful that the new system is a good fit for the property. I had the Palladium books for each of the three series way back in the olden times, but really...the Palladium system is terrible. It sucks. As in, "it will waste your time and leave you frustrated." And it's...
  8. lyle.spade

    Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Harry Potter… and the Dallas RPG?

    Glad to see that you're giving this a go. I have a suggestion: could you add indications in the show notes where certain parts of the show start in the file. For example, in this latest show the only things that interest me are Star Trek and Ghostbuster...but I need to skip around and search for...
  9. lyle.spade

    New Campaign Setting Hint Is Eberron?

    Bring it! It’s my favorite setting and the one that brought me back to DnD, with 3x.
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    How About That Nutty Star Wars Bar?

    I had these two books, and then some other materials from WEG, back in 1987 when they all came out. I remember being really blown away by the customizable templates for characters, which established a very SW-accurate feel through those archetypes. I was also, after having played DnD and Star...
  11. lyle.spade

    Getting Dangerous With The Elite: Dangerous Role-Playing Game

    Just wrote a review of it. Overall, I am happy with it and looking forward to running it. A player in my group read over the rules and is enthusiastic, too. As I said before, feel free to hit me up with questions - they'll motivate me to keep going back through the book. My review is here.
  12. lyle.spade

    Elite Dangerous

    4 out of 5 rating for Elite Dangerous Elite Dangerous is the tabletop RPG version of the MMO, if you're familiar with it. The universe, from what I have been able to gather from the book and online, is similar to that in Traveller, with a few large stellar governments, a lot of commerce...
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    Elite Dangerous

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    Getting Dangerous With The Elite: Dangerous Role-Playing Game

    You are correct: no stats. Skills are categorized as being either Personal Combat, Vehicle, Intelligence, Social, or Espionage in focus, and are built up during character generation by selecting Backgrounds, each of which comes with skill bonuses. There are also two different Defense numbers...
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    Getting Dangerous With The Elite: Dangerous Role-Playing Game

    I picked this up a few days ago and have read the character generation rules as well as perusing the rest of the book, albeit lightly. It is similar to Traveller, which I've played extensively, in that it takes place in a large universe, with governments and worlds spanning large areas of space...
  16. lyle.spade

    Getting Dangerous With The Elite: Dangerous Role-Playing Game

    I played what I believe was the original version, on 5.25" floppy disks, in the late 80s on my Apple IIc. I remember the space stations were all d20s and the dogfighting and trading made for a really interesting, immersive game. In retrospect, it was way ahead of its time, and was amazingly...
  17. lyle.spade

    Start Your Travels In The Far Future With The Traveller Starter Set

    The updated Traveller rules are more of a polished version of the original (and I mean late 70s) than anything close to a rewrite. Some modern game ideas, like degrees of success, are added, along with what felt to me like a better-organized, and therefore more easily understood, starship...
  18. lyle.spade

    "Immortal Fortress" - WotC Drops Clues About The Upcoming Storyline?

    Blackmoor? Probably not, but that's what came to mind.
  19. lyle.spade

    Left Out In The Cold With The Price Of Freedom RPG

    The author doesn't frame it so much as satire as intentionally over the top in its presentation of the story, which is part of the fun that it seeks to facilitate at the table.
  20. lyle.spade

    Left Out In The Cold With The Price Of Freedom RPG

    I picked up a shirt last year - navy blue with a red outline of the kid with the AK held aloft, and under it, with the beast head outline: WOLVERINES Yeah. Oh yeah.
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