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I have seen suggestions that it could be left on sale with all revenues donated to an anti-racism charity. I don't know whether that would satisfy the complaints or not. 5e of course has its own problems. Some of the language used in descriptions of "monstrous humanoids" is hard to distinguish...

You also have Doctor Mae Jemison, who was inspired by TOS to want to be an astronaut. She made it. She is also the only real astronaut to have appeared in the TNG episode "Secodn Chances". I have to admit I find the number of people complaining about modern "Trek" on the basis that "It was...

Guide to Glorantha on Kinckstarter, $150. I think the 565 SEK (Swedish Kronon) I paid for Coriolis on Kickstarter is less.

Ran a short adventure last night over Zoom with my players. We used Barbarians of Lemuria, playing a modified version of the old WFRP scenario Shadows over Bogenhafen. We'll probably try and finish it either Friday or Monday. There's a chance that I'll run some more after that, although we're...

Heroquest (and Heroquest Glorantha) have two different ways to resolve challenges, whether those challenges are trying to climb a wall, win a law suit, or defeat an enemy. Simple resolution, one roll each side, the winner gets what they wanted from the challenge and the loser doesn't; and...

Origin, which can also cover culture or status with a group that's less wide than an entire species. More common I think in CRPGs, but not unknown in tabletop.

If you wanted to play up Tolkein from a more liberal perspective, you'd want to emphasise the destructive "industrial" wastelands that Saruman in Orthanc and Sauron in Mordor have created. Industrialised environmental destruction and warfare against more environmentally friendly lands - elves...

A little late to the thread, but Modiphius' Conan 2d20 might suit what you're looking for. One of my group's trial games was exactly the sort of heist Conan is sometimes involved with, except it went off without combat and was still pretty satisfying. There is a free quickstart available and an...

I am fairly sure that's one of the Sylvaneth edit: a Kurnoth, specifically/ and that's this actual head. Assuming you mean the one at the back.

That's not really true in a one-to-one fight, as even while one of the participants is initiating an attack the other is reacting to it and doing something - not politely waiting till it's their turn to act. For a larger combat (I've been a Dark age re-enactor and taken part in plenty of large...

Is there a system of initiative where people take turns acting that is in any way like the simultaneous action that takes place in combat? Verisimilitude seems the last thing to worry about for D&D-style combat. With regard to RotPL, it's an interesting setting and the system is neat and...

This would work perfectly for the "gang" side of things. For the "police" side, can I suggest a game that isn't quite out yet but looks like it should do a good job. Swords of the Serpentine is a fantasy derivative of the Gumshoe system, and that always works well for investigation and handles...

Players can have some magic in AiME, though not entirely in the form of "spells". The one game I'm surprised not to have seen mentioned is Modiphius' Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of. It's on the higher side of complexity (less than Gurps, more than Runequest or Mythras) and it is very...

I've nearly finished my Pirates of Drinax campaign, though the lockdown has stopped it completing satisfactorily. It won't take more than a session or two to finish things off though. The other campaign we were playing of The One Ring is also likely to finish soon. I imagine we'll switch to two...

If it's a new setting then the first thing I'll do is look at the map and then check the world description to see what the places are like. I'll have a look at any sample characters provided to see what the game writers think could be suitable. Then I'll go to character generation and see what...

There are three more listed on Amazon as future products - a wuxia game, one that looks like near-future SF, and one set in the bronze age. I'm happy with both the existing ones, though I think we're more likely to play Paleolithic that RoPL as Pendragon fills the 'Arthurian' niche well for us.

Truthfully the RPG items they could put out that I'd like to see aren't the TSR ones. Avalon Hill is under the WotC umbrella, and they had Runequest 3rd edition. I'm indifferent to the rules, but the supplements like Shadows on the Borderlands, Dorastor, Strangers in Prax, Sun County and others...

The RPG was pretty incidental to FFG compared to the various miniatures games (X-wing in particular) and those are still with FFG. I expect the managers who arranged that have been kept on, though it's possible Asmodee have made some changes.

In the Glorantha (Heroquest 2e) game I've just started, we the players have got the survival of our clan and our way of life at stake, and are wondering how much of the second we'll have to sacrifice to preserve our families and herds. In the Pirates of Drinax (Mongoose Traveller 2e) game I'm...

Classic Traveller should be quite easy, although some skills exist in MgT that don't in CT (and vice versa). That's particularly true if you use the later versions of CT, with the Task System included as that's hardly different in Mongoose. Mongoose's versions are more closely based on Classic...