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I liked oWoD best, but I think it depends on how your group wants to play. If you go Hardcore in Vampire, your players need to wrestle with their beasts and struggle to cling to their humanity (at least the Camarilla settings). What I see happen more often is people play it like a Supers game...

If it was a real METAL cover, it would have a bard Headbanging!

I want to see how this plays out on PS4

Thats my luck, I didnt even know there was a Mass Effect RPG, and now its gone.

Feeling like a negative Nelly so will start with the 2 good parts - Nova Praxis is cool, and even though I am not a pdf user, I know they really worked hard to make that cool for tablet users - will say I really like the art for Orc Warfare... However, the Vampire supplement seemed to take way...

If it makes any difference, my wife is a Librarian and wen I told her about this she said "They are absolutely books". Also, when companies like Monte Cook Games give away copies of Numenera and No Thank You, Evil to libraries, then what does the author contend they are actually donating? Should...

It happens quite often for me, as our gaming group only averages about 6 games a year, so the list of books I have read but not played seems to grow every year. Currently in that category would be: 13th Age and 13 True Ways, Rogue Trader, DeathWatch and a few supplements, Star Wars Edge of the...

I think in terms of the game system, you would need a way for skills, magic, armor and weapon proficiencies to improve over time. Also I think Oblivion only had some starting class templates, but you could make your own ( I always did). The new ESO (for PS4) has 4 classes that determine your...

I hope it is not like D&D Daggerdale ( that I played on Xbox 360). One thing I didnt like about that game was that the characters were pre-set...want to play a Wizard, you're the halfling, want to be a Cleric, you're the Dwarf (I hope you can actually create rather than in Daggerdale, you just...

I think Psionics should have its own flavor, though I understand there could be a little bit of overlap in powers. Example: The cantrip Far Hand is essentially some form of psychokinesis. I would not be butthurt if Psionics had an equivalent. I really liked what Dreamscarred Press has done...

Hello, One of the serious heartbreaks I had was when the Marvel Annihilation storyline for the Heroic Role-playing didnt get printed. I have always adored the Galactic level concerns int he Marvel Universe and was ready to go all in on those products, only to find out that only PDFs were...

If Monte Cook Games was a rock/heavy metal band: 1. What band would you be 2. Who is on which instruments? 3. Who are you touring with?

I thought of another example of "good" metagaming that has become funny in our group. As our DM has a habit of throwing us against monsters3-4 CR above the party level, (and of course those monsters can't be alone, so Cr gets even higher), we have had a conveyor belt of character death (mostly...

Another question: If we could say that No Thank You, Evil! embraces the Light side of your personality: (light-hearted, family friendly, embracing the joys of youth, etc,)..if you embraced your Dark/Shadow side to come out and write a game, what would that look like, and what might it be called?

Its funny, generally when I think of "metagaming" I think about it as a form of cheating, though I like Umbran's point of how letting someone else have the spotlight could be that too. From a decade of LARP (particularly Vampire), it seems rampant (and hence one of the reasons my wife and I...

Shanna, What would you say the upsides and downsides are of being a "gaming celebrity"? How do you (including what you see from Monte + Bruce) balance many fans wanting to be your friend/get to know you further or spend time with you with needs for privacy? Any...

Hopefully they will get around to paying William Jones for his work on Pulp Cthulhu

Hi Shanna, What are some things that fans probably dont know in terms of working in the rpg/gaming industry? What would be one of the hardest/most difficult aspects of being a game designer? What kinds of things bring you joy that might not be obvious? Can we count on more MCG Kickstarters down...

Thanks Morrus. I think that will be very helpful and take a load off your plate! I'm curious, how many hours a day do you spend doing all this stuff behind the scenes? ~Desh

Hi Shanna, I am also wondering about the focus for MCG. Each year you have had a product, starting with Numenera, then The Strange, and this year the Cypher System Rulebook and No Thank You, Evil! I know there is ongoing product development for the current lines (I was a KS Strange Superfan...