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If you listen to this youtube linked on the Dicebreaker newsite , which seems to be just a podcast, it's definitely a d100 roll-even-or-under play mechanic. I didn't listen too long into it, but got that in combat damage is rolled as 2d10 + base damage and rolling 10% or less of a combat ability...

I'm glad you made that retraction. Not to derail the main topic too much, but I'm confident that 88↑ is actually a reference to the 17th rune in the Elder Furthark rune system known as Týr. It does indeed have the symbol form of "↑" and represented a god with that name. The Elder Furthark is...

I have a novel idea/suggestion for Asmodee, why not properly support the Arkham Horror board game instead. Since they released Arkham Horror 3rd edition in 2018, they haven't republished any of better expanions like Dunwich, Innsmouth, Kingsport or Miskatonic. Those are all long out of print and...

Congtrats wih your new enterprise/adventure!

I mostly host via VTT (Foundry & Fantasy Grounds) now, but in the past with grids I've taken a variety of approaches. I've used both Chessex and Paizo grids, sometime pre-sketching out the map and hiding portions by folding the map, but mostly just sketching as players explore. My preference is...

I'm not sure how many books, just that I prefer player and GM content being in one core book, with additional genre companions books for a universal TTRPG, or a separate bestiary book for a single genre TTRPG. In the former model, the appropriate bestiary would be provided in the genre...

I'm surprised that all 3 of my choices (Pendragon 6e, Dolmenwood, Cohors Cthulhu) were in the top 6. During nominations no one was making comments about Dolmenwood, so I figured the idea of an OSE setting from Necrotic Gnome wasn't that popular here, but I was wrong. My OSE group will be moving...

I'm by no means system monogamous, but there's limits to how system polygamous I am. I tend towards homebrewing, so my preference is universal gaming systems. That said, of the 10 or so TTRPGs I own, despite giving them a college try, none of them have proven adequate for every genre. My...

I'm going to chime in with support for Adventures in Middle Earth, even though it's only gotten about 9% of the votes. It's the only variant of D&D 5e that I'm happy to run these days and IMO is a very good adaptation of the 5e system. It nails a lot of the themes of ME with simple play...

CGL's A time of War, the Battletech TTRPG is about the worst I've played and run. It's Player Character build system is terrible. There's an alternate points-based PC creation sytem which is a bit better, but other elements of the TTRPG like skills are poorly designed and their battlemech...

Oh nice! Cuthulhu Invictus is one of the chapters in my CoC Thru the Ages PDF, but I found it lacking. I wasn't aware there was a complete setting book - will have to get it.

I don't think it's a problem to have a mechanism or subsystem that gives penalties without the allowance of a bonus. IMO though, they should be meaningful and presented as optional in the rules. As an example; encumberance in SWADE. It's given an an optional subsystem, but there's some...

Cohors Cthulhu got one of my 3 votes too, which I wasn't even aware of until I read the nomination thread. Having homebrewed a series of adventures for Cthulhu Dark Ages 3e, I'm glad to see the mythos being adapted to another era. TBH though, while I'm a big fan of 2d20 Star Trek Adventures, I'm...

I hadn't heard about www.pegforum.com shutting down until a week ago - very disappointing! At times there's discussions about non FG specific topics at the Savage Worlds ruleset forum @ fantasygrounds.com. There's also the the Piazza website. The unoffical discord is also quite active...

Good to hear they're finally coding a 2.0. That said, unless they offer the Pro level as a one-time purchase, perpetual license, they won't lure me back from Foundry VTT and Fantasy Grounds Unity. In my country's currency, a perpetual license for those 2 VTTs costs roughly the same or less than...

Very good video. Wow, the increases in top Hasbro Exec's salaries and bonuses is an eye opener! I thought his contrast to how Nintendo execs responded when faced with similar financial challenges was good. The execs at Nintendo, a company almost soley dedciated to Video games (they also rake in...

Yep, and no doubt D&D No Honor Among Thieves costing $150 million while only grossing $208 mil was a factor. I've never been a fan of big umbrella corps like Hasbro being publishers of TTRPGs. On the other hand, there's a of LOT 5e titles for DMs and players to choose from, which might not been...

Oh OK. So this is probably just a local market trend -maybe just a store specific thing- that those LGS staff observed. I did note that those 2 LGSs carry more PF2e publications than most in my area - D&D publications still occupy almost half of their TTRPG bookshelves though. [Edit] I recalled...

Wow 76 pages of comments... and wow that's one heckuva big layoff by Hasbro! Sorry I didn't see this earlier, but that many pages is a wee bit too much for me to read through. So I don't know if this comment has already been made, but is it possible that the OGL controversy is part of the...

While I'm not even sure it's even realising in 2024, the most anticipated for me would have to be Pendragon 6e. I bought the Starter Set, was very impressed and my group really enjoyed playing with the rules. So if the 6e CRB hardcover does get released next year, I'll snap it up.