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Prices here in the UK seem to vary a lot in rpg stores... So I've never been able to pin down the changes over time. I remember being shocked at the price of Pendragon 4th Ed. because it was my first £20 core book over a decade ago. now I'm reluctant to pay £30 for a book... I guess the $...

As long as the books aren't going to be £5 one month and then £35 the next, sure... Sounds a laugh. I also think some older books mixed in would be good.

Nah... I'll give it a miss this time, heh. GURPS never grabbed me, and why settle for less than the best? The original CoC-based system I use is fine, and ToC is a good second.

Hmmm... I can see that this isn't the game for me. No wonder it was kept out of my hands, heh. Now, I don't need stats for Great Old Ones or whatever. But... Nah, this just doesn't sound like my cup of tea at all. And since two of my all-time favourite games are Call of Cthulhu and...

Not my opinion, since I haven't seen it... But our resident Cthulhu fiend player bought it online a couple of weeks back. It wasn't a high priority game for our group, he just likes to buy Cthulhu-related stuff, as do I. When I finally recalled that he'd ordered it and asked why he hadn't...

Ideal for me. Free multi-classing options like 3.5 had going would hit some classes hard (monk) and make other classes all too obvious a choice (fighter) while prohibiting others (paladin), all for no reason that the supposed freedom to cross-class at any time. D&D is a class-based game...

Personally, I couldn't give *ahem* a fig how the site looks as long as the game is good. I'd rather they spent time, energy and resources on the product. The site is just the 3rd Edition site with some 4th Edition logos glued to it... It's obviously not meant to be there forever, and I'm...

For all that the D&D site could do with whole swathes of improvement, that guy killed his own argument by coming across like a tool. His points might be valid, but he's not funny, he's just a geek... And after that video he just seems a sad geek who is riding high on a 'I pointed out the...

For most games I'd play, this style is entirely a positive. I do agree with the 'No List' which allows each player (and the GM) to insist on at least ONE thing, class, whatever that does not exist in the campaign at all... Further No's can be added, but let everyone have one that they can...

I prefer my fantasy more medieval than epic too. But if there's one area of 4th Edition that looks strong it's the tiers. You can just 'not go there' with the higher tiers if you don't want to, and as long as the players understand that the ceiling is lower, no harm done. Nice and simple...

Unless you play one hell of a competitive game, I can't fathom why one player having a lot of setting knowledge is a negative... We tried playing Dragonlance on 3.5, but quickly stalled as only the DM understood the first thing about the Age of Mortals period for it, and we had 0% immersion...

I'm not offended, my sorcerers can always do with +1 Cha, and it's not like they use Str for anything. Doesn't make much sense... But I'll take it. While I won't get myself killed by discussing the mental side of things, I think we can agree that blokes are stronger than gals are. No point...

I'm not really convinced that CoC needed 'solving', but a new take... A well done one with a specific design criteria in mind instead of a mythos heart-breaker is still of interest. I think removing Chaosium's stats for the Great Old Ones is a dramatic positive, because they were always odd...

Not a huge deal though really is it? Character backgrounds for the main crew are covered already, setting info is minimal and there's not a lot to say that you can't guess ahead of time since Firefly's world is pretty removed from space opera fantasy where giant slugs are crime lords and so on...

Corrected! However... If the system has been around a while, why does it seem to unfinished? While using Serenity as a test-bed wasn't great, the idea that the rules have been around a while and still aren't up to a lot is hardly better. And I've got no shortage of systems, nor any need for...

I have it, in the process of dissection and comprehension right now. For the most part my opinion (and my players' opinions) are positive. First Impressions: It is pretty. Dark, eerie art, mostly of high quality and all nicely fitting. Not too much of it either. It is clearly a bold and...

As a loyal browncoat I've got to stand against the praise for the Serenity rpg. It was a test run for the company's ruleset (Cortex I believe?) that they also crammed into BSG. I've played a lot of D&D, but a lot more of everything else too. Serenity just isn't a great rules system. It's not...

Kaorti stood out to me, as did the Ethergaunts. The E.G's suffered only because they existed as a big threat even in their level band, but the fluff and concept was top-notch. The Kaorti were pretty good, though tier pet creatures less so. Shadar-Kai... Nah, no traction for our group really...

...with a worryingly high priced tag on release.

Ah right, my confusion there then... Nowhere near episode IV yet, so haven't even glanced at it.