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Trade is often the bread and butter of many a Traveller game. Trying to impress the locals with various magic items/spells can be risky. "Its a witch! Kill it!" or "Fools, don't you know we outlawed magic after the armageddon wars of 200 cycles ago? Strip them and take them to the combat...

Glad this got resolved while Marc Miller is still with us. Instead of having a bunch of lawyers hired by surviving heirs tying the whole thing up for years with lawsuits. As for "Six guns in space", at least 3 of the Original Star Treks featured projectile weapons, one had six guns.

Are the characters from the original V5 Players Handbook interchangeable with the ones created using PHB 2024 for things like organized play? If not, then new edition. May only be a .1 increment but new edition. I find this "Not a new Edition" new edition trend more as a money grab then...

I consider the variety a good thing. It would be boring if everything was the same no matter where you traveled. Having things change makes the place seem more real.

Friendly Fire is a thing in most game groups I play with. Adds a bit of realism and player decision making. We don't normally track arrows and such that miss the main target/scrum. Same for that ray spell that missed the touch roll. Its not just ranged attacks. Swinging that sword into the...

If so, says a lot about Gary's foresight on the possibility that the group would make the one way trip through the portal. Plus he guessed correctly on the Warden material being available at that game session.

If so, says a lot about Gary's foresight on the possibility that the group would make the one way trip through the portal. Plus he guessed correctly on the Warden material being available at that game session.

I think one of the reasons Tolkien got away with a near static world is the lack of diversity in his world. Sure he had Elves, Dwarves, Humans etc. but in most cases each race only had one or two outposts. Contrast that with Earth in any era with significant recorded history. We had many...

If your only reason to avoid a game is Action Points, they are normally a easy mechanic to leave out. Played lots of games without them and lots with. The most common in groups I play with now is the one per session version. Easy enough to track. I haven't seen anything in PF2 that...

IMO - a stat block should never reference a different stat block. The point of a stat block is to have everything needed for a basic encounter in one place. If I have to go perusing a book for all of the out of block references in a stat block, then it isn't a stat block. I can imagine...

I find this review helpful if you are the type of person who, like me, didn't know there was an Adventure Card Game. A lot of us see stuff on the shelf of a FLGS or a listing on a website and wonder if it would be worth picking up. With a MSRP of about $60, nice to have some idea what one is...

It reminds me of what you might get in high school when the teacher says "Please submit a 1 to 2 page report on the topic of your choice. Please interview someone as part of your research." Also hard to pin down whether this was a quick review of Mathew or of current and future Mongoose products.

2nd on wondering what P&L refers to here. But hiring is generally better for the game's future support then the frequent Xmas layoffs in years past.

Started playing in college in the 79~83 time frame. Most of the games had one or two women who played. Most were someone's GF but they were in the game with a character sheet and dice so they counted as players. Most of the games were ad-hoc since consistent gaming schedules and college class...

I have always found the whole alignment system suspect considering the basic scenario in the game is: Step 1: Meet at tavern While in process of getting drunk, mystically acquire a mission(rumor, shadowy gal hires you, undercover castle guard needs help, etc) Load up on weapons of mass...

One reason to read 'non game material' would be to source ideas from material unlikely to be on your player's reading/viewing lists. If players are familiar with your source material, they may be able to short cut the plot lines or more easily solve the mystery. Even with the vast amount of...

Holy free advertising for a D&D movie, Batman! Assuming everything is properly licensed, could be why Hasbro went along.

While not a RPG, Star Fleet Battles sure impacted how I deal with complex rules sets and reading and understanding them. After several hours long rules lawyer arguments, our group developed a system to deal with rule interpretation issues. If we couldn't resolve the issue after a few minutes...

Hope they clean up the rules before publishing. How many creatures and of what size(s) can fit into the cargo hold? Do the weight of creatures riding on the outside count against cargo capacity? Is the Attack Maneuver in addition to the Basic Maneuver? BM of vehicle speed + up to two 90 degree...

The moment the characters realize that the critters they are killing become edible feasts with a little clerical love, food ceases to be an issue. Create Water + Purify Food and Water pretty much gets a party by. Higher level brings in Create Food and Water further solving the problem. For...