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I'm OK with the idea of a new Star Wars RPG and might even buy it. It'd have to not have proprietary play mechanics like FFG's special dice though, for me to buy into it. I'll differ from others here, in that I don't want anything that's based upon an adaption to a D&D ruleset - like the...

There's no doubt that the popularity of 2 franchises which started in the 1960's with novels, movies and in the case of Star trek -multiple TV series- is part of the reason. IMO though, that's not all of it. I've read on a number of forums and blogs that Paramount Consumer Products is quite...

Yep, creating TTRPGs based on a license can be a challenge for a publisher in regards to the IP creator they're working with. I remember buying into Green Ronin's Dragon Age box sets and due to a lot of lengthy deliberations by Bioware on approvals, it took 5 years for the 3rd/final boxset to be...

I'd count myself among those who aren't convinced Conan requires a rules-light/lighter system. I ran a series of adventures set in Hyboria with Savage Worlds and dipped a bit into the Beasts & Barbarians setting for supporting tools. Those adventures ran well and all the players enjoyed them. I...

I've bought Corvus Belli Infinity, Star Trek Adventures and Dishonored. I've never gotten any of them to the table and haven't bought the equivalent VTT ruleset to run a campaign online - only STA is available for the Fantasy Grounds VTT I use. So I chose the poll option of "I've never played...

The Tactical Combat rules in Catalyst Game Lab's A Time of Warfare (Battletech RPG), features simultaneous damage. As opposed to the Personal Combat rules, which only feature simultaneous damage for ongoing effects like bleeding - applied at the end of a turn. The difference is because the TC...

I rated it as "it's pretty good", mostly because I have some issues with the writing in the FATE Core book - just felt awkward and not particularly lucid at times. Otherwise, as someone who began with the 3.0 edition of FATE, I like where Evil Hat took the rules. I've definitely run and played...

As a fan of SW, I'm happy to read that average. I just want to point out though, that it wasn't always the case. The couple of years following SW Deluxe winning the gold ENnie for best game (Marvel Heroic Gameplay got silver) at Gen Con 2012, SWD got heavily panned on a number of TTRPG forums...

The crunch around weapons is there on purpose and for some of the combat features too. The 1st edtion of SW originally started as rules for a tabletop miniatures game (The Great Rail Wars) and some of the crunch has been maintained. Up until the Deluxe edition of SW, PEG published a free...

Very cool. While I've rewarded bennies for RPing similar to those you mentioned, I haven't done it for RPing power trappings. Most of the trappings in my campaings have worked like those in SWD, where the PC will at times get an addded, benefical effect. Those benefits are often situational or...

Cool. I wasn't aware of that PDF, but that's probably because I don't pay much attention to Savage Pathfinder. I still play the Pathfinder 1e game though, so any doc showing SWADE trappings based upon its spells interests me. Arcane Conversion PDF was only 2.99 on the Peginc store, so I snapped...

While I'd agree that they all require an activation roll, have time durations and point costs and a good number have ranges, but the similarities end there. As all the powers have different functionality and effects. It's true they're designed to support multiple genres and if the GM or player...

Zobeck, the central city in the Midgard World setting for D&D 5e is a terrific city setting published by Kobold Press - same folks that publish the 3 Tome of Beasts and Creature Codexes. There's the Streets of Zobeck which details key locations with text and maps and has an anthology of...

I recall discussions by PEG staff where they mentioned a reluctance to adding conditions to SW. When they 1st started to form SWEX, D&D 3e was still fresh which had many conditions (you could argue an overabundance of them) and they apparently didn't want to go in that direction. One of the...

In terms of a mid 2000s publication of a Science Fiction Companion, I think you're confusing the most recent SFC with the Sci-Fi toolkit guides written by Paul Wade-Williams (now of Triple Ace Games) during that time. The most recent SFC was published in 2014 and was compatible with the Deluxe...

If you're open to exploring the Nentir Vale through novels, I recommend the Abyssal Plague trilogy. Abyssal Plague book 1: The Temple of Yellow Skulls Abyssal Plague book 2: Oath of Vigilance Abyssal Plague book 3: The Eye of the Chained God Written by Don Bassingthwaite and James Wyatt...

About 5 years ago I made a concerted effort to pare down the physical number of RPG systems/rulebooks I have on my shelves. So In alphabetical order these are those that I still have print copies for: Call of Cthulhu 7e Cepheus Deluxe (Cepheus Engine) D&D 5e FATE Core Mongoose Traveller 2...

Yep, haven't looked into GenCon Online, but I will do so next year. It isn't too difficult to get a PF1 campaign going for the Fantasy Grounds Virtual Table Top. There's usually at least 1 or 2 GMs advertising for a PF1 campaign at any given time at the Looking for Group forum at...

I've tried the local CON approach, but the challenge is that in my area CONs with tabletop-miniatures are the thing. I've tried to pitch PF1 and even some PF1 Conflict PvP Tactics & Teams skirmishes to give it more appeal, but didn't get enough at my table. For a TTRPG to have some appeal at our...

I like the PF1e ruleset for FG. It's character sheet is reasonably well layed out and very functional. My only complaint, is that its Combat and Action tabs are a bit confusing, in that the Combat tab is where secondary/derived stats are calculated for ACs, saves, attacks, CMD, CMB and movement...