Darwin's World

[Shapermc]

I just received this book in the mail, and aside from a few tyops and what not I was quite impressed with this book. It seems a bit unbalanced at points, but then again they are mutations and not just powers. I think that this would be amazingly fun to play, and with all the support that it seems to have online I am supprised that I do not hear more about it.

The book is quite comprehensive and the print job is very profesional quality. I am interested in seeing how this game works in an actual game. Is there anyone out there that has used this in a game? As far as source books go it is quite entertaining. I like the "background" use for bonuses and I think that it gives the PC more room to add flavor with their written background. I have a problem with the people in my group just giving a cheesy background ("I woke up one day and decided to explore the land"). I am going to try to convince my group to give me a chance to run a one shot game to see how it plays and then see how it does work.

Here's to crossing my fingers

 

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Darwins World news update:


I enjoyed the book also by the way.

 

[Shapermc]

Yup I saw that

I am hoping that I can afford all the new products that I want and still buy all my christmas gifts for others ;-)

 

[PosterBoy]

I just received this book in the mail, and aside from a few tyops and what not I was quite impressed with this book. It seems a bit unbalanced at points, but then again they are mutations and not just powers. I think that this would be amazingly fun to play, and with all the support that it seems to have online I am supprised that I do not hear more about it.

The book is quite comprehensive and the print job is very profesional quality. I am interested in seeing how this game works in an actual game. Is there anyone out there that has used this in a game? As far as source books go it is quite entertaining. I like the "background" use for bonuses and I think that it gives the PC more room to add flavor with their written background. I have a problem with the people in my group just giving a cheesy background ("I woke up one day and decided to explore the land"). I am going to try to convince my group to give me a chance to run a one shot game to see how it plays and then see how it does work.

Here's to crossing my fingers

Let me make one suggestion (that I wish I had put in the book). The level adjustments are important for game balance, but they can make low level adventuring a little rough if characters are +2 or more. I some cases, players can get frustrated when other people are going up levels and they are not due to a high level adjustments. I find that taking the highest-level adjustment, and giving everyone that as starting experience (i.e. if the highest adjustment is +2, everyone gets 3000 experience) removes this. Then everyone needs the same amount before going up a level.

Our free adventure, Cave of Life, is a good starting adventure. Might need to increase the EL of the initial encounters if you start characters with extra experience as I suggest above.

http://www.rpgobjects.com/dlm/download.php?id=4

Thanks for the kind words on the book. Sorry for the few typos. But we were happy with the result; especially considering it was our first print book!

 

[Shapermc]

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Thanks for the kind words on the book. Sorry for the few typos. But we were happy with the result; especially considering it was our first print book!

They would have really been typos except that you put the 3 core books together into one so that made certain sentances . . . irrelavant. It wasnot like "This mutiation is form the radiation." (note form should be from).

I really enjoy the book and am looking into "Terrors of the Twisted Earth"

Any chance of a discount. . . ? LOL

 

[PosterBoy]

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I really enjoy the book and am looking into "Terrors of the Twisted Earth"

Any chance of a discount. . . ? LOL

Did you buy the PDFs? Then yes. We offer an "upgrade" discount via rpgshop.com.

 

[Shapermc]

No I got a print copy. . . and was AMAZED at the quality of it. I have bought White Wolf stuff that was much poorer quality than this book. Really nice stuff. The art is either really well or quite humurous. I thank you for your comments Posterboy.

 

[PosterBoy]

No I got a print copy. . . and was AMAZED at the quality of it. I have bought White Wolf stuff that was much poorer quality than this book. Really nice stuff. The art is either really well or quite humurous. I thank you for your comments Posterboy.

I meant did you get a PDF copy of Terrors (or Metal Gods for that matter).

It's a nice way to "try" those books out before paying print price. And if you like them, you can "upgrade" at the reduced rate (basicly the difference between the PDF and print price). Only negative is you need to get it from RPGShop.com, which means you have to pay shipping.

Anyhow, I've babbled on long enough.

 

[Vigilance]

Campaign report

Well, since you asked

I've been running a DW campaign for about 4 months now, and the game works great! We have Babe, the Gigantic Feral exiled from her home clan with the Horse Clans, BlackJack, a mutant mentalist with an eye to politics, and Cambora, the Winged Dwarf JuJu Man.

The party has fought several battles in the "Water Wars" with a rival water cartel attempting to find out the secret of the private water supply owned by their home city of Bastion, and narrowly averted a war between Bastion and the wild Nyr Men, savage Neanderthals who recently migrated into the area.