How are you filling the Yawning Void that is the WotC publishing schedule?
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Dice4Hire
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My last book was Mv and before that the Dark Sun books.
My next book will be.......... who knows.
The shadowfell and Feywild book might get bought, but I need to see them first, and they need to be non-essentials style.
Nentir Vale looks good and I might get that one also.
The abbey looks good to me, and I will get that.
But as I relaly do not play other rpgs, well, I think I wll not be buying much.
My next book will be.......... who knows.
The shadowfell and Feywild book might get bought, but I need to see them first, and they need to be non-essentials style.
Nentir Vale looks good and I might get that one also.
The abbey looks good to me, and I will get that.
But as I relaly do not play other rpgs, well, I think I wll not be buying much.
caudor
Adventurer
Considering all my D&D stuff, novels, movies, computer games, and stuff...I have more entertainment at my fingertips than I can possibly consume. Sometimes I think I have more than I deserve.
I want to focus more time trying to make the lives of other people better, especially friends and family. I've been overly blessed, and I've been thinking about ways to spread some good around.
I want to focus more time trying to make the lives of other people better, especially friends and family. I've been overly blessed, and I've been thinking about ways to spread some good around.
Treebore
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I fill the so called "void" doing what I have always done, gaming.
It also helps I don't play only one RPG, I play 4 different RPG's per week. C&C, Hackmaster Basic, FATE Starblazers, Aces and Eights, and L5R 4E.
The Aces and Eights and L5R alternate with each other, so that is why it is 4 per week.
Edit: Whoops! It is 5 per week, I forgot I play Eclipse Phase on Fridays!
It also helps I don't play only one RPG, I play 4 different RPG's per week. C&C, Hackmaster Basic, FATE Starblazers, Aces and Eights, and L5R 4E.
The Aces and Eights and L5R alternate with each other, so that is why it is 4 per week.
Edit: Whoops! It is 5 per week, I forgot I play Eclipse Phase on Fridays!
adventures to finish with my group. By then 
will have started. All the 4E goodness I need!The last D&D books that I bought were the Dark Sun Campaign Guide and the Dark Sun Creature Catalog. After taking a hard look at what was to follow, for me, it felt like the line ended there. At least it was a high note. Although I probably would've bought the supplement they announced expanding Dark Sun's Themes to general D&D... (I would not buy any existing developed material for it spread out and mixed in with a bunch of Essentials stuff, though.) From the D&D line, I'll probably just buy some more of the Dungeon Tiles if I get anything.
There are a couple of Mage and nWoD books that I might get now that the Mage Chronicler's Guide has helped me see how to "hack" the game to alter some of the elements I found bothersome. Especially since it looks like they've ended the line. Plus, this might sound silly, but I just like the look and feel of the books in the line. WoD Mirrors and some of the Order books that I skipped over are currently on my wish list. I like the way they did the Chronicler's Guide for Mage, it's easily one of the most useful books (and should've come much sooner), so I might also pick up the Vampire: the Requiem Chronicler's Guide for myself or a friend. I'm currently thinking of running a pathless game for Mage.
Other than that, I might get some of the Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition stuff for myself. I currently have the DC Adventures version of M&M 3 so I might buy other books for the DC licensed version as well as core M&M.
And then I'll just be getting Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay stuff for my friend for birthdays, holidays, and so forth.
The one thing that might make Wizards happy in this whole affair in terms of my new buying habits is that during our gaming group's recent break, I've gotten roped into some MtG games and started buying a few cards here and there.
However, this promises to be a big year for console and computer games with RPG elements: The Old Republic, Dragon Age 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Mass Effect 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim....
There are a couple of Mage and nWoD books that I might get now that the Mage Chronicler's Guide has helped me see how to "hack" the game to alter some of the elements I found bothersome. Especially since it looks like they've ended the line. Plus, this might sound silly, but I just like the look and feel of the books in the line. WoD Mirrors and some of the Order books that I skipped over are currently on my wish list. I like the way they did the Chronicler's Guide for Mage, it's easily one of the most useful books (and should've come much sooner), so I might also pick up the Vampire: the Requiem Chronicler's Guide for myself or a friend. I'm currently thinking of running a pathless game for Mage.
Other than that, I might get some of the Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition stuff for myself. I currently have the DC Adventures version of M&M 3 so I might buy other books for the DC licensed version as well as core M&M.
And then I'll just be getting Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay stuff for my friend for birthdays, holidays, and so forth.
The one thing that might make Wizards happy in this whole affair in terms of my new buying habits is that during our gaming group's recent break, I've gotten roped into some MtG games and started buying a few cards here and there.
However, this promises to be a big year for console and computer games with RPG elements: The Old Republic, Dragon Age 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Mass Effect 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim....
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Mercurius
Legend
Yeah, I hear you, but it doesn't have to be either/or: either RPGs is a "shopping hobby" or the "I have all the gaming material I could ever need" approach. I mean, just about any RPG could be played with one or two books (some even less).
Speaking for myself, I have many moregame books than I can possibly ever use or need, but I also would like to buy more - I enjoy collecting them, browsing them, reading them, using them, and seeing them on my bookshelf. As with most hobbies there are many different aspects to it, many avenues of enjoyment - and for many of us, buying books is one of them. Hey, that's how the hobby survives!
Haltherrion
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I feel somewhat bad about not supporting my game company but I haven't bought many of the 4E books beyond the powers series. While I like to roll my own setting, in the past I've purchased many of the game books. But the 4E books seem too heavily integrated into a standard setting. For instance, I seriously considered buying the demon book but after reading up on it, it seemed way too heavy on the planes (which I don't use) and too light on new demons and poachable elements.
This isn't new to 4E but it seems to have tipped too far over. In the past, I was perfectly happy to buy them for the odd usable bit and the artwork but there seems less of that these days. I suppose an element of it may honestly be the monster builder tool which I love using and makes it very easy to roll my own monsters.
This isn't new to 4E but it seems to have tipped too far over. In the past, I was perfectly happy to buy them for the odd usable bit and the artwork but there seems less of that these days. I suppose an element of it may honestly be the monster builder tool which I love using and makes it very easy to roll my own monsters.
Over the last several years, I was picking up new Pathfinder titles every month such as the monthly adventure path books.
Ever since 4E Essentials was released, I only picked up the "Rules Compendium" and "Heros of Fallen Lands" books, since I was playing and occasionally DMing in this past season's 4E Encounters "Keep on the Borderlands" game. If I wasn't playing 4E Encounters this past season, most likely I would not have picked up any 4E Essentials titles.
With all this being said, at the present time none of the upcoming 4E and Pathfinder titles look particularly appealing to me. Sort of "meh".
In the past I was never really a huge fan of Ravenloft, or (more generally) "horror" style rpg games. The upcoming "Carrion Crown" Pathfinder AP (on the surface) looks kind of Ravenloft-ish. Several upcoming 2011 4E D&D titles like the Shadowfell, Heroes of Shadow, etc ... don't particularly interest me much.
If I really wanted to play a "horror" rpg game, my preference would be to play "Call of Cthulhu".
In a month's time or so, I'll be permanently jumping off the Pathfinder treadmill for good. I'll only be picking up the last "Serpent's Skull" AP book and the Inner Sea map folio next month. After that, no more Pathfinder rpg books.
At this point, the only 2011 4E D&D title which I may possibly have some remote interest in, is the "Neverwinter Campaign Setting" book. Though I would like to take a skim through it, to determine whether I'll buy it or not. (No more "sight unseen" pre-orders).
For the rest of 2011, there's so far no other new rpg books which have caught my interest at all. (Perhaps I'll put my cash into further reducing my debts?)
Ever since 4E Essentials was released, I only picked up the "Rules Compendium" and "Heros of Fallen Lands" books, since I was playing and occasionally DMing in this past season's 4E Encounters "Keep on the Borderlands" game. If I wasn't playing 4E Encounters this past season, most likely I would not have picked up any 4E Essentials titles.
With all this being said, at the present time none of the upcoming 4E and Pathfinder titles look particularly appealing to me. Sort of "meh".
In the past I was never really a huge fan of Ravenloft, or (more generally) "horror" style rpg games. The upcoming "Carrion Crown" Pathfinder AP (on the surface) looks kind of Ravenloft-ish. Several upcoming 2011 4E D&D titles like the Shadowfell, Heroes of Shadow, etc ... don't particularly interest me much.
If I really wanted to play a "horror" rpg game, my preference would be to play "Call of Cthulhu".
In a month's time or so, I'll be permanently jumping off the Pathfinder treadmill for good. I'll only be picking up the last "Serpent's Skull" AP book and the Inner Sea map folio next month. After that, no more Pathfinder rpg books.
At this point, the only 2011 4E D&D title which I may possibly have some remote interest in, is the "Neverwinter Campaign Setting" book. Though I would like to take a skim through it, to determine whether I'll buy it or not. (No more "sight unseen" pre-orders).
For the rest of 2011, there's so far no other new rpg books which have caught my interest at all. (Perhaps I'll put my cash into further reducing my debts?)
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