overgeeked
B/X Known World
It used to be whatever looked good.
Now it’s only stuff that will see actual play at the table.
Now it’s only stuff that will see actual play at the table.
Yeah, PDFs are sneaky that way. You can buy and file away and without them taking up physical space you forgot how much stuff you've accumulated. I've gotten better about not buying or gathering PDFs for systems I don't have a plan to play in the new future. My issue is that when I start a new campaign, especially a new system, my start getting excited and start collecting as much stuff as I can find that I think might be useful for the campaign. I only ever end up using a small percentage of it.Typically I only buy PDFs which are either on sale at #DriveThruRPG, #HumbleBundle, or #BundleOfHolding. And at this point I have more RPGs than I know what to do with. Yet I persist.
Appears to be. My experience too. I've had to cut, paste and heavily edit everything they do to make it usable for me at the table. I am currently running Masks of Nyarlathotep and the block texts and organisation of material is abysmal (the substance of the campaign, however, is excellent).Yeah. I ran into this issue with the RuneQuest Starter Set, which was presented fairly well (I got it on a PDF sale). Then I bought the hardcover rulebook, and it was honestly like reading a different game. Maybe that's a Chaosium thing? (I heard they do produce excellent Starter Sets, FWIW.)
Yeah, PDFs are sneaky that way. You can buy and file away and without them taking up physical space you forgot how much stuff you've accumulated. I've gotten better about not buying or gathering PDFs for systems I don't have a plan to play in the new future. My issue is that when I start a new campaign, especially a new system, my start getting excited and start collecting as much stuff as I can find that I think might be useful for the campaign. I only ever end up using a small percentage of it.
Is it the newer edition from 2018? If so, I agree that there's a lot of excellent material but the organization and presentation of some elements is hard to deal with. The earlier editions like the 2001 version lacks the new additional material, but is much better organized and easy to run with. The clue inventories at the start of each chapter are listed in tables rather than busy maps and the NPCs are detailed in their encounter locations/scenes rather than in a summary at the chapter start. I like the use of bullet points in the newer edition, but I don't like having to page back several pages to find info on, for example, the principals of the Clive expedition when the PCs are at the dig site.Appears to be. My experience too. I've had to cut, paste and heavily edit everything they do to make it usable for me at the table. I am currently running Masks of Nyarlathotep and the block texts and organisation of material is abysmal (the substance of the campaign, however, is excellent).