Who's excited about Blue Rose?

[fuindordm]

'Excited' might be too strong a term, but I'm definitely going to keep my eye on it! I love the artwork, and a lot of their ideas are intriguing.

Thanks for the tip.
Ben

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Might think about it, but i hate buying books that are 70% setting if all I want are the rules. I have enough systems in my bin right now, though, that I could probably get what I wanted without it.

Psychic furry woodland creatures is its death knell for me. What girl hasn't wanted their own psychic furry woodland creature?

The 15-25 female market is pretty untapped in the game arena, I'd say.

--fje

 

[The Grackle]

I'm pretty excited to see Blue Rose, but I may or may not buy it. Have to wait 'til I see it.

...I kinda like the girly art.

 

[Aaron2]

...I kinda like the girly art.

The art didn't strike me as overly girly but maybe that's because my wife reads tons of romance novels so I'm numb to it.

I'll probably get it since I'm interested in a fantasy version of M&M already.


Aaron

 

[takyris]

I'll likely be getting it. It maps closely to some stuff I'd like to run.

And I'm interested in the romance/intrigue elements -- I'd like to see what they do with the mechanics to make that stuff more complex and more interesting than either "Diplomacy check" or "Just roleplay it".

 

[Ranger REG]

(no minis, no tactical warfare in dungeons, no fireballs).

Hmm. I guess I'll have to put that in as house rules, including elves.

 

[scourger]

Wow!

Not just one but THREE core books for a new campaign setting with no adventures. After my last couple of expereinces with Green Ronin (Skull & Bones and The Trojan War), I think I'm now officially of the initial high (ORK!--what a brilliant game!).

In short, I'll pass. Some of the ideas look intriguing, but I just don't need another setting without adventure support; even if I were really into the romance genre.

 

[Ranger REG]

So do we get points for making out?

Or do we take it to mean the literature definition of romance (medieval adventure stories collectively: the genre of medieval adventure stories)?

I don't mind the cover art. It's the "girlie" font used for the title that turned me off. I'd rather go with an Olde English style calligraphy in blue.

 

[takyris]

Well, that's probably them trying to grow the market. It's fairly experimental, as d20 products go.

Like I said, I'm looking forward to it. Likely wouldn't use it out of the box with my current gaming group, but I've got one friend who would never do a standard D&D campaign who, based on what I told her, would pick this up in a second.

And from what I can tell, Ranger, they mean either/or. I mean, if you read Melanie Rawn and Mercedes Lackey and Tamora Pierce, there's always a love story in there somewhere. I couldn't run a non-comedic onscreen romance with my geek-buddies, but like I said, it could be a good way to introduce new people -- and, y'know, grow as a person and stuff.

 

[Kenson]

Not just one but THREE core books for a new campaign setting with no adventures

Actually, the core book has an introductory adventure and a hundred adventure ideas in it. We're also planning on releasing another intro adventure for free on bluerose.com. After that, in terms of adventures, we'll see, but it's incorrect to say "there's no adventure support" planned for Blue Rose.