Quote from: The Good AssyrianThanks for the advice, Drew!  I have already come across that problem when setting up some initial games with my friends.  The stock enemies and foes from the old Conan RPG can kick the ass of pretty much any starting character, so I had to tone them down a bit.  A fellow on the ZeFRS forum with the handle of Artikid has produced a neat beastiary that has a good mix of opponents, many of which are quite suitable for challenging beginning characters.

In any case, if your interested in checking out my conversion for The Lost City, you can find the first four levels here:

Link

Nice. I really like what you've done with the module, and am looking forward to seeing your take on Zargon. I always thought he was one of the more interesting and evocative examples of monstrous villains from the old days.

I also enjoy the ease with which the old B/X D&D modules can be converted to an setting S&S when stripped of their pseudo-medieval set dressing. B10 for instance is an ongoing struggle against slavers through petrified forests and ruined cities, culminating in a race to an abandoned temple in a valley of ancient, jackal-headed men. There's even a cthulhoid entity squatting at the centre of the final encounter. Just change the names on the maps, replace the Tolkienesque critters with something more appropriate and you're good to go. The cool thing about doing it with Zefrs is that you can stat monsters in seconds.

Excellent stuff.

I picked up at Gencon UK,

Solomane Kane (the last copy of the 200 printed !),
Deadlands Reloaded,
Savage Worlds Explorer Edition.

Quote from: DrewI also enjoy the ease with which the old B/X D&D modules can be converted to an setting S&S when stripped of their pseudo-medieval set dressing. B10 for instance is an ongoing struggle against slavers through petrified forests and ruined cities, culminating in a race to an abandoned temple in a valley of ancient, jackal-headed men. There's even a cthulhoid entity squatting at the centre of the final encounter. Just change the names on the maps, replace the Tolkienesque critters with something more appropriate and you're good to go. The cool thing about doing it with Zefrs is that you can stat monsters in seconds.

Excellent stuff.

Thanks for the tip, Drew!  I had actually never really looked at B10 before (it slipped under my radar all of these years), but on topic, a PDF of it is now my latest RPG purchase...  


TGA

I picked up Reign and laid down £10 on the third supplement.
The system is great - especially for combat and character creation.
The setting takes some getting used to, but its different from the typical Tolkein clone.

Man, do I ever want to try InSpectres. Or the original Ghostbusters for that matter.

So mine are:

Dungeon Tiles: Ruins of the Wild and Hidden Crypts. These were total impulse buys from my local game store, on separate trips. The $10 price tag makes it easy to go "Oooh, new Dungeon Tiles? Gimme!" And I love them, they're so pretty. Now I just need to get my D&D game going again (on hold for a honeymoon and choir tour) so I can use them!

Shadow of Yesterday Hardcover from Lulu. This was a considered purchase; I even sprung for the hardcover because I dig the James West art. I want to try it so bad it hurts. I've shown it around to several gaming buddies (with pretty favorable response) and I hope to play soon.

A buncha packs of Star Wars Pocketmodels. Also impulse buys from the game store and comic shop. I've got the Millenium Falcon!

Peace,
-Joel

Monte Cook's World of Darkness... arrived yesterday after three weeks of waiting.

Fantastic Location: City of Peril... will arrive this week I guess.

Two minis for SW game (female jedi for one of my gamers...)

Shadowrun: Augmentation. Cybertech, Genetech, Bioware, and Nanoware galore! We never used any of the SOTA books, so a large chunk of the stuff is new to me. I'm playing a geneticist / hacker so the inclusion of an entire chapter on genetech was appreciated.

Savage Worlds. I think I like it. Have not played it yet so I don't know for sure. Thinking of trying Deadlands Reloaded with it first.

DELTA GREEN: EYES ONLY is on pre-order.

The last "purchase" i made was actually a trade...the old T&T boxed set for a 1st ed. PHB and DM's Guide in pretty near mint condition. \m/ - - \m/

Aces & Eights

[looking around for someone to blame...]

What exactly is this? It's get mentioned a lot.

I brought Promethean on tuesday.

For me, the last rpg product I picked up was WFRP 2e: Tome of Corruption (I think). :raise:

Finally received my 1st edition Kult RPG books! (gotta love eBay):

Metropolis
Legions of Darkness
Player's Companion
Judas Grail

Today I finally ordered a hardcopy of Forward to Adventure!  I had been meaning to do so for a while, but the prospect of it kept setting off the little voice in my head that says "like you need another game about swording orcs for dollars, dumbass."

Picked up the Gargantuan Blue Dragon mini from the D&D Iconic range at GenCon UK the other day:

http://www.rpgshop.com/images/uploaded/products_dndmin_957890000A_lgpic.jpg

Great sculpture, excellent paintwork. I'm looking forward to unleashing the bastard on my players once my Wilderlands campaign is up and running.