It's a set of rules for GMs to develop and run their own black powder games. If you want a complete setting from us, we do them - we use the Renaissance ruleset to power our D100 games, such as Pirates & Dragons, Dark Streets, Clockwork & Chivalry, etc., all of which are (hopefully our readers will agree) very thorough and detailed as far as the history/background goes. But if you want some rules for your own setting - Renaissance will hopefully be of use. We've had good feedback so far on the actual mechanics and the games GMs are running with the ruleset.

Quote from: Simlasa;838031Edit: Apparently 'Panty Explosion' had it's name changed to 'Tokyo Brain Pop'... which is described as a "psychic schoolgirl adventure RPG"

Actually, that's the friendlier version. Panty Explosion is still available for people who aren't bothered by the name

This is a silly argument. Do people get pissed off because Dungeons & Dragons doesn't have an equal proportion of dungeons to dragons in it??

Quote from: RPGPundit;838608This is a silly argument.

Silly arguments R Us ...

Quote from: RPGPundit;838608Do people get pissed off because Dungeons & Dragons doesn't have an equal proportion of dungeons to dragons in it??

Some people, probably.

Quote from: RPGPundit;838608This is a silly argument. Do people get pissed off because Dungeons & Dragons doesn't have an equal proportion of dungeons to dragons in it??

Yes, actually, I have heard people question why there aren't more dragons being fought in a game called Dungeons & Dragons. It is cited sometimes as a complaint against zero to hero style play. Essentially it is a complaint about gaming styles not about naming conventions.

The complaint about Renaissance is different in that it is a complaint that the branding is inconsistent or misleading without necessarily being a complaint about one style of play being more desirable or superior to another.

Think of it this way, had Ron Edwards only complaint been that Storyteller isn't a good description for someone whose role in the game is not to tell stories but to run a setting, there would have been almost no controversy to the Forge. It was Edwards other contention that narrative gaming, as he defined it, is the best and proper purpose for an RPG and that people who wanted other things and designers who didn't focus on that one thing were wrong, stupid, didn't know what they really wanted, or were actually brain damaged that caused the real controversy.

Quote from: RPGPundit;838608Do people get pissed off because Dungeons & Dragons doesn't have an equal proportion of dungeons to dragons in it??

In this case it's more like not having any dragons at all. Would it be silly to complain there are no specifics for dragons in the game? Even if the game blurb clearly stated that "D&D is system for using medieval weaponry and wizard spells" and makes no further mention of 'dragons'.

Apologies if you feel the title is misleading. It's been out a while now, and it's the first feedback we've had suggesting that. We usually assume folk are going to rely on the blurb as much as the title. We always welcome well intentioned feedback. (In fact, the only feedback I've ever rejected out of hand, is of one potential reader of Clockwork & Chivalry who complained that the blurb suggested moral grey areas in the English Civil War - they wanted us to write it purely from the Puritan point of view!) Like I said, our intention was never to flesh out the history of the Renaissance era, but to provide a set of rules for GMs who wanted to develop their own Early Modern settings (or alternate history Early Modern settings).

Quote from: doomedpc;838707Apologies if you feel the title is misleading. It's been out a while now, and it's the first feedback we've had suggesting that.

Oh, I'm not really complaining about the game, it's a good book, thanks for making it.
I'm tossing stones at the folks here who can't seem to imagine why Matt might have assumed the book has more to do with a specific historical setting than it does.

I do generally read up on a game before buying it, but sometimes just the name or cover image is enough to convince me I'm not interested. When I first saw Renaissance I assumed it was primarily historical in focus and didn't look further... but Pundit's review of Dark Streets got me to take a second look.

Quote from: RPGPundit;838608Do people get pissed off because Dungeons & Dragons doesn't have an equal proportion of dungeons to dragons in it??

Apropos of nothing, the ratio of dungeons to dragons seems to have increased dramatically over the years. DMs used to have mostly one dungeon that was a sprawling affair, and you could expect multiple dragons (over a lot of levels); now there seem to be lots of smaller dungeons and many have no dragon at all.

Dark Streets is awesome.

Quote from: RPGPundit;839270Dark Streets is awesome.

So is Pirates & Dragons, IMHO. And yes, this has pirates and dragons in it, but no, even though the title may lead you to think otherwise, it has little to do with Dungeons & Dragons.

Quote from: 3rik;839320So is Pirates & Dragons, IMHO. And yes, this has pirates and dragons in it, but no, even though the title may lead you to think otherwise, it has little to do with Dungeons & Dragons.

I'm not familiar with Pirates & Dragons, but if it was made by the guys who made Dark Streets I'd be willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.

Quote from: RPGPundit;839621I'm not familiar with Pirates & Dragons, but if it was made by the guys who made Dark Streets I'd be willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.

Yes, this is another game by C&W that runs on their Renaissance system, though it's adapted to deliver a slightly more "cinematic" experience. It's a game of pirate fantasy set in a faux-Caribbean filled with intelligent dragons and mythical beasts, island tribes, faux-European colonial powers and... pirates. The rules are included and IMHO it's a really cool game.

Quote from: 3rik;839649Yes, this is another game by C&W that runs on their Renaissance system, though it's adapted to deliver a slightly more "cinematic" experience. It's a game of pirate fantasy set in a faux-Caribbean filled with intelligent dragons and mythical beasts, island tribes, faux-European colonial powers and... pirates. The rules are included and IMHO it's a really cool game.

Thanks, 3rik

Quote from: RPGPundit;839270Dark Streets is awesome.

And thanks, Pundit

And Dark Streets is mostly set in some dark (and nasty) streets!