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Modiphius

Started by Thanos, January 11, 2018, 04:17:12 PM

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Thanos

January 11, 2018, 04:17:12 PM
Are their games any good? Based on the number of minis they sell they look more like wargames than RPGs. I'm thinking about backing the John Carter RPG they have on Kickstarter but am dubious about their game mechanics. Any opinions?

S'mon

#1
January 11, 2018, 04:22:36 PM
I spent a lot of money on Achtung! Cthulu... It's very pretty,  but not a lot of 'there' there. I would be concerned you'll end up with a nice looking coffee table book not much use in actual play.

Shawn Driscoll

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January 11, 2018, 04:28:01 PM Last Edit: January 11, 2018, 04:41:43 PM by Shawn Driscoll
Their books have very good art in them. The buyers are into nostalgia, rather than into game systems. In other words, the 2D20 system is not what sells their games.

Watch YouTube videos of players trying to figure out the 2D20 system, and see if you're better off just buying a JCoM coffee table artbook instead and using the game system you know by heart.

HappyDaze

#3
January 11, 2018, 05:37:57 PM
They have games other than their 2d20 game. I picked up Coriolis, and I found it to be enjoyable enough.

Madprofessor

#4
January 11, 2018, 11:03:00 PM
I'm personally not the least bit fond of their 2d20 house system.

Brand55

#5
January 11, 2018, 11:58:25 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze;1018941They have games other than their 2d20 game. I picked up Coriolis, and I found it to be enjoyable enough.
Yeah, there's a difference between their in-house games and the ones they just publish. Coriolis is one of Free League's games. All of the games that Modiphius has done lately that I've seen use 2d20. I'm not a big fan of the 2d20 games, but I think Coriolis is pretty good and I'm looking forward to Forbidden Lands.

Shawn Driscoll

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January 12, 2018, 02:13:51 AM Last Edit: January 12, 2018, 02:16:47 AM by Shawn Driscoll
Quote from: HappyDaze;1018941They have games other than their 2d20 game. I picked up Coriolis, and I found it to be enjoyable enough.
The 3rd-party games they distribute tend to be all right. If you design a game and have money, Modiphius is a good publisher to make your RPG book look really cool and all.

finarvyn

#7
January 12, 2018, 12:06:45 PM
I played a little 2d20 Conan, and playtested some 2d20 lite for John Carter. I dunno, but the rules seemed okay but nothing better than other rules systems that I've used for a long time. I kind of wish they would have developed these games for 5E or some other more popular system rather than blazing their own trail into system design.
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HappyDaze

#8
January 12, 2018, 09:15:24 PM
I just saw Cold & Dark in a store today. It was only $31.50 so I decided to pick it up. I'm pretty sure that it's the only book I own that's printed in Latvia.

Teodrik

#9
January 12, 2018, 10:35:17 PM
Quote from: finarvyn;1019054I kind of wish they would have developed these games for 5E or some other more popular system rather than blazing their own trail into system design.
Amen to that.

AaronBrown99

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January 12, 2018, 10:59:23 PM
I own and have played Mutant Chronicles, and recently received my Infinity rpg kickstarter books but haven't played yet.  My gaming group is my kids, and they grow up, and have their own things to do!

I love the life-path character generation, and the heat/momentum mechanic is really fun in practice when it gets going.

It plays much like the shared Karma pool in Marvel faserip.

The rulebooks for both games I have provide enormous options for characters, group arrangements, adventure seeds/plot hooks, and adversaries/'monsters'.

Overall I'm a fan of the 2D20 system, and love Modiphius' lineup.
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Llew ap Hywel

#11
January 13, 2018, 03:01:04 AM
Quote from: finarvyn;1019054I played a little 2d20 Conan, and playtested some 2d20 lite for John Carter. I dunno, but the rules seemed okay but nothing better than other rules systems that I've used for a long time. I kind of wish they would have developed these games for 5E or some other more popular system rather than blazing their own trail into system design.

Oh god no, last thing I want is more IP shoehorned into any d20/D&D derived system.
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Llew ap Hywel

#12
January 13, 2018, 03:03:29 AM
Quote from: AaronBrown99;1019135Overall I'm a fan of the 2D20 system, and love Modiphius' lineup.

Me too, it's not my favourite system but it's god enough that'll I'll buy the and happily use based on the IPs.
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crkrueger

#13
January 13, 2018, 04:13:09 AM
Quote from: finarvyn;1019054I played a little 2d20 Conan, and playtested some 2d20 lite for John Carter. I dunno, but the rules seemed okay but nothing better than other rules systems that I've used for a long time. I kind of wish they would have developed these games for 5E or some other more popular system rather than blazing their own trail into system design.

Quote from: HorusArisen;1019160Oh god no, last thing I want is more IP shoehorned into any d20/D&D derived system.

It's too bad the MRQII Conan plans fell through.  I think Mythras is a better system for Conan if you don't want that heavy narrative metalayer 2d20 gives you.
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Llew ap Hywel

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January 13, 2018, 04:45:45 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;1019173It's too bad the MRQII Conan plans fell through.  I think Mythras is a better system for Conan if you don't want that heavy narrative metalayer 2d20 gives you.

Mythras Conan would have made my day.
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