I've been out of the loop for another year. What's out that's new, interesting, redone, redressed, or regurgitated?
Warhammer 40k finally got a roleplaying game. (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/dark-heresy/) And it owns your face. And mine.
Looks good. Really good. As in, damn good! And it's not D20! AWESOME!
Aces and Eights = Best Western RPG ever made. So good, in fact, that people who normally hate Westerns salivate over the thing.
YMMV. (Pundit's does)
-=Grim=-
Hi Vellorian!
Released a bunch of new stuff this year:
In Harm's Way: Wild Blue (http://jalan.flyingmice.com/wildblue.html)
In Harm's Way: Aces And Angels (http://jalan.flyingmice.com/aaa.html)
Sweet Chariot 2 (http://jalan.flyingmice.com/chariot.html)
Blood Games II (http://jalan.flyingmice.com/bloodgames.html)
-clash
D&D 4e is out. Some people really like it, some people really hate it. It runs pretty well, except for its skill system, which is still having the bugs ironed out.
StarSIEGE.
Points of Light my first original project has been published by Goodman Games
http://www.goodman-games.com/4380preview.html
Quote from: J Arcane;240413Warhammer 40k finally got a roleplaying game. (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/dark-heresy/) And it owns your face. And mine.
We sold out of
DARK HERESY within the first week that it was releaseerde. Done that at least once or twice since then.
WARHAMMER 40K and
DARK HERESY are pretty darn popular at our store and in the Cincinnatii area in general.
- Ed C.
I'm sorely tempted to get Dark Heresy, but I'm not sure I could get my players into it since they have ZERO experience with GW, WH or WH40K.
Quote from: Vellorian;242180I'm sorely tempted to get Dark Heresy, but I'm not sure I could get my players into it since they have ZERO experience with GW, WH or WH40K.
That's a good thing. Seriously, there's fuckpiles of canon issues in 40k, having players who actually know them would be far more a curse than a blessing.
Just show them the book, that was all it took for me. Maybe run a sample combat session, just roll up random characters and go free-for-all or do a sample encounter with one of the monsters from the back of the book.
What about for people who are not interested in combat so much as they are interested in major roleplaying events?
We've had gaming sessions where the dice were broken out only a couple times...
...we've had whole weekend gaming sessions that didn't involve any combat whatsoever.
So, you can see my dilemma!
Quote from: Vellorian;242185What about for people who are not interested in combat so much as they are interested in major roleplaying events?
We've had gaming sessions where the dice were broken out only a couple times...
...we've had whole weekend gaming sessions that didn't involve any combat whatsoever.
So, you can see my dilemma!
Well, there's a lot of room for all kinds of investigative bits and roleplaying bits as well. Combat's kind of inevitable, in that sooner or later the heretic must be purged, but I could easily see playing out a session where most of it's investigative build-up to one final dramatic action sequence at the resolution.
Also, the combat really is hella fun, fun enough that I could honestly see it making a convert out of even the most hardened anti-combat types. The critical tables alone make for some awesomely violent ends. ;)
Do I remember correctly that you live in the St. Louis area and sometimes play at the Fantasy Shop in St. Charles? Or have I mixed you up with someone else?