Warhammer 40k, hell I've already pre-orderd it.

That is all, everything else I can wait on.

Quote from: peteramthorMan I've lost track of who has that property now.  Ken Whitman had it last time but I foget what his company at that time was (he changes companies more than he changes his underwear I think).

Quote from: Pierce InverarityNOOOOOO!!!!

Don't worry - I've been assured the new edition is in the mail and will arrive in time for GenCON.

Seanchai

Quote from: AosAmazon lists it as available, and they are, ime, pretty reliable about such things- furthermore there are 4 used copies for sale from affiliated vendors as of this post. So I'm feeling pretty confident that its out:
http://www.amazon.com/Conan-Roleplaying-Game-Gareth-Hanrahan/dp/1905850069/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0430709-9459344?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191690151&sr=8-1

Holy crap, what is up with my LGS?  And these friggin' Canadian distributors?  Don't they want to take my money.  So annoying.

Of all upcoming products, Chaosium BRP is what I'm most likely to spend money on when it comes out...but, no promises.

I'm interested in seeing what happens with Heroquest and the split-off project by Mike Holmes and (I forget the other person's name).

Also curious about John Harper's Stranger Things, because I've heard it's a variation on Trollbabe, and Trollbabe sounds kind of interesting itself.

That surprises me, Elliot, given your general stance on matters roleplaying. Why does TB interest you?

The Brand Robins AP from RPGnet which he described playing with his brother, for one thing. Besides that, the idea of escalating stakes, using relationships as resources, and just generally the elimination of any hint of immersion or challenge--it seems like an interesting approach to a game of storytelling.

Mmm--I don't think you'll like it. It is in many ways the progenitor of DitV.

Quote from: Elliot WilenI'm interested in seeing what happens with Heroquest and the split-off project by Mike Holmes and (I forget the other person's name).

Oh, dear.  I hope Mike isn't the one writing it.  He has some interesting ideas, but the man sucks the air from a room with the stroke of a pen (or the strokes of his keyboard).

!i!

Quote from: droogMmm--I don't think you'll like it. It is in many ways the progenitor of DitV.

Huh, it sounded more like a vast simplification of Heroquest, with a wandering, discursive style of play rather than the hyperfocused and "gussied up Scruples" feel I get from DitV...and if Stranger Things does anything like that (I mean that impression of TB), with just a bit of added complication, it might be worth checking out. Plus although I disliked Harper's take on spellcasting when he revised Talislanta, his longtime fascination with that game earns him points in my book.

Oh, yeah, I'm waiting for Tenra Bansho Zero. Andy K. owes me a $1 discount on it when it finally comes out, and I mean to collect on it. I know very little else about the game, but I hope it turns out to be a bizarre beast like some of the Japanese semi-RPGs he's described picking up. Or at least tending in that direction, but I'm afraid, based ironically on John Harper's report, that it'll turn out to be somewhat run-of-the-mill competitive-narration-trading-cum-story-economy game. I hope that's not a result of Andy cutting out what he once referred to as superfluous "Sim" elements of the original game--or that I'm flat-out wrong and the game works in spite of my now-misgivings. A lot may have to do with the tone and quality of the writing, and I think I can be hopeful that Andy won't repeat the mistakes of other indie writers by blathering on about theory, the "nature of roleplaying", or correcting assumed bad habits inculcated by trad play.

Better be careful man.  The last time I dared suggest that Andy's Forgie assumptions might be coloring his interpretation of the game, he jumped down my damn throat.

Really? I would be interested in seeing that.

Quote from: Elliot WilenReally? I would be interested in seeing that.

I exaggerate for my own amusement a bit, but there's an extensive discussion of the parallel evolution of very Forgie/storygame-esque bits in some Japanese roleplaying games in this thread, which expressed my concern that the game was going off in a very un-traditional direction that did not appeal to me at all.

Quote from: Elliot WilenPlus although I disliked Harper's take on spellcasting when he revised Talislanta, his longtime fascination with that game earns him points in my book.

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Whoa, wait. What'd they do to the spell system in Talislanta? I'm still playing 2nd edition so I'm really out of the loop here.
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-=Grim=-

I mentioned it here and I probably whined about it in a couple other threads hereabouts. You can find more on the Talislanta mailing list at yahoo groups; basically they moved to a very "effects-based" system that would also have players improvisationally defining their characters' spell books. (Here's one discussion.) Some people loved it, others disliked it, eventually SMS and Morrigan Press jointly decided, apparently, that the improv approach didn't really fit the conception of Talislantan magic, though it seems the "effects-based" element was kept. (Look here.)

[Note you might have to join the list to read the links, but I think you don't need to.]