Quote from: Benoist;508572Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea....

Yeah, I'm looking forward to this as well, though more for the setting (and art!) than the rules (although I'm curious about the rules as well).

In a similar vein, I'll be happy to see Crypts and Things finally in print, given that Newt Newport used some of my house rules for S&W in writing it.

Quote from: Akrasia;508603Yeah, I'm looking forward to this as well, though more for the setting (and art!) than the rules (although I'm curious about the rules as well).

You might find some interesting bits in the rules. Not so much the big chunks of classes and the like, I think, but small game play processes and ideas you can easily steal for any version of D&D. And the bestiary too, of course. I think you're going to be interested.

It's not a flashy "let's reinvent the wheel" kind of game. It's solidly anchored in tradition in that sense. And yet, there are tons of little details that make the whole thing valuable as a variant. It is to First Ed a bit like Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed is to Third Ed in that sense.

In no particular order.

Dungeon Crawl Classics. I loved the beta, though I was put off by its incompleteness (no spells beyond level 1? WTF?), and its size (pretty hefty for an incomplete game), and the funky dice. However, I am very, very curious to see the final form this game will take.

Adventurer, Conqueror, King. I've been a sucker for the stronghold/domain D&D endgame ever since I first picked up the D&D RC. Looks like the ACK guys took a hammer to D&D and rebuilt it around this endgame, which sounds really interesting.

Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. What little I've read, system-wise, vaguely piques my interest; the art is incredible; and the setting looks exactly like the sort of thing I'm trying to accomplish with my upcoming D&D game. Like DCC, I'm curious to see how this one will turn out.

Runequest 6. It's got Runequest on the cover, and Loz and Pete for authors; I don't see how it could go wrong. I do hope it builds on MRQII, which I consider one of the finest BRP variants out there. I'm also interested in the prospect of Third Age Glorantha material.

Mongoose Legend/Eternal Champion. Mongoose is almost as bad as Palladium when it comes to deadlines, but I'd like to see their promised Elric stuff this year. Not to mention, of course, a new Eternal Champion line, but I've all but given up on that front. And whatever Legend supplements I can use with RQ6 will be most welcome, of course.

Mongoose Traveller. If it's just a clean-up, meh. If it's a new core with stuff from the supplements folded in, color me interested.

AD&D 1e commemorative edition. Sounds like an unique opportunity to pick up these beauties.

Used to be, I was excited with at least half a dozen shiny new games coming down the pipe at the start of every year. Perhaps I've grown jaded, or just too old and too busy for stuff that's not seeing action at the gaming table, even though I still do own a bunch of books I haven't played yet but I'm dying to. Hell, maybe it's the backlog that's making me wary of picking up new stuff.

Maybe it's for the best; I have less chances of being disappointed at some overhyped game, and more chances at being surprised at actual good stuff that pops up.

When is the new "Pendragon: Charlemagne's Paladins Strike Back" due?

I'm looking forward to ICONS Team up, but not as much as I was because we're 6-10 sessions from ending the current campaign and switching over to my Metal Earth S&W hack. I'll get some use from it eventually though.

I may or may not buy copies of the commemorative editions. I already have a DMG and the others are all available in quantity at a used book store near my house.

Adventurer, Conqueror, King is intriguing as are Crypts and Things and Astonishing Swordsmen of Hyperboria, but fuck, man, how many D&Ds do I need?  I think I may already be full up.

I am going to get my hands on a hard copy of MSH (FASRIP) this year, and possibly the 2e Dark Sun monster compendium appendixes.

Quote from: Reckall;508642When is the new "Pendragon: Charlemagne's Paladins Strike Back" due?

Damn, I forgot about this. Wasn't there a chanbara/jidaigeki Pendragon hack also scheduled? I'd like to know the whereabouts of this as well.

Quote from: Aos;508653I'm looking forward to ICONS Team up, but not as much as I was because we're 6-10 sessions from ending the current campaign and switching over to my Metal Earth S&W hack. I'll get some use from it eventually though.

Speaking of which, I have ICONS in PDF and I've never warmed up to it; but lately I've been thinking of giving it a shot at the game table. It's looking like one of these games that play way better than they read.

By the way, I'd love to read your ICONS game notes and/or AP reports. You posted some illos a while back that had a great Jack Kirby feel, and I loved it.

Quote from: Aos;508653Adventurer, Conqueror, King is intriguing as are Crypts and Things and Astonishing Swordsmen of Hyperboria, but fuck, man, how many D&Ds do I need?  I think I may already be full up.

I hear you, man. I get the same feeling sometimes. But in the end, I guess I'm just a D&D whore. I can't seem to get enough of it, really.

My list so far is pretty short

Far West is at the top of my list for the new shiny

Followed by a couple new sets for WFRP 3e.

Quote from: The Butcher;508660You posted some illos a while back that had a great Jack Kirby feel, and I loved it.

Dawww, thanks

I've been thinking I will put together a brief gazetteer of my setting and do some write ups on how I feel about running a campaign with heavy cosmic elements.
there will be no APs, however, I'm actually very slowly in the process of drawing the entire campign as a graphic novel, which I will post on the web at some point. The pics you refer to above are part of it (don't get too excited though, I'm only about 10 pages in- and I suck suck suck as a cartoonist, but i make up for it by being unbelievably slow).

However here's another teaser.

I'm always saying that I've got lot of excellent games already, many of which don't get enough play as is, so in theory I'm not really looking for new ones.

And yet somehow each year I always with more games books than I started.

As for this year, "Icons Team-Up" I pre-ordered last year so it doesn't count :-). "Atomic Robo" sounds fun, but we'll have to see. I am kind of curious about Hearts & Souls 2e.

Quote from: The Butcher;508660Speaking of which, I have ICONS in PDF and I've never warmed up to it; but lately I've been thinking of giving it a shot at the game table. It's looking like one of these games that play way better than they read.

You should totally give it a try. It's a joy to run and seems to draw players in like few other games.

I forgot about Clockwork & Chivalry 2nd edition (now powered by OpenQuest), especially the Clockwork and Cthulhu supplement.

Eldritch Horrors in 1645. Too cool for school!

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Mongoose Legend/Eternal Champion. Mongoose is almost as bad as Palladium when it comes to deadlines, but I'd like to see their promised Elric stuff this year. Not to mention, of course, a new Eternal Champion line, but I've all but given up on that front. And whatever Legend supplements I can use with RQ6 will be most welcome, of course.

Oh yeah, I forgot that new Elric/EC material might be coming out from Mongoose this year. I'll definitely keep my eyes open for that.

Quote from: misterguignol;508564(...)Unhallowed Necropolis for Unhallowed Metropolis.  A reprint and expansion of the supernatural sourcebook for UnMet.

This might be interesting. I'll have to keep an eye on this as well. Not familiar with the original edition.

Quote from: The_Shadow;508493(...)Also I'll pick up the Mars supplement for HEX if it ever comes out.(...)

I'm quite sure it will eventually come out, but with Exile it's difficult to tell when. Anyway, if it comes out I will probably pick it up.

Night's Black Agents for me, I guess.

Quote from: Rincewind1;508734Night's Black Agents for me, I guess.

I'm not a fan of Gumshoe, but I am a Ken Hite fan, and I might end picking this up if only for Ken's ideas.

The big thing on my radar is still Yggdrasil, though I won't be holding my breath.

Otherwise I'm getting a big brainboner from Mekton Zeta these days, as well as Travellwr and Star Wars, and I'm pondering some vague ideas of hybridizing the lot. Plus I've got my Star Trek game still under development and am pondering a scifi hack and slasher based on my Drums if War rules.

With all that to play with, who needs new releases?