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....When was it?

....Was it a spur-of-the-moment purchase, or something you'd been considering for a while?

....And are you happy with it?

(As a spinoff of this here thread (http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7297))

For me, it was my Castles & Crusades GM Screen at Gen Con.  And it was autographed by Gygax, so hell yes.

All Tomorrow's Zombies  - I've been waiting for it for some time.  Haven't used it yet, but I'm pleased with it.  It complements the rest of my UniSystem collection quite nicely.

50 Fathoms - I was humming and hawing about getting the PDF version, but I saw it on the shelf at The Sentry Box in Calgary and picked it up (along with ATZ above).  What a fantastic product.  I really wish more campaigns were released in a similar format; it's leagues better than Evernight as well.  I'll be getting some use out of it soon (very hopefully).

Almost went and bought the Eberron Player's Guide today.  I'm playing in a new campaign starting "real soon now!"(tm) and I thought that more background info might be nice.  But the GM has laid out an explcit "core rules only" guideline and the setting ha a few changes from canon (nothing major, but who knows where it will be going).  So I figure it might be of limited value to me and left it on the shelf.

My latest snag off of eBay was a copy of Run out the Guns.

Haven't received it yet, so I don't know if I'll be happy with it or not. I've been interested in pirates/swashbuckler/early modern games for a long time, so when I saw mention of this one on rpgnet, and came across some really enthusiastic grass-roots web pages devoted to the game, I added it to my watch list.

Oh, wait, the other day I was in Endgame and I grabbed a few used games...Prince Valiant for $1, how can pass that up, even though I already have a copy signed by Greg Stafford? Also, Puppetland (which I gave to a friend who I thought might like it) and Pantheon, each at $3.

My other recent "major" purchase was WFRP 1e, again off of eBay, for a song. I haven't read all the way through but I'm pretty pleased with it having never gotten into the game before.

Moldvay edition D&D Expert Rulebook, and B5: Horror on the Hill.  I lost these years ago -- and now I've got them again!  B5 is still my favourite module.  It's gelatinous-tastic!

I just bought an art pack for m Dundjinni program today. My next purchase will be either the DMG II or one of the Complete series books, on classes.

GURPS:MARTIAL ARTS at GenCon. Why ? You're kidding right? Its GURPS for 4th edition . Big Dopey me wants it.

GURPS:SUPERS POD - also at Gencon. Its Superheroes. ITS GURPS . See above comment/explanation.  (SJG really should sell paperbound books again)

BATTLEFIELD EVOLUTION miniatures. Specifically the USMC Force Recon squad , I plan to use these with my GURPS:TRAVELLER campaign as the mercenaries that the PCs keep hiring. If you remember certain threads I used to have on the Orange and Fluffy you'll know what mercenaries I mean.

PAIZO Big Map foldout Tavern.  Its BIG, Its a well-made map.....and in 25mm scale. I know I'll use it someday . Whether its GURPS:FANTASY/BANESTORM or one of the rare times I run D20 - I'll use the thing.


- Ed C.

Four pewter d10s from the GameScience booth at GenCon.

Sooo weighty in my hands, like little player-killing dwarf-stars.

:D

Well, I paid for a copy of the World Builder's Guidebook on eBay, which I'd been wanting for years, but unfortunately, the seller has failed to actually get me the damn book, and now ignores all communication.

Before that, it would be Gamma World 4th.

Judges Guild Islands Book
World's Greatest GM Screen (that vinyl thing from Hammerdog)
Player's Guide to Kaiin (Dying Earth)
Scaum Valley Gazetteer (Dying Earth)
Creature Catalog (for RC)

Curse you, Noble Knight!

Burning Empires.

Also, some new Dixon Triconderoga pencils.

All bought over the last month or two:

Wlderlands of High Fantasy (Boxed set).

City State of the Invincible Overlord (Hardback).

Oadenol's Codex (Softcover).

Compass of Terrestrial Directions 2: The West (Softcover).

True20 Companion (Softcover).

A plethora of 3e/3.5 books, since they've gotten so cheap used.  I just picked up the psionics handbook, the scarred lands book about slaracians and the book of nine swords.

HEX
True20 Companion
Traveller, the first 8 books.

Some stuff at Gen Con.  I'm not sure which was the last, though I think it may have been a set of 7 Gamescience dice...

If dice don't count, I think it would be Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition, also at Gen Con.

I just got a copy of Faith Conquers to learn more about this Burning Empires thingamabob I picked up, too.  Damn fine read, but not really an RPG.

-O

NWOD book + Changeling the Lost.

I grabbed a cheap copy of Sigmar's Heirs for WFRP off of ebay a few days ago, haven't had a chance to do more than flick through it yet though.

Big box of random out of print RPG stuff bougth on ebay. Some gems in there, some drivel too.

Secondhand copies of Dogs in the Vineyard and Hero's Banner, for a really good price, from someone on the RPGSite.

Before that, I think it might have been some dice.

Iron Heros PHB, GM, and Beastiary.

Shadowrun 4th ed.

Why?  'Cause I luves me some cyberpunk, and I haven't dallied with the thing since 1st edition.

That would have been GenCon where I picked up:

City of Brass by Necromancer Games
Hollow Earth Expedition by Exile Studios
The four Spycraft 1.0 books I didn't own yet, dirt cheap at the Titan booth.
Some magnetic counter bases by Alea Games
A set of Fudge dice to play fate with.

And that's about it. It was a light GenCon for me.

Most of my GenCon purchases were comic books actually, but I did go out and get After the Bomb since Palladium no longer prints the old TMNT book (mine has gone missing long ago).  Also nabbed a copy of Mutants Down Under.  I love that fucking cover.  That is one hard deck fucking Koala.

(http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Merchant2/catalog/images/507.jpg)

I am a little over excited about the purchase since TMNT/After the Bomb was my introduction to RPGs back in the day and I always wanted to nix the Palladium rules and tack on something else to Wujik's Bio-E stuff.

Keith

At GenCon I picked up:

Colonial Gothic
Zeppelin Age
GURPS Age of Napoleon
GURPS Planet of Adventure
GURPS Motor Pool
After the Bomb (new edition)
A Conspiracy of Shadows comic
Qin
Nebuleon Hardcover
Roma Imperious Hardcover
Atlas of Gaea Circuses and Carnivals
Shades of Earth Austrian Holiday
Back in the Corps Again for Nebuleon
Tons of 20 sided dice (for Blood Games II)
Tons of percentile dice (for StarCluster System Games)
250 each red and blue plastic markers (for Aces In Spades energy)

-clash

Quote from: KeithMost of my GenCon purchases were comic books actually, but I did go out and get After the Bomb since Palladium no longer prints the old TMNT book (mine has gone missing long ago).  Also nabbed a copy of Mutants Down Under.  I love that fucking cover.  That is one hard deck fucking Koala.

(http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Merchant2/catalog/images/507.jpg)

I am a little over excited about the purchase since TMNT/After the Bomb was my introduction to RPGs back in the day and I always wanted to nix the Palladium rules and tack on something else to Wujik's Bio-E stuff.

Keith

I bought the new edition of ATB even though I still have my TMNT version. It just rocks the house. :D

-clash

Yeah I was flipping through ATB last night.  My only lament is that they didn't preserver more of the art from TMNT.  I am guessing it has to do with the licensing issue, but damn do I miss the Laird and Eastman shit.

Keith

Quote from: KeithYeah I was flipping through ATB last night.  My only lament is that they didn't preserver more of the art from TMNT.  I am guessing it has to do with the licensing issue, but damn do I miss the Laird and Eastman shit.

Keith

Agreed 100%! The Eastman and Laird art was superb, and there's too little of it left. I still love that opossum, though! :D

-clash

No purchases, as of yet, but I did get two games as gifts. Both were rather odd choices:

Artesia - I just skimmed through it. A lot of work obviously went into it. I will probably never play it.

L5R - it's interesting. I have yet to get into the guts of the thing but I might be able to do something with it.

Savage Worlds Explorers Edition, and before that -
Star Wars Saga Edition

I've recently picked up a few PDF products, including 50 Fathoms and Inspectres. While a well-bookmarked PDF is great for reference, I really have a hard time getting into them. I can't sit down and read or browse a PDF in any sort of enjoyable manner. With the print version, even if I never run the game, I can often spend a little time just flipping through pages and reading bits here and there.

Quote from: KeithYeah I was flipping through ATB last night.  My only lament is that they didn't preserver more of the art from TMNT.  I am guessing it has to do with the licensing issue, but damn do I miss the Laird and Eastman shit.

Keith

The artwork was the best part -- I loved the Kangaroo with a Joey in it's pouch holding an SMG. :D

Quote from: ReimdallFour pewter d10s from the GameScience booth at GenCon.

Sooo weighty in my hands, like little player-killing dwarf-stars.

:D

Ah, you did get them!

I love the GameScience booth.  Col. Lou is fun to talk to, and my players FEAR my pewter pecentiles. :D

Quote from: StuartMoldvay edition D&D Expert Rulebook, and B5: Horror on the Hill.  I lost these years ago -- and now I've got them again!  B5 is still my favourite module.  It's gelatinous-tastic!

Heh - my most recent purchase is also the Moldvay Expert Rulebook, which is brand new to me.

(Also, I think this is my first post, so hi everyone).

Welcome, Forager.

In preparation for a campaign, I've snapped up a bunch of Moldvay/Cook B/X D&D books.  I now have enough to give a copy of each to everyone who might be playing.

In addition, I just scored a 1e Gamma World box off of eBay and am waiting for that to be delivered.

Oh, and it's back to school time, so I got a bunch of notebooks and mapping/drawing supplies from Staples for my game prep.

EDIT: Judges Guild pdfs from RPGnow or whatever it's called now, too, using up an AMEX gift card left over from my birthday.

Yesterday I bought some old Judges Guild numbered hexmaps, a copy of their psionics book, and a mini of a Rodian with a big gun.

RIFTS Chaos Earth and a 10 pack of notebooks.

Quote from: Pierce InverarityJudges Guild Islands Book
World's Greatest GM Screen (that vinyl thing from Hammerdog)
Player's Guide to Kaiin (Dying Earth)
Scaum Valley Gazetteer (Dying Earth)
Creature Catalog (for RC)

Scaum Valley Gazetteer is freakin' awesome. Probably the best written and most useful setting book I own. You'll have to let us know what you think of the Player's Guide to Kaiin. I have that on my 'to buy' list.

The following Redbrick Earthdawn books:

Earthdawn Player's Compendium
Earthdawn Gamemaster's Compendium
Nations of Barsaive

I made the purchase after a thorough research of the game, including downloading samples of the core books and searching the RPGnet archives for opinions about Earthdawn.

Nevertheless, I'm pretty disappointed. The Earthdawn system is far more complex and crunchy than I was led to believe by comments about it being 'rules-medium'. And the setting material is almost all fluff - page on page of historical background and politics. There's fuck all concrete content for running an actual gaming session - no lairs, wilderness encounters, maps of kaers - just hundreds of pages describing factions, economics, and history.

I suppose you're supposed to use that stuff to inspire you to write actual game material. But I'm pretty choked that with over 1,200 pages of book I'll still have to make up any actual playable adventures almost from scratch - and that's if I can get my players to read hundreds of pages of character generation and background; the Player's Compendium recommend players read all the material on adepts (classes), races, and skills before playing. That's over 200 pages.

I got a ton of stuff at GenCon

RPG Stuff:
GURPS Who's Who 1
GURPS Who's Who 2
GURPS Shapeshifters
All Tomorrow's Zombies
Changeling: The Lost
Monster's and Treasure 2nd printing (C&C)
Crusader Magazines (5, 6, 7)
Grey Ranks
The Shab-al-Hiri Roach
The Roach Returns (for above)
Starship Troopers Pocket Players Guide
Og: Unearthed Edition

Games:
Hex Hex
Illuminati: SubGenius Edition
Vampire: Dark Influences (this one's a real deal for all the shit in the box...)
CoverUp
Wallamoppi

I also got a novel from a new writer (Shane Moore), titled A Prisoner's Welcome.

Now, none of this counts the goodie bag stuff, which was pretty extensive.  I think that's everything.

Quote from: HaffrungThe following Redbrick Earthdawn books:

Earthdawn Player's Compendium
Earthdawn Gamemaster's Compendium
Nations of Barsaive

I made the purchase after a thorough research of the game, including downloading samples of the core books and searching the RPGnet archives for opinions about Earthdawn.

Nevertheless, I'm pretty disappointed. The Earthdawn system is far more complex and crunchy than I was led to believe by comments about it being 'rules-medium'. And the setting material is almost all fluff - page on page of historical background and politics. There's fuck all concrete content for running an actual gaming session - no lairs, wilderness encounters, maps of kaers - just hundreds of pages describing factions, economics, and history.

I suppose you're supposed to use that stuff to inspire you to write actual game material. But I'm pretty choked that with over 1,200 pages of book I'll still have to make up any actual playable adventures almost from scratch - and that's if I can get my players to read hundreds of pages of character generation and background; the Player's Compendium recommend players read all the material on adepts (classes), races, and skills before playing. That's over 200 pages.

That's pretty much how Earthdawn is...  It's a thoroughly 90's game...  Almost every book released for it was complete fluff, with maybe 4-5 pages of rules stuck at the end.  I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect players to actually read that much information.

Don't get me wrong - I love Earthdawn - but the supplements had a very poor crunch:fluff ratio.  It's a system that beautifully ties in with its setting, but the setting is almost crushingly detailed.  Most of the supplements were basically $20 collections of short stories.

There were a few adventures released for 1e.  The first one - Mists of Betrayal - had very poor balance combined with a completely railroady plot.  However, there's good stuff in there, too, if you can work it out.  Shattered Pattern was a pretty good module, OTOH.  Infected was (imho) pretty outstanding with the right group, though fairly complex to run.

I've been looking at the Red Brick Earthdawn and would be interested in finding out how it's similar to or different from 1e.  Do you have any insight on that?

-O

Quote from: obrynI've been looking at the Red Brick Earthdawn and would be interested in finding out how it's similar to or different from 1e.  Do you have any insight on that?

No, this is my first experience with Earthdawn.

Thanks for the insight.

I should point out the books are very well written, formatted, and illustrated. They compile most of the material from earlier editions into huge indexed tomes. There are adventure hooks throughout. For a particular kind of gamer (or reader) this is quality stuff.

But the adventures are almost all political (find out why the Tashja trading compact isn't fulfilling its treaty obligations to the Pradu of Greater Volmia, etc.). For a game that has so much mechanical support for combat, and is chock full of interesting monsters and magic artifacts, it's bizarre that virtually none of the setting material or adventure hooks involve killing monsters and taking their stuff.

And there's just so much material - like seven pages of historical and cultural background on each class, with rituals and short stories, etc. piled on and on. It comes across as a game that's meant to be read rather than played, which is a shame because there's the skeleton of a clever game in there, larded with enormous amounts of non-game content.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstI love the GameScience booth.  Col. Lou is fun to talk to, and my players FEAR my pewter pecentiles. :D

That guy was a hoot!  Apparently he's not going to make any more pewter ones.  "Some kid" broke into his warehouse and stole the cast mold thingies and is apparently using them as ammunition for his wrist rocket.  

Can you imagine getting popped with one of those things in the head?  :eek:

Quote from: HaffrungScaum Valley Gazetteer is freakin' awesome. Probably the best written and most useful setting book I own. You'll have to let us know what you think of the Player's Guide to Kaiin. I have that on my 'to buy' list.

I will--I got it specifically for inspiration for my S&S Basic D&D game. I'm thinking Vance and Leiber should be a great mix.

I bought the M&M2 Pocket Player's Guide from my FLGS last Friday night. It was spur of the moment, but I have found it quite handy so far.

Star Wars Saga Edition.

Pete

Actually now it's nMAge.

I'm sensing a pattern...

After not buying much for most of the summer, I seem to have gone on something of a binge. Luckily, everything received so far has been great:

• Kobold Quartery, Issue 1. This looks very promising -- not quite a home run, but a good first try. Hopefully Wolfgang can sustain the effort.
  
• D&D Dungeon Tiles III, Hidden Crypts: Very nice, sturdy collection of necro-themed tiles. I was able to use these immediately in my 3.5e conversion of "Kingdom of the Ghouls."
  
• Pathfinder Volume 1, Burnt Offerings: This just came Monday, and so far looks freaking fantastic. I plan to post a review on EnWorld soon, it's that good.
  
• Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk: Just came today, so I only had a chance to paw through it at lunch. This also looks sweet.
  
• Beyond Countless Doorways: One of my campaigns is about to take a planar swing. I hope this helps, but I have somewhat low expectations.
  
• The City of Brass: Amazon tells me this just shipped; the buzz is universally positive.
  
• Thieves of Fortress Badabaskor: Also on the way from Amazon.
  

Crap that's a lot of stuff. The 4e annoucement had me take a few crunchy items off my intended buy list: PHII, Magic Item Compendium, MMV.

Quote from: HaffrungBut the adventures are almost all political (find out why the Tashja trading compact isn't fulfilling its treaty obligations to the Pradu of Greater Volmia, etc.). For a game that has so much mechanical support for combat, and is chock full of interesting monsters and magic artifacts, it's bizarre that virtually none of the setting material or adventure hooks involve killing monsters and taking their stuff.

There is that.  As I mentioned, it's pretty thoroughly a 90's game, and much of mainstream gaming was moving away from that mindset. :)  The mechanics and crunchy bits are in ED are a lot of fun.  Heck, it's even got reasons for dungeons built into the game.  I think the fact that it didn't concentrate on exploration & discovery is a function of its era...  Seriously, it could have had some incredible dungeon crawls had the designers spent the time doing so.

QuoteAnd there's just so much material - like seven pages of historical and cultural background on each class, with rituals and short stories, etc. piled on and on. It comes across as a game that's meant to be read rather than played, which is a shame because there's the skeleton of a clever game in there, larded with enormous amounts of non-game content.

I completely agree with that, too.  Although I love the Denizens of Earthdawn books, they frankly needed more mechanics and less... writing.

-O

Dungeon Tiles!

I forgot I bought those too--the first three sets. Highly recommended. Super-quality cardstock, very cheap, very versatile.

Quote from: Pierce InverarityDungeon Tiles!

I forgot I bought those too--the first three sets. Highly recommended. Super-quality cardstock, very cheap, very versatile.

Oh, so you did pick those up!  I'm glad you're finding them to your liking!

-O

Yes, and thanks for the tip. In the store the Paizo stuff pales into nothing, and the Cadwallon tiles are just showpieces--very pretty but just not versatile.

I just bought In Harm's Way and Stupor Mundi (for Runequest) on LULU. I haven't received them yet, so the last game I bought that I have had a chance to read was Aces & Eights.

Now looking at the new Elric.

Inspectres

Today, at work.......

Bought :
SAVAGE WORLDS:EXPLORER's Edition Its a deal at $9.99 (with or without my discount)

...also.....

P1 PERSEUS Battletech miniature made by Ral Partha/IRON WIND
 I plan to use it  "As is" with a little bit of paint on it , but with 25mm miniatures and call it a really tall robot, NOT a "mech" for use some time in my GURPS:TRAVELLER game.


- Ed C.

Quote from: GunslingerInspectres

If you haven't played it, you will NOT be disappointed.

Quote from: joewolzIf you haven't played it, you will NOT be disappointed.

Yeah, I'll echo this.  It put me to mind of my old Ghostbusters sessions.  Man, what fun!

Bought Army of Darkness for a friend.

Quote from: joewolzIf you haven't played it, you will NOT be disappointed.

Quote from: Zachary the FirstYeah, I'll echo this. It put me to mind of my old Ghostbusters sessions. Man, what fun!

It was droogs thread that piqued my interest.  Internet forums have definitely broadened my experience with what games are out there to play.

Quote from: GunslingerIt was droogs thread that piqued my interest.  Internet forums have definitely broadened my experience with what games are out there to play.

Word, bro.  Same here.

I bought the new mini Savage Worlds at GenCon for $10.

Then my wife accidentally* threw it into the swag bag for the booth, so some lucky %&(# who volunteered at the booth is now walking around with the only RPG product I've bought in the last year.



*Well, she threw it in on purpose, but didn't know it was mine.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstYeah, I'll echo this.  It put me to mind of my old Ghostbusters sessions.  Man, what fun!

Ghostbusters you say? Tell me more....

Legend of the Five Rings 3e, via Amazon.com.

Kind of an impulse buy, but I'm not displeased with it.  It sure beats some other (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Scoundrel-Trickery-Ingenuity-Roleplaying/dp/0786941529) purchases (http://www.amazon.com/Expedition-Undermountain-Dungeons-Roleplaying-Adventure/dp/078694157X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-5003647-3490322?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188513409&sr=1-1) I've made recently.

I just picked up a couple dozen d12s.

I was going to buy a copy of the D&D basic set (not the red-box set, but this one (http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/images/dnd_BasicRule_s.jpg)); however, I got sidetracked and the store closed. Next time I get a chance, I'm going to pick it up. And run it.

Star Wars Saga Edition.  There really wasn't any question whether I was going to buy it, and I have to say I'm happy with my purchase.

Aces & Eights.  Damn you walkerp!

Quote from: Arsenic CanaryLegend of the Five Rings 3e, via Amazon.com.

Kind of an impulse buy, but I'm not displeased with it.

Good call. Spending some time with the game really made me fall in love with the setting.

Also hgjs good call.

Today I just picked up SW ruleset for FG2. Looks pretty sweet!

Quote from: Serious PaulGhostbusters you say? Tell me more....

Well, it very much emulates it in style, I think, the sort of sessions/campaigns it works for--light, often a bit zany, down to creating your "Franchise" and building it up.  In many ways, I consider it a spiritual heir of sorts to that fine game.

Quote from: Serious PaulGhostbusters you say? Tell me more....

It's Ghostbusters meets Reno 911.  It emulates a ghost-hunting franchise and a reality show about that ghost-hunting franchise.  It doesn't really have to be ghosts, it can be any kind of horror you want.  The game is designed to be silly and is really fucking awesome for that.

Colonial Gothic, the idea grabbed me, sadly the execution hasn't so I'll be selling it on to someone who will have more fun with it.

I'm hoping to pick up Aces & Eights tomorrow, I have a copy reserved, I blame WalkerP personally.

I'm an hour and a half drive from the FLGS so I only make the trip every few months, but when I do I try to make it worth my while:

- Ars Magica's Order of Hermes: True Lineages
- The Excellent Prisimatic Spray vol.1 Issues 4&5 (the Dying Earth RPG magazine)
- City of Brass
- Changeling: The Lost
- Dungeon Crawl Classics #40-something, the Treasure Maps one
- Fear Itself, the new GUMSHOE investigative horror game by Robin Laws

My most recent purchase was a PDF copy of the old D&D module B4: The Lost City.  I have a hardcopy of it somewhere, but I recently moved and it is boxed up somewhere in that warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.  

I got an idea to convert it using the ZeFRS RPG system so I had to have it in my hot little hands without the hassle of digging through storage.  The Internet is a wonderful tool of instant gratification.  :D


TGA

Recently I've picked up:

Dread: The First Book of Pandemonium (new edition) - Very good reworking of the original.  Very happy with this so far.  (Original backstory gone.)

Spirit of the Century -very impressed, I'm hoping it will save a game that has gone onto hiatus due to a lack of appropriate mechanics.

Armageddon - on clearance at local FLGS, looking for a flavor of Classic Unisystem that can handle a high-power fantasy rpg.  This is also looking good.

Conspiracy X 2nd edition - cause it looks cool, and I wanted a good basic Classic Unisystem set of rules (this was before my Armageddon purchase).

Vampire: The Requiem - for a game I'm playing in (found excellent copy at Half-Price Books that was marked at $7.99 for some reason).

Stuff! for EABA - Great supplement for building things (from weapons to vehicles to gadgets to creatures to civilizations).  Finally got a hardcopy a few months back.

Quote from: The Good AssyrianI got an idea to convert it using the ZeFRS RPG system so I had to have it in my hot little hands without the hassle of digging through storage.  The Internet is a wonderful tool of instant gratification.  :D

Good move. ZeFRS is great for running old-style D&D adventures. I've had a conversion of B10- Night's Dark Terror on the back burner for a few months now, and really should get back to it.

One piece of advice though. Freshly made characters using the RAW can be extremely fragile, so you may want to look at awarding a sizable number of bonus points from the get-go. Other than that minor quibble it's an amazingly smooth system that emulates the S&S genre admirably.

Quote from: obrynThere is that.  As I mentioned, it's pretty thoroughly a 90's game, and much of mainstream gaming was moving away from that mindset. :)  The mechanics and crunchy bits are in ED are a lot of fun.  Heck, it's even got reasons for dungeons built into the game.  I think the fact that it didn't concentrate on exploration & discovery is a function of its era...  Seriously, it could have had some incredible dungeon crawls had the designers spent the time doing so.


I completely agree with that, too.  Although I love the Denizens of Earthdawn books, they frankly needed more mechanics and less... writing.

-O

We had a really successful and fun ED campaign back during the day but...
I couldn't agree more. I have a bunch of stuff from ED 1e. At first, I loved all the setting stuff, and the fact that, as you say, the dungeon rationale was built right into the game. Unfortunately, I found the setting stuff to be way overdone, and a bit stifling. The combat system is loads of fun to play, though, once you get used to the funky dice and what not.
At one point, I considered creating a home brew with it, but it's hard to envision you're own world with it's own feel when Barsaive is being crammed down your throat in virtually every sentence of every section of each book. Creatures of Barsaive is a good example of this problem: 118 pages long, with only 50 creatures to show for it. The rest of the space is taken up by some nice art, and some not so nice, long winded  semi-cutesy descriptions of each monster from the POV of a dragon.  Each creature could have easily been presented in 25% of the space- and still had plenty of room fro illos and fluff.
Eventually, as a campaign ending act of vengence against FASA, I destroyed Barsaive and moved on to another game.

Quote from: DrewGood move. ZeFRS is great for running old-style D&D adventures. I've had a conversion of B10- Night's Dark Terror on the back burner for a few months now, and really should get back to it.

One piece of advice though. Freshly made characters using the RAW can be extremely fragile, so you may want to look at awarding a sizable number of bonus points from the get-go. Other than that minor quibble it's an amazingly smooth system that emulates the S&S genre admirably.

Thanks for the advice, Drew!  I have already come across that problem when setting up some initial games with my friends.  The stock enemies and foes from the old Conan RPG can kick the ass of pretty much any starting character, so I had to tone them down a bit.  A fellow on the ZeFRS forum with the handle of Artikid has produced a neat beastiary that has a good mix of opponents, many of which are quite suitable for challenging beginning characters.

In any case, if your interested in checking out my conversion for The Lost City, you can find the first four levels here:

Link (http://zefrs.proboards101.com/index.cgi?board=project&action=display&thread=1187377362)


TGA

I just bought Monte Cook's World of Darkness.

A booster package of STAR WARS D20 miniatures - in the hope of finding a few that might be usable in my GURPS:TRAVELLER campaign.

Sad thing is I may have to repaint the Queen Amidala fig and give her gray hair. I would be modifying a "rare" figure - according to WotC's insert .


- Ed C.

Quote from: The Good AssyrianThanks for the advice, Drew!  I have already come across that problem when setting up some initial games with my friends.  The stock enemies and foes from the old Conan RPG can kick the ass of pretty much any starting character, so I had to tone them down a bit.  A fellow on the ZeFRS forum with the handle of Artikid has produced a neat beastiary that has a good mix of opponents, many of which are quite suitable for challenging beginning characters.

In any case, if your interested in checking out my conversion for The Lost City, you can find the first four levels here:

Link (http://zefrs.proboards101.com/index.cgi?board=project&action=display&thread=1187377362)

Nice. I really like what you've done with the module, and am looking forward to seeing your take on Zargon. I always thought he was one of the more interesting and evocative examples of monstrous villains from the old days.

I also enjoy the ease with which the old B/X D&D modules can be converted to an setting S&S when stripped of their pseudo-medieval set dressing. B10 for instance is an ongoing struggle against slavers through petrified forests and ruined cities, culminating in a race to an abandoned temple in a valley of ancient, jackal-headed men. There's even a cthulhoid entity squatting at the centre of the final encounter. Just change the names on the maps, replace the Tolkienesque critters with something more appropriate and you're good to go. The cool thing about doing it with Zefrs is that you can stat monsters in seconds.

Excellent stuff.

I picked up at Gencon UK,

Solomane Kane (the last copy of the 200 printed !),
Deadlands Reloaded,
Savage Worlds Explorer Edition.

Quote from: DrewI also enjoy the ease with which the old B/X D&D modules can be converted to an setting S&S when stripped of their pseudo-medieval set dressing. B10 for instance is an ongoing struggle against slavers through petrified forests and ruined cities, culminating in a race to an abandoned temple in a valley of ancient, jackal-headed men. There's even a cthulhoid entity squatting at the centre of the final encounter. Just change the names on the maps, replace the Tolkienesque critters with something more appropriate and you're good to go. The cool thing about doing it with Zefrs is that you can stat monsters in seconds.

Excellent stuff.

Thanks for the tip, Drew!  I had actually never really looked at B10 before (it slipped under my radar all of these years), but on topic, a PDF of it is now my latest RPG purchase...  :D


TGA

I picked up Reign and laid down £10 on the third supplement.
The system is great - especially for combat and character creation.
The setting takes some getting used to, but its different from the typical Tolkein clone.

Man, do I ever want to try InSpectres. Or the original Ghostbusters for that matter.

So mine are:

Dungeon Tiles: Ruins of the Wild and Hidden Crypts. These were total impulse buys from my local game store, on separate trips. The $10 price tag makes it easy to go "Oooh, new Dungeon Tiles? Gimme!" And I love them, they're so pretty. Now I just need to get my D&D game going again (on hold for a honeymoon and choir tour) so I can use them!

Shadow of Yesterday Hardcover from Lulu. This was a considered purchase; I even sprung for the hardcover because I dig the James West art. I want to try it so bad it hurts. I've shown it around to several gaming buddies (with pretty favorable response) and I hope to play soon.

A buncha packs of Star Wars Pocketmodels. Also impulse buys from the game store and comic shop. I've got the Millenium Falcon!

Peace,
-Joel

Monte Cook's World of Darkness... arrived yesterday after three weeks of waiting.

Fantastic Location: City of Peril... will arrive this week I guess.

Two minis for SW game (female jedi for one of my gamers...)

Shadowrun: Augmentation. Cybertech, Genetech, Bioware, and Nanoware galore! :) We never used any of the SOTA books, so a large chunk of the stuff is new to me. I'm playing a geneticist / hacker so the inclusion of an entire chapter on genetech was appreciated.

Savage Worlds. I think I like it. Have not played it yet so I don't know for sure. Thinking of trying Deadlands Reloaded with it first.

DELTA GREEN: EYES ONLY is on pre-order.

The last "purchase" i made was actually a trade...the old T&T boxed set for a 1st ed. PHB and DM's Guide in pretty near mint condition. \m/ - - \m/

Aces & Eights

[looking around for someone to blame...]

What exactly is this? It's get mentioned a lot.

I brought Promethean on tuesday.

For me, the last rpg product I picked up was WFRP 2e: Tome of Corruption (I think). :raise:

Finally received my 1st edition Kult RPG books! (gotta love eBay):

Metropolis
Legions of Darkness
Player's Companion
Judas Grail

Today I finally ordered a hardcopy of Forward to Adventure!  I had been meaning to do so for a while, but the prospect of it kept setting off the little voice in my head that says "like you need another game about swording orcs for dollars, dumbass."

Picked up the Gargantuan Blue Dragon mini from the D&D Iconic range at GenCon UK the other day:

http://www.rpgshop.com/images/uploaded/products_dndmin_957890000A_lgpic.jpg

Great sculpture, excellent paintwork. I'm looking forward to unleashing the bastard on my players once my Wilderlands campaign is up and running.

......Another darn booster box of STAR WARS miniatures - hoping a few are generic enough that they can work with my TRAVELLER game.


 At the store......

....with my discount.


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarAt the store......

....with my discount.

Ahhhh, I remember those days.  I worked at a game shop throughout my college years.  With a discount and a gaming habit to feed, it was a miracle when I brought home any money at all!  :D


TGA

Picked up the old Hercules & Xena RPG box set on the cheap. I've been watching episodes of Herc on DVD lately and just thought it might be cool to take a look at what West End Games did with it as a RPG. Plus, I'll also get to take a look at the D6 Legend system that it uses.

The last RPG related item I purchased was an old Boot Hill module called "The Lost Conquistador Mine" that I intend to steal ideas from for my Aces & Eights game.

Allen

Quote from: AllenshThe last RPG related item I purchased was an old Boot Hill module called "The Lost Conquistador Mine" that I intend to steal ideas from for my Aces & Eights game.

Allen

Boot Hill!  Neat!  And welcome to the site, Allen (even though you joined in June)!

Complete Psionicist Handbook and the Expanded Psionicist book for 3.5e. 23 bucks, including shipping and handling.

Quote from: Serious PaulComplete Psionicist Handbook and the Expanded Psionicist book for 3.5e. 23 bucks, including shipping and handling.

We're gonna see a lot of those deals as 4e gets closer, I think. :)

I just bought the final issues of Dragon and Dungeon from the local bookstore (not the FLGS).  Sad to think that's the end of them after all these years.

I just caved on impulse and bought a bunch of Precision Edge (TM) Gamescience dice.

QuoteThis set has been molded in assorted unique UGLY COLORS, which may include: Vana White, Murphy Brown, Vida Blue, Lorne Green, Karen Black, Zane Gray, Road-Kill Red, Excessive Violet, Organized Grime, Chocolate Sludge and Statutory Grape. Actual colors per package may vary.

(http://www.advancinghordes.com/images/gamescience/gms_1112sk.jpg)

Quote from: Pierce InverarityI just caved on impulse and bought a bunch of Precision Edge (TM) Gamescience dice.



(http://www.advancinghordes.com/images/gamescience/gms_1112sk.jpg)

Doesn't matter what color they are - what matters is if your character lives longer when you use those dice.


- Ed C.

I also picked up some of my old game books from my parent's house last weekend.  So it's not a RPG-related purchase... but it's "new" RPG stuff in a way. ;)

Marvel Super Heroes
MSH Modules - Most of 'em
Marvel Super Heroes (Advanced)
Gang Wars
Robotech - All of it
Vampire, Mage, Changeling
AD&D - The rest of 'em
Dragonlance - Miscellaneous
Forgotten Realms Boxed Sets
Dark Conspiracies + Supplement
TMNT - Miscellaneous
Ars Magica
Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader

The basic MSH game is really nicely put together. :haw:
Lancer's Rockers is still stupid. :)
Dark Conspiracies had some cool stuff in it. :raise:

Quote from: KoltarDoesn't matter what color they are - what matters is if your character lives longer when you use those dice.


- Ed C.

They don't. But rolling Zocchi die, you know they died for a reason.

Quote from: stu2000They don't. But rolling Zocchi die, you know they died for a reason.

You died for science!

QuoteThese dice are the most precise RPG dice you can add to your collection. Gamescience states that “no company makes polyhedral dice closer to casino specifications” (casino dice must be exact to a tolerance of .005” - Gamescience dice have been measured with a side to side variation of .002” to .006”). In short, these are the dice you want if you demand the fairest, most impartial role available to gamers. The precision edge both keep these dice truly random since there is no unfairness introduced from curvature variation and also allows for better stopping power so the dice come to a halt faster than other dice.

GameScience dice are the shit, and Col. Lou Zocchi is a blast to talk to.  At Gen Con, ask him to show his physical comparisons between the various brands of dice.

My favorite dice in the entire world are my GameScience Pewter Percentiles, which I believe I have mentioned before.  The "Tablewreckers" are rightly feared by my gaming group.  Rough.  Mean.  Heavy.  The dice of a Barbarian Warlord.

I want this:
http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_61_14&products_id=618

Yeah - I've met Lou Zocchi in person.
VERY entertaining guy.

 He's like an interesting blended mix of P.T. Barnum and W.C. Fields.

That homemade D20 comparison chart he has ?
One of the sneakiest things I did was say this to a kid ..

 KID :  "whats that chart all about?"
Me/Ed C. : "why don't you ask him...he'll tell you...."
Kid walks over ...asks..

KID: "Whats that chart about ?"

 LOU ZOCCHI : " Well let me explain it to you..."

Poor kid is now trapped for the next 20 minutes while Lou eloquently and charismatically explains why his dice are the best made dice on the planet and truly roll random ...unlike those other dice...and I'll tell you why , my boy....

I'm such a bastard....


One of the best shows at either ORIGINS or GenCon.


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarYeah - I've met Lou Zocchi in person.
VERY entertaining guy.

 He's like an interesting blended mix of P.T. Barnum and W.C. Fields.

Wow, Koltar, you do amaze me sometimes.

I was wondering today how to describe Zocchi, and I came with "the P.T. Barnum of RPGs." No kidding.

W.C. Fields is definitely in there too, except it seems LZ loves kids (so long as he gets to explain dice probability charts to them).

It's tangentially related to RPGs but I picked up a copy of the Dungeon boardgame at a garage sale for a $1. It was complete and in great condition! I was psyched!

Went to my FLGS and picked up a used/old copy of Arms Law. I love those criticals.

I just ordered a copy of Magic of Incarnum off amazon for $0.01 plus shipping.  I don't know if I'll ever use it, but for $0.01, what have I got to lose?

Hidden Crypts & Ruins of the Wild.... just because minis are cool, and minis dungeons are even better... ...and... PHB 3.5e (My first actual 3.5 book), acquired approximately one week before 4e was announced.

On a side note, It's like having writer's block. I'm hankering to GM some, and want to startup a new adventure or campaign, but can't decide what to write up. Should it be?:

1) Wilderlands of High Fantasy 3.5
2) Wilderlands of High Fantasy Basic D&D
3) James bond style Spycraft 2.0 Adventure
4) A Pirates of the Caribbean style d20 Adventure.
5) A Low Level Eberron Adventure?
6) A Traveller Classic Adventure in the periphery of the Empire
7) A FUDGE rules Indiana Jones Pulp Adventure
8) An Eternal Rome d20 adventure set in Roman Britain

and there are 3 or 4 other games under consideration as well, however they are less desireable than those listed above. What sounds good?

I picked up the SW Explorers Guide, for all the same great reasons everyone else has.

GURPS Martial Arts. I just couldn't see how I could be without it. More of an impulse buy, though, since I'm not actively running a GURPS game at the moment.

I passed on Aces & Eights--because I'm going to cajole my friend into getting it, and I'll go for the forthcoming softcover when he decides to run a campaign--in favor of ordering a copy of Metal, Magic, and Lore, for the old-school. I'm looking forward to thoroughly checking that one out. My friend Rob brought this one back from GenCon. He showed it around and people started asking me about it because it looked like my kinda thing. So I guess I'm the victim of some sort of viral word-of-mouth conspiracy on that one. Hopefully, mine will get here soon and I'll start a winter campaign in November, after the October Cthulhu insanity.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstBoot Hill!  Neat!  And welcome to the site, Allen (even though you joined in June)!

Thank you. I was involved in a playtest of Forward to Adventure back in June, which is why I joined. but I hadn't looked around the forums much until recently.

Allen

My last two RPG related purchases were a $0.01 copy of Lords of Madness - sure it's 3.5, but it's fluff for some of my favorite monsters and it cost a PENNY - and jrient's Mekton Zeta eBay auction. :D

Hey!  I hope you enjoy them!  I only sold 'em cause they were extra copies.

Quote from: jrientsHey!  I hope you enjoy them!  I only sold 'em cause they were extra copies.

Oh, I intend to. Ever since my sole experience with a LGS 'game day' (back in '00) resulted in someone walking off with my ATM, I've been hunting for one. Amazon once ordered me one, then three months later admitted they couldn't find one and refunded me. SO glad I found that auction.

Thanks again, and looking forward to their arrival!

Quote from: AllenshThe last RPG related item I purchased was an old Boot Hill module called "The Lost Conquistador Mine" that I intend to steal ideas from for my Aces & Eights game.

Allen

Now that's just fucking brilliant - well played, sir!

My last RPG related purchases were domain names and server space to create a gaming forum - //www.d20haven.com. (though the focus is d20-based gaming, it's got places to talk about all kinds of gaming!)

Before that, it was three D&D books - Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords, Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, and Magic Item Compendium.  I'm getting my 3.5 library filled out before it goes away.

Now J Arcane has me thinking about Wilderlands....

I just nabbed "Damnation City" for Vampire the Requiem. This shit should have been out 15 years ago for Vampire the Masquerade. I've been gaming for 22 years, so I can make a believable city for my Vampire game, but this book has some nice shortcuts and a lot of great ideas I hadn't really put much thought into previously. Right now it's me second favorite nWoD book (right behind Second Sight) and probably my fifth favorite RPG book I own. It's not a book you read for fun though -  like most of the ST-related nWoD books it's meant as a toolbox for an ST to build his or her game with. But it's awesome. And it's thicker than the Vampire book itself, so w00t. I think it's a great value.

-=Grim=-

While not RPG specific, the various WH40k Omnibuses from Black Library I've purchased could very well go to helping flesh out the grim-n-gritty future I can't fething wait to dip my fingers into.

Quote from: GrimJestaI just nabbed "Damnation City" for Vampire the Requiem. This shit should have been out 15 years ago for Vampire the Masquerade. I've been gaming for 22 years, so I can make a believable city for my Vampire game, but this book has some nice shortcuts and a lot of great ideas I hadn't really put much thought into previously. Right now it's me second favorite nWoD book (right behind Second Sight) and probably my fifth favorite RPG book I own. It's not a book you read for fun though -  like most of the ST-related nWoD books it's meant as a toolbox for an ST to build his or her game with. But it's awesome. And it's thicker than the Vampire book itself, so w00t. I think it's a great value.

-=Grim=-

Could you do a full review?  I'd love to see what's inside it...

I also picked up the Hackmaster Player's Handbook and GM Guide this year. Mark Plemons (I think) offered a special deal on ENWorld, so I bought the Player's Handbook, and got the GM Guide for free (I think).

pdf copy of OD&D orginal three booklets

Quote from: GrimJestaI just nabbed "Damnation City" for Vampire the Requiem. This shit should have been out 15 years ago for Vampire the Masquerade. I've been gaming for 22 years, so I can make a believable city for my Vampire game, but this book has some nice shortcuts and a lot of great ideas I hadn't really put much thought into previously. Right now it's me second favorite nWoD book (right behind Second Sight) and probably my fifth favorite RPG book I own. It's not a book you read for fun though -  like most of the ST-related nWoD books it's meant as a toolbox for an ST to build his or her game with. But it's awesome. And it's thicker than the Vampire book itself, so w00t. I think it's a great value.

-=Grim=-

That sounds really good - I passed on a copy a while back, didn't know it was that big. I've already settled on running the real-world city for my Requiem games (Vancouver B.C., just across the water and home to an estimated 5000 hardcore addicts on the downtown east side) and having a book of tips would be excellent. Thanks for the heads up on it.

Thanks to some recent company related windshield time, I got to breeze by a gaming store near my ol' alma mater.

There, I picked up the Romulan boxed set from Last Unicorn (complete with a LUG catalog from '99 too; what could have been...), and the two large boxed sets from West End for their Star Wars game, wha, the Lords of the Expanse and the Darkstryder thingy.

Both WEG sets were rough on the outside, but pure complete and in great condition on the inside (minus some highlighting in one book).  

I look forward to snatching up some more neato used stuff from there in the future while the youngins there flounce about with their Magic cards and WoW.

Star Wars Saga Edition.

Quote from: Old GeezerStar Wars Saga Edition.

I'm extremely happy with Saga Edition.  I've had some great gaming with it for the past few months.  Two thumbs up!

-O

At our local con last weekend:

Hackmaster GMs Guide and Players Handbook (great reading, this is real old school d&d)

Twilight 2000 and first two modules (great setting, much less military-oriented than I had thought)

And then today, picked up Savage Worlds Explorer's Guide (same price in Canada!).  Not much new there, but it looks great.

GURPS Martia Arts :)  This maybe this best crunch source book I have ever bought

Quote from: joewolzCould you do a full review?  I'd love to see what's inside it...

I suck monkey balls at reviews, but if it'll help I'll post the chapters. My mother must have beat me about the head and neck too much as a child.

-=Grim=-

Gestalt: The Hero Within (Champions)
http://www.blackwyrm.com/Gestalt.htm

Post-Apocalyptic Hero
https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=223390

The Ultimate Energy Projector (Champions)
https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=223250

The Algernon Files 2E by Blackwyrm Games (Champions)
http://www.blackwyrm.com/Products.htm

The Fires of War: The Algernon Files, Vol.2 by Blackwyrm Games (Champions)
http://www.blackwyrm.com/Products.htm

San Angelo: City of Heroes by Gold Rush Games (Champions)
http://www.goldrushgames.com/

Enemies of San Angelo by Gold Rush Games (Champions)
http://www.goldrushgames.com/

Denziens of San Angelo by Gold Rush Games (Champions)
http://www.goldrushgames.com/

Omlevex by Spectrum Games (Champions)
http://www.spectrum-games.com/omlevex/index1.html

Dragon's Gate: San Angelo's Chinatown by Gold Rush Games (Champions/Dark Champions)
http://www.goldrushgames.com/dgsac.html

Reality Storm: When Worlds Collide by Guardians of Order (Champions)
http://www.guardiansorder.com/store/

The Kandris Seal by Hartfelt Productions (Champions/Fantasy Hero)
http://www.hartfeltproductions.com/tks.html

The Last Dominion by Pencil Publishers Publications (Fantasy Hero)
http://www.pencil-pushers.net/

The Echoes of Heaven/The Throne of God by Final Redoubt Press (Fantasy Hero)
http://www.finalredoubt.com/store/page4.html

The Last Free City/The Festering Earth by Final Redoubt Press (Fantasy Hero)
http://www.finalredoubt.com/

The Lost Kingdom of the Dwarves/On Corrupted Ground by Final Redoubt Press (Fantasy Hero)
http://www.finalredoubt.com/

The Burning Tree by Final Redoubt Press by Final Redoubt Press (Fantasy Hero)
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=50209&SRC=Newsletter

Traveler Hero by Comstar Games (Star Hero)
http://www.comstar-games.com/csg-store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24


Cheers


QM

P.S.: I love Bonuses!

Quote from: KoltarYeah - I've met Lou Zocchi in person.
VERY entertaining guy.

 He's like an interesting blended mix of P.T. Barnum and W.C. Fields.

Indeed. We met him in the Embassy lobby at GenCon. He started relating a story about how someone had stole his Visa... which I was taking seriously at first. Then he goes on to say "if you see the guy who took it, could you ask him to come back and get the discover... my wife's still costing me a lot of money using it." :D

Oh, yeah, latest purchases.

I finally ordered the Magic Item Compendium and Pirate's Guide to Freeport.

Quote from: whiteyfatsGURPS Martia Arts :)

Brady Bunch edition?

"Martia, Martia, Martia!" :haw:

More recent stuff:

Central Casting: Dungeons which I've never heard of before but looks like oodles of fun.

Pendragon 5th for $10.

And 13 new 7-die sets. I really like dice.

I have a new most recent. Aces & Eights

I am still desperately trying not to bid on this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280155876227&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1

Most recent purchase was The Pirate's Guide to Freeport last weekend, as soon as I returned from vacation.  In the previous weeks, I'd had a bunch of pre-orders trickle in:

• The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries
  
• Full Light, Full Steam
  
• Finis (it's not really a gaming product but I plan on using it as one!)
  
• Shock 1.1
  

I've been very happy with every single purchase, so it was a lucky summer in that respect for me (it averaged out with other not-so-lucky aspects, I guess).

The Forge of War, one of the Eberron supplements.

Printer paper. I already own a clipboard.

Two books for Vampire the Requiem: Ordo Dracul and Invictus. Both of them get a resounding thumbs up from me. When the VtR book came out I really was uninspired by the Covenants. They were cool, but they seemed like they were just throwbacks to the Vampire the Masquerade Clans in too many ways. The Covenant sourcebooks really dispel those myths and give the Covenants meat. Lancea Sanctum is next on my list.

-=Grim=-

Quote from: Christmas ApeAnd 13 new 7-die sets.

is this lucky or unlucky?

I got Paragons, Exalted: Sidereals, BSG, and Colonial Gothic.

Seanchai

I just bought Palladium's Heroes Unlimited today.  It looks Laser-Shark-Tastic! :haw:

GURPS Martial Arts.

I love how they took the idea of 'Martial Art' to mean much more than just eastern martial arts and ran away with it. The cinematic parts should be very useful if I can ever convince my players to do TMNT.

GURPS Spaceships PDF.

Has abstract (non hex based, no minis/counters) starship combat... I've gotta build some ships and try it.

Does free count? I was in time to download the 'Freeport' trilogy on talk like a pirate day.

I bought Dragon Pass, A Game of Gloranthan Warfare.

It doesn't make any sense.

Nice map, though. Very nice.

Colonial Gothic, Elric (Mongoose), Lankhmar & Nehwon (Mongoose)

Manual of Exalted Power: The Sidereals

The Roll of Glorious Divinity

True20 Narrator's Kit

The True20 screen is excellent. It comes in landscape format and has the kind of good, sturdy construction that is becoming increasingly common these days. It's comprehensively detailed, and the sci-fi/fantasy scenario seems perfect for my Wilderlands campaign.

I haven't had a chance to read the Exalted books yet, but they look pretty cool.

WFRP Tome of Salvation
WFRP Realms of the Ice Queen
World of Darkness Reliquary
World of Darkness Asylum

I'm actually amazed at how awesome Reliquary is. Between that, Second Sight, and the Book of Spirits you can run an awesome Silent Hill or Call of Cthulhu game in the WoD.

All four of these books are awesome. Makes me giddy.

-=Grim=-

Recently, I picked up

• a pdf expansion for Iron Stars
• the "Swarm of the Marro" Heroscape box
• some stupid expensive Q-Workshop dice
• a couple pdfs for Metal, Magic, and Lore
• a box of little round "combs" for my Ibico binder
• a box of Indian pencils
• some replica Victorian Cokes--always a fun Christmastime item
• I downloaded Risus and Nemesis, but that's not really a "purchase"

Not doing much in the way of paper books lately. There are several coming out I'm waiting for. I guess if I just have to spend money, there are several awesome lines of fine paper miniatures out there to download.

Just took advantage of the Kenzer sale to fill in the two Hacklopedias I was missing, another copy of Little Keep on the Borderlands, The Hidden Shrine, Descent Into the NetherDeep, and the Kalamar Campaign Setting Sourcebook.  Before that, it was probably the Classic Traveller, JTAS, and MegaTraveller CDROMs from FFE.  Since I stopped running my D&D 3.5 game, my purchases have dropped off quite a bit.

Magical Traditions for Mage:the Awakening  -- Neat for many reasons, but these may be less obvious.

1) New ways to envision magic

2) New possibilities for character creations of mages

3) It has some nifty philosophical ideas that you might be able to use as a ST to mess with the poor players' heads (in a fun, interesting way)!

:haw:

Well, I took the advice from others via my "FFE Traveller CD collections," thread and promptly....asked for the Classic collection for Christmas.

Instead, I decided to assist Margaret Weis in (in my opinion) her "iffy" choice in doing RPGs off of liscensed materials and picked up the BSG and Serenity/Firefly core books.

MRQ Deluxe. Nervously waiting for it to arrive, wondering if the book will be as physically craptastic as some have indicated. But Mongoose removed my main stumbling block for entry into the game, the division into thin expensive books, so I thought it was worth a shot.

In 1.5 hours, I'm heading to the close FLGS to see if they have the FFE Traveller book - the basic one.  Those Magnificent Bastards in the PbP forum got me hooked into yet another game system to learn* - like I need yet another thing on my plate right now.

If they don't have it, I might have to go PDF for this one.




*Yeah, that's right, I never learned Traveller.  You got a problem with that, buddy?

Goodman Games' Saga of the Dragon Cult, a boxed set combining several Dungeon Crawl Classics into a campaign for levels 1-10. Can't beat the price of $20 for four 32-page adventures, plus a campaign book with setting material and linking encounters.

The Tome of Corruption for WFRP 2E, which I bought a week ago on the basis of a thread on rpg.net in which it was repeatedly praised by all. I'm still only about a third of the way through, and I'm not sure what I make of it. I'm pleased at the sheer volume of information, but it isn't really pushing my buttons as of yet. There's been lots of 'okay' and even 'good' stuff, but nothing that captures my imagination or makes me go "oh...cool - I HAVE to put that in my game".

I just bought Og: Unearthed Edition by Robin D. Laws. Nice tiny game. Good for travelling to the con or something like that.

I picked up d20 Star Wars Saga and d20 Black Company from Green Ronin about a month ago.

Quote from: Sacrificial Lambd20 Black Company

I really love that book. I'm a HUGE Glen Cook fan, but I'd like that book anyway.

Forward...to Adventure about two months ago.

Quote from: darI really love that book. I'm a HUGE Glen Cook fan, but I'd like that book anyway.

I've never read the novels. They any good?

If you like dark gritty fantasy, yes, absolutely. And of course if you like military fiction it is very much of that.

I have a friend that really only reads military fiction. He's an old Marine, the only fantasy that I know he reads is 'Black Company'.

The series in a way feels kind of 'Noir' too. I can't really put my finger on it.

WFRP:

Realm of the Ice Queen

Terror in Talabheim

Renegade Crowns

Night's Dark Masters

Tome of Corruption


Reign

I've just ordered the Solis hardcover from Lulu.

Quote from: DrewWFRP:

Realm of the Ice Queen

Terror in Talabheim

Renegade Crowns

Night's Dark Masters

Tome of Corruption


Reign

I've just ordered the Solis hardcover from Lulu.

While I must congratulate you on Reign, my understanding is Renegade Crowns is nine kinds of win.

Hmmmm. There's a peanut butter and chocolate I'd like to mix.

Quote from: Christmas ApeHmmmm. There's a peanut butter and chocolate I'd like to mix.

Y'know I was thinking exactly the same thing whilst purchasing. A principality generator coupled with a game of princes...:pundit:

Quote from: Christmas ApeWhile I must congratulate you on Reign, my understanding is Renegade Crowns is nine kinds of win.

It depends on what you're looking for. Some of the WFRP community was a bit bummed that there wasn't much about the Border Princes in the book. It's basically one giant tool box to make your own Princedoms, thus putting it all in your hands. Me? I firkin' love the book. It's nice having a part of the Old World that I can build myself, to put my own touches on, and create my own histories for, yet still have it be the Old World. And let's face it, rolling dice on random charts is fun, and they set it up so that you can either choose what you want or roll up an entire area. I've made some cool Princedoms, ones that looked wonky at first (they're random charts, after all) but managed to work in the end.

So yea, I think Renegade Crowns is awesome. Other peoples' MMV.

I just got my hands on:

Fading Suns, 1e

Twilight 2000 Boxed Set

Lejendary Journies (which I'm still very iffy on)

-=Grim=-

Well, you've touched on exactly what appeals to me about Renegade Crowns, so I'd say I'm with you on that one.

I've been in a bit of a buying hiatus recently, having slaked most of my major lusts prior to a busy pre-Winter Purchase Holiday run of birthdays, so the only thing I snagged recently was Lords of Madness, which cost $10 with $9.99 in shipping. :D I really, really like aboleths, grells, and mind flayers anyway, and the tsochar are by far my favorite monster new to 3e. I'd get it for any D&D game I intended to run. I'm an aberration kind of guy...must be all the Lovecraft I read as a young gamer.

I keep meaning to get it together and get Art of the Duel and Emerald Empire off Amazon (they don't take PayPal, so I need a friend's card, but we work opposite shifts so I rarely see him, etc.), but now I might just wait for Masters of War.

I bought the Armory d30 Gaming Tables.

Quite frankly, they stink.

Got from lulu:

A hardbound print version of Empire of the Ghouls

Ordered, waiting on one backordered item to ship

A ton of Green Ronin stuff:
The Shaman's Handbook
Book of the Righteous Hardcover (d20)
Skull & Bones (d20)
Bow & Blade: A Guidebook to Wood Elves (d20)
The Witch's Handbook (d20)
The Avatar's Handbook (d20)
Mindshadows (d20)
SpirosBlaak (d20)
Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra (d20)
The Black Company Campaign Setting (d20)
Eternal Rome (d20)
Advanced Player's Manual Hardcover (d20)
Thieves' World: Murder at the Vulgar Unicorn (d20)
Thieves' World: Shadowspawn's Guide to Sanctuary Hardcover (d20)
Thieves' World Gazetteer (d20)
Bleeding Edge Adventures #1: Mansion of Shadows (d20)
Bleeding Edge Adventures #2: Beyond the Towers (d20)
Bleeding Edge Adventures #3: Dirge of the Damned (d20)
Bleeding Edge Adventures #4: A Dreadful Dawn (d20)
Bleeding Edge Adventures #5: Temple of the Death Goddess (d20)

The Palladium Christmas Grab Bag. I got:
RIFTS Game Master Guide
RIFTS Book of Magic
New West
Nightbane RPG
and in addition to the grab bag I ordered
Chaos Earth

Shipping costs were insane but the strength of the Euro helped to ease the pain.

Paizo GAMEMASTERY game pack for the city.

Old starship Deckplans by Holistic games - $6.95
 Meant for use with ARMADa, but approved for use with TRAVELLER.


- Ed C.

I just ordered Byzantium Secundus and the Player's Companion for Fading Suns used off Amazon. Why hadn't I heard of this system sooner I don't know, but it's everything I want in my sci-fi. It's got the cooler aspects of Warhammer 40K without the stupid shit and fanboy placation, touches of Dune and Aliens, and all wrapped up in an interesting history. Now to see if the system breaks or not...

-=Grim=-

I bought three Buffy/Angel products during the Eden $5 sale.

Just picked up West End Games Star Wars RPG 2nd edition used for $12.  Pretty beat up condition, but when I saw the faux ads in there, I had to have it.  Anybody know how this compares to the 1st edition?

Also got Q Manual for James Bond RPG for $2!!!! HELL YEAH!

I think the 2nd ed of Star Wars D6 was a little more detailed, but it was also very similar to the first edition (if memory serves).  D6 Star Wars was a lot of fun to play, as I recall.  I think you got to play more races in the 2nd (just wookie, ewok, human mostly in the 1st ed).

I just purchased five books I don't need from the Paizo Green Ronin sale.  At least one of them is a gift.  I don't know where I will place the other four.  My shelves are FULL!

I just picked up the Traveller Book Hardcover from ebay. Lots better than having to look through separate books or looking at the newer editions.

My most recent RPG purchases were the True 20 Bestiary (which I got autographed by the author tonight at our game club meeting) and the Castles & Crusades Castle Keeper's Screen.

Allen

Aces & Eights
Reign
The GDW Traveller: Aslan Book

I got Midnight (from FFG's sale)

I got Qin, Grimm, Dragons of Eberron and Winter Masques and the new Rome supplement for Vampire are on their way!

Seanchai

Quote from: brettmbI just picked up the Traveller Book Hardcover from ebay. Lots better than having to look through separate books or looking at the newer editions.

I rediscovered mine  about two years ago. STILL , in very good condition. Probably bought it when I was a teenager or in my early 20s, heq it might have been a Christmas present back then.
Have been using it for reference at times during my G:T campaign.


- Ed C.

I just ordered Reign from lulu based on some of what I read in the recent thread about it.  

I has been a while for me since I have made an RPG purchase (my wife neglected to emphasize the point that new babies are so expensive...maybe she did and I just ignored her :p), so I am looking forward to getting my hot little hands on it.


TGA

I have been a whirling dervish of pdf consumption!

Check it out:

Blood Games II
Haven't had a chance to read this cover to cover but it is awesome so far.  Layout has some things I don't care for (I would have preferred standard two column) but I like the system from what I've read, the writing is very good (I even enjoyed the short story running throughout).  I would probably ignore a lot of the nonhuman and magic rules for PCs and just run those rules as NPC stuff.  It is a lot of fun to read about that stuff though.  Great job Clash!

Starcluster 2
I liked BGII so much I went and bought this next.  I would say my comments on BGII apply to this game as well, though I personally prefer the layout in this game (though this is perhaps balanced out by the fact that I prefer horror to scifi).

Blood!
This is a game that I haven't read much about (though there is one review here for it).  It's meant to play out games in the splatter horror genre, as seen in horror films from the 70s and early 80s.  It's basically very similar to the BRP rules from Call of Cthulhu.  The major addition: a more complicated combat system.  You track health, energy, and blood loss.  It has action points which allow you to save actions to interrupt other characters if you win initiative.  Most importantly, there is a critical hit system which involves a billion charts, one for each kind of weapon (there is both an acid splash critical table and a total immersion in acid critical table, so don't worry!) and they are very explicit.  Just like the movies, so awesome!  The layout is pretty decent with some really gory illustrations but some awkward writing and plenty of typos.

Donjon
Okay, this is pretty much a hippy forge game.  It is somewhere between I dunno Tunnels & Trolls and Dungeons & Dragons in complexity.  The forgey part is successes allow players to state facts about the situation, but the GM is told to act like an evil genie and twist these facts around to the detriment of the players.  I dunno how this would play out.  It's like it wants to be one of those "the gm is just another player and can't handle responsibility so it must be shared" games, and yet it also wants to be a "GM cannot let the players win at any cost!!" game.  Kinda weird, but very nice layout.

Cyberpunk 2020
Ok, I never played this game and I never got into Cyberpunk either.  But I read Neuromancer recently and liked it, and have always liked Blade Runner, so there you go.  It was always something I wanted to play.  I read Dr Rotwang!'s review on rpg.net (great review btw!) and am downloading it now.

Quote from: KoltarI rediscovered mine  about two years ago. STILL , in very good condition. Probably bought it when I was a teenager or in my early 20s, heq it might have been a Christmas present back then.
Have been using it for reference at times during my G:T campaign.

Best version in my opinion.

I also got a used copy of Swashbuckler on ebay. Cool system for dueling, but I don't like using cards. You need to already understand the setting/style, however, so newbies to swashbuckling pirates will have problems.

It being my birthday, I just got to pick up Two-Fisted Tales (which I am tearing into voraciously as we speak) Happy day indeed! :)

Happy birthday Zach!

I just picked up Animal Archive: Prehistoric Creatures I by Blackdirge games.  I also purchased a bundle of the game "Lost Prehistorica."

It's pretty cool.

Yesterday I bought the Players and GM's Guides to Immortals from Half Price Books. I've never played them, but remember reading them fondly when they first came out, and they're not in the Rules Compendium, so I had to snatch them up.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstIt being my birthday, I just got to pick up Two-Fisted Tales (which I am tearing into voraciously as we speak) Happy day indeed! :)

Terrific! From where did you buy it (for my own sales analysis)?

Quote from: brettmbTerrific! From where did you buy it (for my own sales analysis)?

Theresa (my wife) had it waiting on the comp for me--I believe she went through RPGnow, as I know she has an account there (for the sole purpose of buying me stuff).  Hope that helps! :)

Quote from: Zachary The FirstTheresa (my wife) had it waiting on the comp for me--I believe she went through RPGnow, as I know she has an account there (for the sole purpose of buying me stuff).  Hope that helps! :)

Cool. Thanks.

Quote from: brettmbCool. Thanks.

No prob.  Now if I can only get the SC for Christmas (its on my list). :)

Quote from: Zachary The FirstNo prob.  Now if I can only get the SC for Christmas (its on my list). :)

I'm being thick at the moment. What's SC?

Quote from: brettmbI'm being thick at the moment. What's SC?

Softcover (http://www.pigames.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=46&products_id=287).

Quote from: Zachary The FirstSoftcover (http://www.pigames.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=46&products_id=287).

Ah. See - thick ;)

Don't forget that there's an upgrade discount from PDF to Softcover, so just email me if/when you're ready.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, the PDF really does not do the softcover justice.

I've bought a bunch of stuff from the Green Ronin sale. Here's the booty from just the last month:

• Book of the Righteous
• Advanced Gamemaster's Guide
• Pathfinder 3: The Hook Horror Massacre
• A Faery's Tale
• Trojan War
• Eternal Rome
• Thieves World Player's Book
• Empire of the Ghouls Hardcover
• Delta Green Eyes Only
• Iconic Bestiary: Classic Fey

Now I need some free time to digest all that.

GURPS: WHO'S WHO 1

GURPS: WHO'S WHO 2

Trees and Hedges terrain by Games workshop $35.00

Spy Shadow Academy/SPYCRAFT cards by Alederac $29.95

TWO copies of:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA RPG by MWP $44.99 each (total of $89.98)

TWO copies of....
HEROSCAPE Large Expansion set /the Arctic one with "Snowmen" $29.99 each

TWO copies of ....
SAVAGE WORLDS Explorer Edition $9.99 each

THREE copies of ...
Star Wars MINIATURES BOUNTY HUNTERS expansion
...plus the card game GALAXY.


Can you tell the store & company I work for had an employee apptreciation day where everything was Buy 1, get 1 free for employees only??

All of the above i intend to use with my RPG group or future RPG campaigns in some way...


- Ed C.

Quote from: KoltarGURPS: WHO'S WHO 1

GURPS: WHO'S WHO 2

Dude, I got those at GenCon, they are freaking awesome!

I just recently purchased some more PDFs:

Animal Archives Raptor Pack I (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=51475), and Monstrous Compendium Annual - Volume II (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=16905&it=1) ( for 2nd ed. D&D).  

I'm a big fan of the Animal Archives series, even though there are only two of them so far, and I wanted the 2nd ed. D&D stats for dinosaurs.

Pre painted Reaper Skeletons. All the store had to offer.

They basically cost me some peanuts and marbles, as the $ to € ratio is very supportive at the moment.

EDIT: This also was a great example of free market at work. I entered the store with the inclination to buy a D&D Minis booster, because the Gelatinous Cube MUST BE MINE.

Instead I bought a Battalion of those Skeletal Guys for the same money.

Quote from: SettembriniPre painted Reaper Skeletons. All the store had to offer.

They basically cost me some peanuts and marbles, as the $ to € ratio is very supportive at the moment.

EDIT: This also was a great example of free market at work. I entered the store with the inclination to buy a D&D Minis booster, because the Gelatinous Cube MUST BE MINE.

Instead I bought a Battalion of those Skeletal Guys for the same money.

I see the Future:

 Sett runs his players through a game where they are attacked ceaselessly by the undead....

Went on eBay and nabbed myself the Fading Suns Companion and Byzantium Secundus, also for Fading Suns. I friggin' love the setting (I only recently discovered it), so I added three or four other books for the game to my Xmass list. Byzantium Secundus arrived today. I can't wait to go get my hands on it.

-=Grim=-

Well, Green Ronin finally put out a 3.5 version of their Plot & Poison book (my favorite takes on dark elvish - fiendish and non-drizzt-y) in the form of Advanced Race Codex: Drow (http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=51511). Another serving of rations in my post-4pocalypse bunker.

Hollow Earth Expedition- nice ideas, but not psyched about it (from the look of it I expected a two-fisted pulp game and got a gritty survival-game, where it is very easy for you to bite the dust- also the published demo adventures are railroading nightmares). Mechanically its a halfway decent system, but it doesn't do anything Savage Worlds doesn't for me.

Savage Worlds- Explorers Edition- even though I already own the core book, for $9.99 you can't go wrong.

Reign (Solis Hardcover)- Beautiful, just beautiful. Can't wait to run that.

Solomon Kane- Another really nice book. ;) (hopefully I will find time to read it throughly soon, but what I gleaned from other people and from thumbing through it sounds really sweet)

From Troll and Toad:

Agone
Ex-Machina Tri-Stat
Silver Age Sentinels Tri-Stat
Tri-Stat DX
D6 Fantasy
D6 Space

under $25 (I had a $10 credit). Shipping was more than any single book.

Quote from: brettmbAgone

Agone. Sigh. If only...

Seanchai

Quote from: SeanchaiAgone. Sigh. If only...

If only what?

Reign. Interesting book, at the very least the company rules look like something I can rip off.

Quote from: brettmbIf only what?

If only Agone had a better translation. If only they'd translated more of the game into English. If only the company producing it hadn't gone under...Basically, just a lotta "If only's."

Seanchai

Just recently, upon going "Hey, look, there's money in my PayPal account!":

Vampire: Dark Ages
Dark Ages: Mage
Dark Ages: Inquisitor
Gary Gygax's Insidiae

Not new, except Insidiae, but new to me.

Ordered Ancient Kingdoms: Mesopotamia, based on discussions of the sword and sorcery content here.  I should have it tomorrow (ordered from Amazon after checking The Compleat Strategist in NYC and finding out that they didn't have a copy).  I also recently got the ancient Green Ronin books as part of their big sale (Testament, Trojan War, Egyptian Adventures Hamunaptra, and Eternal Rome as well as the Thieves' World Gazetteer, The Freeport Trilogy, Denizens of Freeport, and 4 of their "Bleeding Edge Adventure"s).

Does pledging 10$ for the latest Reign supplement count?

If not, I think it may have been the first edition of Aquelarre in Catalan I picked up in ebay a few months ago. Bit of an eccentricity, since I don't really speak Catalan, but hey, it was cheap.

Victoriana 2nd edition.

Evernight (Savage Setting)- a bit bland, but some good ideas
Fantasy World Builder & Fantasy Character Generator Toolkits (again Savage Worlds)- pure, solid gold
Pirates of the Spanish Main Players Guide (you guessed it: Savage Worlds)
Tap Out (a neat little mini-game about professional no-holds barred combat)
Blood Games II

Cthulhutech just before the holidays. Interesting despite some wonky mechanics and a bit too much Derleth in the mythos.

I just got a copy of REIGN last week.

World on Fire and Spycraft 2.0 second printing.

(http://www.crafty-games.com/files/image/cover_worldonfire.jpg)

Sweet. :cool:

Just pre-order Warhammer 40K Dark Heresy.

Last Saturday I picked up the most current printing (3rd ?) of Castles and Crusades for $11.50.  It was on the 50% shelf, I couldn't say no even though I still have a copy of the 1st printing.

I also picked up Fistfull of Zombies (normal price).  I wasn't really big on westerns, but I'm going for a complete AFMBE collection.  Turns out this book is extremely well written.  It's managed to get my creative juices flowing.  Very happy with it so far.

Castle Whiterock from Goodman games arrived yesterday. It's frickin' huge: four thick dungeon books, a regional gazetter, book of player handouts, pre-generated PCs, book of indexed NPCs and items, foldout map of the nearby city, and a thick book of dungeon maps.

After reading through some of the material, I'm pleased to see that Whiterock has high quality as well as quantity. Lots of intriguing adventure hooks in the nearby town, and lots of ways to draw PCs into the dungeon itself for specific missions. So far, it looks like a mega-dungeon done right.

Just picked up 50 Fathoms and 2 copies of Savage Worlds: Explorer
I hope to "infect" a few other people. ;)
=

GURPS 4e Characters.

I just scored GURPS Celtic Myth at Half Price Books because of the setting ideas being bandied around in this thread (http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8777).  


TGA

Whispering Vault and Blood Games II.

A good-condition Dark Sun boxed set for $5.98 at Half-Price Books.

The newest edition of Call of Cthulhu. I was still playing fourth edition. Time to upgrade.

-=Grim=-

I won Burning Wheel Revised, Monster Burner, and Blossoms Are Falling off Ebay this week, all for a very good price.  

This is a game I've bought and tried to get into two times already.  I thought I'd give it another go so I went looking on Ebay and there it was.  I love the production values and layout and I like a lot of the concepts behind it.  

I get stuck on the contrasting rules detail; you have some hand-wavey abstract stuff like a wealth mechanic and the bizarre abstract range system, but then you have all this book keeping on top of it where you have multiple kinds of experience.  And then you have the combat and argument systems that almost play like non-collectable mini card games.  I need to sit down and play out some examples to see how the rules are in play.

I placed a bunch of other orders for Japanese games and it's all starting to come in now.

I got the Shin Megami Tensei Mato Tokyo 200X rulebook.  This is based on the video games of the same name, specifically on the first two games.  It's basically an occult cyperpunk game (or a post apocalyptic occult cyberpunk game if you are playing in the background of the second game).  It's a very traditional game, including classes, exp points, dropped items and money and a huge list of monsters with stat blocks that include charts for randomly determining which attack is used.  You could almost play it solo!  It's basically a percentile system.  The big thing about the video games is that you could communicate with monsters and depending upon their alignment and personality you could convince them to join or ignore you if you say/offer the right things.  Then you can combine them with other monsters to make new ones.  That system is brought over in the pen and paper game.

I got Yuuyake Koyake and Mononoko Koyake.  These are two games I would probably never play but wanted them because they are gorgeous books and would be fun to read.  You play as an animal spirit that can take human form.  You basically have to go around and solve problems for people.  There's not any fighting in it at all.  It's also diceless and you gain power by helping people out, improving connections with NPCs and the other players.  You then spend that power to make things happen with whatever skills/powers you've chosen based on your animal form.

Finally, Meikyuu Kingdom Kingdom Book and Meikyuu Kingdom Dungeon Book came today.  This is a really difficult game to wrap my head around.  It has some traditional aspects: you choose a class, you can fight random enemies in dungeons, etc.  However, it's almost like a board game mixed with a tactical game mixed with a kingdom sim mixed with an RPG.  Adventures have a dungeon phase and a kingdom phase.  Each player controls one character, but they all also control a single kingdom.  They can use the resources they gain in the dungeon to build up their kingdom.  Dungeons are mapped by a GM using a standard sheet included with the game.  It's basically a sheet with a bunch of rooms drawn on it and you determine what is in each room and then decide how they connect.  Combat also takes place on a special sheet, which is a little tactical abstract board.

All skills, facilities, items, monsters, and traps are drawn on little cards printed in the rule book you can photocopy.  On the card are all the stats and a description and an illustration.  So it's also got some (non random) card game aspect to it.  Expansions include more cards, and you can also go out and just buy cards in sets.  So it's sort of collectible but again not random.

It seems pretty fascinating but because it's not really traditional it's a lot harder for me to read than, say, the Shin Megami Tensei game.

Aces and Eights. Big thumbs up.

Quote from: CalithenaAces and Eights. Big thumbs up.

I love that game. A lot.

-=Grim=-

It's a no-bullshit early eighties RPG, and a really good one.

It's like watching Wayne step up for one last gunfight in The Shootist, or Eastwood's liquour-fueled killing spree at the end of Unforgiven...the traditional RPG saddling up for one last ride into the sunset...

I bought two reaper miniatures, a cleric and a pirate.

The cleric has a mace and shield, but the chainmail hood is what sold me. Likewise the pirate has a nice cloak sword etc... but a parrot perched on the shoulder? Sold!

My long term goal is to get these bad boys painted up in time for 4th edition.

Quote from: Malleus ArianorumThe cleric has a mace and shield, but the chainmail hood is what sold me.

Chainmail hoods are the shit. Funny, though, that they only seem suitable for clerics.

:eek: RPG : GURPS Traveller Bounty Hunters, Heroes 1

Bought on Impulse & the Impulse was : I CAN AFFORD THIS!!

Does any GURPS Traveller ref have room for a P.C.?

Quote from: fatelvis:eek: RPG : GURPS Traveller Bounty Hunters, Heroes 1

Bought on Impulse & the Impulse was : I CAN AFFORD THIS!!

Does any GURPS Traveller ref have room for a P.C.?

RE: Chainmail hoods == Clerics only. I hadn't thought of that before. Aw nutz. This is gonna be one of those questions that never dies. :eek:

Roma Imperious True 20.

SCION: God.  I've got some reading to do.  :)

I had a little mad money, and I picked up Two-Fisted Tales at the flgs. On the way home, I found d6 Adventure on sale for $3. The well-founded praise around here for these games was a factor, even in an impulse purchase.

I bought the Tome of Corruption for WFRP off of Amazon on Thursday, and expect to get it on Tuesday.  I might get Starships of the Galaxy for SWSE this next week too.

A bunch of Star Wars mini singles for GURPS Traveller use.

GURPS Traveller: Rim Of Fire
PDF of GURPS Traveller: Starships

Got my 3rd Issue of Kobold Quarterly and purchased a copy of Polymancer at a FLGS, my second issue.

I just found Amber Diceless and Shadow Knight at my Half Price Books for $8 each, and snatched them up.

I finally got a much craved (by me) copy of CORPS, but I'm so busy getting sucked into Flames of War, I haven't looked at it yet.

Today I picked up:

Exalted: Yu Shan

Exalted: Scroll of Kings

WFRP: The Thousand Thrones


The first two look really good on first glance. The TT's looks friggin' amazing.

Last night I bought GDi edition Mean Streets and Mean Streets Enhacement Pack from PIG. I'm eying Deep 7's Casablanca supplement as well, but haven't gotten it yet.

I just bought the True20 Screen and a copy of Iron Heroes Revised.

A crapload of dice.

My last purchase was the Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition. Hands down my best gaming buy ever as far as quality to money ratio is concerned. It's become the system of choice for 99% of my GMing.

And then I got some dice. Because, you know.

After seeing all the love it was getting here I picked up the Traveller reprints and I'm loving it!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG lol.

Maybe 10 days ago...

Troll Lords

Designing Dungeons
Castles & Crusades Player's Handbook
Castles & Crusades Monsters & Treasure

(4th set of C&C books)

TODAY : Two REAPER miniatures, 4 boxes of Star Wars miniatures to find ones I can use with my GURPS : TRAVELLER game.


 2 days ago : Start set of D&D minis that use the 4th edition combat rules. They're packaged more like a toy than a game.


- Ed C.

Buffy Revised Core Rulebook
Angel Core Rulebook
Buffy GM Screen
Angel GM Screen
Monster Smackdown limited edition
Slayer's Handbook limited Edition
Lord of the Rings Core Rulebook 2nd printing
The Two Towers Sourcebook
The Fellowship of the Ring Sourcebook
Moria
Total for above books (all like new) = $30

Dark Heresy (like new except for some tiny damage to the upper spine) = $10


I found them in a hole in the wall used bookstore, and my old habits of snarfing stuff like that kicked in.

The kicker to the story is they had the Dark Heresy GM screen too, but they had it priced at $20, so I didn't get it.

A few days ago, in PDF form: Savage Worlds and Skulls and Bone (A D20 Pirates game).
Yesterday I ordered Trail of Cthulhu and Rippers (for SW).

GURPS: Wild West on ebay. I don't play GURPS, but I'm running an Western game soon and thought this might make a useful addition.

Babylon 5 Station Guide on ebay; because it looked cool. Don't know when/if I'll get to run Babylon 5 (D20) in the near/far future, but there we go.

A whole bunch of Cthulhu stuff, because I'm into it at the moment and am planning a 1920's campaign.

Woohoo!! I finally found the James Bond 007 RPG! :D woot.. AND Everway!

Also, I'll likely give True 20 a shot after witnessing all the support here for it...Although I am not a 3.x/d20 fan by any means,  I am open-minded and willing to at least try it.

Dungeon Crawl Classics #50 Vault of the Iron Overlord.

Rotating map wheels gimmick and great Erol cover art sold me.

Just got Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition in the mail yesterday.

Got the two Traveller Hero books.  I figured I go way back with Traveller and play Hero so I should find something useful in there.  I've only flipped through them.  Still need to find time to actually do some reading.

Operation Jedburgh, a fine* d20 Modern** WWII adventure written by one of the regulars of this site.

*However, "Adrienne" is not a man's name.

**However, I want to run it using GURPS WWII. My first GURPS experience!

Dark Heresy.

And it's pretty damn good, by my lights.

Quote from: Levi KornelsenDark Heresy.

The same. I liked it, but the enthusiasm has worn off.

Quote from: JohnnyWannabeThe same. I liked it, but the enthusiasm has worn off.

Ah - I got into a game within a week, so I'm getting my money's worth.

Burning Wheel. Now that my group's starting to hit the limits of Iron Heroes while some of its members are resistant to 4e, I'm looking for a good, crunchy fantasy RPG to replace d20 in case 4e doesn't satisfy the other players. Burning Wheel seems like a good candidate.

A Reference World Atlas - Spotted one dirt cheap at Borders. Great reference for modern games.

Reprints of The Shadow and Doc Savage - for Pulp inspiration.

Quote from: PseudoephedrineBurning Wheel. Now that my group's starting to hit the limits of Iron Heroes while some of its members are resistant to 4e, I'm looking for a good, crunchy fantasy RPG to replace d20 in case 4e doesn't satisfy the other players. Burning Wheel seems like a good candidate.

Good luck with that one.  I borrowed a copy from a friend of mine and gave myself a total nosebleed after about sixty pages.  There are some really good ideas in there, but I sure as hell will never be able to GM it.

Quote from: PaladinCAGood luck with that one.  I borrowed a copy from a friend of mine and gave myself a total nosebleed after about sixty pages.  There are some really good ideas in there, but I sure as hell will never be able to GM it.

It gets a lot easier after the first few sessions.  The trick is to introduce the subsystems slowly.

I bought the PDF of The Princes' Kingdom, which is Clinton Nixon's child-friendlier hack of Dogs in the Vineyard. I'm using it to play with my daughter.

Let us know what you think of BW, Pseud. That's a game I could have really got my teeth into ten or fifteen years ago. Or is it fifteen or twenty?

I picked up a birth control prescription for my wife.

Paizo's Into the Haunted Forest module on an impulse buy.

Both Paizo and Goodman Games do this kind of 16 page adventure module which is actually a very clever bit of advertising for the rest of the modules in their product line. My hat is off to them for doing this, because it is a slick piece of work.

Weapons of the Gods.

Only a fraction of the way through reading it.
So far, great flavor.
Not sure yet what I think of the mechanics.

I bought some funky dice. :haw:

Quote from: AosI picked up a birth control prescription for my wife.

In the end, that may be the purchase here that would most positively affect your gaming experience (or at least available time to game).

Harnmaster!

Quote from: BrantaiIt gets a lot easier after the first few sessions.  The trick is to introduce the subsystems slowly.

The other trick is to remember that the players are responsible for the rules too. Offload. And once you are past the short curve it is fast, especially for the amount of "crunch" it has. DoW melds with the "roleplaying", and before long you'll find yourself rarely talking about the dice at all, just rolling. (Ironically the combat tends to sound that way too, "roleplay". Assuming you write dark enough/large enough for the other players to read your actions. ) Just like any game I suppose.

1 German Tank, 2 American tanks (for Twilight 2000?+):cool:
Waiting for Humvee(s) from same source, tempted by "Easy Build" Humvee
from Hobby Lobby, it has a scale that could have PC Mini-Figs inside!!:cool:
4th Ed AD& D (waiting  for release):cool:
"gold Pirate Coins" for AD& D":cool:
"Bounty Hunters" GURPS:cool:

Quote from: PaladinCAGood luck with that one.  I borrowed a copy from a friend of mine and gave myself a total nosebleed after about sixty pages.  There are some really good ideas in there, but I sure as hell will never be able to GM it.

I got through Burning Empires, which is at least as thick and complicated. I'm hoping BW will be an easier sell to my group because the guys I game love fantasy games and aren't interested in sci-fi beyond a certain limit (that limit being Shadowrun).

Just to catch you guys up, I've bought these few things in the last months:

Castles & Crusades: PH and M&T. It really is like a new editionof the old AD&D...if that makes any sense. It's even got the same writing style as EGG himself.

The Palladium RPG: I got it for cheap, used and along with Mystic China. It's missing page 51, which seems to be the back end of the equipment list.

Gurps: Characters: Imagine my dissapointment when I found out this is an incomplete book. Not in the missing a page way like above, but it requires you also own campaigns to be able to understand it. I thought this would be like a players guide, but it doesn't have ANY of the game rules in it, only the info for character creation. Oh well, campaigns is on the way, so is powers.

My new home, in which I will be building the ULTIMATE gaming room!

The Dummies Guide to Gurps  :haw:

Quote from: PseudoephedrineI got through Burning Empires, which is at least as thick and complicated.

BW is way easier IMO since you don't have all the maneuver and scene rules, although there is a bit more fiddly bits in the DoW and combat. There are a lot of sections you can skip with BW. For example I've played entire campaigns without using Fight!, just using Bloody Versus or just bog Versus. Once you have the Hub and Spokes going, start with Duel of Wits. Faith anytime is fine. Then Range & Cover. Add Sorcery and Fight! last, as they seem appropriate. Fight! is by far the most fiddly bits section, and usually takes the most to get your head around.

EDIT: One quirk is that since BE was written after a number of years of BW being out there and lots and lots of play under the belt BE has a few refinements that are immediately portable back to BW. Such as the rules for how to run a 3-way DoW. BW doesn't really cover that, and it's not something that comes up that often, but that's where I go when it does.

P.S.  I personally have been trying out a new tact for combat in a Burning THAC0 game. Sort of a "say it, roll it" version of Fight!/Range & Cover to give a somewhat coarser granularity feel than true Fight! but finer than straight Versus. But I'm a bit off the map as far as the rules as written go with that, and am just feeling my way now. I wouldn't recommend it till you've got the game proper down. I'm also not entirely happen setting aside the scripting. I'm definitely heading back to scripting within a short order.

I bought Spycraft 2.0 about two weeks ago. It's the first game that actually made me like D20. In fact, it's even made me somewhat enthusiastic about running a D20 game.

The last major gaming related purchase I made was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle & Other Strangeness, Revised and all of the supplements for the game.  Picked up the main book through Noble Knight for about $25, and got all the supplements at a local gaming store that hasn't updated it's stock in ten years at slightly below cover price (about $7/book).  All said and done, it was about $100.  I loved running TMNT back in high school, but had lost all the books.

It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment purchase -- I'd been thinking about it for months -- and I'm quite happy with the game, though I'd be happier if I could actually be playing it.  I'd love to run it again, but I need to find a new group of players.  My current group has effectively disbanded, which makes me sad.

Oh, I also picked up Ninja & Superspies and Beyond the Supernatural, mostly to use as supplements in TMNT.

Quote from: JackalopeI loved running TMNT back in high school, but had lost all the books.

... happier if I could actually be playing it.  I'd love to run it again, but I need to find a new group of players.

Run a session at a local game day or con. Or one of the bigger ones. I think you'll be surprised at how many people show up. Just a guess. I was.

Quote from: JackalopeThe last major gaming related purchase I made was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle & Other Strangeness, Revised and all of the supplements for the game.  Picked up the main book through Noble Knight for about $25, and got all the supplements at a local gaming store that hasn't updated it's stock in ten years at slightly below cover price (about $7/book).  All said and done, it was about $100.  I loved running TMNT back in high school, but had lost all the books.

It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment purchase -- I'd been thinking about it for months -- and I'm quite happy with the game, though I'd be happier if I could actually be playing it.  I'd love to run it again, but I need to find a new group of players.  My current group has effectively disbanded, which makes me sad.

Oh, I also picked up Ninja & Superspies and Beyond the Supernatural, mostly to use as supplements in TMNT.

TMNT is the first roleplaying game I ever played. I got my parents to buy it for me when I was 8 because it was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles product. I thought it was a comic prior to purchase. It's an awesome game.

Quote from: PseudoephedrineTMNT is the first roleplaying game I ever played. I got my parents to buy it for me when I was 8 because it was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles product. I thought it was a comic prior to purchase. It's an awesome game.

It WAS a comic book at first . Mostly aimed at adults and done in black & White - before the creator was encouraged to make a kid-friendly version.


- Ed C.


Damn Kids! No sense of fricking history!!...Mumble, mumble, grumble...Get Off My lawn!!

Quote from: DwightBW is way easier IMO since you don't have all the maneuver and scene rules, although there is a bit more fiddly bits in the DoW and combat. There are a lot of sections you can skip with BW. For example I've played entire campaigns without using Fight!, just using Bloody Versus or just bog Versus. Once you have the Hub and Spokes going, start with Duel of Wits. Faith anytime is fine. Then Range & Cover. Add Sorcery and Fight! last, as they seem appropriate. Fight! is by far the most fiddly bits section, and usually takes the most to get your head around.

EDIT: One quirk is that since BE was written after a number of years of BW being out there and lots and lots of play under the belt BE has a few refinements that are immediately portable back to BW. Such as the rules for how to run a 3-way DoW. BW doesn't really cover that, and it's not something that comes up that often, but that's where I go when it does.

P.S.  I personally have been trying out a new tact for combat in a Burning THAC0 game. Sort of a "say it, roll it" version of Fight!/Range & Cover to give a somewhat coarser granularity feel than true Fight! but finer than straight Versus. But I'm a bit off the map as far as the rules as written go with that, and am just feeling my way now. I wouldn't recommend it till you've got the game proper down. I'm also not entirely happen setting aside the scripting. I'm definitely heading back to scripting within a short order.

I'm downloading the fragmentary chapters of the Magic Burner already. To be honest, I play in an incredibly fiddly variant of Iron Heroes already, so I'm not too scared by Burning Wheel's complexity in combat. The main problem would be only having one copy of the books, so I'm hoping pdfs are available somewhere.

Quote from: KoltarIt WAS a comic book at first . Mostly aied at adults anbd done in black & White - before the creator was encouraged to make a kid-friendly version.


- Ed C.


Damn Kids! No sense of fricking history!!...Mumble, mumble, grumble...Get Off My lawn!!

No, I mean I thought TMNT and Other Strangness, the volume, was a comic book.

I just bought Scion: Demigod.

Quote from: PseudoephedrineI'm downloading the fragmentary chapters of the Magic Burner already. To be honest, I play in an incredibly fiddly variant of Iron Heroes already, so I'm not too scared by Burning Wheel's complexity in combat. The main problem would be only having one copy of the books, so I'm hoping pdfs are available somewhere.

You can buy the PDFs for the Lifepaths to help with character creation. But they are $7 per race, IIRC.  I just said screw it and bought a second set of books for $26 or whatever. Most people I've played with get their own shortly anyway. Generally speaking you are creating the characters when all together anyway. If you've got a wifi laptop at the table or are doing this from home a guy named Paul Drussel is building an online character builder (( http://www.drussel.net/charburner/charburner.html )). You need the Character Burner book though to get in, username is page 73 of the Character Burner, 15 rows up, 1st word, password is the two hyphenated names following that (including the hyphen).

I know I would like to have a PDF version of the rules. I've got one for Burning Empires and it's great. But I've had that discussion with Luke, and it ain't happening till BWR isn't being printed anymore. Given that last I heard BWR sales rate is still on the increase that's not going to happen in the foreseeable future. :(

You'll probably want to run The Sword demo first. If someone plays the Roden (ratman) that race is in the Monster Burner but the book isn't critical since any of his Traits not found in the Character Burner are statless Char traits. That demo is good because it gives sort of an idea of what the possibilities are for the game, and you can get a handle on the mechanics without creating characters, even if you don't ever take your own game to that extreme of player character centric driven action.

Then figure out what you want to do for a setting. The BW board, especially the Spark forum is a huge resource for help with invoking the setting you want.

P.S. Burning Wheel's character gen is a lot of work for a full PC character. Part of it is the fiddly bits of the system and the other part is you are laying the foundation for the campaign right in the characters. So try not to freak out if you spend a full session on the "characters", if you plan to play for a large number of sessions. Because what you really are doing is hashing the point and tone of the campaign. I can, and have, run a pickup session with complete noobs (they'd never openned the book before) with zero prep work and zero prior notice. We were off and playing in under 10 minutes. But they selected out of the prefab example characters at the back of the BWR book, changing 1 Belief for each of them.

TMNT rocks. I wish I could get us to go back to playing it. It was the third game we ever ran, and Ninjas and Superspies was the fourth. I'd love to revist them someday in a hilarious 80's style romp!

I'm way behind on posting to this thread.

I do have to note that I found a copy of the GURPS Traveller 25th anniversary limited edition. Signed by Loren Wiseman, Steve Jackson, and Marc Miller. 110 out of 610.

I'm not generally a collector but the price was super low for any rpg book and I figured it was a no brainer.

Only now do I realize that at that store I must have over looked that book for months and months.

Am I a fanboy?

I played TMNT&OS pretty recently, actually, my half completed play report is on THIS very site :D

Lore of the Forsaken and Blood of the Wolf for $1.20 something each and $4.00 shipping total. Since I'd like to run Werewolf: the Forsaken sometime in the far future I figured it was a worthwhile investment.