What's The Last RPG-Related Purchase You've Made?

John Morrow · April 11, 2008, 12:20:00 PM

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.

Pierce Inverarity · April 11, 2008, 01:01:10 PM

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!

Levi Kornelsen · April 11, 2008, 01:10:06 PM

Dark Heresy.

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

JohnnyWannabe · April 11, 2008, 01:22:03 PM

Quote from: Levi KornelsenDark Heresy.

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

Levi Kornelsen · April 11, 2008, 01:44:52 PM

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.

Pseudoephedrine · April 11, 2008, 05:27:56 PM

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.

Caesar Slaad · April 11, 2008, 07:57:26 PM

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.

PaladinCA · April 11, 2008, 08:14:52 PM

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.

Brantai · April 11, 2008, 11:10:36 PM

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.

droog · April 12, 2008, 02:27:32 AM

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?

Aos · April 12, 2008, 02:37:12 AM

I picked up a birth control prescription for my wife.

jeff37923 · April 12, 2008, 02:45:04 AM

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.

Cerulean Lion · April 12, 2008, 09:00:38 AM

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.

Sacrificial Lamb · April 12, 2008, 09:27:30 AM

I bought some funky dice. :haw:

Zachary The First · April 12, 2008, 10:16:57 AM

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).