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From the Fantasy Flight Runewars preview http://fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=1004&epan=1#inicio darkkami posted:Um. Okay. I guess. Corey, if you read this you need to talk to Eric Lang. He has the right idea. Keep it simple. So the developer goes into his vision for the game, about how using a card based system allowed him to make a game with varied combat resolution that plays in about half the time of TI3. 5th response? :arge: NO! My DIIIIICE! also: Bonus stupid arguments, non-applicable example, bullshit "poll", and Verisimilitude groan. Boardgamers, you have your grognard
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Not Your Typical Grognard (but still a loving grognard, literally) Here's a pretty interesting one. Took the liberty of underlining the most egrerious grognard goodness. quote:I can only live with a house full of Type 3.5 books so much longer. My rapidly levelling-up players have begun to creep around the Player's Handbook and ask unsettling questions like "What's a skill point"? I fear soon they will all want a level in Demonborne Fleshtoucher or some poo poo. Plus the original books look so The catch is that this grognard is actually a porn star, and is running a campaign with his porn-star co-stars. So basically you've got a bunch of chicks learning D&D from a guy who thinks that his AD&D-3.5e smashup is a good idea. http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/ (seems pretty work safe, if a little dodgy) At least it's not the typical grognard situation.
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^ Where's the list of players? I want to know if my favourite porn stars play D&D Jonny Nox posted:Boardgamers, you have your grognard Actually, there's quite a few Grognards on boardgame geek. They're grognarding it up on Axis and Allies Pacific 1940. Basically a new version of A&A that costs almost $100 that is of really lovely quality, lacking enough pieces to play properly, and does include fake money or an alternative making it unplayable out of the box. The grognards are mostly saying "It's fine! Just steal components from your other 30 copies of A&A!" Though I'm not sure what the gently caress this is. quote:Gentlemen, this banter is all fine and good. If some thinks a new version is junk that is their personal opinion. I have been playing Axis and Allies since the first MB version was released and still own an orignal 1st generation copy. Now to give some ideas to reslove your conflict over this. One join the miltary and see what it is really like. I am a 30 plus years military vet. True hardcore AA fan buys them all and uses components from all his games to enhance the play. The General fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Dec 21, 2009 |
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quote:Gnomes will be treated as dwarves, only midwestern and possibly homosexual. How did you not underline this?
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Do you think it should be legal to shoot anyone who still calls them "Thieves?"
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Ashenai posted:How did you not underline this? What the gently caress does that mean, midwestern and homosexual? I'm from Nebraska and those things don't really go together.
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crime fighting hog posted:What the gently caress does that mean, midwestern and homosexual? I'm from Nebraska and those things don't really go together. Been to Iowa lately?
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# ? Dec 21, 2009 20:35 |
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gently caress no.
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# ? Dec 21, 2009 20:37 |
crime fighting hog posted:gently caress no. Well there's your problem then. Nebraska looks a whole lot more gay when you're in Iowa.
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# ? Dec 21, 2009 20:49 |
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NinjaDebugger posted:Well there's your problem then. Nebraska looks a whole lot more gay when you're in Iowa. NE wouldn't look more gay to a state that has gay marriage. It's still illegal here. Goddam homasexuls
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Fuego Fish posted:Nah it'd just allow you to fetch items from it as a free action or something, probably vv A minuscule portion of anything you've ever eaten, perhaps.
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GottaPayDaTrollToll posted:A minuscule portion of anything you've ever eaten, perhaps. Maybe if you levelled up your beard it would become a Bag of Tricks.
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Fuego Fish posted:Maybe if you levelled up your beard it would become a Bag of Tricks. Let's not get into Bustier of Many Things territory here, people.
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/\Thanks very much, now I'm imagining a beardy-dwarf version of Bayonetta/\The General posted:^ Where's the list of players? I want to know if my favourite porn stars play D&D Well, a brief dig says Kimberly Kane, and there's few pictures there, so ask the chaps in PYF. Some sort of playerlist on this page. ... ... A-ha. First post on the blog says that there's at least Mandy Morbid, Caroline Pierce and Satine Phoenix.
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I saw Sasha Grey in there, doesn't say if she plays, but if she does I've never been prouder to be a geek.
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# ? Dec 21, 2009 23:16 |
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If it sounds slightly antagonistic, it's because I cannot understand the allure of playing a substandard wargame with pieces that aren't usable out of the box, which is what your hobby has been described to me as.
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Angry Diplomat posted:Maybe I'm off-base since I only read the first book, but everything I read in there made Drizzt seem like almost a parody character. He's so sad and confused because the spark of goodness in his heart nags at him, despite the fact that he has quite literally never been exposed to anything other than absolute evil! He is frightened of his evil family but secretly brave because he hates them and wants to strike against them, but he's honorable and good so he won't kill his (melodramatically evil and highly deserving) family members! He is the best swordsman in the universe, destined from a young age to wield two swords with more skill than anyone else! When he sees evil deeds done, his eyes burn with violet flame as he flies into a righteous rage and becomes twice as strong and immune to pain due to the goodness in his heart giving him power!
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# ? Dec 22, 2009 03:19 |
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Real wargamers only play Advanced Squad Leader.
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So apparently I work at a secret Because of this, they proceeded to take their strength in numbers (two versus one, woo) and heckle my playing 4th ed. all day when I didn't know enough or even pretend to give a poo poo about their system. Oddly enough, I get the feeling they're in about the same boat with regards to 4e, because the only insult they relied on when I asked WHY 4e sucked was "Your game's gone through 5 revisions, mine hasn't. That means yours is shittier." Despite actually responding to a reply of "but doesn't that just mean yours has run on broken rules for a longer time instead where mine fixes poo poo once in a while" with "You know, you have a point"... they kept it up all goddamn day, irritating coworkers and management alike. I'm waiting to see if they try it a second day in a row.
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# ? Dec 22, 2009 04:45 |
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Call them furries and then say that their insistence on talking about their fetish scene is making you uncomfortable. Werewolf players loving hate that.
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# ? Dec 22, 2009 04:58 |
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Team Jacob. I can't understand the "World of Darkness pride" movement either. It's "let's pretend" with the Universal monsters, don't make it into an alternative lifestyle.
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That porn star DM guy appears rather fond of dumb house rules and dumber charts.quote:Normally, PCs will only get x.p. for monsters. However, once they get to a Big City, they may trade g.p. for x.p. by blowing it on various forms of strong drink. You rolled a 4? Uh oh... quote:Wake Up In Bed/Smitten Subtable (d12)
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# ? Dec 22, 2009 06:48 |
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so apparently if you get drunk and pick someone up its a 1/12 chance to be a dead elf. that or a demon. cool. remind me to go out drinking more often.
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Or his Mary Sue NPC. He's in porn yet still has to play out his ridiculous manchild maladjusted sexuality fantasies in D&D.
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Even the threads in The Gaming Den posted by 4E players about 4E characters are just..just..
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Turing sex machine posted:That porn star DM guy appears rather fond of dumb house rules and dumber charts. Those tables rule. Edit: But I wouldn't use them. Unless it was like a one shot with lots of out of game drinking
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One of the most fun features in a game I've been in were post-adventure drinking shenanigans. Granted, it was all pretty innocent (if a bit stupid): stuff like literal pissing contests, scouring cities for the most fragile thing you could run back with, and riding shields down flights of stairs. But yeah, those charts are kind of neat.
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Pharmaskittle posted:One of the most fun features in a game I've been in were post-adventure drinking shenanigans. Granted, it was all pretty innocent (if a bit stupid): stuff like literal pissing contests, scouring cities for the most fragile thing you could run back with, and riding shields down flights of stairs. Who hasent used a tower shield to quickly and effortlessly run down an endless flight of stairs? I demand a show of hands!
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Syrg posted:
Isn't Werewolf in it's 4th or 5th edition now? The one I had in high school was 2nd or 3rd edition, I think (the one with the claw mark holes in the cover).
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Rocket Ace posted:Isn't Werewolf in it's 4th or 5th edition now? v.1 1992 - softcover v.2 1994 - hardcover (with claw die-cut cover) v.3 2000 - hardcover revised (no die-cuts) v.4 2005 - NWoD version (Werewolf the Forsaken) Plus a couple of spinoffs like Wild West (1997), Dark Ages v.1 (1999), Dark Ages v.2 (2003), and the official GURPS adaptation (1993). 4 versions in 17 years - compare to D&D, which has had 6 (OD&D, AD&D1, AD&D2, 3E, 3.5E, 4E) versions in 35 years.
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# ? Dec 22, 2009 14:18 |
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Is it seriously impossible for some people to like both World of Darkness AND D&D at the same time?
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Yoshimo posted:Is it seriously impossible for some people to like both World of Darkness AND D&D at the same time? I don't think that's a fair question. Especially since the games are so different on every level. D&D is traditionally more combat, and WoD is more social. There is going to be a large rift between the players in terms of personal likes and dislikes at the gaming table. They just attract different kinds of players in general.
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I don't think it's unfair at all. Most gamers I know see themselves as that, just gamers, or roleplayers. They wouldn't call themselves Vampire players and just specifically play that, or vice versa with D&D. In fact, my group at uni switches week by week from me running CoC to another guy running D&D, and we're all having a blast. I do definitely agree they are distinctly different games, but Baldur's Gate 2 is very different from Half-Life 2, and I enjoy them both, so...
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Yoshimo posted:I don't think it's unfair at all. Most gamers I know see themselves as that, just gamers, or roleplayers. They wouldn't call themselves Vampire players and just specifically play that, or vice versa with D&D. In fact, my group at uni switches week by week from me running CoC to another guy running D&D, and we're all having a blast. I do definitely agree they are distinctly different games, but Baldur's Gate 2 is very different from Half-Life 2, and I enjoy them both, so... What I'm saying while there are lovers of movies who enjoy all genres, there are also those who will only sit down for an action flick and those who will only sit down for drama. D&D and Vampire attract different crowds. It's entirely possibly someone would enjoy Vampire but not D&D and not consider themselves a "Vampire player" in that fanboy context. Some people simply do not like D&D and Vampire at the same time.
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It's the dudes who associate themselves with some product line instead of developing their own personality that causes all the lovely issues in role playing, or anything else for that matter. If people didn't tie so much of themselves into "Being a DnD player" then it wouldn't be such a traumatic and dramatic event every time some loving rules change.
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The General posted:What I'm saying while there are lovers of movies who enjoy all genres, there are also those who will only sit down for an action flick and those who will only sit down for drama. True, but would your patience not wear thin with someone who said "Nope, I only watch ACTION films. Drama films are for losers!" In fact, would you not be tempted to just completely disregard their opinions on movies? In a similar fashion, I can imagine people refusing to play D&D because it's "all combat," or not wanting to play a WoD game because it's "all talk," but we've had much more fun alternating between them. Of course it does fall down when you get the annoying player who wants to constantly talk their way out of fights in D&D, or just go round shooting up the place in Vampire...
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Joudas posted:It's the dudes who associate themselves with some product line instead of developing their own personality that causes all the lovely issues in role playing, or anything else for that matter. If people didn't tie so much of themselves into "Being a DnD player" then it wouldn't be such a traumatic and dramatic event every time some loving rules change. The biggest sign that someone's a poo poo player is stating "I'm only a Game X player". They are almost guaranteed to be a smug rear end in a top hat.
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# ? Dec 22, 2009 16:30 |
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Pretty much every oWod campaign I've ever been in has been as combat focused as any DnD dungeon crawl. Almost EVERY session involved the GM's GMPC giving the rag tag bunch of characters a mission which essentially boiled down to everyone running around the city looking for clues for a few pointless hours (because everyone ALWAYS split up), peppered with the occasional gun and/or sword fight with either the police, random racist caricatures of gang thugs, or Men in Black, then a "climax" in a big old Warehouse (WHY ALWAYS A loving WAREHOUSE???) with a big fight against another GMPC villain who is unbeatable (except by the GM's GOOD GMPC). Yeah I'm a bit soured from my experiences with oWoD. Well, enough of that...
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Maddman posted:The biggest sign that someone's a poo poo player is stating "I'm only a Game X player". They are almost guaranteed to be a smug rear end in a top hat. I don't play with these people (mostly because they only play D&D ). I like a wide range of games to be played, and it really bugs me when one guy sits there vetoing everything I put on the table aside from his one special game. It's not uncommon (and I don't mind) if I have to present two or three systems or settings before I get a consensus.
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I mostly play D&D but I love Dark Heresy. I've played GURPS but it was such a boring us against the world fest that I doubt I could ever try it again. I'd love to play Mage but I'd draw the line at Vampire. Being a gothy power hungry sparkle guy just doesn't grab me
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