Lemon-Lime posted:

Are you kidding? The FFG Star Wars rules don't work for Star Wars, which is already very swash-buckly.

Lemon-Lime posted:

Are you kidding? The FFG Star Wars rules don't work for Star Wars, which is already very swash-buckly.

jivjov posted:

Huh? The FFG Star Wars rules set is phenomenal and the best RPG system that Star Wars has ever had.

Serf posted:

I love the FFG books for providing detailed information on the Star Wars universe that is better-presented than on Wookiepedia and the excellent art, but hoo boy is it a bad system for running an actual Star Wars game. The only good part of the system mechanically are the Destiny points.

jivjov posted:

I really could not disagree more. I've run several campaigns and had a blast in a very Star Wars-y fashion.

Harrow posted:

Has anyone playtested the new 7th Sea yet? I'm curious how its rolling mechanic works out in play. At first glance it seemed fairly slow and complicated, but it looks like it's supposed to cram as much action into one roll (especially an opposed roll) as possible.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

That'd be pretty sweet. A few of the playbooks would need tweaking though.

GrandpaPants posted:

March of the Ants: Minions of the Meadow is in its final 48 hours. This is really one very underrated gem of a game that scratches that 4x itch without having to sacrifice an entire day to it. I unfortunately haven't played Eclipse, which seems like the most apt comparison in terms of weight, but from what I understand, it's a much more streamlined experience than even that, but has more weight than something like, say, Quantum. The game lasts just long enough, and it's very rarely a blowout (if it is a blowout, you likely did a whole bunch of dumb moves that made you deserve it). One of my favorite aspects of the game is that unlike most games of its type, you're not spending the first 2-3 rounds doing poo poo all diddling because you want your last actions to go uncontested. In this game, as soon as two players pass, that's it, the round's over. It encourages people to move fast and with purpose, and like Kemet, aggression is rewarded with VPs (and territory, naturally). The combat is mostly deterministic, with the only element a single card that can be added to the known strength value represented by your ants + their evolutions, which gives it a sense of uncertainty without devolving into luck.

One potential flaw is that it absolutely requires everyone to pay attention to the game at all times since all actions have a reaction to it, but they're also mostly minor effects that nonetheless help the flow of the game. But if people check out and have to be reminded to take their reaction, gently caress them they're assholes anyway.

It's seriously one of my favorite Kickstarters and I always wondered why a game with good mechanics + novel theme didn't get that much widespread popularity. I'll assume a lack of minis and/or titties. On that note, here's the expansion to Xia, that lovely game where you can theoretically win by pure rules lawyering.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

I'd settle for Miami Vice the RPG.

Helical Nightmares posted:

Lemon-Lime posted:

Half her clothes look like they were MSPainted on top of a different piece of art.

Zanzibar Ham posted:

I agree, March of the Ants is awesome and I'll love to have more of it!

As for Xia, can you expand () on that? I thought it looks really cool...

golden bubble posted:

It's a game where almost everything is random. Roll to succeed, roll to move, etc. That would be fine for a short 30 min trading exploration game. But Xia admits this it can take up to three hours per game on the box.

Alien Rope Burn posted:

I unjokingly would really like to see Star Wars run with Spirit of '77, but I'm perhaps unique in that.

Helical Nightmares posted:

Galaga Galaxian posted:

White Wolf stuff is not for me.

gradenko_2000 posted:

Having listened to the Red Markets author talk through his process of shaping his own Kickstarter, it's my understanding that option #1 would only really work if you can guarantee that you can sell enough of your product to justify the up-front cost of having it bulk-printed.

You might be able to swing it if you also use KS as a "pre-order guarantor" - that funding the KS means you have enough money to pay for the bulk-printing AND you have enough customers that you won't be stuck with a warehouse-load of unbought product, but I got the impression that that would be expensive enough that your KS goal would have to be in the high-five-digit range.

Alien Rope Burn posted:

I unjokingly would really like to see Star Wars run with Spirit of '77, but I'm perhaps unique in that.

Flavivirus posted:

A question for the Kickstarter connoisseurs here: I'm making a card-based RPG and plan on kickstarting it soon (game's page is here). With the actual production of the card decks, I have two main options:

1) Bulk-print the decks complete with full-colour tuckbox, get them shipped to me, then ship them to backers for a total cost to backers of ~£11 + pledge cost.
2) Give backers coupon codes to get the deck printed at-cost, put in clear plastic deckboxes and shipped to them for £6 + shipping (ranging between £4.8 for US to £13.8 for Australia) - total cost to the backer of £11-£20 + pledge cost.

Number 1 has the benefit of better value for backers and gives me a stock of decks to sell through my website and at conventions, but come with a higher risk of international shipping (via Royal Mail) screwing things up for me and giving me lots of work posting parcels. Number 2 puts all the fulfillment work in the hands of professional card printers and shippers and means I don't need to worry about a minimum deck print run, but at a greater cost to backers and with a less well-presented product at the end.

Any advice?

Galaga Galaxian posted:

I can't wait for WWWRPG: International Incident to come out so I can try to rope some of my pals at the FLGS into a one-shot. I even bought a microphone at a thrift shop. Nathan Pauleta said in a recent update things were ahead of schedule and it should be out this summer. IIRC he delivered WWWRPG early too, so I'm hoping he's right.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

I'd settle for Miami Vice the RPG.

Golden Bee posted:

The rules were ready before he started the KS (and available with a $10 donation). For the final version, Nate believes in great looking products.

Hauki posted:

Oh hey, the last 25% of my click clack lumberjack finally shipped after only 9 months of delays, stubborn lack of communication and reused components from the previous game.

You'd think for a game that was literally already published minus minor rules changes and given that they apparently still had components sitting around a warehouse from that publication they were planning on reusing, it would've been a little smoother.

clockworkjoe posted:

This is a tough question to answer but it depends on what level of risk you are willing to take and what kind of support you think you will get. Option 1 is riskier to you because it requires investment and more effort but ideally you should print enough copies that have enough leftover to sell via distribution after the Kickstarter. Option 2 is safer, but less attractive to backers and other customers. So you should answer these questions to decide:

1. How much risk are you willing to invest in this project, in terms of time and money?

2. Are you comfortable with storing boxes of unsold cards either at your home or paying a warehouse to do it?

3. Do you really want to package and mail dozens or hundreds of boxes to backers? If not, would you consider paying a fulfillment house extra to do it for you?

4. Do you want to make this an ongoing business or is this a one off product? If it is a business, how long would it take you to make another product?

5. How much do you think your kickstarter will raise?

6. Did you budget any of the KS money for your own work?

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Yeah, I know, I meant the physical version, I should've been more clear. A great looking product, as you said, will be easier to rope them in with than a cheap printed out copy.

clockworkjoe posted:

Speaking of offset print runs, Red Markets has revealed that the 48k and 52k stretch goals will make the book an offset print run and in full color, respectively: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/159466030/red-markets/posts/1591565

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1. Initiative

• The Market rolls one Red die for every PC involved in the combat. If the PCs are outnumbered, add another Red for every additional Market force
• Players roll one Black each and add their SPD
• Players declare from highest to lowest numbers, after their SPD is added. The Market uses Red dice from the pool to place Market forces in-between their numbers. This is called the initiative order. (For instance, the players rolled and the Market got a 10, 4, and 1. Bill goes frst with 11, Thug A goes next with a 10, Melanie got an 8, DeMarcus 7, Thug B goes at 4. The Market is out of forces, so the 1 is dropped and the initiative order established)

2. Declare, Spend, and Resolve

• The highest initiative player or Market force declares a tactic, buys a roll, and resolves the action.
• As the round continues, twitches and freebies are demanded by the actions of Market forces or used at the discretion of the player. Both twitches and freebies are unbound initiative order.

3. Deal Damage and Assess Penalties

• Damage is recorded directly after the tactic that caused it. Damage is always the Black. Hit location is always the Red. The diference between Kill and Stun damage is determined by the weapon used. The damage is unmodifed by extra spends unless the gear is specifcally upgraded.
• If using the Alternative Rule: Deadly Damage (p. XX), the Market rolls Black/Red to determine how much damage the PC takes rather than using the results of a failed twitch.
• Assess and implement any penalties as a result of health or Humanity loss.

4. Repeat

• After everyone has acted, the combat round ends. Twitches unspent by the end of the round are discarded (unless the character is specifcally using upgraded gear that allows them to be spent). The initiative order cycles back to the highest player and repeats until the confict ends.

Experienced RPG players can probably fgure out combat from the short list above. What follows is a more detailed description of each element in the combat round.

Victory Point Games posted:

As the publisher of this game, therefore, we are making an executive decision on behalf of you, our loyal customers backing Darkest Night 2. Since it seems clear to us that we will not be printing this game in quantities sufficient to sell to distributors and stores who do not pledge during this Kickstarter (making this campaign’s Big Box “Everything” Edition of Darkest Night a very collectable item, indeed!), we have decided to unlock all gameplay stretch goals in this campaign, effective immediately. This does not include non-gameplay stretch goals (e.g., the organizer tray, engraved dice, and designer’s notes), which will remain locked pending sufficient project funding.

Essentially, the money this Kickstarter campaign is raising (beyond the cost to print enough games for you) can either be used to print a few hundred more games (which VPG would sell directly at full retail and shipping) OR be used to stuff your games with this extra content on our dime. We are choosing the latter.