Saturday, July 24, 2010
The Lonely Coast Campaign Setting
The setting details a small area that can fit into just about any campaign world. It's designed to fit on the outskirts of a kingdom, and doesn't cover a huge area, so it shouldn't disrupt much if you drop it into a world you already plan to use.
Five wandering encounters are included to help the DM hit the ground rolling.
You can grab The Lonely Coast here and visit the Raging Swan Press' website here.
Raging Swan has also released an adventure named Retribution for 1st level PCs, that can be used with The Lonely Coast or not. It's also for Pathfinder and would required some conversion to use it with other rule sets. I'll give my thoughts on it when I finish reading it.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Fantasy Games Unlimited Seems Limitless
There are 26 adventures and supplements for Villains and Vigilantes along. I assume that they are pretty compatible to the new release of V&V, but maybe someone can confirm or deny that for me.
The title that caught most of my attention last night was Swordbearer. It was one of the first non-AD&D RPGs that I purchased. Never played it, not even sure if I understood how all the rules would have worked in game play, but I loved that boxed set. Come to think of it, games in boxes were generally more exciting then book format. It's kinda like opening a present every time you play.
I did use the Swordbearer adventure Dwarven Halls in my AD&D campaign back in the day. Wish I could remember how well it played, but time has stolen the details from me.
Anyhow, FGU appears to be participating in the Christmas in July promo on RPGNow. 25% off aint bad.
FGU Classic Releases on RPGNow
Last night I received numerous emails informing me of Fantasy Games Unlimited releasing classic titles from it's library on RPGNow. It included some V&V titles, some Aftermath and Space Opera supplements and even the Swordbearer rules (of which I have the original box packed away somewhere).
Over the weekend I'll take a closer look at the releases. I figured I'd let y'all know now, as there are some FGU fans out there ;)
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
And The Winners Are...
Still haven't figured out a better method than rolling dice by hand, although I'm sure there is a better method.
Forty-three peeps registered via Google Friends Connect. I'm going to be lazy and just roll percentile dice and disregard any results over 43. Breaking out the pink crystal dice inked in black (which I SWORE were red when I ordered them online).
Ashley the Feline will be our dice rolling witness. Hopefully she will refrain from playing with the dice until after the winners are chosen.
And the rolls are:
Congrats to all.
Just think, we get to do it again at 50 - just need to check the prize closet and make note of what we have ;)
Breaking Out the Dice Tonight
We, I have three items to give away from June, and I'd hate to see them expire and go to waste, so everyone that is on the Tavern's Google Friends list by 7 pm NYC time tonight is entered. Raffling off PDF copies of:
Fantasy Craft Karma Roleplaying System Fat Dragon Deluxe Set
Should be fun ;)
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
My ENnie Choices - Atomic Highway
Even the cover plays homage to the Road Warrior series of movies.
This book is a blast (nuclear?) to read. Simple rules (as in not too crunch heavy), nice setting rules (so you can customize your own setting) and a well done sample adventure. Haven't yet put the rules to a playtest, but I suspect they would be quickly picked up by the average gaming group. All that and a solid 5 star rating on RPGNow.
Now, for a free alternative post holocaust RPG (more on the side of Gamma World then Road Warrior) you can check out Mutant Future.
Or just read them both and make your own future.
The 40th Person Just Stepped up to the Bar
Tomorrow night I'll do the random rolling to determine the winner of a PDF copy of Fantasy Craft, compliments of RPGNow. Actually, I'm leaning on giving more then one prize away, as the codes are from June and I'd hate for them to expire ;)
Best of luck to all.
Bits n Pieces
Over the next few days I'll be posting some short reviews of my picks from the ENnies list. I figure most of them are independent publishers and might have flown under some folks radars.
I also need to complete another Tales of the Blue Knight installment. Let's see how far I can get on that.
Another week in the 90s here in NYC. Saturday will be gunning for 98. Did I mention I hate the heat?
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Eenie, Meenie, More ENnies....
Best Production Values
Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios) - 'cause its a damn good book
Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo Publishing) - Paizo outdid their already high standards on this one
Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)- Holy Shit! Open the box and be left in awe!
Best Regalia
I'm not even sure what this means
Best Rules
Atomic Highway (Cubicle 7 & Radioactive Ape Designs) - a most excellent post nuke the world game
Diaspora (VSCA) - FATE system rules rule
Best Setting
Day After Ragnarok (Atomic Overmind Press) - If I were to play in a pulp setting, this would be it... excellent read, even w/o getting to play it
Best Supplement
eh, I refuse to vote for Player's Handbook 3
Best Website
Obsidian Portal - if you want a site that will help you run your game between sessions, this is it
Best Writing
Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios) - like i said before, its a damn good book
FantasyCraft (Crafty Games) - i like the book, even if i know i will never use it
Product of the Year
Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) - why? because this one goes to ELEVEN! or 3.75, or the alternate 4e
Closing the Pandoren Box
Something I think I forgot to mention about iTabletop Pandoren is that is uses Silverlight or some such (I'm doing this from my iPad so I'm just gonna roll with it). There is nothing to download. Everything is saved server side, even the application.
Which can be good or bad, depending on the future health of the company. In the hear and now it is awesome. Log in on any computer that can access the Internet and your account, your resources, everything you have saved game-wise is there.
Alright, closing the Pandoren box for now. I'm sure I'll have more after I give it a bit of a workout in the coming weeks.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Opening the Pandoren Box
For a brief time I was a volunteer mod on the site, it was at a point where v1.0 was no longer being worked on, and v2.0 wasn't even in pre-beta. Like any real growth, it was a rough spot. So I walked away. Not proud of it, but I was hoping to get my own fairly regular game running, and iTabletop wasn't ready for prime time. I turned my attention back to Fantasy Grounds 2, no slouch in the Virtual Table Top field, but with a decent learning curve if you wanted to run a game with it.
I never completely walked away from iTabletop Pandoren (which I assume is a play on Pandora's box), as the stream of emails updaying threads I was following on the forums could attest to.
At the moment they are offering $25 Lifetime memberships, good for one person, with all the bells and whistles. Crap, that's right, the bells and whistles that set iTabletop Pandoren apart from the others: Video and voice built into the platform. Which is damn nice, as my group is in NYC, Texas and Washington State... and everyone wants to make faces and crack jokes. Hard to do that via the chat log in Fantasy Grounds 2.
You can also share sounds for events, video clips, PDFs (tho the last part is a bit touchy, as copyrights can be involved). Suffice to say it is far enough along that I can now stumble my way thru the idea of getting a game running with it.
At the very least my group with use this for the 4 time a year Gathering of Fools... so that those in distant lands (Texas and Washington) can enjoy and participate in the foolishness.
Eenie, Meenie, ENnies....
Best Adventure
The Grinding Gear (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Best Aid or Accessory
er, don't know, don't rightly care
Best Art, Cover
Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios)
Pathfinder Bestiary (Paizo Publishing)
Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)
Best Art, Interior
Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo Publishing)
Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)
Best Blog
guess i dont read the big ones
Best Cartography
and don't now much about the final picks
Best Electronic Book
not one of the finalists are on my digital bookshelf... sigh
Best Free Product
amazingly enough, I don't know anything off this list either... and I LOVE free
Best Game
Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)
HM: Labyrinth Lord (Goblinoid Games) Honorable mention isnt bad, but I'd have preferred a vote ;)
Best Miniature Product
I dont really do minis these days
Best Monster/Adversary
Pathfinder Bestiary (Paizo Publishing)
Pathfinder: Classic Horrors Revisited (Paizo Publishing)
Best Podcast
I listen to like 4 podcasts a year, so my vote doesn't count
eh, there's more, but I'll post it later tonight
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Quick Start Rules - The Listing - Part the Sixth
Misguided Ambitions - An Introduction to Earthdawn Third Edition - My experience with Earthdawn is limited to the harcover published by FASA back in my early days of gaming. This cover to the new edition's quickstart reminds me of little in that old book, which is a good thing.
Mage: The Awakening Demo Part 1 and Part 2 - ENnie Nominated for best free product or web enhancement. Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Ascension and Awakening line for Mage?
City of Heroes RPG Quickplay Pack - Based on the MMORPG of the same name, it appears the full system was never released. If this weren't a PDF, it would be a collectible.
A Players Guide to Castlemourn - Not so much a quick start as an intro to the setting with enough rules (for use with 3.5e) to allow a player to create a character for use. Includes original fiction from Ed Greenwood, which by itself means it deserves a gander, especially for free. Castlemourn Quickstart for the Cortex System here.
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