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by aseariel
Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:02 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: 5 Second Hooks
Replies: 159
Views: 19249

You are under contract to stop an insane elder god. Your sponsor/contract holder is Asmodeus (whether or not you knew this, or what the contract was for before you signed it, is optional).
by aseariel
Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:40 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Terrible advice from gamebooks
Replies: 66
Views: 11933

Rule 0 is Rule 0 for a reason. The whole hobby grew out of a "Grow your own game" culture and therefore there really isn't a reason to mention it in the first place. Though for my part I like seeing it mentioned well from time to time. If you want a good example of that check out Frank's ...
by aseariel
Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:24 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Anatomy of Failure: Maiden Saga
Replies: 47
Views: 15025

FrankTrollman wrote:
Prak_Anima wrote:Um, Frank, I believe you're missing the fact that the game is glorified spank material/foreplay.
I don't think that is any excuse for a game to have bad mechanics.

-Username17
That may be the best thing I've read all day.
by aseariel
Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:44 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Books Would You Want to See on a Shelf?
Replies: 27
Views: 7383

Rifts is a terrible game, but has a great setting... That sounds about like what I've heard (apart from the terrible game bit, that's new xD). They're also local, though, so that's definitely something I'll check out. I would love to get into carrying more indie games; we've actually tried to do th...
by aseariel
Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:39 pm
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: What Books Would You Want to See on a Shelf?
Replies: 27
Views: 7383

What Books Would You Want to See on a Shelf?

In the event that you were walking into a comic/gaming/hobby shop, that is. I work part-time for a couple of friends that run such a place, and have been tasked with coming up with suggestions for improving our RPG section. While a large part of this will be dependent on, well, what people are playi...
by aseariel
Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:48 am
Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
Topic: Smaller Dice Advance
Replies: 12
Views: 2099

...anything in your favour (e.g. skills, equipment, circumstance etc.) adds bonus dice, anything against you (e.g. opponent, bad conditions) adds penalty dice. It's not exactly the same as what you're describing, but this part in particular reminded me of the system Fantasy Flight uses for the Warh...