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- Thu Apr 16, 2015 1:44 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: "It's a mystery" "Damnit, you can't do that!"
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11108
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:24 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: "It's a mystery" "Damnit, you can't do that!"
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11108
Would you rather play in the Star Wars universe or a generic science fantasy world with magic samurai and lasers? If you're 90% of nerds, the answer is the former. And that is because of metaplot. No, that's because of setting. Unless we're talking about the Jungian aspect, metaplot's not a term us...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 8:53 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Do you love a game despite the mechanics being garbage?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6997
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:34 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: "It's a mystery" "Damnit, you can't do that!"
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11108
Metaplots are an excuse/motivation for publishers to pump out new material without putting in the effort to develop fully original material. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing depends on the implementation. Metaplots and living worlds inside committee-written TTRPGs - much like superhero comic...
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:55 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Why no Classplosion in 5e?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 33038
You seem to be missing the overall point here, Orion. People would rather have more options than less, even though it's easy for said people to get overwhelmed with choice. If you don't offer that choice, especially if you did so previously, people are going to feel ripped off. That's a problem for...
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:02 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: "In my fantasy setting, dinosaurs are called ___"
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7174
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:45 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Election 2016
- Replies: 3238
- Views: 340149
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:18 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Has Earthdawn 4th edition finally killed off Earthdawn?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3046
FASA conducted a survey among the Kickstarter backers and the digest format won. So the physical copy will also be in that format, just like 3E Revised and the Pathfinder port. I don't have strong feelings one way or the other, though I do appreciate that digest books are easier to carry, easier to ...
- Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:35 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Has Earthdawn 4th edition finally killed off Earthdawn?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3046
I was a 4E Kickstarter backer and got my Player's Guide PDF a couple of weeks ago. Several of the interior spot illustrations are good but the color art is so generic fantasy that it would be unrecognizable without the setting specific races. The layout is dull but serviceable if you want to use a t...
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:30 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: RPG Player Survey
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5187
- Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:05 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: Confession
- Replies: 68
- Views: 11122
I don't think Anime is all that great. Also, not a Dr. Who fan. Me neither, but my wife is a fan of both. She will sometimes recycle anime plots when she GMs for me because she knows I won't have a clue. As opposed to chick flicks, she makes me watch the weeping angel episodes with her because they...
- Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:42 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR]GURPS Illuminati
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23172
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: The Shadowrun Situation
- Replies: 5055
- Views: 956101
- Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:36 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: OSSR Request Thread
- Replies: 657
- Views: 167737
- Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:31 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: The Shadowrun Situation
- Replies: 5055
- Views: 956101
- Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:13 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: The Shadowrun Situation
- Replies: 5055
- Views: 956101
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Minor game stuff from around the web for commentary...
- Replies: 1408
- Views: 191523
- Mon Feb 09, 2015 4:35 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Minor game stuff from around the web for commentary...
- Replies: 1408
- Views: 191523
That contemporary humans exist on Earth and only have about 500-800 years of history is the central thematic mystery of Numenera's setting. This is literally stated in the core book. The book also states that English is not spoken in the setting but English words have been used by the authors for ea...
- Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:50 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: [Comics Wank]What It Would Take To Get Me To Buy Marvel/DC
- Replies: 260
- Views: 43319
Assuming that DC knew what they were doing, what would they have had to have done with the acquisition of Wildstorm for it to have made the whole thing worthwhile? Like, if the Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern defected from the JLA to join The Authority and wholeheartedly adopted their MO, would...
- Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:42 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: [Comics Wank]What It Would Take To Get Me To Buy Marvel/DC
- Replies: 260
- Views: 43319
You know, this is just water under the bridge at this point, but why didn't Marvel just fucking end the Spider-Man continuity? Read Ultimate Spider-Man . Peter Parker has a good 10 year run and dies a hero. Prior to Geoff Johns getting his Silver Age fetish accommodated, DC Comics were great. They ...
- Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:46 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR]Earthdawn (1st Edition)
- Replies: 114
- Views: 75763
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:33 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: [Comics Wank]What It Would Take To Get Me To Buy Marvel/DC
- Replies: 260
- Views: 43319
There were a few interesting Wildstorm titles post-Ellis Authority that were a reaction to the book's no-compromise take. Stormwatch vol. 3 was Stormwatch in title only. The core conceit of the book was that superheroes had become so incredibly dangerous to human society that a secret UN council dec...
- Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:12 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: It's Star Wars sequel trilogy time, bitches.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6207
Is the Death Star (2008) novel worth buying? What about Shadow Games? Hell, if you were going to recommend three novels or comic series to someone unfamiliar with the Star Wars EU beyond video games, which ones would you recommend? Not all of Dark Horse's Star Wars comics knock it out of the park b...
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:14 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: A Star Wars TTRPG worth playing.
- Replies: 135
- Views: 31388
Age of Rebellion? It's 99% the same as EotE. The Obligation mechanic has been replaced with a Duty mechanic that provides bonuses to characters rather than penalizing them. I haven't gone through the entire book yet but I believe there is also a mechanic that sets up NPC squads as damage soaks. I've...
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:09 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Phonelobster Shakes The Angry Fist at Star Wars Saga
- Replies: 143
- Views: 37338
This book is stupidly shaped . It's not a standard large sized RPG rulebook of the scale of prior WOTC star wars rulebooks. It's a funny little sorta square thing. As someone who hates the ridiculous children's book proportions of 'standard' RPGs, Saga's trade format was the one thing WotC got righ...