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[shopping] What have you splurged on recently? (closed)
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Simon Bray
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It’s not often I buy RPGs or board games, I usually scrounge them or work on them to get free copies. But I bought myself Princes of the Apocalypse for D&D and a copy of the Reiner Kniza Lord of the Rings boardgame at a cost of £2.50!!
negromaestro
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I splurged on Eric Lang's Kickstarter just for the Japanese monsters, only to learn later that the angry monster spirit of Kotahi is just a New Zealander who created a fake Wikipedia entry to enter the realms of Japanese myth. The artwork is still superb, and the game is an interesting board game about diplomacy and conquest, so I feel vindicated for the splurge.
Vile Traveller
Rune Priest
I'm up to Brown in the Andrew Lang Fairy Books. Still have Orange, Olive, and Lilac to go. Mostly I'm getting them for the Henry J. Ford art, though (yes, I'm buying books to look at the pictures).
Nick Middleton
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Much as I am wary of Kickstarter's, and Modiphius' track record with same, the more I looked at the John Carter Kickstarter, the more I was intrigued. The main writer on the project is Jack Norris, an RPG writer who's work, even when not in my personal bailiwick, does excellent work. And whilst my impression from other 2D20 games is that the other implementations are frankly a bit clunky, Jack & co have come up with a very trim, light take on it that seems really suited to the John Carter stories. So I threw lots of money at them.
But in general I am trying not to buy as much RPG stuff - having moved the for second time in two years last summer, I really have far too many books!
Nick
But in general I am trying not to buy as much RPG stuff - having moved the for second time in two years last summer, I really have far too many books!
Nick
Also, nabbed the signed box set of Car Wars in the raffle - not sure if that counts but it's pretty cool.
negromaestro
Demi-God
John Carter of Mars was built upon a nice and light 2d20 Momentum ruleset which is sure to attract new fans.
In their wisdom, Modipius Entertainment also listened to the lamentations of all those fans demanding the heavier 2d20 rules, and so offered a free conversion guide book to play John Carter of Mars with the crunchier rules of Robert E. Howard's Conan RPG.
So John Carter of Mars, in keeping with the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' planetary romance literature, unites two almost alien tribes using their preferred 2d20 rules to all enjoy the heroism of John Carter.
negromaestro
Demi-God
Speaking of Modiphius Entertainment, the 2d20 games system has also been licensed to a third party for a brand new Kickstarter titled the "Devil's Run RPG", but this one uses the heavier Mutant Chronicles ruleset. Still, this particular license surely opens the way for other third parties to license the lighter John Carter of Mars ruleset and publish other interesting variants of 2d20 games.
Now this promotional image for Devil's Run has been vexing me to no end, why do we have a British Mad Hatter in a game set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco? The curiosity got me splurging on this too.
Now this promotional image for Devil's Run has been vexing me to no end, why do we have a British Mad Hatter in a game set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco? The curiosity got me splurging on this too.
That's Savage as well then? Looks very Mad Max
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ragr
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The pdf rewards for The Fall Of Delta Green dropped last night and on a brief perusal they look very sixties and flavoursome. I'll hang fire on a read until the physical awards thump on the mat. What with WWC Cold War this surely means saturation point for Cthulhu based game variants for me.
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