What have you splurged on recently? (The Return)
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SavageSpiel
Rune Priest
Back from UKGE with six Tom Cartos battle map books. Loke finally have some proper competition.
Newt
Rune Priest
I've long admired Delta Green as a setting as a fan of Occult and Ufology, the Cthulhu angle is less of a draw for me. I missed the KS and have repeatedly baulked at getting the core book(s) when I've seen them. I felt this injustice should be addressed, and popped this on my feed 
Delta Green on Humble RPG Bundle
Delta Green on Humble RPG Bundle
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Rune Priest
We will be off on holiday to Cornwall next week, and since you can never quite trust the British weather some game accompaniment seems prudent…
A few weeks ago I was introduced to Hive and really enjoyed it, so that will be making the trip in case my wife is up for a game on a rainy day. If you’ve never played it, I would describe it like a cross between chess and go. It has varied pieces similar to chess, but is about surrounding your opponent’s queen rather than taking pieces which feels reminiscent of go to me.
For some solo amusement, I picked up Mini Rogue that will also be coming along. It’s a light weight rogue-like dungeon crawler. Haven’t played it yet as I’m saving that for the trip but I researched games in the space and it looks cool for the level of portability it has and very reasonably priced too.
A few weeks ago I was introduced to Hive and really enjoyed it, so that will be making the trip in case my wife is up for a game on a rainy day. If you’ve never played it, I would describe it like a cross between chess and go. It has varied pieces similar to chess, but is about surrounding your opponent’s queen rather than taking pieces which feels reminiscent of go to me.
For some solo amusement, I picked up Mini Rogue that will also be coming along. It’s a light weight rogue-like dungeon crawler. Haven’t played it yet as I’m saving that for the trip but I researched games in the space and it looks cool for the level of portability it has and very reasonably priced too.
FriendlyFiend
Lay member
MartinP
Demi-God
In addition to the usual haul of edible dice and funky tea from Honeybadger Games, I also picked up a couple of maps from Expo.
First up is this lovely tea towel/battle map from Jodie's Dice Farm, which I bought because it's a tea towel and a battle map, duh.
Then I also grabbed the most gorgeous city map from the Vynestra bunch. This is a Roman-infused fantasy setting for 5e and PF2, I think. I don't know anything else about it except that the city map is gorgeous and apparently took the artist 2 years to complete, because it's entirely done by hand. The version I have is A1 on vinyl, and it's great. They also threw in an A4 paper copy that has an annotated criminals map of the sewers on the back, which was nice of them.
First up is this lovely tea towel/battle map from Jodie's Dice Farm, which I bought because it's a tea towel and a battle map, duh.
Then I also grabbed the most gorgeous city map from the Vynestra bunch. This is a Roman-infused fantasy setting for 5e and PF2, I think. I don't know anything else about it except that the city map is gorgeous and apparently took the artist 2 years to complete, because it's entirely done by hand. The version I have is A1 on vinyl, and it's great. They also threw in an A4 paper copy that has an annotated criminals map of the sewers on the back, which was nice of them.
SavageSpiel
Rune Priest
The important question is how is the cat at GMing?
I just picked up this Pathfinder bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/pathfinders-finest-2e-fantasy-grounds-experience-software
It's for Fantasy Grounds Unity, which I've not used recently, and having now installed it again I don't think I'll ever run a game on it, given how long it took just to figure out how to put a map on the screen and add some character tokens. However, once I linked my Paizo account to Fantasy Grounds, I was able to add everything to my Paizo account and download the PDFs instead. A bit convoluted but I got what I wanted.
I just picked up this Pathfinder bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/pathfinders-finest-2e-fantasy-grounds-experience-software
It's for Fantasy Grounds Unity, which I've not used recently, and having now installed it again I don't think I'll ever run a game on it, given how long it took just to figure out how to put a map on the screen and add some character tokens. However, once I linked my Paizo account to Fantasy Grounds, I was able to add everything to my Paizo account and download the PDFs instead. A bit convoluted but I got what I wanted.
First Age
D&D h@ck3r and Hopepunk
I have hovered around the Vynestra created setting inspired with a Roman Republic theme. It is infused heavily with 5e, which I don't have, but it is certainly a work of great skill, dedication and love.
5e Campaign Setting | Vynestra
Vynestra is publishing a 5th Edition city campaign setting inspired by the culture of the Roman Republic: Deveros, The Amethyst Crown. Explore 18 sprawling districts filled to the brim with over 300 diverse NPCs who play host to countless shops and temples.
www.vynestra.com
Why not try Mythras and Mythic Republic?I have hovered around the Vynestra created setting inspired with a Roman Republic theme. It is infused heavily with 5e, which I don't have, but it is certainly a work of great skill, dedication and love.
5e Campaign Setting | Vynestra
Vynestra is publishing a 5th Edition city campaign setting inspired by the culture of the Roman Republic: Deveros, The Amethyst Crown. Explore 18 sprawling districts filled to the brim with over 300 diverse NPCs who play host to countless shops and temples.
MartinP
Demi-God
I couldn't face the collection of huge books, let alone the price tag attached to them, but I did download the pre-Kickstarter intro "Deveros in a nutshell" so that when I get around to it I can get the original context of the map.I have hovered around the Vynestra created setting inspired with a Roman Republic theme. It is infused heavily with 5e, which I don't have, but it is certainly a work of great skill, dedication and love.
5e Campaign Setting | Vynestra
Vynestra is publishing a 5th Edition city campaign setting inspired by the culture of the Roman Republic: Deveros, The Amethyst Crown. Explore 18 sprawling districts filled to the brim with over 300 diverse NPCs who play host to countless shops and temples.
BenQ
Acolyte
Inevitably, I just splurged on the new edition of Pendragon and the Grey Knight scenario. I'm looking forward to seeing it, although I haven't played or run KAP for some time now. The combination of Greg Stafford's death and lockdown took my enthusiasm away somewhat, maybe I fumbled a roll and have been Melancholic for a while. Hopefully this will be the antidote I need to get back on that saddle again!
First Age
D&D h@ck3r and Hopepunk
Dungeon Age Adventures was having what now appears to have been a flash sale, reducing all titles to 35p each. I think I got them all!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13617/dungeon-age-adventures
In amongst the weird sword and sorcery fantasy is a nice and simple PbtA game that the author uses for his home play. I might wheel that out with some Delves for next Revelation.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13617/dungeon-age-adventures
In amongst the weird sword and sorcery fantasy is a nice and simple PbtA game that the author uses for his home play. I might wheel that out with some Delves for next Revelation.