tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post3444266644483946585..comments2024-03-27T09:36:28.039-04:00Comments on The Grand Tapestry: The games these kids are playing these days...-Timeshadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-37024968628462761572010-11-20T18:14:30.562-05:002010-11-20T18:14:30.562-05:00Victory Games' AMBUSH! had a very small charac...Victory Games' AMBUSH! had a very small character data footprint (roughly 3"x5"), and actually tracked character development, weapons, and ammo. loadout. Keeping track of a squad/platoon was not as difficult as managing a Party of adventurers, to be certain.Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-91059029374923243032010-09-26T13:16:37.621-04:002010-09-26T13:16:37.621-04:0012 pages...
With a little effort, someone could p...12 pages...<br /><br />With a little effort, someone could put everything they needed to play a <i>Commando</i> PC on a 3x5 index card. That was, and always will be, one of my #1 design priorities.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-78560339468318064322010-09-07T10:07:10.641-04:002010-09-07T10:07:10.641-04:00I'm receiving notifications of your comments s...I'm receiving notifications of your comments seemingly out of order, so please forgive me if I seem to be ignoring a few; that is not the case.<br /><br />* APiC: I've dropped particulate Skills in favour of a Broad Definition skill set of ten entries, simply because I found that the New School folks were motivated to gain every small ability as its own Percent-bonus-rated skill. I had Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-83213296502372183792010-09-07T09:01:03.213-04:002010-09-07T09:01:03.213-04:00Speaking of "Pathfinder", and what our k...Speaking of "Pathfinder", and what our kids are playing these days, was in the LGS a few weeks ago and was trying to buy a Reaper-for-Pathfinder miniature. The lad behind the counter was very put out that I wasn't actually playing Pathfinder, but just buying the miniature because it looked like a good-for-Tekumel figure. After some sharp comments on my part about the large sums of chirine ba kalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089801259918671141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-47019440266286715632010-09-06T22:01:20.901-04:002010-09-06T22:01:20.901-04:00Pathfinder is a beautiful game, well written and f...Pathfinder is a beautiful game, well written and filled with gorgeous art. It is just too time consuming to run in comparison to older editions. My players love pick up and run gaming, for one reason, we get more gaming in, for another, those extras don't help all that much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-32880223556377868012010-09-06T21:35:12.647-04:002010-09-06T21:35:12.647-04:00Well said, Rob. :DWell said, Rob. :DTimeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-23772056904241963762010-09-06T18:53:09.452-04:002010-09-06T18:53:09.452-04:00[ Whistles aloofly }
Gaming's a lot of fun. ...[ Whistles aloofly }<br /><br />Gaming's a lot of fun. Accounting's a drag.Rob Kuntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648200357715492214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-8175440127479757772010-09-06T18:40:21.003-04:002010-09-06T18:40:21.003-04:00I agree completely. I tried running Pathfinder fo...I agree completely. I tried running Pathfinder for a bit, it does have some cool stuff, but my gaming interests/patience just goes to the more simpler systems these days.Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-90794334021447587222010-09-06T13:20:42.339-04:002010-09-06T13:20:42.339-04:00Heh, you know things have gotten bad when even an ...Heh, you know things have gotten bad when even an experienced rules crafter such as yourself can't hang with this crap.<br /><br />Speaking of GURPS, that was my personal moment of zen--when I realized the latest of edition of the game had "out-GURPS'd GURPS"! I really don't know why some segment of the gaming population has developed Stockholm syndrome for lists and lists David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-74149130485047705752010-09-06T13:13:27.589-04:002010-09-06T13:13:27.589-04:00And how do you keep all that straight in your head...And how do you keep all that straight in your head? Bad enough as a player, trying to remember all the resources at your disposal when they're scattered over 12 sheets of paper. I can't imagine trying to build an adventure for players, with 60 pages to juggle for a "small" group of five.<br /><br />No wonder computerized organizational tools are all the rage. :/trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-33506990197691398102010-09-06T12:03:28.122-04:002010-09-06T12:03:28.122-04:00Months ago, someone posted that skills systems are...Months ago, someone posted that skills systems are better than class systems. Bah. Humbug.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-33495595988150174312010-09-06T11:51:06.574-04:002010-09-06T11:51:06.574-04:00* Roger GS: Ironically, that is very accurate.
--T...* Roger GS: Ironically, that is very accurate.<br />--There are many things I prefer about the base RQ system, but the boatload of lousy percentage skills was not one of them.<br />---Sigh<br /><br />* Leo: For all of the Modernist leanings I HAD as a youngin', I now long for the totally unfair, capricious, and obtuse AD&D game I was abused in during Jr. High.<br /><br />* Thank you, Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-58568709083902592942010-09-06T10:30:36.905-04:002010-09-06T10:30:36.905-04:00Ha. I had that same feeling when I was trying to ...Ha. I had that same feeling when I was trying to make a Hackmaster 4th ed character. I bled out my eyes also.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-65416305066579943942010-09-06T10:13:10.224-04:002010-09-06T10:13:10.224-04:00Amen.Amen.DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-18623520049418341062010-09-06T09:55:39.762-04:002010-09-06T09:55:39.762-04:00This sounds like our group every time we tried to ...This sounds like our group every time we tried to play any version of 3rd edition rules. We gave up, and went back to AD&d, 1st edition. (warning: geezer voice ahead) And we liked it!Leo Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537108468817834665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-69252178310215237022010-09-06T08:02:12.748-04:002010-09-06T08:02:12.748-04:00Welcome to D&D, RuneQuest Edition.Welcome to D&D, RuneQuest Edition.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050817124530397435.post-66986104125977376152010-09-06T01:03:08.125-04:002010-09-06T01:03:08.125-04:00:-):-)Superhero Necromancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829551945470884096noreply@blogger.com