tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post8774171674690953411..comments2024-03-28T15:54:00.960-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Slick as S**t through a GooseJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-10080160706145836162010-06-23T15:32:46.553-07:002010-06-23T15:32:46.553-07:00Re: Deathwatch
I just read the intro adventure my...Re: Deathwatch<br /><br />I just read the intro adventure myself last night and also noted the design simularity to 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars. Unlike yourself, I see this as a good thing, and prior to reading the adventure I did not have much interest in the game, now it will likely find a place on my shelf.<br /><br />You are 100% correct though, it is more a boardgame with some RPG seasonings than an RPG, and I could not see ever running anything more than a few one offs as part of a bear and pretzles game session, but, I could not see a better way to capture a game about a squad of 40K Space Marines than this. They already have two 40K rpg offerings which are much more in line with traditional role playing, so I am rather glad it did not end up as simply more of the same but with bigger guns and armor.<br /><br />Just my take.Stacktracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778633676064958982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-3374405945838639082010-06-23T13:26:25.309-07:002010-06-23T13:26:25.309-07:00@JB: I see your point, but Space Marines carry it ...@JB: I see your point, but Space Marines carry it out to an extreme which leaves the samurai waaaay behind in the dust. I can see multiple gamestyles for a samurai character (even though the getting-rocks-off-in-combat style may predominate in practice) but a Space Marine seems *locked* into that.Allandaroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046079318999891967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-66657404418218167612010-06-23T12:47:04.359-07:002010-06-23T12:47:04.359-07:00So, soccer...that's when they kick the ball ar...So, soccer...that's when they kick the ball around and try to get a "home run", right?DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-35625816092246324762010-06-23T12:17:25.033-07:002010-06-23T12:17:25.033-07:00@ Kelvin: congrats to both teams...watching the Ge...@ Kelvin: congrats to both teams...watching the Germany-Ghana game as I type (and didn't go into work till AFTER the USA game...woo-hoo!). RE L5R: I suppose without the WoD taint, you'd just have Japanese Pendragon...or FGU Bushido.<br /><br />@ Robert: Thanks!<br /><br />@ allandaros: Well, I'd think the similarities between the stoic samurai willing to die for their honor/daimyo and the stoic space marines willing to die for their Emperor would be readily apparent...as would both groups' observed devotion to their weapons and armor. Samurai have "clans/families" and space marines have "chapters/gene seed" but it's the same thing...and most treatments, I've seen of samurai/bushido is just as macho/"man's world" as the space marines (i.e. women, children, and parents play little role compared to student-master/mentor). Either way, it's dudes getting their rocks off in combat.<br /><br />@ Jim: I have a LOT of faith in the potential of the younger generation; I just hope we can teach them all right!<br /><br /><br />@ Ryan: You know, the World Cup only takes place every four years...consider it a one month crash course in sport (and then take a break for three years and 11 months).<br />; )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-67395162654429201902010-06-23T07:37:47.773-07:002010-06-23T07:37:47.773-07:00When they announced Deathwatch, I did think to mys...When they announced <i>Deathwatch</i>, I did think to myself that they'd have to go some way to topping what <i>3: 16</i> does so well. From what I've seen so far, they're attempting to compete directly, rather than offering an alternative, and I don't think it's for me. It will still do well, because it has that official status <i>3: 16</i> does not, and that's enough for a lot of people, but it's not for me. With <i>Rogue Trader</i>, I've had half a year of struggling with that ruleset, which is fine for fantasy gaming but gets clunky in the futuristic setting, and I've had enough of it.<br /><br />I bought the first edition of <i>L5R</i>, and it was a mess of bad editing. I am astounded that the same problems remain, three editions later. Underneath all the rubbish though, there is a good game. It does seem limited at first glance, but it's very much like <i>Pendragon</i> in that regard, and the limitations do become strengths. The clans are a rubbish idea though, a clear bit of contamination from the World of Darkness.<br /><br />Big day today in the football! I predict England either (a) living up to recent form and crashing out due to a 1-0 loss to Slovenia, or (b) somehow remembering how to play football, beating Slovenia by three or four, then swaggering into the next round even though they deserve to be coming home in disgrace like the French. USA beat Algeria and go through, either way.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-3350838718048077502010-06-23T05:36:28.441-07:002010-06-23T05:36:28.441-07:00I know exactly what you mean. I can’t understand w...I know exactly what you mean. I can’t understand why anyone wants to play a computer game in which they have to do all the complex logic & numbers management. A portion of the industry doesn’t seem to reflect the strengths of the tabletop game (or respect its weaknesses).<br /><br />I have no doubt that a lot of people playing those games are playing them in a more traditional style despite that. I’ve witnessed that. There are elements of the industry—and not just the OSR—that are putting out strong tabletop products, but I didn’t see them at Free RPG Day. Though, it was afternoon before I got there, so maybe all the good stuff went early. I hope so.<br /><br />BTW, no apology needed for the soccer or blogging about it. A good blog reflects the person behind it.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-70206208627720728602010-06-23T01:32:38.470-07:002010-06-23T01:32:38.470-07:00A thought on the power fist rules: I would imagine...A thought on the power fist rules: I would imagine that the "power field" quality would also apply to power swords, which would be able to benefit from the parry ability. There may be circumstances where power fields (either sword or fist) interact in special ways with other objects, that made them give the PF this rule.<br /><br />That said...yeah, they'd be much better off just giving the power sword and power fist special rules, rather than trying to make them universalized in such a terrible fashion. <br /><br />As for L5R - I don't play it, don't know the background, but it would seem to me that the social intrigue combined with combat has the potential, at least, to make for an interesting game. I am not sure I follow why you are equating samurai to 40K Space Marines - samurai had lives and personalities outside of combat :)<br /><br />Your description of Exalted is making me feel relieved that I have never tried to pick it up, beyond a free PDF of the 2nd Edition that WW gave out at one point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-37603606787101797052010-06-22T20:00:25.406-07:002010-06-22T20:00:25.406-07:00Here's a bright spot to cheer you up... my gra...Here's a bright spot to cheer you up... my grandson is 9. I know the Moldvay edition recommends 10 and up, but hey, he's 9. :) Anyway, he has been playing Savage Worlds with his parents, his sister (6) and my wife (his grandma) for about a year. He also plays HeroScape, but I digress. Anyway, he's just now figuring out that grandpa is imagining all these stories. Sure, I'll borrow a map or picture off the interwebs, but the story -- the monsters -- the magic -- the flow of the game -- grandpa (me) is making that up. Well, he's decided that he'd like to make up his own stories. I printed him a copy of Swords and Wizardry whitebox AND we are going to make him his own battlemat out of vinyl cloth on Friday. (I made my own megamat - it's kinda like a jedi making his own lightsaber. LOL) See! There's hope in the next generation!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158916950442942918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-2709061945100194162010-06-22T19:59:27.313-07:002010-06-22T19:59:27.313-07:00Deathwatch is the 40K RPG that interests me the le...Deathwatch is the 40K RPG that interests me the least. Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader hold far more interest for me... though in Rogue Trader you now get a license to trade, so I'm wondering where the whole "rogue" part comes in, but that's another story I suppose. <br /><br />I think you might be onto something with the direction commercial RPGs are taking. Look at 4e. Wouldn't you expect the other companies to follow where the Big Dog is going? <br /><br />For me, rpgs used to be about stories. These days, they are more about exploration and interaction and solving problems. I think I understand what you mean with this post, minus the soccer part. (I don't care for any type of sport, though.)DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.com