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I'm not verbose enough to write a review that will influence people to buy or not buy this product. But here is my sort of review. I really enjoy old school type adventurs that don't have to be rationalized or explained, things don't have to make sense. I wanted a pathfinder rule dungeon crawl that was just about the action, loot and fun. For $15 it would take a lot to disappoint me and Frog God games is a known quality to me. So I download the pdf and trip through it before I went to bed. Standard fare, big scary monastery with some dungeon levels. I was pleased but I hadn't really read to deeply into it. The next day I read the entire introduction and thats when it hit me. I gotta tell you that what initially drew me to this product was the fact that it had been used in a homebrew and had been the basis for several adventures in a private game. Once I read the intro the genius of the adventure hit home. Without going into spoiler details, the fact that the monastery can come back time and again and can be used really in any type of setting was sheer brilliance. Now I have been a DM for thirty years, creating adventures isn't my thing, I'm not that creative but I do an okay job with printed stuff. Once the fulll impact of how the monastery could be used the creative juices started to flow and I'm itching to run this for my group. That alone was worth the money. But the monestary has so much more to offer. For me its FIVE STARS. I don't care about typos or the occasional error, the content is superb. I hope my group will share my enthusiasm and the awesomeness of this product.
If anyone is interested my buddy has opened a new gaming store/club in the Charleston,IL area. Random Encounters. We can be contacted on facebook through an open group and the store site. Membership is cheap, ten a month to get you in all the games and great discounts on stuff or two to game all day. Its located in the middle of the county, near the airport in the upper office area of the 911 center of all places. Im going to be starting up a B5 league and planning some tournaments. We are playing pathfinder, fantasy flight boardgames, heroclix, warhammer, magic, cthulhu lcg, savage worlds, and a host of other stuff. There are about 4 TVs available to play xbox 360, NES, super NES, PS3, xbox, you name it, we can game it.
maybe this has already been brought up, but there is the Rise of the Runelords redux as PFRPG (check pre ordered), RotRL PP miniatures, RotRL item pack, RotRL pawn collection, RotRL paperminis, RotRL face cards, RotRL dice, RotRL map folio, etc etc. How about some RotRL map packs and flip maps. IMO this would set off what is shaping up to be a RotRL summer. Any chance of seeing some specific flip map and map packs to support?
OMG I'm starting a class action suit against Paizo. Their products are clearly addictive. Thats it I'm going to have to buy TWO cases. Thanks a lot Paizo, why can't you be crappy and my family can have a home. I hope you can sleep at night delivering all your awesome products that I can't live without.
I absolutely detest puting together and painting minis. The Reaper ones are awesome but useless to me. I was very pleased, ecstatic really, over my case of pathfinder minis. I got exactly what they advertised. Several in the group I game with had less than positive things to say, sorry guys. To each their own. Since any prepainted miniature is better than using dice, pennies or a token or even a pawn (sometimes), I will continue to buy cases of these and Wizard mini's for my games. I will definitely get this set.
Just opened my case and am totally satisfied, just waiting on my Black Dragon. Got a great mix and, since I can't paint anything myself, am very satisfied with how they look. Well done Paizo/Wiz kids. Now lets get down to serious business and talk about the Rise of the Runelords set. I am eagerly awaiting the conversion to PFRPG and minis to go along with it. Here is a suggestion, what about some map packs/flip maps to go with it. You will contiue to drain my pay and force me to work overtime to support my habit. Great time to be a gamer.
Forgot to mention we play magic, arkham horror, dominion, warmahordes,and the new Wizards ravenloft and arshadalon board games. Non of us are interested in 4ed DnD though. Im into other rpgs that my group isnt like hallow earth, babylon 5, starwars (d6 and d20), Conan (first ed d20), d20 cthulhu, serenity, etc. I'm also very interested in the Babylon5 ccg, i have a ton of cards and its pretty easy to figure out. I have a friend that likes to play axis and allies miniatures and world of flames (I dont have much of either except the naval miniatures) and the two of us are interested in playing the Battlestar Galactica board game there needs to be three players. Im open to just about anything. I just wanna game.
Im from Charleston, its a bit of a drive but....my group seems to be down on DnD right now and our 'leader' wants to play warhammer and shadowrun mostly. Im lukewarm to either. But I love DnD and Pathfinder. We have a place to play, about three reliable players and another two who are picky or have family commitments but play when they are interested in something. Our 'leader' actually built a pretty awesome gaming table. We play warhammer, dnd, cthulhu, shadowrun, and are wanting to play deadlands. No one else in my group is going to travel to play DnD. As for me, I would but its hard cause Im on a twelve hour schedule that has me working everyother day of the week. Ie, one week i work friday sat sun, the next week im off friday sat sunday, so only would be available every other week for a set day. Also, I have a less than understanding wife. I didn't know if you have a group or are interested in a group. If you are interested in how we play, there is a game store in Mattoon,IL and I think I could corral people to play some introductory game for you. I understand if the drive is too much. We recently had two players leave the area so we are looking to replenish the pool. The people in the group tend to be power gamers. But outside the game are very laid back and accepting. I'm running an age of worms campaign after the first of year, just fyi. We are looking for reliable players who will show up on time and play regularly when they do commit to a campaign. let me know if you are interested or what can worked out. I want to keep my options open and there are so few DnD players in a fifty mile radius.
I just looked up where Merrilville was located....that is a bit of a haul for a weekly campaign. Thankyou but no. We have a great place to game, our own, hand built table (its pretty amazing) and families. Traveling further than ten miles is pretty much out of the question. Again, Im looking for people close to champaign and charleston, IL to fill out our game group. Thanks anyway. Good look. AoW is such a huge pile of goodness
Looking for gamers in the Champaign/Urbana area. Game group is into pathfinder, DnD 3.5, Cthulhu, Shadowrun, etc. Warhammer and Warmahorde. Magic and Babylon 5 CCG. We have lost a couple of players and looking to recruit more. As a group we attend GenCon every year. I am especially interested in anyone who plays or is interested in Babylon 5 CCG
If anyone is in the Champaign/Urbana and is interested in this game then let me know and we can arrange something through Armored Gopher Games in Urbana. I have plenty of cards and would be willing to part with them (I have a considerable amount of sealed booster decks). If there is enough interest, say ten or so (I know I'm being hugely optimistic) I would even consider puting together a tournament and arranging some prizes. Again, I have plenty of cards to provide materials...maybe not the most competative but definitely with the ability to win. I prefer fun, make-do strategy and politics over cheese. I know of at least three maybe up to five people that could participate. Just trying to keep things alive. If you're a fan of the show you will definitely enjoy the card game. FYI, cards for the first three releases are unbelievably cheap on EBAY.
Aha i knew there was someone out there that had played the game. Its actually a very well developed game that totally recreates the feel of the show. While there are critics of the overall game play out there, fans of the show generally enjoy the card game. I live in the Champaign,Il area. Cards aren't a problem because I have a ton and would be able to provide cards for several players. There is a great place to play as well. Armored Gopher Games which is actually in Urbana. Just fyi for anyone who is interested. Im going to maybe put something on their website if there is any support. Ebay has tons of cards from specific, to lots, to unopened booster boxs and starter decks. There are plenty of cards to be had out there. Recently one of the members of my game group broke down and played and really enjoyed it....so there is at least one added to the ranks.
I am inquiring if anyone out there is a fan of the Babylon 5 CCG and if you are, if you plan on attending Gen Con next year, 2012. I personally really enjoy this card game and have been looking for people to play other than my nephew. My game group has no interest. Gen Con seems like the most convient way to meet up with people that have similar gaming interests. So if you are interested let me know. I know people bought cards this year at a particular booth.
I'm thoroughly confused about where the halflight path comes out at.
As a huge Paizo fan I would like to just weigh in on some of my thoughts about the on going adventure path series. Rise of the Runelords stands as the quintesential path. It a word, it was AWESOME. Set in Varisia, it gave us our first taste of Golarion and we hungered for more. Whether its nostalgia or great content, Thassilon and Runelord material remain my favorite of all the areas of Golarion. Curse of the Crimson Throne continued do the path of excellent material and a great storyline. There were some Thassilonian ruins thrown in and the Shoanti spotlight was terrific. Second Darkness was the first AP I realized I would never run, it had some great moments but overall, the story failed to wow. It's saving grace is that it was set in Varisia giving more background. Legacy of Fire was a bit of a disappointment. Again, the story wasn't all that interesting but it still had great content and was well done. Council of Thieves lost me. I guess in my own games I had grown tired of devils and Cheliax interests me not at all. The mateial on the hell knigts was awesome though and the installment where the characters where in the play from hell was terrific. All in all, I didn't much care for it.
Is there any word on when the Adventure Path's or Modules will return to Varisia. Paizo has done an amazing job with fleshing out the rest of Golarion, but there is still a large part of Varisia that needs some attention. The first three AP's were the best and I'm hooked on Varisia. Also, I'm hoping that there will be some more content about ancient Thassilon, perhaps even another Runelord or two. I'm eagerly anticipating the book on Kaer Maga later this year.
I was wondering if anyone else out there had any opinions about the Iron Player "contest" at GenCon. I played in it and it was pretty terrible. Off the three DM's, two were down right awful. Here is just some general observations. 1) Character creation was confusing and a waste of time, my fey background sorcerer used almost none of the equipement I spent an hour buying and I never made a single skill check that mattered. 2) Having eight people at a table was too much. Most of the "encounters" or obstacles were designed for classes with skills (and by skills I mean diplomacy and Know (local), and the loudest player got the attention. 3) The cinematic combats was an absolute waste of time. With my new PFRPG rule book sitting in front of me, I sat and described what my character did and rolled one dice, with an arbitrary success or failure. That was just dumb. 4) I don't even know where to go from here. between the bad DM's who didn't even seem to understand the rules to the lame story, I couldn't believe I had payed $10 and wasted 8 hours+ on this garbage. I understand that things like this are probably difficult to run but one place to start is maybe getting good DM's. Second, try not to be so grand in scope. Set up encounters that mix skills and combat, and go for a shorter more managable story. Who ever won the right to call themselves "Iron Player" I laugh at you. It means you played a rogue and you out-shouted the other people at the table hogging the spotlight. If your thinking about playing in it next year, don't bother. Go back to your room and have someone run a game using the pathfinder rules. You will have more fun.
Okay, I think I managed to confirm it, my username is TANNER. Im very interested in playing the RotRL campaign....I'd just have to sell it to the old lady. Champaign is so close yet so far in these days of high gas prices.
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