There are some AD&D and 3.5 players in northern Missisauga, and I'm running a CthulhuTech game in the area as well. Mississauga is just west of Toronto.
Most of the games advertised online seem to be for 4E, from what I've seen.
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What makes me laugh about this whole thing is that WoTC has now broken down the original 4E PHB into two books so now they can make twice the money for the same amount of content. Its a brillent marketing strategy. Not so much brilliant as a huge impediment to getting new players. Having to buy 5 books (plus dice, plus miniatures, plus power cards, plus map tiles) just to play a game is ridiculous. Yeah, I know the boxed set was a step forward, but splitting the books up yet again is two steps back. Honestly, if I didn't know anything about D&D today and saw what was needed to play D&D today I'd never start. I'd go play a videogame. And yes, it does indeed look like 4.5 from my distant perspective.
Probably Rifts, it's got everything you could think of and more in it, and the rules are so broken you could spend your lifetime on the island trying to fix them!
The Fiendish Codices were an order of magnitude better at describing demons, devils and the lower planes in general. Thank goodness they came out (and I got them) just before the 4E wave hit.
Cthulhu 2000 by various and sundry. An anthology of Cthulhu-related stories, some great, most mediocre.
I haven't seen the new one, but I have the old one and it's great. The descriptions of life in the Imperium and long-lost technology were a lot of fun. If it's as good as the classic Rogue Trader, I'll pick up the new one too.
It also links to some great indie old school roleplaying games like Eschalon books 1 & 2, Age of Decadence and others. That looks AWESOME! I love isometric games. Thanks!
I concur, good sir, but there is hope on the horizon in the form of Dragon Age. That's a single-player-only classic RPG that is being called the successor to Baldur's Gate. We'll see. The Witcher and Fallout 3 were pretty good too. Classic RPGs on the PC aren't dead yet.
I'm still waiting for a big SF novel that really gets to grips with China's role in the future though China Mountain Zhang is very well-written, though some may have trouble swallowing the premise: Communist China succeeds in starting a communist revolution in the USA in the 21st century, then proceeds to dominate and colonize the world. I'm still not sure whether it was an alternate-history novel or not, but the mood and writing were excellent.
That's...interesting, but definitely in the alt-history genre. I was thinking modern day and near-future.
I haven't read a good near-future technothriller since Red Storm Rising, but I'd like to get back into the genre if there is something really good there. Any recommendations for new, modern-day or near-future military thrillers with cool weaponry and smart geopolitics?
I would love a Grand Paizo Company to redo the Talislanta RPG. That was 17 kinds of awesome on one stick, and it needs more exposure. Also, I'd love a D&D game that doesn't require miniatures to play properly.
1. Planescape
Twin Peaks, The Prisoner, Firefly. Oh God, Firefly! Why did you have to die so young!?
Didn't WotC say that they'll start by marketing the game at older players, This boggles my mind. The impression I got from their abysmal marketing campaign was that they were "firing" their older customers and going after the younger cool kids, and all their actions seemed to support that. And now we're told they were actually pandering to us old-timers? Good grief.
As a movie it could work well if it's rewritten to be an action flick, but as a book it sucked. Absolutely zero narrative tension because it's presented as a boring historical documentary. What, are we going to be watching 2 hours of old retirees talking about how the [fictional] war was won?
I just had the misfortune of reading the first 2 Witch World books, one of the worst pieces of fantasy (or science fantasy) I have ever encountered. The writing is so poor that I found myself correcting the author's grammar and sometimes even spelling while reading the series. The plot is juvenile, the story goes nowhere and the characters are cardboard cutouts. If you like science fantasy, go for Viriconium or The Book of the New Sun instead. Much better.
Aaaawww, yeah: gratuitous ass shots of Megan Fox. It's so adorable when she tries to act. No wonder these movies are huge hits. Nobody watched the G1 series just to get a glimpse of Spike's girlfriend. Well, it'll be fun, even with Turturro in the movie.
"I am not a number - I am a human being!" Can't wait to start watching again. "I am not a number! I am a free man!" Subtle difference, the show was about freedom, society, control, individuality and self-imprisonment. My most favorite television series ever, but I doubt the new show will be able to replicate the surreality of Portmeirion and the steel-jawed looks of Patrick McGoohan. Good luck to 'em, though.
A tip of the hat and a roll of the dice to you, Dave. Thanks for all the great gaming!
Fair enough, I didn't realize the Aurora engine was that old. In that case you're right, it becomes the limiting factor, not the hardware. So what did you think of the game?
The engine can only be as good as how many polygons and textures the GPU can pump out, and the 360 GPU is very old by modern video card standards. I guess it depends on how many limits the Aurora engine placed on hardware and whether it still limits newer GPUs.
Is The Last Wish comparable to Forgotten Realms novels or something better like George Martin or Fritz Leiber?
better graphics *which is pissing off PC gamers* Even the developers insist it is not a port. Extremely unlikely that a 3-year-old xbox360 would have better graphics than a modern videocard on a PC system.
I was joking, dammit. Where did I put my smiley faces? Oh, here: ;)
That sounds good. Any other good mods you can recommend?
I thought Exalted was already hentai! At least judging by some of the covers...
I prefer to roleplay without miniatures or battlemats. How difficult is it to houserule away miniature positioning without breaking the balance of the classes, combat or other rule subsystems?
I've just started playing this game and I'm enjoying the fantasy world quite a lot. It seems coarse, unpleasant and very medieval, but still spiced up with some exotic monsters and arcane magics. I'm just not impressed with the countless cutscenes filled with mediocre acting (though this the Enhanced Edition and is considered better in that regard). Love the high isometric mode, though, it's just like a 1990s CRPG should be. Has anyone here completed the game? Worth playing to the end? How does it stack up against Baldur's Gate, Oblivion, Neverwinter Nights, etc.?
Is this in any way to X-Blades, which also has scantily-clad babes with samurai swords?
Picked up Witch World and Web of the Witch World on a whim. Good Lord, it's garbage. Unless you like watching Conan the Barbarian fight Nazis.
Ryan Dancey's brilliant OGL vision is still alive, kicking and screaming. Long may it be so.
AbSOluteLY BADass...and so dumb. But hey! We're back to skelebots again, and that's fine by me since I never liked the early-CGI mercury-puddle Terminators anyway. "It's just YOU and ME now, Skynet!" /throwdown
Tequila Sunrise: Spoiler:
He's the Perfect Man: perfect intelligence, perfect health, perfect beauty, perfect body and perfect training. He could beat any non-superhuman at anything. This wasn't conveyed very clearly in the movie, and the actor isn't quite up for it either.
All the "grow your penis" emails I get have a hint of desperation about them. Does that mean they're going out of business? ...God, I hope not, those guys are miracle-workers.
Doomed! I smell DOOMED! Why is this show good again?
It sure will be fun to talk to Mohammed - or his two halves at least - in the 8th Circle of Hell!
"Doctor? Your not old enough to be a Doctor" "Whatever, dude. I'm here to, like, save the universe or it'll be an EPIC FAIL." Age is definitely trending down since Eccleston. I would still like to see a middle-aged, portly Doctor just once. Might be difficult for him to run away from the Daleks though...
5. The Martian Chronicles I just read the book. It's a tv show now?
William Hurt seems to be in a continuous altered state. I don't know if Arkham House really needs the money that badly. They've got quite the franchise already, and unlike Ellison Lovecraft isn't seeing a penny of it unless they've "brought up things that ought to stay dead".
I'm not sure what counts as sci-fantasy these days, but here's my list: 1. The Prisoner
Throw in some Transformers, Robotech, Nowhere Man and Doctor Who as well.
Looks really cool, and somewhat Planescape-y. Could we get a list of the planes which are covered?
... the standard 08/15 battle you can find in 90% of rpgs. Pardon?
Talislanta is the best fantasy rpg I've ever played. It has a very rich, complex and exotic fantasy world, fairly simple rules, and nifty illustrations that really bring it to life. www.talislanta.com
"In the Grim Past of 4E40K There Is Only 'Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt!'"
I miss the feelings of victimization which gave me such a self-righteous high that I could stomp on baby seals without a qualm. I do still blame 4E for the death of Dungeon and Dragon (mention not their evil online clones in my presence!) and my coincidental but simultaneous exit from playing D&D (I got married). Ah, good times... Maybe some commemorative "I managed to outrage X people during the War of Editions!" buttons would be in order?
Where's my Master of Flowers monk?
Devastator looks good. The Fallen looks like a bionicle. You can tell it's a MIchael Bay movie because everything explodes, even the ground.
Changeling: never met anyone who could run it or play in it properly. Iron Kingdoms: looks so cool but never had the time to buy the books and learn about it. Unknown Armies: too psychopath-creepy for most of the people I know. RIFTS: Nobody around me liked the system (neither did I) or the kitchen-sink world with its great mixture of tech + magic + psionics + aliens.
Wow, that's...uhh, amazingly sad. And Taiwan is one of the most free, rich and creative countries in East Asia. Do you think the lack of interest in RPGs stems from the psychology of East Asians, the culture there or some other factor?
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