What new stuff are y'all playing/buying/reading right now?

RPGPundit · April 03, 2009, 07:25:06 PM

I know that this is often the "lull" period for games, the early part of the year; and many companies wait to release products or supplements for the Origins/Gencon circuit. But surely there's new shit coming out right now that people are looking at.

So, got any new gamebook recently, or supplement, or adventure, that's cool and worth mentioning?

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droog · April 03, 2009, 07:26:37 PM

If I say Mouse Guard, are you going to move the thread?

RPGPundit · April 03, 2009, 07:45:43 PM

Nope, I'll just think you're an idiot. But that's nothing new.

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droog · April 03, 2009, 07:49:37 PM

Oh, well then, Mouse Guard is very nice. Swishest production values you could hope for, and a great intro RPG text. The comics make excellent supps. My daughter is gagging to play it.

Pseudoephedrine · April 03, 2009, 07:53:08 PM

I have to admit, MG left me cold, even though I'm interesting in Burning Wheel and Burning Empires.

For my part, I'm finally catching up on all the Shadowrun 4e stuff now that my group is playing it. I'm also waiting pretty eagerly for Arcane Power for D&D 4e, for when my group goes back to it.

shalvayez · April 03, 2009, 07:53:24 PM

That looks lame.

jswa · April 03, 2009, 07:53:59 PM

I've been looking over the sword & sorcery comic supplement for Mutants & Masterminds: Warriors & Warlocks or something like that.

It's interesting, but I think I'd ultimately just use True20 for fantasy gaming in that vein, since all the work is done for me and I don't usually go for comic book style fantasy.

droog · April 03, 2009, 07:56:11 PM

Quote from: shalvayez;294000That looks lame.

Your mom looks lame!

jswa · April 03, 2009, 07:56:42 PM

Oh, and I more or less ignored the Song of Ice and Fire RPG, despite how much I like the books. From the preview, there just isn't anything in it that says "SoIaF" to me.

droog · April 03, 2009, 07:57:10 PM

Quote from: Pseudoephedrine;293999I have to admit, MG left me cold, even though I'm interesting in Burning Wheel and Burning Empires.

I'd rather play BW myself, but MG is such a good intro game.

jswa · April 03, 2009, 07:58:05 PM

I'll say that Mouse Guard looks good, aesthetically speaking, but the system is Burning-whatever, which I'm not a fan of, so it's a pass for me.

tellius · April 03, 2009, 07:58:55 PM

Borrowed a copy of Whispering Vault for a read.
Recently I have bought Dungeon Designer 3 to spec out a traditional dungeon crawl game/campaign that will be in Rolemaster Standard System that will be starting tomorrow.
For my usual group, that is kicking it almost old school since we started with RM2.

Aos · April 03, 2009, 08:12:56 PM

Legends of Steel.
It's pretty cool.

Aos · April 03, 2009, 08:14:46 PM

Quote from: jswa;294001I've been looking over the sword & sorcery comic supplement for Mutants & Masterminds: Warriors & Warlocks or something like that.

It's interesting, but I think I'd ultimately just use True20 for fantasy gaming in that vein, since all the work is done for me and I don't usually go for comic book style fantasy.

True20 is really great for S&S- I've used it that way extensively. I think savage worlds might be just a touch better though, especially with the Soloman Kane variant.

David R · April 03, 2009, 09:02:47 PM

Whispering Vault is great.

MouseGuard in on the way. I'm not sure about the system but some of my players think we could play a cool Secret of N.I.M.H type campaign. I'm not opposed to the idea.

Right now, I'm reading WoD Innocents. I like it but the sections on child psych is a tad, precious. After watching Let The Right One In, I see the possibilities of a short term campaign.

Regards,
David R