French Bastards!

RPGPundit · May 15, 2009, 12:54:16 PM

Apparently, 7eme Circle will be publishing a new RPG, in French, called Devastra, which will deal with mythical India.

Damn them! Why the French??! If its 1/10th as good as Qin was I'm going to want it, but the question is... will it come out in English??

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Benoist · May 15, 2009, 01:20:26 PM

If it's as good as Qin, I'm sure it's gonna make it in English ultimately.

Right now, I'm wondering if "French bastard" doesn't constitute a pleonasm we ought to be proud of as a people.
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I guess it does.

Demonseed · May 15, 2009, 01:30:06 PM

Quote from: Benoist;302549Right now, I'm wondering if "French bastard" doesn't constitute a pleonasm we ought to be proud of as a people.
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I guess it does.

Damn right it does. I'm proud, and I was just reading it.

Simlasa · May 15, 2009, 02:07:26 PM

A mythical India RPG seems long overdue... I'd always hoped there'd be a GURPS sourcebook on the subject.
I wonder if there has been hesitation because it would be hard to capture the flavor without tramping on Hindu icons?

PaladinCA · May 15, 2009, 05:14:30 PM

Well kudos to those French for making the best damn minis game on the planet.

Ronin · May 15, 2009, 05:33:25 PM

Quote from: PaladinCA;302612Well kudos to those French for making the best damn minis game on the planet.

AT-43?

PaladinCA · May 15, 2009, 06:03:26 PM

Quote from: Ronin;302619AT-43?

You bet! I hear Confrontation is good to.

I have a fairly large Red Blok army for AT-43. In fact, I just got my Dotch Yaga the other day.

Ronin · May 15, 2009, 06:46:20 PM

Quote from: PaladinCA;302628You bet! I hear Confrontation is good to.

I have a fairly large Red Blok army for AT-43. In fact, I just got my Dotch Yaga the other day.

Yeah, I've been eyeballing it at the FLGS. Owners a big fan. Gave me the quick once over on the basics of it. Now I really want to play it. But unfortunatly its not in the budget.

I think the Red Blok and the Karmans look awesome!:D

PaladinCA · May 15, 2009, 07:02:03 PM

Quote from: Ronin;302637Yeah, I've been eyeballing it at the FLGS. Owners a big fan. Gave me the quick once over on the basics of it. Now I really want to play it. But unfortunatly its not in the budget. I think the Red Blok and the Karmans look awesome!:D

I would have never gotten into the game at the retail price point. Thankfully we had a lot of 50-65 percent off clearance sales in Rackham's U.S. market.

I've probably spent more than I intended; It has almost devoured my hobby budget for six months. But I love the gameplay and the pre-painted minis are icing on the cake.

GRIM · May 17, 2009, 09:47:07 AM

Fucking bastards >.<
People really need to stop stealing my ideas, that's three for three now, Far West, Barbarians of Lemuria and now this.
I'm going to have to start wearing a tinfoil hat if this keeps up

RPGPundit · May 18, 2009, 03:41:30 AM

Quote from: Simlasa;302559A mythical India RPG seems long overdue... I'd always hoped there'd be a GURPS sourcebook on the subject.
I wonder if there has been hesitation because it would be hard to capture the flavor without tramping on Hindu icons?

I don't see why. Its not like gamers have been particularly careful about "respecting" the icons of any other religion.

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Pelorus · May 18, 2009, 04:48:37 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;302536Apparently, 7eme Circle will be publishing a new RPG, in French, called Devastra, which will deal with mythical India.

Damn them! Why the French??! If its 1/10th as good as Qin was I'm going to want it, but the question is... will it come out in English??

It might do, but looking at the schedule of their current "translator company" (which deserved it's own thread very recently), I'd not hold my breath.

Which just makes me want to hire a friend of mine (non-gamer but French and unemployed) or another friend (gamer, writer of games, French-speaker) and get them to translate these games in competition with *that other company*.

I've a growing library of French games - I'm loving what they're doing. A real breath of fresh air.