This is a site for discussing roleplaying games. Have fun doing so, but there is one major rule: do not discuss political issues that aren't directly and uniquely related to the subject of the thread and about gaming. While this site is dedicated to free speech, the following will not be tolerated: devolving a thread into unrelated political discussion, sockpuppeting (using multiple and/or bogus accounts), disrupting topics without contributing to them, and posting images that could get someone fired in the workplace (an external link is OK, but clearly mark it as Not Safe For Work, or NSFW). If you receive a warning, please take it seriously and either move on to another topic or steer the discussion back to its original RPG-related theme.

Improvised gaming aids.

Started by winkingbishop, October 28, 2010, 09:03:11 AM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages 1 2 3
User actions

thedungeondelver

#15
November 02, 2010, 09:57:05 AM Last Edit: November 02, 2010, 10:02:31 AM by thedungeondelver
Quote from: Hairfoot;413217(plus the hovertank made from a shampoo bottle)

Deodorant canister, but otherwise, spot on.

(That thing also got and held for years "official" WH40k stats from WD magazine; I don't know if it's considered canon or game-legal any longer)

EDIT: here's the beast...



EDIT EDIT: another one

THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

Quote
Astrophysicists are reassessing Einsteinian relativity because the 28 billion l

Benoist

#16
November 02, 2010, 10:22:12 AM
WOW. That's a SHAMPOO BOTTLE? That is totally awesome! :D

thedungeondelver

#17
November 02, 2010, 10:36:29 AM
Quote from: Benoist;413231WOW. That's a SHAMPOO BOTTLE? That is totally awesome! :D

It's a deodorant container - but yes it is awesome. :)

Again, they had official stats for it for a number of WH40k rules iterations, but now that WH40k is less about the gonzo fun and more SRS BZNS they may have sent it the way of Squats, imperial giants, etc.

(remember when I was telling you about the Necrons and how they got accidentally rediscovered?  Yeah, there used to be dwarves in the WH40k universe.  They were the ones unfortunate enough to discover the Necron tomb world.  Now there ain't no dwarves no more...)
THE DELVERS DUNGEON


Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

Quote
Astrophysicists are reassessing Einsteinian relativity because the 28 billion l

Hairfoot

#18
November 02, 2010, 03:30:29 PM
Quote from: winkingbishop;413223Bwahahaha.  Awesome.  Did you have it speak with a faux-Scottish accent?
It was hard to resist, but instead we went with the reliable "monosyllabic cave dweller" portrayal.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;413233now that WH40k is less about the gonzo fun and more SRS BZNS
That's what I was grousing about upthread.  I've seen more than a couple of online discussions sticking the boot into the original book's DIY style.  "Oh, look!  Rainbow Warrior marines take Soup Tin Hill!  LOL!"

Laugh it up, fuzzballs, and fork out a hundred bucks for some repackaged aquarium toys while you're at it.

Quote from: thedungeondelver;413233there used to be dwarves in the WH40k universe.  They were the ones unfortunate enough to discover the Necron tomb world.  Now there ain't no dwarves no more...)
That's interesting.  It's kind of nice that GW sent the squats off with some acknowledgement, even if it's odd that they decided space elves, space orcs and space hobbits are darkwarp gothlaser awesomesauce but space dwarves are OMG-how-lame.

Cylonophile

#19
November 02, 2010, 06:02:07 PM
Quote from: Hairfoot;413217That book has some great photos of improvised battlefields made of cans and boxes (plus the hovertank made from a shampoo bottle) which have been ragged on quite unfairly of late, IMO.

Actually the hoveretank was an empty deodorant container, the kind you twist the dial at the bottom to get the deodorant to extend.

BTW, the turret was a plastic spoon.
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

Hairfoot

#20
November 02, 2010, 06:32:14 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;413233It's a deodorant container
Quote from: thedungeondelver;413229Deodorant canister
Quote from: Cylonophile;413433Actually the hoveretank was an empty deodorant container
Anti-Skub!

skofflox

#21
November 02, 2010, 06:59:00 PM
this thread is :cool:

that deoderant hovertank rocks!
did not know about the squats...poor bastards.
Form the group wisely, make sure you share goals and means.
Set norms of table etiquette early on.
Encourage attentive participation and speed of play so the game will stay vibrant!
Allow that the group, milieu and system will from an organic symbiosis.
Most importantly, have fun exploring the possibilities!

Running: AD&D 2nd. ed.
"And my orders from Gygax are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to play in my beloved milieu."-Kyle Aaron

Cylonophile

#22
November 03, 2010, 12:38:18 AM Last Edit: November 03, 2010, 12:42:58 AM by Cylonophile
Quote from: thedungeondelver;413233It's a deodorant container - but yes it is awesome. :)

Again, they had official stats for it for a number of WH40k rules iterations, but now that WH40k is less about the gonzo fun and more SRS BZNS they may have sent it the way of Squats, imperial giants, etc.

(remember when I was telling you about the Necrons and how they got accidentally rediscovered?  Yeah, there used to be dwarves in the WH40k universe.  They were the ones unfortunate enough to discover the Necron tomb world.  Now there ain't no dwarves no more...)

Unless GW rewrote history again, the necrons were supposedly released when the ork spacehulk crashed on the planet angelis ad broke open soem of their tomb complexes.

least that was the background in "gorkamorka".

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorkamorka#Background

Yeah, the orks released the necrons when their hilk crashed into angelis. The necrons apparently took one look at the orks and left the planet shortly thereafter. ;)
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

Cylonophile

#23
November 03, 2010, 12:45:34 AM
The deodorant tank goes back to when GW was actually a games company and cared about people having fun with their games. Nowadays such a thing would be FORBIDDEN in GW games and you've be expected top pay beauceaup bucks for an official GW model.
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

Benoist

#24
November 03, 2010, 12:48:21 AM
Beaucoup.

Cylonophile

#25
November 03, 2010, 12:51:49 AM
Quote from: Benoist;413531Beaucoup.

Ah, merci, mon ami. Non parlevous francias.
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

Benoist

#26
November 03, 2010, 12:58:20 AM
Quote from: Cylonophile;413533Ah, merci, mon ami. Non parlevous francias.
LOL First sentence is alright. Second sentence is a fucking trainwreck! :D

Hairfoot

#27
November 03, 2010, 01:15:07 AM
L'OL

Cylonophile

#28
November 03, 2010, 01:22:29 AM
Or "L'ol, eh?"
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

Benoist

#29
November 03, 2010, 01:23:25 AM
In Canada for sure. Eh.
Print
Go Up Pages 1 2 3
User actions