Quote from: CRKrueger;885995Now Heavy Metal, there it would have a footprint!

I have pitched a Heavy Metal/Metal Hurlant game at three different publishers over the years. Maybe someone will bite...

Quote from: Tush Hog;886082Having played through the QuickStart and a bit more, I can say we really have taken a liking to the system. It played very fast, players had fun choices (so did the GM ), and it felt like we hoped it would.

I've got big hopes for this game!

Thanks! Glad to hear it.

We have high hopes as well. As of this writing, we're on our way to becoming the 4th-highest-funded RPG Kickstarter, and we're the highest KS that Modiphius has run.

Though I really don't pay that much attention to funding as a measure of a game's quality, it's nice to see this kind of success, given that we were told that doom and ruination were certainties if we didn't change the system.

That said, there is a crushing, almost punishing amount of work to do, and I'm eager to put the Kickstarter in the rear-view mirror and get back to work making content.

Quote from: Jason D;886083Out of curiosity, where have you seen me say either of those things?

The tail end of that post was getting into games with narrative mechanics in general, but you're in the neighborhood with...

Quote from: Jason D;885908The distinction between "narrative game" and "traditional game" is pointless and abstract, meaning different things to different people.

Nathan, Benn, Lites, all have no problem admitting and even describing the narrative elements, the aspects that let you tell great Howard stories.  Nathan even admits that Cortex showed him what a non-traditional narrative system can do and he brought some of that to 2d20.

Somehow that always gets translated here as "Our game is really no different than everyone elses."

But, you and I are never going to agree on this I don't think until we get drunk in a bar somewhere and don't give a shit anymore.

You hit one out of the park, congratulations on the KS, so take your victory lap and then get those writers to work, the lazy dogs.

Quote from: CRKrueger;886087Somehow that always gets translated here as "Our game is really no different than everyone elses."

Well... this particular forum has some interesting biases.

Quote from: CRKrueger;886087But, you and I are never going to agree on this I don't think until we get drunk in a bar somewhere and don't give a shit anymore.

Should you make it to Berlin, I'm happy to buy the first pitcher.

Quote from: CRKrueger;886087You hit one out of the park, congratulations on the KS, so take your victory lap and then get those writers to work, the lazy dogs.

Thanks!

QuoteOriginally Posted by Spinachcat
Somebody please start a Crypts & Things thread.

I want to hear more. Also, I want to hear comparisons / contrasts to that Astonishing Swordsman game too.

I think we could discuss it here

http://www.therpgsite.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=885942

Quote from: Spinachcat;885961I want to hear more. Also, I want to hear comparisons / contrasts to that Astonishing Swordsman game too.

Think AD&D 1e with Amazons, Atlanteans and Hyperboreans instead of dwarves, elves and halflings, 17 character classes such as Berserker, Necromancer and Scout, a bestiary that includes Cthulhu Mythos monsters and no dragons, and a kick-ass sword & sorcery setting gazetteer.

It strikes a mid-point of sorts between emulating Conanesque pulp fantasy and staying true to D&D. Magic is still "straight" D&D Magic, for instance. Orcs have been reimagined as demon-blooded Picts. And so on. If Clark Ashton Smith ran an AD&D 1e game, this would be it, with Robert E. Howard playing a Kimmeri-Kelt Barbarian and H. P. Lovecraft playing an Atlantean Illusionist. Robert Bloch plays an Amazon Assassin but only shows up occasionally, as does Derleth with his insufferable Special Snowflake half-Hyperborean, half-Pict Warlock.

One hour left, the $56 USD pledge currently stands at...

40 Conan d20 PDFs
15 Conan 2d20 PDFs (with Conan the King easily within reach)
and other stuff

We're down to the last 20 minutes, and the campaign is now the #4th-highest grossing RPG on Kickstarter, and the most successful of the five campaigns Modiphius has run.

There are still some stretch goals, and still some things we will save for later announcements over the next year or so.

So I'm pretty pleased, overall.

I'll take the rest of the evening off, once that timer hits 0, and then tomorrow morning it's time to get back to work!

When you take your night off, don't forget the wine and wenches.

Quote from: CRKrueger;886026Maybe, been a while since I've read the rules, not sure about the "I can't die" box.

Edit: I guess it's more of a "You now have permission to kill me." box.

I was referring to Karma, Aiki and Kiai:). The "Lethal" box is the thing that players always check first, so in practice it always felt more like getting extra bonuses for the pleasure of playing a normal game:D!

Quote from: CRKrueger;886154When you take your night off, don't forget the wine and wenches.

+1 to that!

Quote from: Spinachcat;885961Somebody please start a Crypts & Things thread.

I want to hear more. Also, I want to hear comparisons / contrasts to that Astonishing Swordsman game too.

Well, there was this thread a few months ago:

http://www.therpgsite.com/showthread.php?t=33696

Thank you Akrasia!

Hmm, well, I'm glad that getting Mongoose to donate all those PDFs to the Kickstarter got people interested in backing, but...

I don't know.  I mean, I'm probably being very uncharitable here, but if the system could stand on it's own, why did they feel the need to do that?

Maybe, it's not that, maybe they just wanted to bundle both systems together, but the problem I'm seeing is that...  Am I going to be the ONLY person who thinks that?

Personally, I would have preferred if the KS (which from I could tell was going to succeed anyway) to stand on its own two feet.

I dunno.  I'm happy it got funded, I may not like the system, but doesn't mean that the game shouldn't be made.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;886747I don't know.  I mean, I'm probably being very uncharitable here, but if the system could stand on it's own, why did they feel the need to do that?

I expect it was because 7th Sea did it and that KS reached an astronomical $1.3 million.

The difference is that 7th Sea owned the 1e PDFs and they were for a new edition of the same RPG. I wonder if Modiphius had to pay for the d20 PDFs?

Quote from: Skywalker;886764I expect it was because 7th Sea did it and that KS reached an astronomical $1.3 million.

The difference is that 7th Sea owned the 1e PDFs and they were for a new edition of the same RPG. I wonder if Modiphius had to pay for the d20 PDFs?

That's why I would not bring it up at the 7th Sea.  Again, I just wish that the 2D20 one didn't, it muddies the water for actual facts.