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Bought anything good lately?

Started by palehorse, September 07, 2006, 12:39:07 AM

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palehorse

September 07, 2006, 12:39:07 AM
So who's picked up something good in the last week or two?

The guys at Stiggybaby's picked up a few copies of the Gurps Mysteries hardcopy at GenCon. They're sold out now, but I managed to snag one, and it just arrived today, along with Gurps Cops.

Cops I've borrowed and read before, but it's nice to have my own copy finally! Lisa Steele really seems to know her stuff, so based on that and on what other folks have said about it, I'm pretty confident that Mysteries will kick much ass.
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September 07, 2006, 01:12:41 AM
Various things:

Qin: The Warring States is fucking unbelievable.  I love it.

GURPS:Banestorm is the first time the old GURPS "Yrth" fantasy setting actually appealed to me!

Mysteries of the Moonsea: Wizards continues to show they can do good stuff with the Realms.

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September 07, 2006, 02:39:41 AM
Blame Pundit and Balbinus:

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September 07, 2006, 07:53:41 AM
Burning Wheel, and before that, the Rules Cyclopedia. Two great fantasy games at the opposite ends of the rules weight spectrum, IMO.
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September 07, 2006, 08:52:12 AM
Wellm my wife's picking up my Classic Traveller: The Short Adventures reprint today from the FLGS.
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#6
September 07, 2006, 09:15:40 AM
I ordered It Was a Mutual Decision, but it hasn't arrived yet. I plan to use it with some non-gamer friends; though my fortnightly Schweingruppe may also enjoy playing out a couple's break-up (we're about 50% boys and 50% girls). Unusual stuff, and I'm looking forward to reading it.
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#7
September 07, 2006, 10:15:01 AM
True 20 and Epic RPG.

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#8
September 07, 2006, 11:25:05 AM
Cowboy Bebop DVDs, the complete series plus the movie.

Horatio Hornblower DVDs, the complete, 8 volume set.

I'm hoping to have a copy of In Harms' Way soon, as I'd like to review it.  :)  

I'm trying to find out about Promethean, but no one has noticed my request for information in the thread where you don't know anything about the game in question...

Nebuleon is something I'm looking at, seriously, but haven't purchased yet.

Burning Wheel looks interesting, but still nada from me.

(Whoa, this is turning into more of a "wanna buy" than "have bought" post...)
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#9
September 07, 2006, 11:26:56 AM
My GenCon list is too giant to post, but I also like Qin a great deal.

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September 07, 2006, 11:27:06 AM
Quote from: McrowTrue 20 and Epic RPG.
Two wise picks, if I may say so. :)

Quote from: Clinton R. NixonI bought myself Iron Gauntlets for my birthday and it is awesome.

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#11
September 07, 2006, 11:28:41 AM
Quote from: palehorseSo who's picked up something good in the last week or two?

I bought a bigass dragon toy for 8 bucks because I'm too cheap to get one of Wizard's new gigantic minis.
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#12
September 07, 2006, 11:32:55 AM
Quote from: jrientsI bought a bigass dragon toy for 8 bucks because I'm too cheap to get one of Wizard's new gigantic minis.
I'm right there with you.  I balk at that price tag, cool as they look.

Chronicles of Ramlar does some neat things--picked that up at Gen Con.  Also picked up all the dungeon wall pieces I will need for the rest of my days for next to nothing from Dagoom--they had a crazy backstock clearance sale going on at Gen Con.
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#13
September 07, 2006, 12:59:16 PM
Quote from: Clinton R. NixonI bought myself Iron Gauntlets for my birthday and it is awesome.
*air guitar*
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#14
September 07, 2006, 01:16:28 PM
Actually bought it again.   Had it, sold it to a friend who really wanted it and then recently rebought it.

Going to port Serenity to D6 as I was not thrilled with the mechanics in the MWP version.  Once I am done I am going to sell of my Serenity Core book and get it out of my collection and use D6 Space from then forward to do Firefly/Serenity.
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