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Best RPG-Related Purchase Ever?

Started by jdrakeh, July 21, 2007, 06:27:30 PM

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DagobahDave

#30
July 25, 2007, 03:45:06 PM
Quote from: One Horse TownThat's just crazy talk! I think you're talking about a backpack!
It's got one of those, too.

Here's what it looks like from the top. That's a map of Salzenmund I put together. Also shows off the calculator. This WFRP adventure is going to be 9/11 times 1,000.


Those are my sausage-like fingers opening the latch. It's actually a pretty flimsy piece of plastic that busts off every once in a while. It's easy to put back on. It's a $15 clipboard, what do you expect?


Lots of dice and stuff!


Got my cardstock economy, index cards, faux parchment, poker chips, writing utensils, breath mints.


Ho ho ho, what's this? Something under the Latin dictionary?




 

Dr Rotwang!

#31
July 25, 2007, 03:50:56 PM
Quote from: DagobahDave

HAW!
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Koltar

#32
August 02, 2007, 03:05:27 AM
I mentioned this in that other thread:

 Good Chairs for my players.

Chairs with arms and a back that supports them.

 Its a very recent thing ...but I've been wanting to do that purchase for quite awhile.


A tape recorder - so I can go over past game sessions to keep better track of things and maybe tweak or improve my GM-ing skills.


- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

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Pseudoephedrine

#33
August 02, 2007, 03:38:12 AM
I recommend couches and a coffee table instead of the dining-room-table approach. I've done it both ways over the years, and I've usually found people to be much more relaxed with couches. I think it's because you tend to lean back instead of hunch forward.
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jrients

#34
August 02, 2007, 09:05:36 AM
That's assuming you want the group relaxed.  I want my group to only use the edge of their seats.
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JamesV

#35
August 02, 2007, 09:32:15 AM
Notebooks, lots of notebooks. Nothing beats having a convenient medium for writing down stray ideas or wahtever else sounds cool and creative. They're cheap too.
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architect.zero

#36
August 02, 2007, 10:55:19 AM
The best thing I've purchased that is directly related to RPGs... The Savage Worlds Customizable GM's Screen.  It's like a vinyl-covered cardboard trifold clipboard but each panel has a transparent vinyl pocket for holding whatever charts and information you might want.  Best part is it's in landscape format so it spreads out to cover a large area of the table, and I can easily see/be seen over it.

Indirectly... notebook computer.  Ebooks are awesome for  rules reference (searchability), and I plan games using stuff like Word or Excel.  Very handy.

Koltar

#37
August 02, 2007, 11:19:40 AM
Quote from: architect.zeroThe best thing I've purchased that is directly related to RPGs... The Savage Worlds Customizable GM's Screen.  It's like a vinyl-covered cardboard trifold clipboard but each panel has a transparent vinyl pocket for holding whatever charts and information you might want.  Best part is it's in landscape format so it spreads out to cover a large area of the table, and I can easily see/be seen over it.

Indirectly... notebook computer.  Ebooks are awesome for  rules reference (searchability), and I plan games using stuff like Word or Excel.  Very handy.


SECONDED!! on that GM screen.

I've been using one of those the past 2 years. I love changing the picture on the plays side of it. Its tuerned into a "Main viewing screen" for the group at times. On the GM side I can switch out what charts and whst NPCs I put in the pockets.

- Ed C.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...

Brantai

#38
August 02, 2007, 11:24:28 AM
Quote from: Serious PaulUnrelated side note: We used to run our Shadowrun game from lap tops, with each player having one, networked to a system, with a big screen that we jacked in for maps and real time videos.

Alas the lap tops all belonged to one guy, and they all crapped out. We'd like to get a table set up again where each station has a chat/messenger function and keyboard and screen to use.

We've considered using "Online Game Chat" with microphones for games, like teamsspeak and the like.
That, sir, is possibly the most awesome game of Shadowrun I've ever heard of - and I don't even know what you did!
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