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Cortex system: can it do fantasy and horror and is it any good?

Started by elfandghost, March 10, 2012, 04:31:46 PM

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Bloody Stupid Johnson

#30
March 12, 2012, 09:03:07 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;521161Dude. You're almost selling me on Cortex here. ;)
 
Pity it seems MWP has abandoned Cortex for the more storygamey Cortex+.

Ha! Sucker!;)

3rik

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March 12, 2012, 03:44:56 PM Last Edit: March 12, 2012, 03:47:26 PM by 3rik
Quote from: Skywalker;521164Just be warned that the date it will be available through BD won't be tomorrow. That's the expected released date and considering that the books have only just landed with MWP, I would give it at least a month before BD have copies.
Of course, but if it's supposed to not be available outside of the US and Canada, this would be one way to get it anyway.

Quote from: Silverlion;521176(...)I prefer Cinematic myself, since it is MUCH faster play flow when used. On the other hand if I were running specifically Witchcraft or All Flessh Must be Eaten, I'd use classic, because they're supposed to be more deadly. Armageddon? No, I'd use Cinematic because it isn't supposed to be AS deadly as the other two.
I also prefer Cinematic, but I can see AFMBE work well in Classic as well as Cinematic, depending on the experience you want. Cinematic zombies can be just as fun, if not more so, than gritty zombies. The Angel corebook claims that Cinematic without Drama Points can also make for a pretty deadly game, by the way, so we may not have need for Classic anyway.
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Skywalker

#32
March 12, 2012, 07:18:43 PM
Quote from: HombreLoboDomesticado;521292Of course, but if it's supposed to not be available outside of the US and Canada, this would be one way to get it anyway.

Definitely. Any US based internet store should suffice.

Tommy Brownell

#33
March 13, 2012, 01:42:06 AM
Quote from: HombreLoboDomesticado;521292Of course, but if it's supposed to not be available outside of the US and Canada, this would be one way to get it anyway.


I also prefer Cinematic, but I can see AFMBE work well in Classic as well as Cinematic, depending on the experience you want. Cinematic zombies can be just as fun, if not more so, than gritty zombies. The Angel corebook claims that Cinematic without Drama Points can also make for a pretty deadly game, by the way, so we may not have need for Classic anyway.

Yeah, really the only things making Cinematic less deadly than Classic are the Drama Points and how easy it is for certain character types to inflate their number of Life Points.
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Danger

#34
March 13, 2012, 07:05:36 AM
Quote from: elfandghost;521016Thanks! You see that's just the thing isn't it; after more than a few games the "best new game evar" turns out not to be the best game ever. So I think I will leave it. I'm getting the same feeling as FATE; great for a while but then starts to get annoying and limiting.

You know the more systems I read and the more I buy the more I get fed up with the hobby. I think the problem could be this: the people who design games aren't the people who play games and who have other things in their lives like kids, girlfriend, regular work and other hobbies. With that; I don't hold out for D&D 5 either! I think I should just make my own and not tell anyone but my players. In fact I'm going to lie to them; say its the hottest new thing on RPG net or whatever and that is beyond brilliant...?

Amen.
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March 13, 2012, 11:28:43 AM
I'd like to point out I design and play games. Of course this is probably why I am so slow at getting games out. Too busy playing them to get as much writing done as I'd like, however, I wouldn't prefer to trade at all.
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