Top RPG stuff, PERIOD, for 2006

rcsample · December 19, 2006, 02:13:01 PM

Quote from: Warthur...The Boy King - which is the first part of the Great Pendragon Campaign.

1st question: Is the Great Pendragon Campaign just compiled older adventures (i.e. let's take The Boy King, Savage Mountains, blah, etc. and mix)?

2nd question: Mechanically, is there much difference between 4th and 5th?

Sorry for the side track..anyone with an answer can PM me...now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

Scale · December 19, 2006, 02:13:56 PM

True20 was just a pdf until, I think, April, of this year, which means it might as well not have existed until then, so that gets my vote as the best of 2006. The True20 Bestiary is also a wonderful supplement, so that gets a thumbs up too. Pity about the settings, really.

King of Old School · December 20, 2006, 04:25:48 AM

Burning Empires. A relatively recent acquisition but it shines as one of the best SFRPGs I've ever seen. It does everything I want it to do. Disclaimer: I'm a goob for the source material so I was predisposed to like this game. Still, the game itself (while not perfect IMO) would be my system of choice for anything like a WH40K or Battletech RPG.

This wasn't a great year for RPGs, IMO.

KoOS

RedFox · December 20, 2006, 05:18:33 AM

Conspiracy-X 2.0. I've had the old edition for awhile and 2.0 was everything I'd hoped for.

...except the glossy pages. I hate that.

Warthur · December 20, 2006, 07:28:18 AM

Quote from: rcsample1st question: Is the Great Pendragon Campaign just compiled older adventures (i.e. let's take The Boy King, Savage Mountains, blah, etc. and mix)?

No. It's a super-remastered version of the Boy King with the timeline widely extended - from Uther's reign to the death of Arthur - and packed with adventures (in various levels of fleshing-out), background material, supplementary rules and courtly intrigue.

Essentially, you can run it through to cover the entire Arthurian saga, or you can use it as a resource for beginning a Pendragon campaign at any stage in the timeline.

Quote2nd question: Mechanically, is there much difference between 4th and 5th?

No.

Warthur · December 20, 2006, 07:30:01 AM

Quote from: ScaleTrue20 was just a pdf until, I think, April, of this year, which means it might as well not have existed until then, so that gets my vote as the best of 2006.

...except that it was the system of last year's Blue Rose - and the PDF was wildly popular by PDF standards, enough to make the book a reality.

Scale · December 20, 2006, 01:05:51 PM

Quote from: Warthur...except that it was the system of last year's Blue Rose - and the PDF was wildly popular by PDF standards, enough to make the book a reality.

Sorry, unless it can sit on a shelf, it's not released, by my standards. PDFs don't count outside of fringe web board communities. And Blue Rose, well, it might have used the system, but it's its own bucket of shit. True20 hit the shelves in its true form in April of 2006.

RPGPundit · December 20, 2006, 02:19:11 PM

Quote from: ScaleSorry, unless it can sit on a shelf, it's not released, by my standards. PDFs don't count outside of fringe web board communities. And Blue Rose, well, it might have used the system, but it's its own bucket of shit. True20 hit the shelves in its true form in April of 2006.

I think the more important issue is that the Blue Rose version of True20 is NOT the same set of rules as the original PDF version of True20 and neither of these are the same set of rules as the eventually Print version of True20.

So you're really talking about 3 different "editions" here; which would mean to me that the new book that got published in April 2006 was a NEW book, because its rules are revised and changed from the last version.

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mythusmage · December 20, 2006, 03:12:52 PM

Quote from: ScaleSorry, unless it can sit on a shelf, it's not released, by my standards. PDFs don't count outside of fringe web board communities. And Blue Rose, well, it might have used the system, but it's its own bucket of shit. True20 hit the shelves in its true form in April of 2006.

How long was it before you accepted movable type as a substitute for copying by hand?

Scale · December 20, 2006, 03:18:51 PM

Quote from: mythusmageHow long was it before you accepted movable type as a substitute for copying by hand?

:rolleyes:

PDF/electronic publishing are in their infancy now, deal with it.

pspahn · December 20, 2006, 07:24:31 PM

Damn, no mention of Coyote Trail? I did a lot of work for that one. I'll mention it, then. Oh, I might as well mention Hunger while I'm at it, despite the PDF hate.

Pete

ColonelHardisson · December 20, 2006, 08:09:07 PM

Quote from: Scale:rolleyes:

PDF/electronic publishing are in their infancy now, deal with it.

So what? What difference does that make? I can now keep and store hundreds of books in a much smaller space, plus I can print out specific pages when I need them. I love books, have had thousands of them throughout the years, but I can tell you that when brutal reality bites you on the ass and you have to get rid of most of them, electronic forms of books begin to look a helluva lot more attractive. When I had to dispose of a huge number of my books recently due to lack of storage, at least I didn't have to touch any of the pdfs I have.

Gunslinger · December 20, 2006, 08:42:07 PM

Quote from: King of Old SchoolBurning Empires. A relatively recent acquisition but it shines as one of the best SFRPGs I've ever seen. It does everything I want it to do. Disclaimer: I'm a goob for the source material so I was predisposed to like this game. Still, the game itself (while not perfect IMO) would be my system of choice for anything like a WH40K or Battletech RPG.

This wasn't a great year for RPGs, IMO.

KoOS

Quote from: GunslingerThough a "story" game, I think Burning Empires would be the jewel of my 2006 pickups. First there is the quality of the book (art, layout, print quality, etc...). What I really like about the game though is that it allows the GM to emulate the graphic novels using the system, which is the point. So instead of having a "party" of characters travelling together and performing tasks, you can have characters acting seperately to achieve the group goal (stop the Vaylen).

It would also be my first choice of systems to run a Warhammer 40,000 campaign.

A kindred spirit. :toast:

RPGPundit · December 20, 2006, 09:03:57 PM

Quote from: pspahnDamn, no mention of Coyote Trail? I did a lot of work for that one. I'll mention it, then. Oh, I might as well mention Hunger while I'm at it, despite the PDF hate.

Pete

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flyingmice · December 20, 2006, 09:47:05 PM

Quote from: RPGPunditHaven't read it yet, but I will. And after I have, I'm betting a lot of other people will too.

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