Glad to see that The One Ring is now One Book:)  I didn't care for the two book format.

Quote from: Zachary The First;780245A bit. I've been doing some card and board game demos, looked at some wargames, and am holding out hope for getting some Castles & Crusades and 5e in. Otherwise, I do my best to find stuff that will add to my gaming the other 361 days of the year.

Cool. And thanks again for doing this.

OMG! Cosplaying Bob Ross is sheer genius! "Happy little trees!"

That Lone Wolf map looks sweet.  I have the KS starred, not quite ready to pull the trigger.  What is the RPG like?  I generally like more realistic, low- to very low-magic settings.

Quote from: BigWeather;780334That Lone Wolf map looks sweet.  I have the KS starred, not quite ready to pull the trigger.  What is the RPG like?  I generally like more realistic, low- to very low-magic settings.

At a base level, it uses the solo gamebook mechanics. C7 seem to be adding a Background/Race, Skill and Trait system to that, as well as some form of balancer for PC creation, which otherwise ignores balance.

I would read Flight from the Dark and Fire on the Water here: //www.projectaon.org, to get an idea of the setting and rules. It's a world that is more grounded in history than most D&D settings, but with elements of high fantasy. Magic is rare, by there are lots of special talents. The Kai Monks are essentially fantasy Jedi knights.

Quote from: Opaopajr;780322OMG! Cosplaying Bob Ross is sheer genius! "Happy little trees!"

Seconded.  That falls under the heading of "why didn't I think of that?"

Quote from: BigWeather;780334That Lone Wolf map looks sweet.  I have the KS starred, not quite ready to pull the trigger.  What is the RPG like?  I generally like more realistic, low- to very low-magic settings.

I still have fond memories of those Lone Wolf "choose your own adventure" books.  That's really awesome.

Quote from: flyerfan1991;779785Yes, I've been for several years now, and on Sunday the vendors tone things down a bit.  But really, are they part of geekdom or gaming?

Costuming supplies, yes. After all, LARPers are gamers. But the other stuff? Not quite so much, although the videos by groups such as The Gamers dovetail with the hobby nicely.

But I'm with Zach about certain aspects of Gen Con needing to tone it down a bit.

Someone's a prude! Got your Puritan hat on? :nono:

I had no idea a Robotech mini game was being made. I need some Zentraedi and Invid figs right now!

Quote from: Skywalker;780341At a base level, it uses the solo gamebook mechanics. C7 seem to be adding a Background/Race, Skill and Trait system to that, as well as some form of balancer for PC creation, which otherwise ignores balance.

I would read Flight from the Dark and Fire on the Water here: //www.projectaon.org, to get an idea of the setting and rules. It's a world that is more grounded in history than most D&D settings, but with elements of high fantasy. Magic is rare, by there are lots of special talents. The Kai Monks are essentially fantasy Jedi knights.

I was interested, but I was disappointed to find out they were using the same system that Dever used for the books. It was good for that format, but I'd like a little more meat for an actual RPG.

Sorry this one is coming in late. We had our GM's Jam seminar, which was in a room in the Crowne Plaza apparently located underneath a heavy railroad track. Seriously, the floor shook and it was incredibly loud with each passing train. It did make an effective prop when we discussed railroading, however.

The GM's seminar went really well. We had some newer and more experienced GMs in the crowd, and we talked about issues at our table, and some ideas on how to improve our games. I don't think the far location helped this year--attendance was definitely down, but everyone seemed to have a good time!

I stopped by the Kobold Press/Open booth today and got to chat with Wade Rockett a bit. He said that it's been a very busy convention, as one would imagine with folks curious about Tyranny of Dragons and Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Always nice to see some of the friendliest and coolest folks in gaming:





Evan being impressed (or possibly terrified) with the size of the pieces for the giant U.S. Catan game:





So, for all the good at Gen Con, there's also a booth advertising some sort of furry erotica game. I am really, really glad this shot is a little blurry, but this seriously has to go against some standard of Gen Con, and possibly the universe:



I also spent some time walking around the wargaming area. Some of these setups are enough to drop your jaw. Here's a quick few of some of the best. I definitely want to sign up for a few of these next year--maybe take part of my Saturday and do so. I'll put some more up later:





(A board for Battle of the Five Armies. I love this. A lot):



The parade of costumes for the costumes was this afternoon. It was insanely crowded, but some of the costumes were absolutely amazing. Here's a quick shot from the crowd:

Quote from: danbuter;780348Someone's a prude! Got your Puritan hat on? :nono:

Bend over and let's find out. ;-)

Quote from: danbuter;780350I had no idea a Robotech mini game was being made. I need some Zentraedi and Invid figs right now!

They are just covering Macross at the moment. There are plans for the later stuff, but that wont happen for a while.

I've got 350+ minis coming to me from the Kickstarter. I'm looking forward to it.

About 200 of those are Battlepods lol

Quote from: Skywalker;780341At a base level, it uses the solo gamebook mechanics. C7 seem to be adding a Background/Race, Skill and Trait system to that, as well as some form of balancer for PC creation, which otherwise ignores balance.

I would read Flight from the Dark and Fire on the Water here: //www.projectaon.org, to get an idea of the setting and rules. It's a world that is more grounded in history than most D&D settings, but with elements of high fantasy. Magic is rare, by there are lots of special talents. The Kai Monks are essentially fantasy Jedi knights.

Cool, I checked it out at that link.  They have a ton of resources, including a companion for the world.  I *love* the big map as well as the nine (four available now) sets of maps for each region.  I'm such a sucker for nice maps. =/  

Quote from: flyerfan1991;780346I still have fond memories of those Lone Wolf "choose your own adventure" books.  That's really awesome.

I don't know how I missed them as a kid -- I played CYoA, Endless Quest, and also the Steve Jackson ones, but never saw Lone Wolf.  Was this mainly a UK thing?

Quote from: Endless Flight;780351I was interested, but I was disappointed to find out they were using the same system that Dever used for the books. It was good for that format, but I'd like a little more meat for an actual RPG.

Sounds like they're adding on to the base system.  Then again, I love smaller rules so I'm OK with it.

OK, guys, I'm done for the evening. Off to bed. I hope everyone has a good evening, and is enjoying the coverage. I'll wrap things up tomorrow: