/tg/ - Traditional Games

Anyone played this yet?

Wouldn't mind giving this a try.

>>417664

I really like it. The only stat characters have is their Action Points, which is derived from their skills and body parts like everything else in the game. Each Round starts at Count 15 and goes down until there is an actor with an AP equal to the count. Said actor then does an action that costs a certain amount of AP. Moving costs 3. So if they were at 10, they'd go down to 7 and it would be their turn again once the Count reached 7. Plenty of timed response abilities too, the kind that happen before someone else's action, during, and after damage. This could result in everyone burning through most of their AP in response to the first move of combat.

The game could get too easy for players but I ran it at the time when there was an ability with a wrong translation of "completely negate one attack" and everyone in the party took it because why wouldn't you? This is tied with the fact that like most Japanese games they're meant for short campaigns so once the players get so much XP they are broken and never meant to get that powerful. If you intend to run a longer campaign you should curb favor(xp) gains as much as possible, but this will result in characters not advancing in strength so it might not sit well with the players.

>>405070

>thinking that purchasing is swayed by arguments

<several rpg's ready to go

>be me posters really as evolving at a fascinating rate, glad you didnt post this bullshit in homebrew and please fuck back off to whereever you came from.

>>405453

What the fuck is this post? Learn english before you say anything in the future.

>>408181

The problem with subscribestar is it never gets enough people on it to make a difference. Then when you start looking into these patreon alternatives they're sketchy as fuck.

The real world doesn't work how we want it to. You're not going to convince people to join a service just for you and they need a reason to get off Patreon. I don't know what that would be but it has to be done or it doesn't matter how many alternatives you set up. Patreon is known and trusted, normies (who you're wanting to pay you) will stick with it unless it suicides. Same way they stick with social media in general.

>>408181

Thought I'd touch back with ya OP on the whole paywall setup some more. The VPN I use utilizes a script called api.paymentwall to handle credit cards, and encrypts all data locally before payments are charged, meaning the third party charging has no idea about the circumstances of the charge, they just get a charge and do it. The charge is first checked by the staff, I believe. They also have a po box for sending cash, but don't recommend it (put it in a jiffy bag, they say; they check their po box once a week, they say). They do cryptocurrency, they take paypal, and whatever swish is. I think this sort of flexibility would help you out, as having multiple options doesn't put people on edge, and the more in the know consumers would appreciate a means with which to use safer/more anonymous payment methods. Wonder how your shit's coming along, or if you burned out like so many before you. Hopefully you're still chugging along.

>>418829

Did they also include different relics/upgrades? because that seems to be the big difference here. An army of Goblins from a place aligned with death versus one from a place aligned with life having access to gameplay changing different upgrades.

>>418860

I forget the edition, but I'm pretty sure that one of the old IG codices had a section of optional rules with an added points cost (I think it was per unit) that you could apply to your entire army. That can be a load of fun, and can add a lot of variety and modelling to an army. The problem with letting (even close friends) houserule their armies for more than one off fuckabouts is that eventually you will get one guy who tries to give every unit something retarded like an army wide 2+ invulnerable save or something similar. There's already enough reasons for people to get butthurt and cause trouble in a gaming group without adding the potential for something like that.

>>418914

Pretty sure that was the 3rd edition IG dex when you could customize your army with doctrines used to buy certain composition and equipment choices.

>>418885

Yes.

>>418914

Read the fucking books, almost everything, even small armies, have customization options, and you talk like it was a thing of the past.

And its not something obscure, its right in the open!

>>404473

>first pic

Holy shit I am in elementary school again

>>367482

Sounds like a race meant to exploit game mechanics. Haha.

rebump since chrow took it upon himself to redact it.

I saw a setting with Fomorian / Formorians that were like, 4-armed ant people with martial weapons

There are two chess puzzle threads here >>417806 and here >>307504

try asking in those threads.

Good lord it's just like that thing that didn't happen.

>>417050

Might as well. Thread's over halfway to the bump limit with almost no working images anyway.

Could have sworn all the images in this thread were lost in the rollback, but they appear to be working again, so the thread is un-anchored.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/66179418/

>>394969

I switched to play-by-post because meeting in realtime had become impossible due to time zones. That aside, I usually just discuss different systems, settings, plot ideas, and if there are enough players online, I run ad hoc mini-sessions to explore lateral plot points without advancing the plot.

>>395017

What software do you recommend that's easy to steal? I'd like to start actually making decent maps for Call of Cthulhu, ideally something that I can easily modify to fit themes.

Trying to make faux blueprints and city maps is really rough.

>>409068

Play by post can be fine, as long as your group is all equally invested in putting in time on the side to reply and keep the game moving along at a decent pace. When you've got friends who can't be bothered to reply to a text, let alone put aside time to flip through the book you directly handed to them a week ago, it's not quite so ideal. The solution, of course, is to make sure you find other people who are as desperate to play anything as you are.

>>394969

First, I have a skirmish game that I play on the side. I have enough to set up two opposing sides so that I'm not trying to hunt down someone else who has pieces.

Second, as a GM, I set up adventures to run on average 6 sessions and then give it a break. This way players have a solid idea how long it's going to go for. I do link adventures but I don't try to make it one big arching story. The multi year campaign thing is really for teens and college students with no other commitments.

Third, between adventures, I have other kinds of fun with my friends. We go to movies, shoot beer cans, cook out, etc.

>>409151

Not that anon but there's a few online tools you can use for free. Just google them and see if one fits you.

>>411197

Yeah, I also like to give my players some sort of incentive other than threats of murder or blacklisting. I like to use the MICE concept in spycraft which gets assets on board by either the application of Money, Ideology, Coercion, or Ego; basically asking players as to what would most likely what factors would motivate the player characters to join Delta Green. I've home ruled some benefits and drawbacks of what methodology got them involved with the organization.

>>339654

Necromancing just to comment on how awful this actress is, just blankly reading lines that are meaningless to her, oblivious to any sense of intonation or emotion, let alone an understanding of what the words even mean. 3/10 Middle School Drama class tier.

>>310009

>>309915

Pulp is nice for campaign play. While it's technically written for dumber, pulpier adventures, a lot of Keepers use it as a way to make long-term campaigns more possible. I'm personally using it for Masks, but running the campaign as it's written with the themes and such of Classic, just so my players aren't losing characters every other session.

>>322940

https://thetrove.net/Books/Call%20of%20Cthulhu/

there you go

>>324641

>the void

fucking patrician taste dude, movie is awesome. i like that a lot of what's actually going on is up to the viewer to decide. reminds me a lot of CoC honestly, where players will pretty much never get the full story of what's happened

>>418687

If I'm understanding the level of theme you've introduced so far I think you're right at the edge of how much to add before it gets too much. If you want to get a feel for this, go back and watch the first Terminator. The first 15 minutes has a lot of "machine" theme to it but it doesn't choke the viewer with it. A good analogy my teacher told me is "a Valentine's Day party should not look like an 8yo girl's fantasy bedroom." Don't get ham fisted with it.

I feel that "theming" is schlock and it shouldn't be done. It can be done tastefully and in that produce it's own flavor. Think of "asian" or "greek" themed frat parties. They are tacky at best and insulting most of the time. You can give something the flavor of these with out "theming" them. A good example of a flavored but not themed narrative would be Justified; it has a strong western flavor without feeling like a western themed show.

>>418692

What I'm hearing from this is when it comes to having a greater narrative theme woven into a campaign (or any fiction, really) is less is more and the subtler the better. I was mainly planning on having it (hopefully) be lost in the narrative "noise" you could say- characters speaking with idioms and metaphors, tavern names, puzzles in dungeons etc. so only the more perceptive players would pick it up.

Good point to keep in mind- don't make it ham fisted. Just let it be there.

>>418701

The reason to play TTRPGs is to have fun. People can have fun with something that's over-the-top cheesy and they can have fun with something that's more sombre in tone. Where a lot of people tend to get taken out of the fun is when the elements are in discord. Try not to yo-yo them on the need to suspend disbelief and the emotional context of the game.

If you're running a Terry Pratchett style game that's goofy and poking fun at it self, lay it on thick. If you're going more grimdark, you might want to keep the theme elements subtle.

Two ways I could see a running theme work in a more serious context would be if all the theme elements came from a single source or if you were using the theme as a way of showing supernatural connection context. If you had a villain that owned the bar, set the trap, and crafted the idioms used by his henchmen, then it isn't a a stretch to see the connections between the theme and the obsession of the main villain. In contrast, you could have some unseen supernatural force that is trying to guide the party via hints and suggestions and will link the path the players need to take via a common theme. Done subtly I could see the players feel cleaver when the discover the links and are able to use them late in the adventure.

>>417805

Bruh you're supposed to wear padding under the chainmail. It's not supposed to be on bare skin. The chainmail deflects an edged weapon and the padding helps absorb the impact (chainmail alone does almost nothing against that).

>>408605

Look at that guy's videos for his tilescapes design. If you just make a stamp out of foam it's easy as shit to put a grid on stuff.

>>418612

>the impact (chainmail alone does almost nothing against that).

the chainmail keeps the edged weapon from cutting through the padding.

>>418661

My chainmail protects my padding from edged weapons, but my padding protects my chainmail from edged weapons. I don't understand what's going on over there. Who's the real hero?

>>418670

Chainmail protects padding and you from the edge.

Padding protects you from the impact of a fairly heavy metal object hitting your body.

Neither is particularly effective without the other, but because people want armor that's form fitting or because you don't see the padding on chainmail, most people think you'd just wear chainmail on bare skin or over some underclothes.

Any Christmas releases planned?

>>395501

Hey, I'm from the future.

At least 4e doesn't feature core mechanics that are not explained at all or microtransactions tier jewery.

Played 4e with new group this past week, and it was an absolute blast. Having the roleplay carry such weight makes the game extremely engaging.

>>406136

Explain this one. I haven't been paying much attention to the new RPG release.

>>406232

First edition was the best edition.

>>418082

I posted the proof but (((someone))) deleted it. Don't blame me if your moderation is so cucked he's deleting content to hide who he is.

>>418257

>I totally posted it but it got deleted

>this somehow prevents me from posting it again

Post evidence or go elsewhere, you tremendous fag.

>>418257

I'll bite. If Chrow deleted such proof, then post it in another board.

>>417761

Such a shame too, the concept is great (a new giant robot ttrpg that doesn't have a billion rules). But it's always faggots in the works. Thankfully you can just toss away all the "lore" and subsitute it with your own. One anon here said he backed them and was gonna share the book, since communists shouldn't have any problem with that at all. I figure if I ever play it, I'll name my mech "Reichsadler" or some other german names.

>>417712

>>417720

Worst thing of all, they'd all do it again in a heartbeat.

It's bad enough that you're addicted to giving WotC shekels, at least try to keep it to a minimum like I try to do.

>>417711

Is there anything stoping him from goign all mr.miyogi on some relatively strong newb and taking a split of the prize money that way?

I mean from what I understand, the majority of the brains in magic happens in understanding the meta/preparation. Not at the table itself (which can be trained relatively easily once your meta choices are locked in).

>>417729

Don't underestimate the table skills, I've heard stories about cash noobs buying $1k decks and losjng against much cheaper decks because they just bought into the game.

Besides that I got to agree at least 75% of Pro Tour is understanding the meta and having a meta deck.

I mean, it's not that difficult to teach someone the other 25% in table skills, that's essentially just experience.

NEW THREAD

>>417737

>>417737

>>409896

>>410226

>that solution

Very nice.

Very few of the puzzles are loading. I get blank blue space where there should be a chess board. What's going on?

>>417407

Board got spammed hard.

Mods were asleep.

Everything save a few threads pushed off.

Restored from archive, however, images fucked.

Details in the meta thread.

>>417421

Sad to hear, mate.