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An item RPG Item: Elf: An OSR Class has been added to the geeklist Dan's Basic D&D 'Keep on the Borderlands' game

by Hattori Hanzo

pfrsantos wrote:

Hattori Hanzo wrote:

NoahMillerDesign wrote:

I'm very new to giving / receiving stars and just found out about the  The Geek Citizenship Recognition Program Rolls On! and  Citizenship Recognition - 10K Celebration badges and would love to have them if they're still available to be received.

Looking forward to giving out lots of stars in the future!

contact Dave Bernazzani

Or... read the previous post.

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by oninowon

Hunting_Phoenix wrote:

It's been years, but I actually had trouble getting players to sit down at AoR at a FLGS game night. I got bewildered "Where's D&D?" questions when they tried alternating D&D/Other games by week. I had a screen, was welcoming and introduced the concept, and got zero takers.

I ended up with a roommate in my sophomore year who was running MAGE rpg for his friends. He saw my collection of RIFTS on my shelf and asked if I would be willing to run it for him and his friends.

by Eric R.

I've seen a few variants, but every game con silent auction still seems to go to the people who prowl the auction in its last half hour and scoop everything up, unless it's something no one really wanted in the first place. So I've got an idea for con silent auctions.

First off, it will require computer assistance, like the math trade. So someone would have to make this system if there isn't already something like it out there. Being digital, there'd be two ways to participate. One is to use the app or website to submit your bids. The other would be to put your bids on a paper slip and I'll explain the paper slip first.

The slip of course has your information on it. There are also 20 lines for a maximum of 20 bids. For each bid you put the importance (from 1 to most important to 20 least), the item number, the item name (for clarity), and your bid. You also put a maximum threshold you're willing to spend. This way you can bid full out for everything you want and not worry if you win more bids than you have money.

So this is blind in that you don't see what other people are bidding. However, since you only need to outbid the previous bidder, you don't actually have to pay your full bid if you win. You just pay what the 2nd highest bidder bid. So if you win a game that has $1, $5, $10 and you bid $100 you only have to pay $10 if you win. Once you hit your price threshold for money to spend (actually spend, not just bid) on items you've won then all following bids of lesser importance are erased like they never happened.

Since the paper bids will have to be entered manually there'd be an earlier cut off time to submit them. Say 5pm for paper bids but until 7pm for digital bids. Now if you bid digitally you can bid on as many items as you want, same rules. The dropped bids after reaching your spending threshold keeps from artificially driving up prices.

I'm not certain how to deal with ties, but one option is to have a tie reserve you list of a few dollars, maybe $10. Then if there's a tie it automatically pulls from whoever's got the higher tie reserve to win the auction. I'd probably also list a Y/N for if you're willing to go into your tie reserve for that particular game.

by oninowon

robbbbbb wrote:

latindog wrote:

(though of course there are dice rolling apps available but most prefer rolling in a live game)

Interestingly, the college he has chosen does not allow phones. They take all the kids' phones away on the first day of school and return them at the end of the semester. (He only has a flip phone anyway.) The school's technology policy is deliberately restrictive. So no dice rolling apps. You do it the old-fashioned way or not at all.

Do they allow laptops or is that also restricted? Also, why not just ask your son what rpg he would like to bring to college?

by Againsto

Related Item: RPGG News

Oooh, Double Trouble! Very nice.

by ragngand

€30.00 for RPG Item: I.S.P.M.V. Fenris
Condition: Like New
Location: Sweden

by Red Wine Pie

Related Item: Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership

I bought it for a friend last Christmas, a very good read on the whole history of RPGs.

by oninowon

Bifford wrote:

Now....in about 30 minutes I'll be playing a PbV one-shot using Outgunned, which is a d6 system, so I'll let you know my thoughts on that once I've played!

EDIT: A fun game! The mechanics seemed to work okay with everything, helping to move the game a bit. Was the system a 100% fit for SW? Probably not, but it did a decent enough job.

Outgunned is such a great rpg. Did everyone have the force or was there a good mixture of roles?

by Playful_Chipmunk

MzelleMzelle wrote:

Hum, soleil ou pas, je n'aurais pas pu résister à un magasin de figurines et peluches comme ce que je vois ici 😁

Nous avons regardé tout, les trois étages. Il y a énormement de jeux, mais comme tu as remarqué, il y a aussi beaucoup de figurines, matériel pour peinture et peluches. Et j'ai aussi acheté quelque chose. Mais je n'avais pas envie de me mettre à table pour jouer. Notre plan était d'aller à Englischer Garten (Jardin Anglais, un parc avec un Biergarten), prendre une bière et jouer au Cartaventura qu'on avait acheté. Mais la nuit est tombée et on ne voyait plus très bien le petit texte sur les cartes.
Voilà la tour chinoise dans le parc et le Biergarten:

by oninowon

Star Wars Saga (SWSE) is my favorite rpg version of the IP. In WEG ver., the biggest issue was the power disparity between Jedi and all the other classes according to people who have played it. SWSE made playing all the classes really fun and unlike WEG, Jedi characters won't hog the spotlight.

My least favorite would be the one using the Genesys system but I'm not fan of the WEG d6 system either.

Ugavine wrote:

Favorite is Star Wars (WEG 2nd Edition), although for my recent solo games I've been using the original.

Least favorite is Star Wars (WotC Original Edition). When they got the license they asked fans on the mailing list what they wanted, and it was a pretty unanimous Not D20. And what they delivered wasn't great. The Revised version did improve it, though couldn't tell you why. But it's very unlikely will play Star Wars D20 again anytime soon; unless players want a powerful Jedi campaign, for that I'd use Star Wars (Saga).

If I were to run a Star Wars game for my group I would give them the option of Star Wars (WEG 2nd Edition), Star Wars: Edge of the Empire or Star Wars: Age of Rebellion.

I highly doubt your claim of the survey result. If WotC had taken the time to send out such a survey only to ignore the results, what was the point? I'm pretty sure that their fans who were already into d20 would have loved a d20 version of the IP.