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GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "Missing Images: RPGs with no logos"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 22:13:42
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 22:13:42
by skalchemist
An item RPG: Neon City Blues has been added to the geeklist Missing Images: RPGs with no logos
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2025"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 22:05:49
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 22:05:49
by skalchemist
An item Series: Creature Feature (JH Illos) has been added to the geeklist Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2025
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2025"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 22:05:02
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 22:05:02
by skalchemist
An item RPG Publisher: Evil Pigeon Games has been added to the geeklist Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2025
New comment on Item for GeekList "Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2025"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:58:30
There are SO MANY OF THEM on Kickstarter too. I'd say more than half of the current "Tabletop Game" category projects are really just STL projects.
Yeah, I back a few physical minis projects, but have to wade through the STL ones to find them, and it isn't always clear if they aren't delivering physical minis (or if they are, what materials they will be using). It would be nice if it were easier to filter out the STL files. 🙂
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:58:30
by agramore
Related Item: 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible)
skalchemist wrote:
agramore wrote:
Fair enough. I never noticed any previous entries. Not my kind of thing. Usually when I see STL I skip right over since I'm not into 3D printing. 🙂
Carry on. 😊
Carry on. 😊
There are SO MANY OF THEM on Kickstarter too. I'd say more than half of the current "Tabletop Game" category projects are really just STL projects.
Yeah, I back a few physical minis projects, but have to wade through the STL ones to find them, and it isn't always clear if they aren't delivering physical minis (or if they are, what materials they will be using). It would be nice if it were easier to filter out the STL files. 🙂
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "GameOnTabletop Projects"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:56:49
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:56:49
by skalchemist
An item Board Game Publisher: Black Book Éditions has been added to the geeklist GameOnTabletop Projects
New comment on Item for GeekList "Kickstarter RPG Game Books - 2025"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:53:28
There are SO MANY OF THEM on Kickstarter too. I'd say more than half of the current "Tabletop Game" category projects are really just STL projects.
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:53:28
by skalchemist
Related Item: 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible)
agramore wrote:
Fair enough. I never noticed any previous entries. Not my kind of thing. Usually when I see STL I skip right over since I'm not into 3D printing. 🙂
Carry on. 😊
Carry on. 😊
There are SO MANY OF THEM on Kickstarter too. I'd say more than half of the current "Tabletop Game" category projects are really just STL projects.
Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (1st Edition) and Shadows of Yog-Sothoth (2nd Edition) (2004) - Differences? - Help Needed
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:42:53
It's a looong time since I read the 2nd edition (just over 20 years), and I never actually ran it, so...I'm not the best person to answer; but it looks like I'm all you've got. 😄
Apart from the fixes regarding the R'lyeh Disk (and possibly the Arc of...something), I think the 2nd edition fleshed out a lot of locations and NPCs, added new scenes and handouts, corrected some stats and inconsistencies, and tried to provide solid reasons for the Investigators to join the Order Of The Silver Twilight in the first place, along with stronger links between the scenarios (plus a fair bit of guidance on how to actually run the thing, which I'm told was sorely lacking in the original). I've got the impression, from folk who had the 1st edition, that it was definitely an improvement but didn't quite go far enough. A few years ago, there was some talk of a "definitive" third edition being prepared, but then it all went quiet and I never heard any more about it. Maybe someday...
I think, if you find the original edition easier to use, your idea of using that as your main text and making notes from the 2nd edition sounds like the best way to go; just read a chapter in the original and then skim through the 2nd edition equivalent to see if any of the changes/additions/advice seem useful to you.
I know that a lot of Keepers either skip or severely tone down "The Worm That Walks," as it's a total meat grinder and you really need to keep most of the PCs alive at that point - the knowledge they've gained is too important.
I've also heard of Keepers abandoning the campaign structure altogether and just running the best scenarios as independent adventures. Seems a bit drastic, but I can see where they're coming from; getting it all to hang together as a cohesive whole is notoriously tricky.
All the best.
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:42:53
by Lux_Bux
Hey, Skullchrist. I haven't been around much, lately, so I've only just noticed this.It's a looong time since I read the 2nd edition (just over 20 years), and I never actually ran it, so...I'm not the best person to answer; but it looks like I'm all you've got. 😄
Apart from the fixes regarding the R'lyeh Disk (and possibly the Arc of...something), I think the 2nd edition fleshed out a lot of locations and NPCs, added new scenes and handouts, corrected some stats and inconsistencies, and tried to provide solid reasons for the Investigators to join the Order Of The Silver Twilight in the first place, along with stronger links between the scenarios (plus a fair bit of guidance on how to actually run the thing, which I'm told was sorely lacking in the original). I've got the impression, from folk who had the 1st edition, that it was definitely an improvement but didn't quite go far enough. A few years ago, there was some talk of a "definitive" third edition being prepared, but then it all went quiet and I never heard any more about it. Maybe someday...
I think, if you find the original edition easier to use, your idea of using that as your main text and making notes from the 2nd edition sounds like the best way to go; just read a chapter in the original and then skim through the 2nd edition equivalent to see if any of the changes/additions/advice seem useful to you.
I know that a lot of Keepers either skip or severely tone down "The Worm That Walks," as it's a total meat grinder and you really need to keep most of the PCs alive at that point - the knowledge they've gained is too important.
I've also heard of Keepers abandoning the campaign structure altogether and just running the best scenarios as independent adventures. Seems a bit drastic, but I can see where they're coming from; getting it all to hang together as a cohesive whole is notoriously tricky.
All the best.
New comment on Item for GeekList "Most Played RPGs - November 2025"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:42:21
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:42:21
by Farydia
Related Item: Splittermond
Great to see this one here! Big fan, but too much work for me to run most of the time :(.
Reply: RPGGeek News:: Re: Geek Citizenship Recognition
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:41:29
Congratulations on you third star Ingela!
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Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:41:29
1ngu wrote:
Are we geeks because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are geeks?
Thank you to whoever gifted me my third star! ❤️
Thank you to whoever gifted me my third star! ❤️
Congratulations on you third star Ingela!
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New comment on Item for GeekList "Most Played RPGs - November 2025"
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:40:03
Posted: Thu, 04 Dec 21:40:03
by Farydia
Related Item: A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying
Wow, there's one really dedicated gamer here - just checked the stats. Amazing :surprise:
