by DoOverAgain

An item RPG Item: Mothership Deluxe Set has been added to the geeklist Solo RPGs On Your Table - October 2026

by DoOverAgain

An item RPG: Mothership has been added to the geeklist DoOverAgain's SOLO RPG Actual Plays

by mistermarino

Related Item: Mark Herman

Quick update: I have gotten some photos from Judd's wife and will be getting them to wildthayne via the method of his choice ASAP. This is the picture from his memorial service. I like it a lot. Nice shot, and instantly recognizable. I will let wildthayne peruse the others and seek input as he wishes.

by TomTomThePipersSon

In medieval times, sugar was such a rare thing to get that it was a badge of wealth to have rotten teeth, and it wasn't uncommon to make your teeth look worse than they actually were, in order to impress people with your wealth.

by aramis

Mallet wrote:

Lux_Bux wrote:

pdzoch wrote:

From all the non-human races in RPGs, which is the one least played?

Ducks.

pdzoch wrote:

And why do you think it should be more played?

Ducks are cool. You know they are.

I was one hundred percent sure someone would mention them. 😎

They're way more played than K'Kree...
Then again, you don't play ONE K'Kree. you play a major character, probably their 1-6 assistants, each of those 1-7 having 1-6 bodyguards, each of those 2 to 42 having 1d6 wives, and each wife having 1d6-2 kids...

by Lux_Bux

And I didn't disappoint. 🦆

by aramis

Inkwan wrote:

FFG Star Wars jedis feel far too weak but only played a single session

I've run 3 campaigns of FFG F&D... starting jedi do feel weak... but once you get a couple skill trees deeply filled and have 4 to 5 force dice, things get very different. Especially when you get 40 points deep into many of the force powers. Given that most of the trees up what happens per result applied, and as you go into additional force dice granting trees...
It's better balanced to the non-jedi than WEG was, but about 300 XP in, they really have climbed in power and competence.

And, FYI, 4 force dice and a maxed out telekinesis can zipyank a star destroyer out of orbit...

by aramis

pestigor wrote:

I try to avoid this problem by playing games without “levels” (in the D&D sense) and classes (in the same sense). I try to establish the game’s tone and approach in session zero and it’s worked well for me (I also vet my players so I don’t get some yahoo that’s only interested in mayhem in a non-mayhem game🤓)

The problem is as true in level-less games with significant growth (such as WEG Star Wars and Traveller: The New Era) as it is in leveled games. Even in the lesser speed advancement Traveller flavors (T4, MGT1) have significant issues with adventures needing growth in power of foes.

Probably the most obvious is the growth in Pendragon (1st–6th Editions), especially 4th ed. Starting characters have no levels, but skills do, and a well played 40 year old PC has skills that make starting adventures boring, with multiple at 15+, and often one or two past 20 on a 1d20 rolled check.

by Lux_Bux

aramis wrote:

Ugavine wrote:

Not read many factual RPGs. But back in the 80's, as a Star Wars fan learning lots of the background character names and races from the WEG sourecebooks. WEG wre the ones that named many of these characters and races that have become canon in Star Wars lore.

Most of them were named by Kenner - on the figure packages.

But would you really want to go through life being called "Hammerhead" or "Walrus Man"? Momaw Nadon and Ponda Baba sound a lot less goofy.

Then there's the whole 4-LOM/Zuckuss thing...

by aramis

Shardra wrote:

TabletopBellhop wrote:

Each play of a board game is a stand alone experience, not affected by previous or future plays....

Not strictly true. Lots of games, for example Shadows of Brimstone: Other Worlds – Trederra and its many partners, have persistent between game states.

Many science fiction and fantasy battle games have linked scenario campaigns, too. Star Fleet Battles and Starfire are both notorious for them. GDW's Imperium: Empires in Conflict – Worlds in the Balance is intended as a campaign of many evening's wars. Car Wars less so, but several campaign modes (including play as an RPG) have been supported - from arena campaigns to RPG to gang economics. Gorka Morka and Necromunda.
Some historical battle games have linked scenario campaigns, too. Memoir 44, for example.

by Woolvey

seppo21 wrote:

Am I the only one for whom David Rathbun's tool isn't working? When I click on the link I get "Did not find a Geek List for the specified id (383945)."

I get the same, but between the YULGAME list and this one (https://bgg.honormountain.co/?geeklistId=383945) from Steven Branham, there's not much you can't do.

by Lux_Bux

HiveGod wrote:

My favorite is the one where the end looks like a fist holding a pencil.

This evil little spud?



That's gotta hurt.