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 New comment on Blog Post The Long Game (or The Long War)
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:47:36

by crazybyzantine

Related Item: Decisions, Decisions: Thoughts from an indecisive gamer

For RPG, nostalgia keeps making me explore different systems and settings, but age and time pressure for way simpler stuff than AD&D.

I dislike all the narrative systems these days ,,,I do like Cortex Classic which feels a bit like Savage Worlds, but their later stuff gets a lot fuzzier.
Fortunately, there are tons of weird splatbooks out there. Settings-wise, I got the John Carter of Mars and Symbaroum books (for the world and lore, not mechanics) and I enjoy collecting bestiaries from various systems.

I hope you find a replacement tabletop group soon! I relied on conventions until we were empty nest, now I have a weekly group and several weekend options after a long dry spell. It has ruined solo gaming for me 🙂 but lots of new friends and trying new games I would not otherwise have tried.
 The Long Game (or The Long War)
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:36:10

by Pete aka The Masked Minstrel

Ah, alas, after Christmas and my Wife's birthday on New Year's Eve, we are still struggling to financially recover.

I did manage to squirrel away a few dollars for magnets and drill bits, though.

I am committed to playing the long game in battling out The Long War, and by that I refer to the battles of the Horus Heresy in Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Legions Imperialis and Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy Rules Set.

Super Excited about Adeptus Titanicus because the rules are so amazing and detailed without being overbearing, it is almost like a 40K/30K take on BattleTech where you manage your Titan's Plasma Reactors and push them to overperform their norms.
By comparison, the Titan's rules in Legions Imperialis are kind of watered down because they lack the beautiful intricacies in Adeptus Titanicus, but of course, in a game of combined arms warfare with infantry, armor, superheavies, Titans, and fliers, their rules do need to be more in line with the rest.

It is also really hot here in Australian Summer and I wasn't able to get the games room airconditioned (mumble mumble disappointment).
At 5am, it was already too warm in the games room, and I can't wait for cooler seaons.
I did manage to assemble a box of Baneblade Superheavy Tanks for my Solar Aux army.

The tiny details on these minis are insane!



Here is a size comparison pic with a Space Marine Predator and Sicaran Tanks alongside one of my Baneblades.



Earlier I said I had ordered magnets, my full order consisted of:
4x1mm disc magnets
4mm drill bits
3x1mm disc magnets
3mm drill bits
A4 Self-adhesive magnetic sheets

These are so I can fully magnetise the weapon options for my Titans for Epic Scale Battles.
Just a small purchase which I could manage for now.

In the future, my bigger purchases planned are:

- Grandmasters Edition box of Adeptus Titanicus (2 Warlord Titans and Questoris Knights)
- A Second Core box of Adeptus Titanicus (2 Reaver Titans, 2 Warhound Titans, and 2 Cerastus Knights)
- A Second Core box of Legions Imperialis (Infanty and tanks, and 2 Warhound Titans with alternative weapons)

That will bring me a grand total of Two Warlord Titans, Four Reaver Titans, and Eight Warhound Titans, plus a couple of Households of Knights - easily enough for a couple of forces, Loyalist and Traitor.

The magnetic sheets are for the Titan Consoles for games of Adeptus Titanicus, so I can magnetise the little knobs that track their stats.

This is my Long Game Plan.

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The other two games I want to focus on (in addition to my board games) are Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Skaventide Spearhead battles, and Warhammer Quest
but for these two games I pretty much have everything I want, almost.
Sure I could the Sand and Bone Spearhead pack. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Spearhead – Sand & Bone Gaming Pack and maybe some more specific monsters for WHQ.
But short of buying a fat deck of Cards from LittleMonk, I am tapped out and not looking to drop much cash here.

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It has been Months since I last played a game, and I am jonesing badly.
Playing Marvel STRIKE Force on my iPad and World of Warcraft again on my computer are fun, but my true love is tabletop gaming.

Speaking of which, sad news, my friend Moley is moving away in a few hours time.
There goes another of my games group.
We weren't even able to have a gaming send-off for him, despite my trying to organise one.

(going off on a tangent now)
I miss our old gaming group, we would roleplay with AD&D and then play some tabletop wargames, times long past and now long gone.

I am so undivided on how I feel about RPGs, I am not really keen on this woke approach to D&D, maybe because I am old school TSR from the '90s?
I liked the halfbreed races of old, I am not even sure they allow Drow as a race now - that was the thing that made me so happy in 5th edition, the adding of Drow as a base race.

I am undecided on whether I want to get the new 2024 D&D corebooks, or to branch out into something entirely different like Dragon Age Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook or The Witcher RPG The Witcher
I'd like something 'more' than just D&D but at the same time having my own creative freedom to not go outside of the lines of established lore while concocting my own stories.

And I also really want to get Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying happening. Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game Core Rulebook
But for a fantasy system, I am so undecided.

I am not even sure I can muster the remaining players to roleplay, to be honest.

Apologies for going off on a tangent.
 GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "Cast of Characters"
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:31:48

by BardicSkaven

An item RPG Item: Regency Cthulhu has been added to the geeklist Cast of Characters
 Reply: RPGGeek Bugs:: Re: Headers in RPG Description and Edit - Preview are not the same
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:29:40

by August717

Yup! That is the formatting guide I followed. I even went back and added spaces (as suggested) to make sure there was no formatting error.
The issue is still there.

Digging deeper into the issue, I grabbed a few images to showcase what I am seeing. On the main RPGItem page (as linked above), I see the following description:


Now, if you click Edit to edit the description, and then in the following screen you press the Preview button, you will see:


This shows the two different font sizes for the headers.

You can inspect the html on both pages to verify the html header code is correct (<h2> and <h3> respectively). This means it must be the css changing the font size for the headers. Looking further into the inspect, you can also see the [bgcolor=#eeeeee]css_master2696a6fbfd515f.css[/bgcolor] css file on the Edit-Preview page overriding the font-size property defined by the [bgcolor=#eeeeee]rzslider.css[/bgcolor] css file on the main RPGItem page.

You can see the font sizes for h2 and h3 are 21px and 20px respectively shown in the following image from the Main page description:


And you can see the font-size property of <h2> and <h3> being overridden by the css on the Edit-Preview page in the following images to 18px and 14px respectively:




I assume the Edit-Preview page is being overridden by the div's .legacy child element in [bgcolor=#eeeeee]css_master2696a6fbfd515f.css[/bgcolor], but I honestly don't know how the webpage is put together! I hope this clears up what I am seeing!

Again, thank you for the great website. Thank you!
 Thread: Pride, Prejudice & Practical Magics:: Play By Forum:: Rumors and Letters
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:15:30

by BardicSkaven

So I feel posting rumors.. in character thread be confusing and annoying. So we'll post em here now as a rule of thumb since we can only like or pay ppl as thread reacts quote the rumor with a "spreading >.>" or something similar. The first rumor (posted by me) will be spread by default as part of 'game setup'
 Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD JAN 16: What is your experience with RPGs settings featuring an annual celebration for a single person, whether national or local, real (in game world) or fictitious (even in the game world)?
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:04:11

by latindog

I might have encountered some festivals like this in published adventures - I can recall some specific festivals in Legend of the Five Rings, Pathfinder, Starfinder, D&D, and Legacy of Dragonholt but have forgotten the reasons for the festivals in each (I don't recall any specifically in honor of a specific individual certainly).
 Reply: The Tavern:: Re: What have you been listening to lately?
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:02:22

by brumcg

I'm at #20 in my listen of the 2023 WOXY Modern Rock 500.

30 New Order — Bizarre Love Triangle
29 REM — It's the End of the World As We Know It
28 The B-52s — Rock Lobster
27 The Clash — Rock the Casbah
26 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams
25 Pixies — Monkey Gone to Heaven
24 Pearl Jam — Alive
23 Depeche Mode — Enjoy the Silence
22 Lou Reed — Walk on the Wild Side
21 Beck — Loser

Whew. My pick is really Monkey Gone to Heaven, but I'm going to make an exception. My wife and I have almost no music in common. Except, maybe bizarrely, The B-52s...

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 New comment on Item for GeekList "2026 RPG Character Creation Challenge"
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 21:01:03

by DoOverAgain

Related Item: Dune: Adventures in the Imperium

Not a character but my player generated: House Verdante

HOUSE RECORD SHEET: HOUSE VERDANTE

I. BACKGROUND
• House Name: House Verdante
• House Type: Major House
• Homeworld: Aethelgard
â—‹ Details: A Class V world known as the "Silo of the Core," featuring multi-continental terraced farms and floating greenhouse hubs.
• House Crest: The Golden Sickle and Tree
• Motto: "Endurance in Every Seed"
• Traits: Cultivation, Sustainability, Resilience

II. HOUSE ROLES
• Ruler: Archduke Silas Verdante
• Consort: Lady Elara Verdante
• Heir: Shizu Verdante (Noble Scion and Commander)
• Advisor: Talen Zaan (Mentat Analyst)
• Chief Physician: Doctor Aris Vae (Suk Healer)
• Councillor: Akeno Verdante (Steward and Stabilizer)
• Envoy: Kalyna Varo (Bene Gesserit Agent and Courtier)
• Marshall: Varek Thorne (Protector and Investigator)
• Scholar: Doctor Aris Vae (Specialized in medical research/anatomy)
• Spymaster: Vila Kade (Infiltrator and Intelligence expert)
• Swordmaster: Kaelen Vane (Ginaz Duelist)
• Treasurer: Miran Saim (Steward and CHOAM Agent)
• Warmaster: General Harek Vane

III. DOMAINS
• Primary Domain: Farming (Produce) — Specialized in high-yield, drought-resistant grains.
• Secondary Domain 1: Industrial (Machinery) — Production of automated harvesting equipment and moisture traps.
• Secondary Domain 2: Logistics (Expertise) — Management of interstellar food supply chains and Guild contracts.

IV. ENEMIES
Name Type Hatred Reason Notes
House Harkonnen Great House Kanly Competition Seek to seize Verdante’s water-reclamation patents.
House Moritani Major House Loathing Morality View Verdante’s sustainability as an affront to industrial pillaging.

V. HOUSE STATISTICS
• Discipline: 8
• Move: 7
• Communicate: 6
• Understand: 5
• Battle: 4

VI. HOLDINGS & ASSETS
• The Verdante Seed-Vault: A secure repository of Aethelgard’s genetic agricultural history.
• Bulk Cargo Fleet: Specialized Guild-certified hullers for distribution.
• Planetary Irrigation Network: An architectural wonder ensuring total water efficiency.
• The Ceres Signet: An heirloom ring granting authority over CHOAM agricultural audits.

VII. PERSONALITY SUMMARY FOR KEY FIGURES
Shizu Verdante provides the central will for the House, acting as the "power processor" to drive agricultural growth. She is supported by Talen Zaan, who filters out political noise to focus on logical data. Kaelen Vane serves as the House's lethal shield against treachery, while Miran Saim ensures the financial circulatory system—the wealth of the House—remains robust. Together, they protect the interests of Archduke Silas and the legacy of Aethelgard.


 What's New January 16, 2026: 13th Age, Cosmic Dark, Modern War, SotDL, TotV, and more!
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 20:56:43

by Bruce McG



Oh, a bat can't be cute.



I've been proven wrong - once again - by the Honduran white bat.

New releases at your FLGS (sourced by Leisure Games)

13th Age
:star: 13th Age Second Edition: Combined Heroes' Handbook, Gamemasters' Guide, and Game Master's Screen (Limited and Standard editions) - Pelgrane Press
:star: 13th Age Second Edition: Slipcase (books only) - Pelgrane Press

Cosmic Dark
:star: Cosmic Dark - Thieves of Time

New PDF releases @ DriveThru

Daggerheart
:star: Wondrous Environments - TheWelshDM

Devil's Due
:star: Devil's Due: A Grimdark Roleplaying Game of Gothic Heroes - Barrel Rider Games

Index Card RPG
:star: ICRPG Power Tools: Game Mastery Book - Runehammer Games
:star: ICRPG Power Tools: Player Book - Runehammer Games
:star: Realm of Graves - Runehammer Games

Modern War
:star: Uprising - Zozer Games

Mud, Blood & Rats
:star: Mud, Blood & Rats - Complete Edition - G. A. Mitchell

Oath Hammer
:star: Oath Hammer - Broken Blade Publishing

Shadow of the Demon Lord
:star: Dungeon of the Damned 7: Chamber of Black Ice - Schwalb Entertainment

Star Trek Adventures Second Edition
:star: The 23rd Century Campaign Guide - Modiphius Entertainment

Tales of the Valiant
:star: Tales of the Valiant Player's Guide 2 - Kobold Press

Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game
:star: Thirst of Three - Cubicle 7 Entertainment

Warlord Ascendant 2e
:star: Warlord Ascendant 2e - Blackoath Entertainment
 New Video for Hostile Solo
Posted: Fri, 16 Jan 20:24:58