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Review: Character Collection 2: Rookies:: The Short Version? Collection 2: Rookies is a great resource for those moments when the GM suddenly needs stats for an inexperienced NPC.
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:12:24
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Character Collection 2: Rookies is a 2021 release from Gaming Ballistic LLC for The Fantasy Trip. It was written by Douglas H. Cole and illustrated by a team of artists.
Presentation
This item is available in both PDF and softcover. The softcover is a 12 page staple-bound book. It features sturdy color covers and shiny interior pages in black & white. The layout is primarily two-columns in portrait format.
Content
The book starts with a table of contents listing each of the 40 starting or inexperienced characters. The inside front-cover has 1" counters for each of the characters.
There is a brief explanation of how to use the book and then it moves quickly to detailing the characters. Each character has a name (typically just a first name), a brief description (example: 32-point young wizard), a description of their history and motivations and then a character stat block with attributes, talents, spells, weapons, and armor. There is also an illustration of each character; some are in fighting poses and others are just standing. Since these are beginning characters, entries are pretty short and there are typically 4-5 characters per page.
Evaluation
This is a pretty basic take on a book of NPCs. The descriptions are brief and depending on the GM's use for the character, they may not matter at all. This is a good resource for a gm who needs a quick NPC when the players suddenly take more interest in an NPC than expected (or pick a fight with one) and the GM doesn't want to spend time fleshing them out. It's also useful for new players as many of these characters are 32 points and so could quickly become starting characters.
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:12:24
by sdonohue
Presentation
This item is available in both PDF and softcover. The softcover is a 12 page staple-bound book. It features sturdy color covers and shiny interior pages in black & white. The layout is primarily two-columns in portrait format.
Content
The book starts with a table of contents listing each of the 40 starting or inexperienced characters. The inside front-cover has 1" counters for each of the characters.
There is a brief explanation of how to use the book and then it moves quickly to detailing the characters. Each character has a name (typically just a first name), a brief description (example: 32-point young wizard), a description of their history and motivations and then a character stat block with attributes, talents, spells, weapons, and armor. There is also an illustration of each character; some are in fighting poses and others are just standing. Since these are beginning characters, entries are pretty short and there are typically 4-5 characters per page.
Evaluation
This is a pretty basic take on a book of NPCs. The descriptions are brief and depending on the GM's use for the character, they may not matter at all. This is a good resource for a gm who needs a quick NPC when the players suddenly take more interest in an NPC than expected (or pick a fight with one) and the GM doesn't want to spend time fleshing them out. It's also useful for new players as many of these characters are 32 points and so could quickly become starting characters.
Pyramid Scheme - ep.3
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:11:52
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:11:52
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Pyramid Scheme - ep.3
Episode 165 - War of the Spheres: Home Edition
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:08:28
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:08:28
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Episode 165 - War of the Spheres: Home Edition
Urban Decay – The Gravewarriors – Blood in the Streets – Session 1
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:06:58
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 11:06:58
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Urban Decay – The Gravewarriors – Blood in the Streets – Session 1
Polyhedron Collider Episode 184 - Ada's Dream, Viticulture Bordeaux, Yotei Sanctuary, Apex Legends, and Rivers of London RPG
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 10:14:12
[MP3]https://traffic.libsyn.com/polyhedroncollider/Episode_184_-_...|Polyhedron Collider Episode 184 - Ada's Dream, Viticulture Bordeaux, Yotei Sanctuary, Apex Legends, and Rivers of London RPG[/MP3]
In Episode 184 of the Polyhedron Collider Cast, the lads take on a globe-spanning mix of games—from thoughtful design and vineyard strategy to mythic landscapes, video game chaos, and urban fantasy roleplaying.
We begin with Ada’s Dream, a thoughtful and inventive design that blends puzzly mechanisms with a unique theme. We then head back to the vineyard, in Viticulture: Bordeaux, exploring what this new twist brings to the classic worker-placement favourite and whether it’s worth uncorking. Next, we venture into Yotei, to build a town using potatoes, in this light strategy game coming to Kickstarter soon. The light strategy continues, with Sanctuary, a remake of Ark Nova, but in as a tile laying game and in a change of pace likely to give you whiplash, we finish the board game chat with a look at the Apex Legends board game. Finally we speed through the magical streets of London in an old Jag, with the Rivers of London RPG.
And don’t forget—you can join the discussion over on our https://discord.gg/RtC25Vf2qA.
Games Mentioned
00:00:00 Intro Banter
00:02:37 Darwin's Journey
00:05:39 Ada's Dream
00:19:27 Viticulture: Bordeaux Expansion
00:25:15 Sanctuary (an Ark Nova Game)
00:37:34 Yotei https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/yotei?ref=...
00:43:28 Apex Legends: The Board Game
00:55:21 Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game
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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 10:14:12
by Steve Tudor
Youtube Video[MP3]https://traffic.libsyn.com/polyhedroncollider/Episode_184_-_...|Polyhedron Collider Episode 184 - Ada's Dream, Viticulture Bordeaux, Yotei Sanctuary, Apex Legends, and Rivers of London RPG[/MP3]
In Episode 184 of the Polyhedron Collider Cast, the lads take on a globe-spanning mix of games—from thoughtful design and vineyard strategy to mythic landscapes, video game chaos, and urban fantasy roleplaying.
We begin with Ada’s Dream, a thoughtful and inventive design that blends puzzly mechanisms with a unique theme. We then head back to the vineyard, in Viticulture: Bordeaux, exploring what this new twist brings to the classic worker-placement favourite and whether it’s worth uncorking. Next, we venture into Yotei, to build a town using potatoes, in this light strategy game coming to Kickstarter soon. The light strategy continues, with Sanctuary, a remake of Ark Nova, but in as a tile laying game and in a change of pace likely to give you whiplash, we finish the board game chat with a look at the Apex Legends board game. Finally we speed through the magical streets of London in an old Jag, with the Rivers of London RPG.
And don’t forget—you can join the discussion over on our https://discord.gg/RtC25Vf2qA.
Games Mentioned
00:00:00 Intro Banter
00:02:37 Darwin's Journey
00:05:39 Ada's Dream
00:19:27 Viticulture: Bordeaux Expansion
00:25:15 Sanctuary (an Ark Nova Game)
00:37:34 Yotei https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyboards/yotei?ref=...
00:43:28 Apex Legends: The Board Game
00:55:21 Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game
⭐Show Sponsor: Tabletop Dominion
For a 10% discount at Tabletop Dominion (the amazing makers of the dice cubes), go to tabletopdominion.com/POLYHEDRONCOLLIDER or use the code POLYHEDRONCOLLIDER at checkout
?Follow Us on Social Media
Threads
?The latest episode is available to listen on the following pod-cast services:
iTunes
Player FM
Podbay.FM
Spotify
Amazon
YouTube
Or you can add the Polyhedron Collider Cast RSS feed to your favourite podcast player
Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Infinite Collision - Ep. 17: Bittersweet 16
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 05:10:27
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 05:10:27
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Infinite Collision - Ep. 17: Bittersweet 16
Ep 182: 200 Cigarettes (Part 3)
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 05:05:19
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 05:05:19
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Ep 182: 200 Cigarettes (Part 3)
This Week in Geek History April 12 - 18
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 05:05:01
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April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 18
I'm sure this list can be improved. Feel free to offer suggestions for this and upcoming weeks. If you want your birthday included just add it to this geeklist: RPG Geek Birthday List
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 05:05:01
by Steve
April 12
1947- American comedian/Late Night host David Letterman [microbadge=28434]
1947- American author Tom Clancy [microbadge=6726]
1961- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit the Earth [microbadge=7756]
1971- American actor/writer Nicholas Brendon [microbadge=32702]
April 13
1570- English conspirator Guy Fawkes [microbadge=22949]
1866- American outlaw Butch Cassidy [microbadge=20198]
1899- American architect and Scrabble inventor Alfred Butts [microbadge=14790]
1963- Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov [microbadge=22750]
1970- Apollo 13 announces, Houston, we've had a problem here after explosion en route to the moon [microbadge=7777]
April 14
1828- Noah Webster’s dictionary, 1st Edition published [microbadge=28274]
1968- American actor Anthony Michael Hall [microbadge=27089]
1977- American actress Sarah Michelle Gellar [microbadge=835]
April 15
1452- Italian painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci [microbadge=22946]
1933- American actress Elizabeth Montgomery [microbadge=19054]
1959- English actress Emma Thompson [microbadge=8267]
1982- Canadian actor/writer Seth Rogen [microbadge=26850]
1990- English actress Emma Watson [microbadge=6212]
April 16
1867- American aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright [microbadge=17203]
1889- English actor-comedian-director Charlie Chaplin [microbadge=4693]
1921- English actor sir Peter Ustinov [microbadge=44790]
????- PurpleWurple
April 17
1959- English actor Sean Bean [microbadge=19881][microbadge=6971][microbadge=184] [o]in almost all movies/TV series his character dies[/o]
1972- American actress Jennifer Garner [microbadge=34345]
April 18
1480- Italian duchess Lucrezia Borgia [microbadge=24758]
1924- 1st crossword puzzle book published by Simon & Schuster (they'd appeared in newspapers before, but this led to a 'craze!') [microbadge=4760]
1938- Superman debuts in Action Comics No. 1 [microbadge=17262]
1947- American actor James Woods [microbadge=26454]
1953- Canadian Actor Rick Moranis [microbadge=46440]
1963- TV Host Conan O'Brien [microbadge=13467]
1971- Scottish actor David Tennant [microbadge=6700]
2018- Black Panther is 1st film shown at a commercial cinema in 35 years in Saudi Arabia as cinemas are reopened [microbadge=44105]
I'm sure this list can be improved. Feel free to offer suggestions for this and upcoming weeks. If you want your birthday included just add it to this geeklist: RPG Geek Birthday List
Cloud crisis continues: I better make this fast!
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 01:48:44
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 01:48:44
VGG of the Week hand-off formally happens tomorrow! Woot! I'm excited!
Video-making continues... cloud has been slow and buffery and just mean today. Clipchamp kept trying to connect to OneDrive which I keep disabled for reasons! Gah!
Anyway, work continues. Hoping for a productive Sunday to wrap up my pre-launch to-dos tomorrow :geek_grin:.
Game Over On borrowed time...
Happy Saturday and happy playing!
-Rachel
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Video-making continues... cloud has been slow and buffery and just mean today. Clipchamp kept trying to connect to OneDrive which I keep disabled for reasons! Gah!
Anyway, work continues. Hoping for a productive Sunday to wrap up my pre-launch to-dos tomorrow :geek_grin:.
Happy Saturday and happy playing!
-Rachel
Thank you for reading my blog. If you liked it; then please click the green thumb [microbadge=23724] at the top of the page. If you really liked it; then please subscribe.
Pat_Co productions
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 00:00:52
Posted: Sun, 12 Apr 00:00:52
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Pat_Co productions
Sam Sleney & Zach Cox (Orbital Blues) ep. 274
Posted: Sat, 11 Apr 23:10:04
Posted: Sat, 11 Apr 23:10:04
A new episode has been added to the database:
Sam Sleney & Zach Cox (Orbital Blues) ep. 274
Mental health and TTRPGS (again!)
Posted: Sat, 11 Apr 23:09:48
Posted: Sat, 11 Apr 23:09:48
A new episode has been added to the database:
Mental health and TTRPGS (again!)
