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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: RPPR Patreon Discussion Thread

« on: December 09, 2017, 02:36:31 PM »

Am going to reluctantly tap out of the Patreon based on the upcoming policy changes. I suggest looking at moving to the new Kickstarter patron option, or others, given this ridiculous new business policy.

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General Chaos / Re: Horrors of War

« on: August 15, 2017, 08:05:53 PM »

Well that was a brave update. Best of luck to ASG and hopefully down the road the project gets back on the rails.

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General Chaos / Re: Horrors of War

« on: July 18, 2017, 12:56:57 PM »

I have to say, the conduct of this project has been sorely lacking. I compare this to Red Markets and Caleb deserves huge credit for clear communication and transparency; Glancy, not so much. I know I'll eventually enjoy the final product, and probably even the online game I pledged for whenever that actually gets organized, but I know my respect for ASG's professionalism has taken a hit. Just admit to those that funded the book about the elephant in the room: real life - whether it be family issues, writer's block, other projects - *cough Delta Green cough* - has gotten in the way of delivering the book.

I wouldn't say this over on Kickstarter where some are filing complaints to the FBI and demanding refunds, but I guess I needed to vent a little in this little online corner of our hobby.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: Upcoming RPPR One Shot games

« on: November 20, 2016, 02:50:43 AM »

I need to post the RPPR run of that game soon.

I concur!

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: Impossible Landscapes

« on: November 15, 2016, 07:41:49 PM »

Good to know. As much as I would like to give Dennis money, I don't think I can justify it financially at the moment.

You can't justify $1 per month?

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General Chaos / Re: What are you reading?

« on: September 19, 2016, 12:28:25 PM »

Swords v. Cthulhu, new release by Stoneskin Press and follow-up to their anthology Shotguns v. Cthulhu.

Is it good?

Yes.

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General Chaos / Re: What are you reading?

« on: September 12, 2016, 05:11:14 PM »

Swords v. Cthulhu, new release by Stoneskin Press and follow-up to their anthology Shotguns v. Cthulhu.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: Impossible Landscapes

« on: September 06, 2016, 06:12:35 PM »

Episode 3 has dropped on DD's Patreon.

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General Chaos / Re: What are you reading?

« on: September 04, 2016, 08:21:54 PM »

Reading Last Days of the Incas, a book about the fall of the Incan empire. Conquistadors were monsters.

In that vein I recently finished Jungle of Stone, a great book detailing the exploits of John Lloyd Stevens and Frederick Catherwood - an American diplomat and a British illustrator - most notably their discovery of the Mayan civilization. It, too, details atrocities by the Spanish in the Americas.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Impossible Landscapes

« on: August 24, 2016, 10:25:39 PM »

I can't wait for episode 3. Any idea when it will get released, Ross?

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: The L5R Loan Offer

« on: August 20, 2016, 03:39:44 PM »

Calling L5R katana porn is, frankly, a pretty ignorant statement.

No. I played a couple of campaigns.  I stand by my words. That were "...Less katana porn then L5R".  So get of thy high horse and read the actual sentence.

It's one sentence. I assure you I read it thoroughly. Any game can be what you make of it. I would argue that the L5R RPG is not, intrinsically, a game that fetishizes katanas. But if the players and the GM collaborate and make katana porn, that's on them, not the game.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: The L5R Loan Offer

« on: August 20, 2016, 02:08:20 PM »

Calling L5R katana porn is, frankly, a pretty ignorant statement.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: The L5R Loan Offer

« on: August 19, 2016, 06:02:59 PM »

I will speak up here. Way way back in the dim past - we're talking twenty years ago - I was heavily involved with L5R's CCG and the 1st edition RPG, to the point that I was friends with everyone at AEG and even had informal input into the CCG and the setting because my reading habits and academic interests were significantly Japan-centric. L5R (or, more properly, Rokugan) has a lot going for it as a world; and you can run any kind of campaign you'd care to because the world will encompass it.

I'm wildly oversimplifying, but if you want to run a game that is purely focussed on samurai, L5R has it in spades. Heck, the brilliance of the CCG was that the game encouraged you to identify with one of the clans (think samurai caste noble families) as you competed with other players playing their Clan deck in a struggle for honor and glory. And, obviously, the Imperial favour (or that of the Shogun).

It just so happens the world mashes up all kinds of folklore and magic and what-have-you, and you can pick and choose what elements you'd like to use in your game.

L5R is not too crunchy. The d10 system has plenty of virtues; you can safely ignore the d20 conversion.

Even if you don't end up getting an L5R game to the table, L5R is worth investigating for its own sake.

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: Red Markets: 6 Days Left. Call to Action

« on: June 18, 2016, 07:45:17 PM »

Let me ask a simple, personalized question. I've pledged for the all-digital reward tier. I could conceivably upgrade to a hardcover book. But I'm in Canada; S&H will be expensive unless I get it shipped to, say, Seattle and make a trip to go pick up the book there.

Does the hardcover book reward level include all the various digital stretch goals etc.?

Yes.  Caleb has said so in other places.

Thanks for the helpful reply. Pledge upgraded, screw the exchange rate. And I'll just get it shipped to Canada, saves a lot of hassle. Guess I really should listen to the APs more thoroughly now; I can't wait to inflict this game on my players. It'll be a nice change of pace from Delta Green, right?

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Re: Red Markets: 6 Days Left. Call to Action

« on: June 16, 2016, 03:00:22 PM »

Let me ask a simple, personalized question. I've pledged for the all-digital reward tier. I could conceivably upgrade to a hardcover book. But I'm in Canada; S&H will be expensive unless I get it shipped to, say, Seattle and make a trip to go pick up the book there.

Does the hardcover book reward level include all the various digital stretch goals etc.?