24. Share a PWYW publisher who should be charging more.
Evil Hat offers a lot of quality products on a PWYW basis, funded by their Patreon. They are usually high quality, and could easily go for at least a nominal fee.
But I'm sure everybody already knows about them.
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Apropos of Recent Celestial Events #RPGaDay2017
23. What RPG has the most jaw-dropping layout?
I think ECLIPSE PHASE gets the nod for me. I picked up a bunch of supplements recently, and they're all just gorgeous. The art is amazing, and the books look crisp and modern.
Evil Hat also does consistently good-looking, clean books, with nice artwork and very readable layout. ATOMIC ROBO is just a knockout. What a gorgeous book.
I think ECLIPSE PHASE gets the nod for me. I picked up a bunch of supplements recently, and they're all just gorgeous. The art is amazing, and the books look crisp and modern.
Evil Hat also does consistently good-looking, clean books, with nice artwork and very readable layout. ATOMIC ROBO is just a knockout. What a gorgeous book.
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Take It Easy #RPGaDay2017
22. Which RPGs are the easiest for you to run?
I can dive into a FATE game with very little prep work, especially if I've got pre-gen characters for the players ready to go. This is something I used to do when I ran regularly at local cons -- set up pretty, accessible character sheets for running various things in Fate, so all I'd need to do was have a vague idea what the adventure was and I was ready to go. My pre-gens look like characters about 3/4 of the way done, and with a couple extra aspects/choices they're ready to play.
I can dive into a FATE game with very little prep work, especially if I've got pre-gen characters for the players ready to go. This is something I used to do when I ran regularly at local cons -- set up pretty, accessible character sheets for running various things in Fate, so all I'd need to do was have a vague idea what the adventure was and I was ready to go. My pre-gens look like characters about 3/4 of the way done, and with a couple extra aspects/choices they're ready to play.
Monday, 21 August 2017
Hold On, I'm Comin' #RPGaDay2017
19. Which RPG features the best writing?
I don't really look to RPGs for elegant writing, the same way I look to literature, and I'm often put off by games that insist on including fiction with their text.
I don't really look to RPGs for elegant writing, the same way I look to literature, and I'm often put off by games that insist on including fiction with their text.
Friday, 18 August 2017
You're The Most #RPGaDay2017
18. Which RPG have you played the most in your life?
I suspect, like most people who started playing RPGs in grade school, that there is no real contest for this question.
It's got to be ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.
I suspect, like most people who started playing RPGs in grade school, that there is no real contest for this question.
It's got to be ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.
Thursday, 17 August 2017
My Oldest Nemesis #RPGaDay2017
17. Which RPG have you owned the longest but not played?
Oh, it's like that, huh? This month-long conversation just got a little too real.
I own an awful lot of games, and I have enjoyed them all (even if a number of them I've only read). I was happy to realize, after staring at my shelves for a while, that the vast majority of books I've got as a hard copy I've played at least once over the years. I had to compare copyright dates to see which of the contenders was published first.
I think it's WEREWOLF: THE FORSAKEN.
Oh, it's like that, huh? This month-long conversation just got a little too real.
I own an awful lot of games, and I have enjoyed them all (even if a number of them I've only read). I was happy to realize, after staring at my shelves for a while, that the vast majority of books I've got as a hard copy I've played at least once over the years. I had to compare copyright dates to see which of the contenders was published first.
I think it's WEREWOLF: THE FORSAKEN.
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
There's Always Vanilla #RPGaDay2017
16. Which RPG do you enjoy using as-is?
Hmm. This is a harder question than which RPG I tinker with, which is a lot of them (in small ways). Again, it feels like cheating to say FATE, because that game is designed as a powerful and flexible toolkit that is intended to be adapted to whatever subject you're playing, and it includes explicit assistance to help you do it.
It also feels like cheating to answer using a vanilla ruleset like CALL OF CTHULHU uses, despite the fact I've been playing it (and by "it", I mean the 5th edition rules, from the early 90s) with virtually no changes for a long, long time.
Hmm. This is a harder question than which RPG I tinker with, which is a lot of them (in small ways). Again, it feels like cheating to say FATE, because that game is designed as a powerful and flexible toolkit that is intended to be adapted to whatever subject you're playing, and it includes explicit assistance to help you do it.
It also feels like cheating to answer using a vanilla ruleset like CALL OF CTHULHU uses, despite the fact I've been playing it (and by "it", I mean the 5th edition rules, from the early 90s) with virtually no changes for a long, long time.
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