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Hexelis

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  1. We're chest-deep in Horror on the Orient Express, started in Sept. 2015, using a hybrid bastard of 6th/7th edition. We're loving it! 3 players nearly insane, just crossed the midway, the end is almost in sight. At a rate of every 2 weeks, probably be Sept. this year before we finish. A masterpiece product for CoC. Not big on 7th, but you can hardly tell. Luck points has been a big hit.

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  2. This whole Chaosium-died-and-was-then-resurrected thing has thrown me off a bit, I've been running HotOE and messing with some SW d6. But I'm still here, hoping to do another MW game sometime this year hopefully. :) Chris, your work here might be what kicks me into gear. Great stuff.

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  3. Play aid. I got some stand up RT's from Chaosium. I use em as book marks. RT is on my CoC screen so I never look it up. We have a cork board with all kinds of play aids, maps, the crit chart etc. So, I use it. It's easy and we're used to it. We had a math wiz who could calculate on sight, but he's long gone.

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  4. Well since we're dreaming... RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu can both be made using the tools in BRP. So in my dream, they keep BRP BRP and add the the stuff from RQ and CoC7 as more Optional Rules, they print a second edition of BRP with hardcover, full color (like CoC7). They keep CoC6 but with the hardcover, full color, 2 book design (like CoC7). RQ becomes a BRP supplement. And of course they all sell, sell, sell and Chaosium becomes more powerful than ever. Then I woke up.

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  5. A long time ago we used to get CoC stuff from an old comic shop in a back alley, in a dingy part of town, in a back room, under a table, hidden in a box. That was late "90's, since then I have only ever seen one single Chaosium product (not used) in a local game store and that was CDA and I bought it instantly. I was wondering to myself the other day, "where did I get RPG stuff before I had internet?" I really had to think for a minute. Walden Books/ Borders used to sell DnD and WoD stuff, even Star Wars d6, but never CoC.

  6. I dont know, something like the DnD 5E starter box is well made, full color (not that that matters so much to me), 2 books (a rule book and scenario) with a scenario taking you to level 5, which by BRP standards is a mini campaign. oh and dice. I think the retail price was $25, I got it for $12. Drop the dice and full color to add a map and I'd buy that. I can't believe it's that expensive to make.

  7. I agree with your assessment Aelwyn. I really wish it had a scenario too. I do have Enlightened Magic and Basic Creatures. We've been doing a slow-moving, convert-as-you-go Shadowrun BRP game, and think this will fit in nicely. Haven't noticed the laminate coming off yet, though one of my group said his did, he reported it to Chaosium and they sent him another copy.

  8. Years ago, a few of us discussed this. Just beginning to talk about it, I knew it wouldn't work in our group. Everyone tended to view themselves through rose-colored glasses and were very critical of everyone else. I quickly realized I was gaming with a bunch of delusional narcissistic ego-maniacs. I still think I had the most sanity, lol.

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  9. Just got my copy the other day. I read some of the intro and history. So, far flipping through, it looks great, I will definitely be using elements from it if not the whole setting. On initial contact it seems like a mesh of Vampire/Shadowrun, but this is BRP so anything could happen.

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