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Do you have an Ultimate license or do we need to have a registered program ?

Tomb of Horrors !!!! If they survive it you mean... Have you looked at BRP Classic Fantasy. Highly reccomended

I noticed I can pick up a copy of Dragon Lines on amazon.ca for $154.00 yikes !

And for this setting to work they need to follow it up with vol 2, 3, etc. In reality it would be great to see a release schedule for that setting for the next year.

Absolutely, and it is being revised to work with the MRQ2 rules. It suits the taste of a percentage of the fantasy market. Classic Fantasy II will give more detail to the realm. But I think the main thrust is to have a framework for a campaign world that will be easily adaptible. For that segment of gamers out there who always wanted to wield the plethora of magic items and spells found in AD&D, Classic Fantasy fits the bill. I think the Green is perfect as a drop in to a campaign world. The players stumble across a hidden valley or lost island and viola The Green finds a home. The problem for setting books is that each player doesn't need it. The best sellers will be the books made specifically for the players to use. Are you referring to Life and Death ? It looks like it might be another The Green, good for supplementing a campaign. But will players need it ? BTW since you mentioned Italy, Steve Perrin just announced on his SPQR yahoo group that he is invited to be the: RPG Designer Guest of Honor at the Lucca Comics & Games show in Lucca Italy in late October

Well with Rod's setting Classic Fantasy, he hasn't really detailed the setting in print yet. The book is really about establishing a way of playing BRP to emulate DnD. It is the top selling BRP monograph on Chaosium's web site . Maybe it isn't important what differentiates the setting as much as what it is emulating. Sometimes you can go a long ways riding on some one else's coat tails. I also do sense from reading posts on websites and forums that there are plenty of D100 or BRP players that don't like Glorantha or are tired of it and want to try something new. Who knows how much actual market share they can grab, as long as it is sustainable.

What do the copper and silver seller designations mean ?

Is that based on sales data ? Personal observation ? Something else ? I think it is interesting information. We are all writing in with observations from areas from all over the globe, and it shows the diversity of our gaming realities. It makes it hard to judge what is happening elsewhere but it is helpful to hear of the differences. We are also talking about different issues. Some of us are talking about business market share, viability etc, and some of us are talking about having BRP be popular. BTW the Alephtar books haven't hit the shelves of my local gaming shop ( in Vancouver Canada ) yet. Although they do sell a lot of Magic cards and miniatures games like War Machine.

Here are a couple of links to some older threads that might help: http://basicroleplaying.com/showthread.php/591-d20-Spell-Conversion http://basicroleplaying.com/showthread.php/504-BRP-Conversions?highlight=conversion http://basicroleplaying.com/showthread.php/451-BRP-Athas?highlight=conversion

Looks like Chaosium is now out of stock of Corum. You'll have to try amazon.com if you want a copy, and they have used copies for $2.50 ish.

Congrats !

I would love to give it a try. Of course for me everything depends on timing and schedule. I'm Pacific time zone.

FGII doesn't have chat as a feature but lots of virtual table top gamers use Skype, Teamtalk or Ventrillo to help with table chatter. I am given to understand that VTT users tend to use chat for IC and voice for OOC. I know I can't type well so, so voice would help. BTW does the mega pack mean the Ultimate version of FGII ? Which would of course allow anyone to use an unregistered version of of FG as long as you are running the game.

So what time zone are you in ? Are you thinking of using voice as well ?

It seems that all of the material for the setting of Talislana is now available free (from the IP holder ) under a Creative Commons License (non-derivative) and is available here in pdf format: http://talislanta.com/?page_id=5 I am not familiar with Talislanta, but do remember it being around for a long time. It is a wealth of material for anyone looking for a different fantasy setting or looking for new races/cultures to drop into their own setting.

I'm not sure if this is what you call a Classic SciFi setting or not, but it would be worthing taking a look at. Originally planned as a Campaign world for WEG d6 system, cancelled and planned to move to FATE?, but then published by WEG as a pdf. WEG is being sold off and the rights to this went back to the book's author, Bill Coffin. Bill has released it as a FREE pdf on drivethrurpg.com. Head over there and download it for free ( 364 pages ). I wonder if anyone will approach Bill about doing a conversion to a different game system. I haven't looked at it and I'm not offering an endorsement of it. But maybe .... Bill Coffin's Septimus

For reference from the PHB3.5: SURVIVAL (WIS) Use this skill to follow tracks, hunt wild game, guide a party safely through frozen wastelands, identify signs that owlbears live nearby, predict the weather, or avoid quicksand and other natural hazards. ( So from BRP I see: Hunting, Tracking, K:Meteorology, K:Natural History, ...) I guess Survival is a fairly encompassing skill. To answer my own question: From wikipedia: Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards the observational than experimental methods of study.

Er...????. His point was that there is NOT a skill called Survival. So in the fantasy games that you play, when Ragnar the Barbarian is lost in the wilderness you request that he makes a Science (Natural History) roll. "Me no take science class. Me no read...";)

I listened to most of tetsubo's review with gritted teeth. I started to think about the thing that most offeneded him about BRP. The lack of a survival skill. I thought, there is a survival skill isn't there ? Alas there isn't one. So having listed the 3 professions most likely to need wilderness survival skills below, I would ask GMs out there how to simulate survival skills> Also what exactly is K:Natural History and how does it differ from K:Natural World ? Sounds a little esoteric to me. Knowing that there are players coming from other systems, it is good to get a handle on how accomplish in BRP what they could do in D20 or GURPS etc. Explorer: Skills: Climb, Language (Other), Language (Own), Persuade, Research, Spot, and four of the following as appropriate to setting: Knowledge (Anthropology, Group, History, Natural World, or Region), Drive, Fast Talk, Firearm (Pistol, Revolver, or Rifle), Navigate, Pilot (Aircraft or Boat), Ride, Science (Geology), Swim, or Track. Hunter: Skills: Climb, Hide, Listen, Navigate, Spot, Stealth, Track, and three of the following as appropriate to setting and concept: Firearm (Rifle or Shotgun), Knowledge (Natural History or Region), Melee Weapon (usually Spear), Missile Weapon (any), Language (Other), and Ride. Tribesman: Skills: Craft (any), Dodge, Grapple, Hide, Knowledge (Natural History), Spot, Throw, Track, and two of the following skills, as appropriate to setting: Brawl, Climb, First Aid, Listen, Jump, Knowledge (Occult), Melee Weapon (usually Spear or Club), Missile Weapon (Bow), Language (Other), Ride, Stealth, or Swim.

Worlds Beyond: secondhand knowledge that Chaosium hasn't been able to contact the original author ( published in 1989 ? ) Other Suns: author Niall Shapiro wrote on one of the other BRP yahoogroups about doing a second edition, but if memory serves me that was a couple of years ago, and he hasn't written in awhile. Someone suggested he sell the books by PDF but he didn't seem interested.

One the plus side that is a good sized group and the fact they 5 of you share the GM duties is a real bonus. Is it a strictly BRP group ? How did the group form or evolve ?

Thanks. I have a question about a section in the user guide: So in practical terms what does this mean ? Let's say I have make a campaign extension so that I can play in a Post Apoc world and want to play a game. Do players in the game need the extension if I am GMing it. Do they need only the BRP ruleset ?

It is a virtual table top program that allows the gm and players to play their favorite rpg over the internet. The idea is you can all see the maps and props on your computer screen. You have to pay for it. There are others such as Maptools and OpenRPG that are free. Some groups use skype or team talk to add a voice component instead of or in addition to chat. Never done it myself but it looks interesting.

I think the clipart would be good if it was a better resolution or something. The removable layer would also be better for my printed copy of the pdf. Thanks for the info.