Bill the barbarian

Now I just have to wait patiently for my free copy...

Yep and here is why... Just watched this last week. <channelling inner Tony the Tiger> IT'S GRRREAT!

Times that by many, as this was a product of a great many folk. In my case, I undertook a large project on one part of it (successfully by the grace of the goddess) and then my health failed. I tried to undertake more, but there was no possibility of it happening. Too weak and too sick. There goes one bit of the organization slowing down the project. I would imagine an undertaking like this must have made Ian a Cat Herder Par Excellence by the end!

Here is a group which plays often in my Pavis' inns and taverns... check out the first tune about horses, The Yellow Pacer @Nick BrookeAbsolutely lovely!

Slander, utter and absolute slander. Valind's Glacier has never hosted the Olympics! Vancouver is not a part of Valind's Glacier, after all! [Winter Olympics in near tropical climes... gadzooks! And we all know that the sled dogs tasted great!]

Ooo, shiney!

Excuse me, but I ask you to not use my excuse... thankyouverymuch!

With all due respect, good sir, could the difference twixt one and the other be more an aged ocular phenomena than an empirical one. 😉

I vote for the third!

And it is Magasta for the win. Thanks Jeff and g33k, totally forgot about all the lozenge's waters charging back at his command to fill the gaping hole (maelstrom, really) in reality left after the Spike had exploded.

Have not read these, but love ancients so I thought I would pop over and have a look. Seems like a very heavy emphasis on the iron age with the Roman Era predominating from the cover info. The oldest article I can see from the covers seems to be Macedonian... Nope, one older, "A Multitude of Peoples: Before Rome Ruled Italy" so still iron age, but back to the 5th century BCE or so, presumably, possible older if it includes the obvious choice: The Etruscans. ETA. Battle Just saw an issue with an article about "The Battle Of Kadesh". This would push it back to the (very) late Bronze age (about 13 century BCE) to the Era of the Hittites and Egyptians clashing. These pre-roman era articles seem to be exceptions.

Indeed I do. Hell, players can buy modules, steal them or borrow them. They can download them for free on the right sites. These days, the internet is yer friend if you wish to cheat. No, I do not want to tell folk they can not read an item. That is their choice. I am more worried about the person who is so immersed in what you (the generic you, here not Simon, although when I read your material I am usually deeply immersed and have been for decades), have typed, that they innocently read the plot point that unravels the mystery and then realize they can not unread it. Happens to me often enough, that I feel I should mention it when I see it. I understand you feeling a little piqued, after all this is something you are never guilty of, as I said earlier... In any case, thanks for the spoilers Simon! Oh well, that's my 2 bolgs worth. Thanks for listening and we now return y'all to this excellent thread. cheers

Mr. Suitcase lives again! 🙂

@lawrence.whitaker. Trying to figure out how to update (I think it is up-dateable) a purchase of Luther Arkwright from DriveThru which I bought as part of a Bundle of Holding. Can it be done?

This has been out for quite awhile as the RQ 6 logo on the cover testifies.

Just tried it myself and it seems to work fine.

Thanks for that inclusion. ETA I have become a big fan of working with one's table... When, you ask, did this transformation begin... Long ago on a lozenge far, far away! Well, though I started to work with my tables back in the 80s to give them agency in a game they would spend years playing together, having the table be a healthy table (I mean the amount of Skittle and Jolt and Chips, prevented the game from ever being healthy from the get go)... that started with the re-discovery of fantasy gaming in 2017 with the release of RQ G... I was joined at my FLGS by a 20 something couple and a father/daughter (the daughter being a young teen) team for a demo of The Broken Tower at it's debut on Free Games Day. The game went well and all had a great time (well the male of the couple got badly confused trying to choose which of a myriad of spells to cast back when adventurers got all the spells in a Cult's set but that is not relevant to this discussion and was fixed in the core rules). I had a discussion with the father about the game being a bit violent and his daughter's choice of Yanioth mentioning she was described as a sensuous earth priestess. Nothing racy... He looked over the printout of Yanioth, thanked me for my concern and said she would be fine but wished more would come to him with these matters pregame. Needless to say, I was very happy to discover others had my qualms and that there were tools for this.

That is something I pondered as well, but... I think Nick may have a solution. X-cards and good will may well be the answer here.

Friggin' awesome! Great for Halloween! 30 or so years is a long time and I can not recall any. It is a mystery so... it will require a certain mindset to solve. Do not forget to give trigger warnings about None what so ever... Hand wave what you need to. Ignore passions, add runes if you will be making the foes a bit more powerful so they can cast Rune Spells and see the next sentence for more on power... Oh, you crew might be a little to powerful for an RQ3 adventure meant for beginners... Only you will be able to answer that particular question. Do not know Sandheart but if it also a MOB production you should be in great hands! I love his work. And here is another little bit more info on the question... In the words of Scooby Doo.... Rot's of ruck!

Copied it from a graphic at RPGGeek actually, but yes the link you provide is where I first saw the full one page rules. I had forgot it was an intro to and a rules system for the Gaining of Wisdom Scenario. Cheers PS Hey MOB, where are the promised Advanced Rules, eh?

Well aware of that, as is the one page (?) rule set of the same name... Been a fan of his since the 90s! ETA I was trying to recall where I saw the game and it's rules but while looking for it just now I came across this, seems you might know a bit about it yourself... That is your logo below on the top left of the graphic is it not, @Nick Brooke?

So, you set the bar for MGF, eh?

Sounds intriguing, alas, I doubt I will see you at a con... getting too old and as my avatar shows I live very much further north than you... I envy those who will get to hear it, but welcome to the cults of chaos anyway!

Hey VP, been awhile. So, you fly by the rules then, eh? ETA @Squaredeal Sten, will you be giving us your take on those questions?

Interesting, the priest mentioned above has (according to the rules) less agency than most on the lozenge. (90 percent of their time and income is spoken for). His or her behaviour also has restrictions, and he or she is obligated to fulfill certain roles and duties in society. One might assume the Wyter therefore has even less agency. Now that is by the rules, but to my way of thinking the Wyter can be a great GM tool. Like setting, characters, plot, and theme. But more so... It can propel a plot forward, and give it theme. NOTE: there is so much variety in wyters that all the following thoughts will have to be a little general. Hm by the rules above it seems that it would not know. But what if story needs or something obvious the rules could not account for point to it having its own idea? I would think it depends on the story's need and MGF. But there would be some kind of boundary depending on its nature and form as well as senses and story/myth behind the wyter. Hm, this is a bit difficult, I will pass on this one. This is probably within the myth/story of the wyter to act in this manner. I wonder what Chris was thinking (myth-wise) as he set that characteristic up. I would think there would be much more... The knowledge of the fact that without a wyter there is no community would be known and be a brake on misbehaviours but I would hope there to be more. The myth that tied the wyter to the community would have to be taken into account as well. In my games it would be constrained as our many by forces beyond itself. For many of your thoughts I would let MGF and the needs of story dictate... and the rules as well, of course.