seneschal Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Don't they all wear different colored shirts too? I never understood why C.S. Lewis invented those guys. I guess some like their singing and dancing. Ahem! This ... http://labsquad.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/marshwiggle.jpg rather than this ... http://dullumfile.areavoices.com/files/2011/07/4group.jpg Is it just me, or does the quartet look as if they'd escaped from an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series? In any case, Narnia is in dire straights if they make it past The Wood Between the Worlds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Is it just me, or does the quartet look as if they'd escaped from an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series? Yep, it is the famous Starfleet Choir, which had to be disbanded when lethal sonic weapons were banned - a real shame, their version of "Where no Kirk had gone before" helped to evacuate dozens of planets. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Over here the impression is that we are dancing to British and French tunes. Standard Grass-Is-Greener effect. But if you're not happy with the situation either, why don't you just let us keep our own independent country? Frogspawner, in order to be granted the exquisite pleasure of obeying Frau Merkel, you Brits should first abandon that old-fashioned currency and join the eurozone. [just kidding - actually, Frau Merkel and her subjects are guaranteeing for everyone's bonds here ] I'd rather give the dubious pleasure of rule by EU/German-appointed provincial governors a miss, thanks. And we'll see whose currency exceeds it's "Use By" date soonest... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 But if you're not happy with the situation either, why don't you just let us keep our own independent country? But we do, Britain is free to leave the EU whenever it wants. You should ask your politicians what keeps your country in the EU, it was not at all our decision which led your country there and keeps it there. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 But we do, Britain is free to leave the EU whenever it wants. You should ask your politicians what keeps your country in the EU, it was not at all our decision which led your country there and keeps it there. Hopefully we will leave the EU (which we Brits never voted to enter). The current Euro-collapse may bring the whole issue to a head, and maybe our misguided political elite (who conspire with your lot to keep us in) will be forced to let us... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 ... our misguided political elite (who conspire with your lot to keep us in) ... This is a myth, since Britain does not participate in most EU core policies anyway, it can just as well leave. You would be hard pressed to find many people here who would prefer to keep a club member who opted out of most important club rules. But I guess this is not exactly the right thread to discuss this. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I thought you guys were talking about in-fighting among the Gloranthan cults .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I thought you guys were talking about in-fighting among the Gloranthan cults .... I can't help thinking it'd adapt to a fantasy setting quite well. Rather like Sartar v Lunars... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I can't help thinking it'd adapt to a fantasy setting quite well. Rather like Sartar v Lunars... Well, it would be a rather funny campaign, with one side convinced that it is fighting for its independence while the other side just does not care - somewhat like the American War of Independence without the Brits taking part. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Well, it would be a rather funny campaign, with one side convinced that it is fighting for its independence while the other side just does not care - somewhat like the American War of Independence without the Brits taking part. If your side didn't care, you wouldn't oppose us who want out... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Ooo - exitement! Today one of Santa's little elves (well ok, quite big actually) hinted she might've ordered my copy... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkape Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 I'm curious about the core book, but am not completely sold on it yet. Sounds good, but I need to research it a little more first. Quote Skunk - 285/420 BRP book You wanna be alright you gotta walk tall Long Beach Dub Allstars & Black Eyed Peas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleriad Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Well, basically the Legend core book is almost the same as the RuneQuest II corebook and is the same price. The differences are: Monsters and Spirit Magic have been removed. You'll need to buy Monsters of Legend to get any creature stats. Spirit Magic might turn up as a free web download one day. The errata from RQII has been incorporated. All Gloranthan references have been removed. Cults have been broadened into a range of organisations. The charging and running rules were overhauled but still don't work. There are no other changes. None of the known rules issues that turned up after the errata document have been incorporated. If you know RQII you know what you'll be getting with Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Evil Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 You missed the fact that Legend is released under the OGL so it is now possible for third-party publishers to produce compatible material so we might see a few people producing products that can be used with the new game. Also, the books are now digest-sized. (I'm really hoping that we see the Spirit Magic rules soon though!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d10tavern Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Also, the books are now digest-sized. I really like this. Makes the books much easier to hold and store. Quote The d10 Tavern - Role-playing and other games. Free games: Odd Story | Smeg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Evil Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I really like this. Makes the books much easier to hold and store. The digest format was popular in the early days of the hobby, but fell out of favour for a decade or so when faull-colour hardcovers were all the rage. Now that the roleplaying hobby is shrinking, it seems to becoming popular again. I suspect that one reason is simply space - most people (myself included) only have so much room for hardcover books and are getting choosy about what earns a spot on our shelves. The last hardcover roleplaying book that I purchased was the big yellow BRP book. Certainly, releasing pocket-sized editions hasn't hurt sales of the Mongoose Traveller product line at all. And I hope that releasing digest versions of Legend will help to lower consumer resistance to trying out a new system. It seems that as gamers age, they aren't as interested in picking up new rule systems any more - most of us probably own more games than we will ever play in our lives at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I quite like the digest format for basic editions, like what Mongoose did for CONAN. However, I would still like a big gorgeous hardcover core rules (perhaps a limited run?) sitting in my bookcase. I think that if digests become the norm then the cost should be much cheaper than what we pay for the big hardcovers Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkape Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Well, basically the Legend core book is almost the same as the RuneQuest II corebook and is the same price.<snip> Ah, thanks for the clarification! Quote Skunk - 285/420 BRP book You wanna be alright you gotta walk tall Long Beach Dub Allstars & Black Eyed Peas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmitchell Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 ... Spirit Magic have been removed. ... Spirit Magic might turn up as a free web download one day. Why would they remove Spirit Magic? Space? Too many Glorantha references? Is there some issue with the rules themselves? Quote Frank "Welcome to the hottest and fastest-growing hobby of, er, 1977." -- The Laundry RPG Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Well, basically the Legend core book is almost the same as the RuneQuest II corebook and is the same price. The differences are: Monsters and Spirit Magic have been removed. You'll need to buy Monsters of Legend to get any creature stats. Spirit Magic might turn up as a free web download one day.The errata from RQII has been incorporated. All Gloranthan references have been removed. There are no other changes. None of the known rules issues that turned up after the errata document have been incorporated. If you know RQII you know what you'll be getting with Legend. Well it sounds like the LEGEND core rules won't be much use to me unless it's a bit cheaper. I'ld like to support it, but a paperback digest-sized book with less rules than MRQ2 for a similar price...doesn't sound all that appealing, and doesn't make much sense for me to spend any dollars on it unfortunately. I'm more than likely to see how DM's RQ6 shapes up, it will be the true inheritor of the system, at least mechanics-wise I suspect. Seeing the cover art, however, it might beat LEGEND in production, at least for the core rules. I would like to support Mongoose, I think their products for MRQ2 have been pretty good, and I like some of their current settings. I'll be showing my support by continuing to purchase the 'Age of Treason' and 'Dues Vult' setting lines (may even have a look at WraithRecon), but I think I'll give the LEGEND core rules a skip at this stage. Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I can never see the game's new title without thinking of the opening line of Kung Fu Panda: "There once was a LEGENDARY warrior whose LEGEND was LEGENDARY!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Why would they remove Spirit Magic? Space? Too many Glorantha references? Is there some issue with the rules themselves? I believe it's down to space from Matt's explanation on the Mongoose forums. Any more pages and it goes up a category in price, or something like that. There is supposed to be a free PDF download for spirit magic at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccoy1693 Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 So, is anyone here thinking of producing any 3rd party products soon? I'm going to do a test product in the not to distant future. Quote Dale McCoy Jon Brazer Enterprises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Evil Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I'm going to do a test product in the not to distant future. Awesome news! I've bought a couple of your products in the past and look forward to seeing what you can do with the system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Tar Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Has it been mentioned already that you can get the full Legend core rules book in pdf format for just US$1 from drivethrurpg.com? A great way of getting the book if you're still on the fence. My observations so far are they have some layout issues with the line spacing. Plus the layers haven't been properly edited (some pictures are not in the background or artwork layers). There are a few poorly written/structured sentences showing less then good editing. Lastly, this really gets on my tits, they don't have a comma after the word "However" when it starts a sentence (I suspect eligibility to work at Mongoose includes failing GCSE English and having ADHD). Quote 132/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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