What sci-fi setting has the best Space Rome?
>>97340343And don't you forget it!
>>97336278>What sci-fi setting has the best Space Rome?Unironically these dudes.
Always loved the roman influence in star trek when it came to the romulans
>>97340399Nah the Hegemony are the good guys, I myself almost exclusively play for the Hegemony **Total Faggot League Death and Total Tri-Cuck Death**
>>97344214>he bends the kneeSend another inspection fleet, I'm sure they'll survive the trip this time.
We're going to have to come up with a phrase for the new era of Warhammer 40,000 ushered in by the Amazon TV show, DoW 4 and Total War 40k, and increased market value of Games Workshop.nu40k isn't going to cover it. nu40k is already bad enough for many of us from headier days like 1st through 4th edition. You are going to see horrific debasements to the thing you know and love that you will still see with your eyes closed. Every 80 IQ person with internet access will have an opinion on Warhammer without knowing what a Tau Remora Drone is.
>>97345269He was just a normal kid.
>>97344553Slophammer 40Gay.
>>97344553Craphammer 40gay?
>>97344553Seeing as Tau are nu40k bullshit and should be removed from the setting, I think you're part of the problem >B-but muh 3eNah
>>97345237>t. New Vegas glucker
What are some fantasy and sci-fi movies you should watch to inspire your games and players?
>>97342382I'd like to read that picrel.
>>97342592https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/War-of-the-Worlds-Blood-of-Mars
>>97341362>... so just like you arevege "wing it" campaign?Never had this problem in decades of playing and running games. Mando isn't a good example of a campaign. Its a good example of vague ideas of rpgs filtered through several layers of discombobulated storytelling people who have only watched CR or someshit will think is a game.
>>97337021There was a pretty good comic adaptation by Stan Sakai the dude who drew the Usagi Yojimbo comic. They're not drawn as rabbits though. Usagi's a good book.
>>97341239>being killedWould work for OSR because several Gygax modules are>lol, you gonna die, just a matter of time>see how long till you do something stupid>more lol, doesn't even matter if you try to do something smart, you just have out guess me by doing something random>lol
Grogmas in the hive streets editionPrevious Thread:>>97019770Check out here for useful links and a catalogue of relevant miniatures retailers:https://pastebin.com/nnNqqFLnThe Rogue Trader magazine article compilation:https://gofile.io/d/yNK9bq
>>97339270Nice mini. I wish I had the ram head. I've got lion, snake and boar.
Got a game on Tuesday for some 2e40k action, 1500 points and I'm trialing one of the Dark Eldar 2e fandex lists I've found, this first one is built off and adapts 5e army list, the other two are built off adapting the 3e army list. We'll see how things go with these test games. I'm going to need to come up with 2 scratch built raiders and a ravager in time for it, though, I've got an idea on how to accomplish that, too. So fingers crossed I can get that done! Otherwise I'll just rewrite the test list to something else.Here's a shot of my Kabal so far, finished the assembly this afternoon, 55 dark eldar warriors, 2 Archons/Dracons, a raider and a kitbashed Talos I built during the 5e codex release and range refresh, the pain engines weren't coming till 2nd release wave so I needed to come up with a solution for the lack of one until then. Tomorrow arvo I'll base and prime them all, except the Talos, he'll just get some painting done on him... 17 years after I built him.
>>97341788Post up the army list itself? I'm curious to see what it's like with stats and such, and what you're taking.Any idea what you're facing?
>>97345752>Post up the army list itself? I'm curious to see what it's like with stats and such, and what you're taking.Certainly! It's the 2e Dark Eldar fandex by "Grim Squeaker" which tells me nothing, but it's built off the 5e+ dark eldar army list, I included a screenshot of the cover for reference.Dark Eldar Fandex list 1500 points.Characters:Archon: 174Strategy Rating 4.Splinter Pistol, Frag Grenades, Blind Grenades, Plasma Grenades, Agonizer, Poisoned Blade.Dark Eldar Combat Drugs:Painbringer: +1 TWargear Cards:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345752My rationale is to bundle the Blaster/Splitercannon squads in a pair of raiders and push them up the table to contest and harrass the shit out of things, while the dark lance squad hangs back to snipe heavier shit. Archon and incubi are in the last raider and the Talos will act as a counter attack force where ever I get bogged down by the enemy. Ravager provides highly mobile anti armour/anti terminator/meganob platform. And hopefully, this gets me a win, but the ultimate is to see how fun this particular fandex is.
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.Exotic Cuisine editionPrevious: >>97304062Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing, Armada, and Legion>https://pastebin.com/9puqx1zeStar Wars Roleplaying Games (d6/d20/FFG)>https://pastebin.com/iUriRfaAOther FFG Star Wars tabletop (Imperial Assault, Destiny and the LCG)>http://pastebin.com/ZE4gn0yNComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345879I figured since Gungans don't lay eggs like frogs they should have external dangly bits
>>97343023Cont.> Dac It’s largely going to be fish, shellfish, and sea plants, but how it’s prepared will depend on who’s preparing it: if it’s Mon Calamari, then it’ll likely be grilled or fried. If it’s Quarren, then it’ll probably be boiled or served raw. Yes, Quarren do sushi and Mon Calamari do fish & chips.> GunganSeafood and water plants, typically made into hardy stews or soups. During large gatherings these may be served out of bowls as big as speeders >HuttParadoxically The actual Hutt Cuisine travelers want to try is from middle and lower class Hutt communities. Hutt upperclass cuisine is really just bougie junk food. At lower social strata, Hutt cuisine tries to mix high-end spices and ingredients with filling soul food. So Hutt street food is just leagues superior to Hutt “fine dining”> KubazIt’s bugs, but it’s not like their served live or anything, they’re still cooked and seasoned well so once you get over the initial shock of “ew bugs!” It’s fine… the real problem with Kubaz cuisine is the host who will invariably be both over nosey, and simultaneously will over share.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345260Best Mandalore.
>>97345857>gamorrean waitress>rodian bare knuckle boxing corner>old clone bartender playing the piano between shiftshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Is_OFY_QiI
>>97346092He would be if he wasn't yet another boring sith puppet
>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game still in a pre-release playtesting phase but with the full release slated for this year. Based on the art and lore of Mike Franchina, whose illustrations you may have seen floating around on /tg/ for a several years now, and designed by Tuomas Pirinen, one of the original creators of Mordheim. It's grimdark, it's visceral, it's awesome, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What Trench Crusade is notTC not an excuse for you to discuss IRL religion, history that didn't occur in the game, culture war shit, or discord bullshit on /tg/. Keep it on topic.>What's the QRD on the background?The Knights Templar turned heretic and opened the Gates of Hell when they took Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Over 800 years later the war is still ongoing as technology has developed to a pseudo diesel-punk WW1 standard and a third of Humanity has sided with the Infernal Princes.>How do I get started?All the files are free online:https://www.trenchcrusade.com/rules/They used to be split between the website and the discord, but no more. For posterity's sake, the old mega will still be kept active even if it's unlikely to need updating: https://mega.nz/folder/70QH0BBa#Eg-blxYQKkY_C02wErnFTQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97342403a mix of Exalted Eightbound from WH40K and House Goliath Forgeborn from Necromunda should make som fine kitbashed Annointeds
>>97345490Wrote a battlereport of my battle so far if you care to read, along with lore for my warbandThe Penitents of the Free states are made up of sinners captured within the free states of Prussia. Wondering if these are actual sinners or poor fools pulled off the street is heretical. Those that still see the light of God the Almighty are strongly encouraged to seek their penitence in the no man's land on long suicidal campaigns. They will fight until death, only then will their souls be judged anew, they seek baptism through bloodshed.Battle Report 1: The Penitents marched to collect tithes from a wandering band of Infected Trench Pilgrims, and seek control of the no man's land. God had no mercy on the wretched penitents during this battle, we believe they may have lied about their true faith. Some Yeoman threw a satchel charge at their own lieutenant by accident, or heretical whispering. This decisive blow forced a complete retreat, one wounded shocktrooper perished in the cowardly withdrawal and needed replacement. The trench cleric reports “God was not with us, and we may only pray for his return”. Despite our Lieutenant suffering from the blast, they suffered no major scarring, and promptly executed the rest of our wounded. There will be more seeking penance on the path, but this battle led to a shaken morale, some wonder if there is even hope for redemption here.
>>97345931Battle Report 2: The Penitents were sent to reclaim Priceless Relics, not knowing those of the Iron Sultanite sought to capture them in the name of their religion. The battle between forces went remarkably well, God may have returned to us after all. Despite ending in a draw, the sound of distant whistles and chimes causing both sides to disengage, we left their troops with dark memories of the day they attempted to cross the true faith. We suffered minor wounds, and while we did not capture as many relics as our lord would have liked, we however learned from our mistakes and will be stronger another day. We explored the trenches and managed to claim a map that will aid further exploration attempts. Our Lieutenant and Cleric sharpened their blades and minds for the next battle.
>>97345918I don't think they're nautical enough but thanks for the idea
>>97345938>>97345931this is good shit anon,do you think you could grab some photos from the next game?
Enlightenment achieved only through overprinting your value Edition Here is a thread to discuss trading card games other than the big three.>Build Divide>Force of Will>Final Fantasy TCG>DBZ CCG>Wixoss>Keyforge>Gundam>Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R)>Digimon>Flesh and Blood>Gate RulerComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Lat Am Gundam Card Game Finals just happened.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN1oirHW5zE
>>97344668the Gateway stuff? it's pretty solid yeah. nisei's card designs and set balance has honestly averaged better balanced than FFGs did. not that they haven't had their share of fuckups, but people have convenient amnesia about what a powerlevel rollercoaster ANR was.
>>97343300I'll jump in as long as it's anything that's not another bland fantasy creature battle TCG. we've had 800 of those shits, and 750 was plenty.I'd stil lbe up to do the not!netrunner game where its a heist and one team is the gang/crew and the other is the mafia run casino or whatev. do the whole thing with intentionally terrible AI noir genre art.
>>97345954Flavor was the worst thing about netrunner and you want to copy that? Who tf wants to be the big conglomerate or mafia family when you can be a cool hacker? And with bad art on purpose? What's the plan here?
>>97346013>Flavor was the worst thing about netrunner and you want to copy that? >Who tf wants to be the big conglomerate or mafia family when you can be a cool hacker?these have got to be the two weirdest takes I have ever seen on this site. if anything making the infiltrator fun is harder. most players I know prefer being corp.
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>>97345829Hah, I didn't see it before, but I do now. That wasn't intentional.>The forest came alive. Coenraad put it back to sleep, the only way he knew how.
>>97345829Nah that guy has a shirt. The Dreaming King would never wear one
>>97345986>150thThe baker has revealed himself! But by the looks of this scoundrel, my very soul trembles at the thought of what might be baked within the bread.
>>97345996Give me a minute.
>>97346073>>97346073>>97346073
mondays editionInfinity is a 28mm tabletop skirmish game produced by Corvus Belli, and includes the related games Aristeia, Defiance, TAG Raid, REM Racers, and Acheron's Fall. Corvus Belli also produces the fantasy games Warcrow and Warcrow Adventures.>Latest official update:January preorders>Rules and missions:https://infinitythewiki.com/index.phphttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/resourceshttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/games/infinity/its>Beginner FAQs and guides:https://pastebin.com/x06JG55Uhttps://pastebin.com/xtQzRcq5 https://pastebin.com/xUBR7QFU Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97344956What's the rating rationale?
>>97345320old and outdated apperently, the juggg is cool
>>97345328Yeah, but is it just lookg?
>>97344956>numarut>SInto the trash it goes.
Dark Heresy is for Manly Men Edition>RPG Rulebookshttps://rentry.org/40kRPGLinks>Homebrew Collection (Feb 2025)https://rentry.org/40RPGHB>WANG/Imperium Maledictum Newshttps://cubicle7games.com/blog/warhammer-40k>Bestiary, armoury, weapon quality and NPC databasehttp://www.40krpgtools.com/>Dark Heresy 2e Character Creator:https://apps.ajott.io/dh2chargen/>General 40kRPG Encyclopediahttps://www.scholaprogenium.com/>Offline Combined Armory (v6.48.161023)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97343794>>97343840>One thing I always thought was cool was the ability to "analyze" an enemy for many roundsYep, nothing similar to that and longer than a full action aim seems to be a default option in DH-related systems.>I also really like the many different mundane methods for characters to work together in combatSomething similar might be found in the Inquisitor's Handbook for DH1E (and maybe in OW too), but it's not likely to be as much.>When I look through the rules, it seems like there are more ways to get bonuses to hit during combat than for bonuses to noncombat skills in peaceful situations, which feels backwards to me.Indeed, more effort was put into disassembling combat into separate modifiers than into disassembling non-combat activities the same way (as opposed to simply giving a range of total mods and telling the GM to pick).
>>97343946>Something similar might be found in the Inquisitor's Handbook for DH1EAlright, I'll look into it and see if I can recommend anything to the soon-to-be GM. Thanks.
>>97337478No. The Emperor said none of those.The "Burn the Heretic, Kill the Mutant, Purge the Unclean" is the result of ten thousand years of setting brainrot.The idea it's anything else, is just fan circle brainrot, supported because BL are too hack-ish to write anything not about Astartes killing bad guys, or remembering that 40k motifs weren't common in 30k.>Alien.Permitted if they're amicable. Issue was, Dark Forest theory answered itself in that most aliens encountered weren't amicable. The politest regularly encountered were the Craftworld Eldar, who were still used to the idea of being a galactic empire themselves, and were pirates as much as anything else.This got flanderized down into "All aliens are ebil, and must be killed on sight or you're a sinner.">Heretics.Literally weren't a thing. You have some marines arbitrarily using the word (because the writers forgot what the word means), but what you had were hostile factions, or traitors.'Heretic' would only be adopted wholesale around m36 with the official adoption of the Imperial Cult.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97344527You're arguing with someone who got all their lore from fuckin bluesky or some shit. They have bad opinions and they refuse to change them because it gives them a sense of smug moral superiority, and they probably tell their friends "oh I wish I could like 40k but it's just so full of evil people being evil" or other such faggotry. They're probably an athiest and thus dig for literally any reason to hate Big E because he vaguely resembles the abrahamic god.In short, a retard and a troll. Don't feed 'em.
I feel bad for the Drukhari, their codexes have taken a real beating, and they have so few units. On the plus side, so few units means I could transfer them over into the BFK Mass Combat system easily enough, only took two hours or so.
>30 years>bestselling book series of all time>world's most famous fantasy setting>still no (official) tabletop RPGlolwut
>>97345736>What was the shitstorm about?About a decade ago JKR wrote a very polite essay saying that while trannies are heckin beautiful and valid, for the sake of women's safety they shouldn't be allowed in women's rape shelters.Naturally this was literal genocide so queers have spent the last decade plus flooding her with death threats and throwing any baseless slander they can possibly think of at her, including "holocaust denier," "science denier," "antisemite," "nazi," "murderer," "misogynist," "alt-right," "hated by her family," and most bizarrely, "lives in a castle full of black mold."All this because, naturally, they know no one outside the most deranged circles will view "anti-trans" as a bad thing. As a result JKR for her part has become significantly less willing to be bullied by alleged "progressives" over the years, which has created a feedback loop which occasionally creates some really funny twatter interactions, not that it's worth going to twatter to look.With the current state of the audience for Traditional Games™ it's probably more effort than it's worth to try and create a Harry Potter system, what with the political backlash... but looking at that recent video game, maybe not.
>>97345653>McGonagall probably expected Hermione wouldn't abuse the Time Turner and ONLY be a swot who takes extra lessons.The idea that a high school teacher would even be in a position to decide whether or not to give one to a 13-year-old is so absurd as to strain credulity on its own. Hell, even if you trust the kid, all it takes is Malfoy being a particularly big prick that day and shaking her upside-down until it falls out of her pocket.
>>97346004Honestly, I'd say it's probably more effort than it's worth to make a Harry Potter system, but not because of political reasons. More that with how loosely magic works in the HP system, you'd either have to make it insanely simple to fit the intended audience, or make it stupidly complicated to properly replicate all the magic shit. That and so many spell combos would be so beyond busted that you wouldn't need the killing curses, a specialized transfiguration specialist would basically be able to instantly win encounters by turning people into mice, and all of the loopy shit people do with stuff like prestidigitation in D&D is going to increase exponentially.Granted, if it allowed me to play Rincewind in such a game, maybe, just maybe, I'd be interested. But more than likely I wouldn't be allowed to.
>>97346004Fascinating. Im glad everything could be explained as "crazy people did something pointless for no reason", the world is much simpler that way
>>97346061uh oh someone got called out
Work in Progress, "Nobody screws with the Tank Police!" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345832Left
>>97345607Nice! I really like how treasure tokens have amped up my hexcrawls games. Really makes encumbrance fun
>>97345029loving your stuff
Anyone have some numbers for how to dehydrate pine bark for basing?I know to put it into my oven for a bit but how long and what temp?
>>973460241 hour, around 100°C. Your entire kitchen and nearby rooms will smell of pine forest for weeks after this every time you heat up the oven btw
This thread is dedicated to all kinds of solo games, systems, tools, and campaigns.Fail Forward Edition.>Last Thread: >>97062042Resources:https://rentry.org/srpgghttps://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitMore threads:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/orhttps://desuarchive.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/type/op/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345342And you call it One Page Solo Engine, despite the fact that it's clearly three pages?
>>97345874You got a point.I print the 2 first pages in a single sheet of paper.I guess the author should call it One Sheet Solo Engine.
guys i really really really fucking love kal arath/al rathak and all the supplementsliterally just so perfectly open for emergent play that gives you JUST enough for your imagination to run wild and come up with fun fusions and progressions in plot and wild eventsi even have a rough idea/working of a cool subsystem expansion supplement i want to write and add on... it's gonna be fuckin lit...
>>97345993I'm going to try this one very soon!I got me a copy of it.
>>97346043hell yeah brother. enjoy.
Sewer Edition>2024 PHB Scanhttps://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster Manualhttps://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf (D&D beyond version)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1en5qwum.pdf (scan)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345493>You also need to remember that being super special super heroes is a 5e thing (maybe 4e).That was absolutely 3.X's big thing to begin with, the shift from rolling up disposable character sheets to it building out a full-on character.
>tonight is session four of our "one shot" adventure with premade characters that we don't care about
>>97345790Sounds like you should quit playing drag-ass and get your rear in gear, anon.
>Week two of people saying they can't make the game>We were suppose to start the game two weeks ago>"Friends" made such big promises for new years that we'd play a game together every week
>>97345937That sucks anon. It's not easy to organise things like this. What we do, we put a poll up listing the next month's days and everyone ticks the days they can do, we also have a rule that if one person is missing, the game still goes on, it helps muster people.
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Lilith Hall editionPrevious Thread: >>97325390================================>BattleTech Introductory Guide & PDFshttps://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400>Overview of the Major Factionshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houseshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clanshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345947It was Teddy II in the Dark Age. His death was one of the big things that ramped up to the civil war that killed the Nova Cats.https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Theodore_Kurita_(32nd_c.)>>97345958Hyperspace travel is fucked up. Technically, the radar burst of the ship emergence often happens BEFORE you even leave the starting system. Time is fucked in hyperspace.
>>97345958>Isn't the time you spend inside the Hyperspace per jump few seconds or something?
>>97345979I don't get it. Star Trek reference?
>>97345958Usually it's pretty much instant, although it can be detected before you drop out, and sometimes the detectable burst happens before you actually leave. You can also detect traces of a jump after the fact and guesstimate the tonnage of the jumpship close enough to know if it was one of the really small ones or so big that it had to be a warship.
>>97345991If only the Star League was so optimistic about the future.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGvkx5He4eA
