What do you do with disengaged players? My group has a couple of games a week. When I run, they seem totally uninterested in NPCs or any plot that does not directly involve them or their backstory. If another player has a plotline happening they only put in the minimum and don't talk to any characters. The group has been on a ship travelling with a group of five Marines for almost a year now. Those marines have had arcs and stories, and the players couldn't name one. The paladin couldn't even point to the one his kid brother had a crush on and constantly followed around on the ship. As a player it's worse. The other GM has noticed much the same, saying I am the only one engaging, but I talk and roleplay with the group and do everything from revealing major secrets about big players in the story to saying we might have to kill the wizard and they don't react in any noticable way. I'm out of ideas, what can I do here?
>>96645669I fear your low-tier playoid brain failed to follow a thread and confused me with someone else. I run one game and play in two others
>>96645674sure you do pumpkin, you definitely dont have shelves full of useless systems youve never played
>>96645688The only game I own which never saw play is MERCS which turned out to be OOP after I bought it from an LGS
>>96645693Only one? Be aspirational! Some day I will con a group into letting me take LoGaS off the shelf and give it a shot.
>>96644452The brother is a kid, the 'crush' is literally that NPC constantly following the marine around. If you write a character who's backstory involves him being invested in his family, I'm going to use the family. Oddly one of the most invested the players were was when another PC's daughter asked for help studies, and the party autismed over it for two hours then went with her to hand it in.>>96644741We did already have our 'one guy is a dick in RPGs' moment a while back. Asked the player to leave the games (though emphasized that he was still welcome to hang out, play videogames, and so on) he insisted that he be included in EVERY activity he wanted. Then threw a fit and left the group.As for having that talk again, did it last night. One player got a little worked up at me for making it a group conversation, but after that burnt out we did make progress and (I hope) set expectations. They insisted they are working towards being fully engaged players, but I'm not sure myself or the other GM has the energy to run zombie sessions until they figure that out.>>96645422Every campaign is pitched to the group. Mine was the Empire building one where the players start with a ruined colony and work up. The other GM's was factional warfare and investigation. Both times players seemed hyped for it. The families I use in game were specifically asked for. They've been leading from the front, so there's no shortage of stabbing things.>>96645526Haven't played anyone's wife, put the estrogen down. I declined to play one players husband and kept him in the background while having her daughter be a character. Then the parents and siblings of another. >>96645650Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I am buying my first 40k full set, but I've already bought the starter paint set a while ago with Nuln oil and Leadbelcher so I have no problem painting the smurfs. What paints should I buy for my nids?Could be Citadel, Could be army painter, I personally dont give a shit.
>>96627643>I am buying my first 40k full setMy condolences, I hope you recover soon.
>>96627643Apple Barrel Paints for $0.50 a color for base coat. Citadel washes for shading; a black wash and brown wash will do for most minis, but if you may want a red, pink, or some weird shit specifically for your nids. Rustoleum for primer; white will be fine for most minis, but you can save yourself a lot of time by getting whatever ivory color is on most of your nids and using that as part of your base coat.If Apple Barrel paint wasn't good enough, then you wouldn't be on here asking for advice. Learn to paint. Then go spend more money on your fancy inks, mediums, and contrast paints.
>>96627643AK interactive are great general purpose acrylic paints.ArmyPainter for their washes and speedpaint medium mixed with their washes for something to make those who use enamels and oils a reason to reconsider. >mixture of AP wash and speedpaint medium in action:>https://youtu.be/ju-QfgG2guE?t=442
>>96639910>>96640088I was the first guy. I admit, this guy's wash and wash+speed medium looks really nice. Fuck the citadel wash.
>>96640088I wanna try this for vehicles now. Might be counting like 30 drops wash and 30 drops speedpaint medium.And I might need one of those hobby model dishes like pic related.
Are the new order and world of lone wolf books good? I kinda dropped the series after the grand master series.
and not just some rules-lite onepage systemsAn entire book-wroth of a ttrpg I only know about Basic Fantasy Roleplay
>>96638368https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/359869/osric
>>96638368https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/156530/for-gold-glory
>>96638368https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/190631/white-box-fantastic-medieval-adventure-game
>>96644865>>96644874>>96644887could you please add a few selling points, osr-kun?
>>96642034>>96641504>>96638566These all rule.>>96638368darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/freerpgs
Previous Thread: >>96639434"My secret tech is Walking Ballista" edition>Most recent bracket system updatehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-april-22-2025>Outline article introducing the bracket systemhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta>Current banlisthttps://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list#commander-banned>Former Commander website, where you can learn the basics, and read the format philosophy laid down by the rules committeehttps://mtgcommander.netComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Daily reminder Star Trek has been in magic since the beginning.
>>96644842>rules nightmareyou aight anon
God I wish Yuriko wasn't aids
>>96645585Hard R removal?
>>96645703TOTALRAKDOSDEATH
I am making my own medieval fantasy game. These are some of my goals:>Emphatize slice of life scenes and allow for maximum worthless roleplay >De-emphasize combat, specifically meaningless combats with 1d6 goblins constantly. Combat is Nice but many combat scenes are there just fillers for the fighters to use their feats. Combat is better when it makes sense to the situation and the plot, gratuitous grinding has tired me forever i think>Spell hunting. Basically the wizards must get into dungeon-like places to catch more spells. This is a good way to fluff dungeons around them and to drive the party organically into themThe most challenging point is this last one:>Make normal persons investing skill points into mundane professions balanced against investing them in combat or MagicCont.
>>96642847There is a solid chance he will then make it a solo game, just so he can play with his organ
>>96642900Considering I have other games I enjoy, I don't think I will, but thanks for the suggestion anon
>>96641976You want Ryuutama?
>>96641976Ryutama, Golden sky stories, Burning wheel, and any skill based game has got you covered
>>96642006>I can't really go into goblin infested dungeons with a sword and a fireball and get almost killed everydayGet a switchblade, and molotov and go, crack den hunting. Really anon, the skill issue is yours. You can really fuck yourself up like you fuck up your characters. Go try it. I fucking dare you. >>96642070I tied "hero points" to downtime stuff, so you only get them back when you invest into your special interests.Another (and cooler) way you could do this is tie the magic system directly to their skills, like a cobbler who can make special shoes that allow various effects like speed/flight/invisibility/stealth etc., or a songstress who can enchant people with her voice, or a gambler who can predict the future with his games of chance, or whatever. Of course that still leaves combat, but if you're gonna expect EVERYONE in the game to be fighting at some point then just decouple it from the customization options.
Chubby Girl Edition editionPrevious thread>>96538722>Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, Kill Team, Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim, Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds, Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster, and any other GW system and board game are welcome.▶News: Touchline Tactics – How to counter common playshttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/buo482id/touchline-tactics-how-to-counter-common-plays/▶News: A massive Warcry update paves the way for the Helsmiths of Hashuthttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/r8cdyjiv/a-massive-warcry-update-paves-the-way-for-the-helsmiths-of-hashut/▶News: Designers’ Notes – How we made the Gundabad™ Catapult Trollhttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/4bf3qmed/designers-notes-how-we-made-the-gundabadtm-catapult-troll/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96645438Necromunda's Rogue Doc.
>>96644894>Where do you get your terrain from? Or how do you make it?I get mine from everywhere 2bh, ttcombat is nice when spruced up a bit, official GW bits from starter boxes, few scratchbuilds from back when I had the time, bunch of stuff I printedpic is 2 WIP projects, mostly printed stuff over a scratchbuilt frame. Not sure if I want to paint the inside of the columns and tiles cream or not because I kinda like how minis stand out against a gloomy backdrop.
>>96645438She has a breedable belly, though. What are you some kinda fag?Is this gonna be the thread where Bastions of Law drops?What's even the pipeline for full quality readable rulebook leaks these days? Does GW sell digital versions that can be straight uploaded? Or is it a wait for someone to actually scan it irl like in the old days? Does the answer differ from game system to game system?
>>96644894>>96645438>>96645590not joking, there is actual fat art of this model
seems i was late last thread so ill ask again-hey lads, does anyone have the Blood Bowl Almanac 2024, or if not the Spike Magazine for Chorfs (18) and Gnomes (17 I think), as well as the spike magazines for Nosrcans (14 i think), and Snotlings (10 I believe).I want to do some reading on the teams, I am thinking of starting Chaos Dwarfs, and my friends are interested too, with their favorites being the ones I mentioned.
Get yer pen out edition.Previously on /slop/: >>96612096 ▶ Thread Task: Pictures based on quotes, quotes on pictures, famous plays, movies, books. Hell throw some philosophy in there.▶ It's been confirmed images are not saved on Microsoft's servers forever, only for 50 days. Make sure to save your images.>▶ Generators>https://bing.com/images/create/>https://designer.microsoft.com/image-creator>https://huggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell>https://huggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev>https://fluxpro.art/>https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-dev>https://huggingface.co/spaces/multimodalart/stable-cascade>https://huggingface.co/spaces/google/sdxl>https://clipdrop.co/stable-diffusion>https://www.mage.space/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96644104Oh also as a fun note. If you add gold necklace and chains to a prompt you will have a decent chance at making the character black. Wonder why that is.
>>96644157There's a joke in my country that goes like that:>What's the difference between a black man and a tire?>When you put chains on a tire, it won't start rapping.
>Emogoatposting
>>96642210If you want to, you can make another segment.
Race: HalflingClass: Warlock (Fiend)Background: KnightRandom Oddity: Color-blind. You can’t see the difference between red and green or blue and yellow.>The pale knight bore the title of White Flame Blade, his renown gleaming as brightly as his steel. Yet beneath the acts of heroism lay a secret charred in brimstone. Unbeknownst to the villagers and nobles he protected, an infernal hand guided his strikes. The fiend who gifted him such mastery demanded no bloody tithes, no wicked bargains. It simply watched with delighted amusement at the little knight’s valiant play upon the world’s stage. A great jest, really.
Mission EditionHere 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 Ruler>Battle SpiritsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Looking at the purple cards, the iron bloom deck looks like shit. I'd go out on a limb and say the only good cards are the ReZEL clone and pic related. Archetype also doesn't seem to work well with anything other than blue, and even then, healing the cards seems like it would be inconsistent.
>>96645642Iron within is great for value tradings
>>96645715With iron and blood*
>>96645721>>96645715ok yeah missed that one. still, 3 cards out of the lot seems bleak. none of the big units seem worth it
Welcome to Mecha Monday! Here we dedicate ourselves to mecha RPGs, wargames, and boardgames alike. Here we start games, tell campaign stories, share resources & assets, and seek advice for our games and homebrew.Assorted Mecha Goodness:https://pastebin.com/E2wi55AZEmbryo Machine Translation:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r_cjOLuUp3HussVRhbQYU3G0zK6hwy1rLancehounds Homebrew:M3g4 folder/eMEBUbCL#kj2FRrlqTa-02U16XpnVRgPrevious Thread:>>96401090Question of the Thread:Other than aerospace vehicle, what's the best transformation for a mech? Other than a toaster, what's the worst transformation for a mech?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Good timing. Are there particular systems ideal for multiple players playing/contributing to components of a mech, and more importantly having rules for smaller scale more mundane vehicles?
I think I'm getting my dad and brother to slowly move away from 40k to battletech. or maybe they just stopped talking to me about 40k
Northies out this is a Southern man's thread
>Previous thread:>>96608724>What is /awg/?A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks, or peoples' homebrew wargames.The >>>/tg/hwg thread doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to more specific games.This thread isn't tied to a game, a publisher, or a genre, let's just talk about fun wargames. Any scale, any company, any miniatures.>Examples of games that qualify.A Song of Ice and Fire, Argatoria, Batman Miniature Game, Carnevale, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings,Deadzone, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, Judge Dredd, HeroClix,Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void, Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenotactics......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96645641I still have nightmares about the 4mm mold slip on the assault marines I bought in high school.
>>96645450Yep. It's hilarious when anons in here say WGA is good for filling out "cheap" units.
>>96642268>If you were allowed to collect miniatures from only one source, what manufacturer would that be?Reaper. It would make mass battles trickier, but that's the way thy cookie crumbles.
>>96645450GW's current charging $52 for 10 guard so no, $44 for 24 is not really even in the same ballpark
Perrys just went up to £28 a box tooDark times lads. It's why I'm always at the Bring and Buy sale for pennies
New Space Kinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFgU_Rtta2w
>>96640640>>96640668>>96640781Incredible how the first two anons got it and the rest is just retards arguing about the nuances of a simple joke they don't understand
>>96631377They are like a worse Meat Canyon
>>96640640> Tr/a/nime imageYWNBAW
>>96645125Some people just really want to make themselves miserable instead of laughing at the joke making fun of the neckbeards
>>96645125The first two anons didn't get it you retard, Flash Gitz are certified chuds and legitimately have a 100% NO FEMALE MARINES EVER stance about 40k, the joke in Space King parodying the argument is being done with love for the side of the chuds.
Galactic Engineers 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.
How would implement dungeon crawling in 40krpg? W&G set in Space Hulk?
>>96644191The Black Library, full of clowns. Both the eldar kind and the Ahriman kind (we kicked him out).
>>96644257Ark of lost souls has a space hulk dungeon generator
If lasgun beam is ionization, how come there are modifications (like ones installed on long-lases) that make the beam invisible?
Hi!I'm planning on going to an FLGS to play games for the first time. Besides general politeness and hygiene what are some other things I should be aware of before going to the FLGS to not give off a bad first impression of myself to the community?
>>96636848Nah. Redcaps gotta go.Don't make space for hate /tg/. They'll start thinking they're in good company if you don't yank the weeds in the garden.>>96638750>cultist isn't gonna try to get you kicked outRight, he's just gonna shoot the place up because he saw the guy with the rainbow pin.
>>96636748Always shower before game.My LGS had to make this a requirement after some people had repeated appalling BO problems.
>>96636748Wash, shower brush your teeth, don't be a stinky fuck
>>96636926>Is it better to just avoid such players that are wearing such things to minimize the chance of drama through saying the wrong thing unintentionally?yeah and like the other guy said, dont take bait. Eg. any opinions on female space marines, saying people who play germans in ww2 games are nazis or secretly fascist, opinions on people who paint swastikas on krieg models, and any irl politics avoid like the plague. Its the same as being socially courteous in any other irl situation. Responses if any to those advances should be the most wide eyed normie npc response you can muster. (female space marines yeah thats cool if people wanna do that with their lore and models thats fine) (yeah that shooting was terrible, I wish we could all just get along) (israel and palestine? I don’t know enough about that to give an opinion) Be as boring as you can about that stuff and eventually they’ll stop trying. Don’t gossip, gracefully avoid any prodding to get something hot out of you, and dont speak ill words of anyone including people you dont like. Let the other people be socially tone deaf weirdos, don’t fall into it yourself. People will want to be friends with you if you do this even half-right.
>>96644367Isn't your team literally pro-murder and pro-crime now?
New Edition Edition>This Is Not War>This Is The EndArmy Listshttps://www.konflikt47.com/rift/#konflikt47-armylistsOperation K47 Discordhttps://discord.gg/VkabjGTH
new Soviet starter set
new British starter set
new Japanese starter set
