Various AD&D/OSR threads are full on cancer with autism shitfights and gay nonsense.I am looking to run a megadungeon game for some people who never played anything older than 3.5. I've played some of them but it was a while back myself, and I've been mostly doing retroclones for the last little while. So what I'm asking is to get some takes on AD&D, B/X, AD&D 2e, and BECMI. Names: Rule Complication vs usefulness, ease of learning, strengths/weaknesses, and ease of acquiring physical copies of the book(s). I don't need any modules and minimizing splats is ideal, so if you feel like any of these "cannot be enjoyed" without X extra book(s) please include that information as well.
>>97710369Quick confirmation: B/X is holmes basic/expert from the 70s and BECMI is Moldvay et al from the 80s right?B/X has OSE as a rewrite/clarifying document from modern times and BECMI has the Rules Compendium as similar but from the 90s, yeah?
>>97710369>The thing is, AD&D 1e is written like it is patch notes.The DMG feels very much like this, using the "hidden rules for the DM only" shtick to cover it up a bit.
>>97710373Yo, if you post about AD&D 2e on this thread, this one psycho comes and calls you a fish. That's how this board works. I don't know why the mods don't ban him. Maybe they do and he's good at evading them. He will MAKE the drama look like "the primary discussion topic" by spamming, which he also does in the OSR threads. This isn't true; it's just one psycho spamming the thread. Just respond to the real posts.
>>97710381>>BECMI has the Rules Compendium as similar but from the 90s, yeah?NTA, but from what I recall yes. It may have had a few things added and fuck was that book near impossible to find back in the day.
>>97710382The DMG, which came out later than the PHB, modifies and nerfs a bunch of things in the PHB. I wonder if those were last minute things or if they just didn't get into the PHB as an oversight. Anyway, the patch notes stuff is like: >"Clerics and fighters have been strengthened in relation to magic-users, although not overly so. Clerics have more and improved spell capability. Fighters are mare effective in combat and have other new advantages as well. Still, magic-users ore powerful indeed, and they have many new spells. None of these over-shadow thieves, all recommended sub-classes - druids, paladins, rangers, illusionists, and assassins- as well as the special monk class of character, are included in order to assure as much variety of approach as possible"There's other stuff like this, and then there's other things that are like "play the game this way because everything in it is necessary for a campaign". But it is just written like he was simply in continuous development mode, which I'm sure he was, and the publishing of this was just part of the process. It sounds like the intention was to keep going, keep doing stuff. I really do wish we had had a few more years of Gygax at TSR.
/bgg/ Board Games GeneralPrevious thread: >>97649830Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8*NEWISH* survey results:https://pastebin.com/scAkFdTv>you guys come up with some questions...
>>97709871If it's by design and the tiebreakers are good I see no problem. Some knizias do that as well
>>97710132when was the last time you bought a board game? which one was it?
>>97710334If we count group purchases, my group bought Clank Legacy 2 (it was shit) on 15/05/25. If not, my last purchase was Hegemony on 21/04/25. Haven't even had a chance to play it yet. So I mean I'm almost there if it's a challenge. There's nothing I plan on buying in the near future either.
>>97710346Based anon winning a game he didn't even play
>>97710378It's the only way I can win games.
Hey so been wanting to play in a Romance of the Three Kingdoms inspired game that I could use to run such a setting, starting from Yellow Turbans and going through it. But haven't found any ttrpgs for the setting, any suggestions on games I could use for this? Also Please no gurps or fate recommendations as my group just don't mesh with those systems.
>>97710224I like it. The book is beautiful, it fits the low fantasy wuxia genre incredibly well. My one gripe is that when they translated it from frog to english there were some minor translation issues - but it's not big enough to actually effect gameplay. The yin yang die mechanics take a little bit of getting used to if you're used to games like dnd but are thematic and fun. Essentially you have two d10, one is yin one is yang - to roll for a result you subtract the higher from the lower to get the result which ranges from 0-9. When testing a skill you add your ability and skill to the yin yang result to get a final result.If your yin and yang are the same (except for 0) you've achieved a critical success and regain some chi. If your yin and yang are both 0 you critically fail and lose some chi.Combat can be a bit esoteric but it feels like a movie like Hero or Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and encourages movement and flexibility.Mass combat (from the Art of War book) is ok but the individual heroics definitely are the main focus of the game.
>>97710280Hrmmm I see doesn't sound so bad. Have you run much of it? If so I'd love to talk with you more to learn more of it so I can better learn it for my group.
>>97710285I've run it a bit, but I'm not an expert. As much as I hate the rpg.net forums some dude ran a campaign there like a decade ago that explains everything pretty well. I dunno if you can find it on the internet archives.
>>97710293hrmm trying to find it any idea what to search for it? or something to narrow down the search?also would you be up to sharing discords so I can ask questions easier? I understand if you prefer not to.
>>97710320I don't have discord due to workplace security reasons sorry but I've found you some decent starting places:https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/qin-are-there-any-good-online-resources-what-are-its-pitfalls.543684/https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/qin-system-questions.516186/Some dude has apparently already run it for three kingdoms:https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/qin-romance-of-the-three-kingdoms-death-of-a-confucian-scholar.382933/
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>>97709910g0f1le /d/d9YFlO
>>97710013g0f1le /d/QLw6MV
>>97710046You are a gentleman and a scholar
>>97708718>ElectrumSent to NV.
>>97709626>/d/WHXxY8Thank you!
10/2026Starter Set 01 [ST01] $35Deluxe Set 01 [DX01] $100Expansion Pack 01 [EX01] $40Expansion Pack 02 [EX02] $40https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/site/gundam-assemble/about/playguide/https://youtu.be/QZKygjz9PIg?si=Y0BtmDvjjhpzERqR
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So we're getting God Gundam. Are they baller enough to do a deluxe set with Ultimate Gundam? Brave enough to give us Fuunsaiki? Surely if they release God they have to release Maxter and Nobel. Can I get Master Asia, not even in a suit, just kicking things?
Here's a harmless comparison: afaik, the starter set contains as many Okawara designs as Battletech's current starter set.
Was excited until i see 3 mobile workers at different sizes and a fucking battleship in the game. Look like they treated this as a board gamify version of SRW instead of small scale gundam. Can't wait to see Big Zam and Neon Zeong being only slightly taller than a MS...
A friend wants to teach me Magic: The Gathering in a few days, but the catch is I want to mess with him. I want to know enough to know how to unexpectedly beat him while he thinks he is merely teaching me. I know nothing about the game beyond very basic ideas of what each color does. My friend tends to gravitate towards blue and knows the game very well in general like a walking dictionary. He said he wants me to play a black and white build of his. However, I may be able to change it up because I might be able to convince him to let me look at his cards and pick a different deck of his.My questions are:>How can I learn the game well in a short time>How can I surprise him by winning?>If I can change the color(s) of the deck, what should I change it to?>Is there any particular cards/builds/strategies that you use to beat very knowledgeable players?
>>97685449Jund is a grindy, power-hungry and ruthless deck, reminiscent of the Jund shard from Alara. It aims to simply play the most objectively powerful card it can, always. Very little synergy between individual cards. Nothing tribal. Rarely combos, just the best card in your colors for that slot in your deck."When in doubt, Jund 'em out," means exactly that. If you're not certain, fall back on Magic fundamentals--powerful cards, aggressive creatures, efficient removal, and build a deck that has no dominating matchups against anything... but also doesn't stray much behind a 55-45% win percentage either.
I'm also new to the game can someone explain what "untapped islands them out" means
>>97673769What you end up playing anon?
>>97695161It got pushed back. Still trying to learn.Does anyone know how I can learn or create OP combos?
>>97704591Just google em. If you know the general range of sets or blocks you'll be playing you can narrow it down a bit.
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I wish I could win things. All I ever get is stomped like a little bitch. How do I git gud at mtg?
>>97709691Like I said>""we had some things noted on what we wanted to do on this plane. We made Tarkir that eclipses the same niche so we just moved the things we had developed for one plane to the other. And because they have so much in common we will not touch mongsend""Now we have context of DEI. But it doesn't change that Tarkir is not Mongsend and nor it changes that Mongseng exists.
>>97710259Not anymore, since the Planechase card existed pre-Tarkir they couldn't just wish it away, so it technically exists separately but will never be used. Does not changed the fact that the Tarkir block was meant to be set on Mongseng but was changed for woke DEI reasons, making Tarkir the first woke DEI set (as if Alesha didn't give that away).Bottom 5 plane.
They need to rename the Mogg goblin now since mogging is an incel term.
>>97710339get mogged tranny
Should female bards be art hoes?
>>97709892Prestige class, actually.
>>97709947That's basically the "bard" in the recent D&D movie, he has a lute and sometimes hits people with it.
>>97709963Yeah weird he didn't do any bard abilities other than being the face etc.
>>97710343>>97709963I got so excited the one time he walked in singing and some guards gathered around him and trusted him cause I thought it was a use of Friends spell but no? It was like an illusion thing done by the wizard or something?Dumb.
>>97709884>Is this what they call a puckee thread?Reverse image search and find out.If ArtStation and/or Reddit come up in the results, it's fucking puckee.
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>>97573157I drew a guy in Paint.
>>97706814This shit got SOULAI could never
>>97708931who's al?
>>97708987He's weird
>>97697004Source on the eldar portrait on top right, please?
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.'One Step Ahead' what's next for AMGPrevious: >>97615500Fantasy 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.
>>97710075The good news is with Imperial High Command coming out, they all work decent to great with shores and a gunline army. Tentative "we're so back"
>>97703496Special Operations, three-player fight. Rebel Troopers vs. Droid Commandos vs. Mandalorian Commandos
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>>97703403Can I field Fett as a leader? Preferably riding a Rancor? At least with the BoBF gang? Thats the bare minimum to get me to play
for mandalore
V5 was a failurewod is better dead
>>97709618Only a lot of revised stuff is available on PoD. Most of them aren't for 2e.
>>97710070>my product failed b-but it's you that is seething!lol!
>>97710200>unprompted seething>get laughed at for it>YOU ARE A DEVELOPER OF THE GAMElol, what a retard
>>97710222>product fails>laugh at failed product>REEEEEE NAZI!!!!!!!lol!
>>97710261>Seethes nazis aren't welcome>continues to seethe when made fun of for itlol, gave up on me being a developer already, eh?
Terrible Lizard editionTell us about your horror settings, games, etc. Share inspirational art, prompts, etc.>List of games:Call of Cthulhu, Chill, Cold and Dark, Degenesis, Delta Green, Don't Rest Your Head, Dread, Esoterrorists/Fear Itself+Book of Unremitting Horror, Fall of Delta Green, GORE, Into The Shadows, KULT, Little Fears, Mothership RPG, Nemesis (free on Arc Dream's website), Nights Black Agents, Silent Legions (Mostly for the tables), Stalker: The SciFi RPG, Symbaroum, Ten Candles, Trail of Cthulhu, Unisystem (All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Witchcraft, Conspiracy X, etc.), Unknown Armies, The Whispering Vault, Vaesen>Inspirational stuff:Caitlin R Kiernan, Castlevania, Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, Doom Watch, Fear & Hunger, George Romero, Ghostwatch, House of Leaves, I Am In Eskew, John Carpenter, Kolchak the Nightstalker, Laird Barron, John Langan, M.R. James, Nick Cutter, Old Gods of Appalachia, Quatermass, Ramsey Campbell, Remedy Series (Alan Wake, Control), SCP Foundation, Scarfolk Council, Shaun Hutson, Silent Hill, Stand Still Stay Silent, The Evil Dead, The Magnus Archives, The Secret World, The Stone Tapes, Anatomy, Thomas Ligotti, Twin Peaks, Vault of Evil forums, toomuchhorrorfictionOther News:H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society releases "The Spark Devil"https://www.hplhs.org/sparkdevil.phpCurrent Book Club Topic:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97698390Honestly that sounds cool as hell, how did that go?
Kinda worried about the state of my Grimdark Glasgow RPG.
>>97705843Eh, had fun, but definitely not my best game, GM had better stories for us to play. He tried to have us "game" whale hunting but it wasn't interesting. That being said, it was funny that we almost managed to get to safety from some sort of Atlantis
Ocean Game when.
>>97706954What is this?
Cypher system thread. This is my second game as a DM, my first game was running the Old School Essentials ruleset. Has anybody had success running the Cypher system? Any anecdotes about running horror/investigation?
Work in progress, Thursday Night 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.
>>97709641It's automatically cool because it's the shoulder railgun broadside.
>>97709423I would rather spend time masking so I could do most of the large areas with rattlecans than waste my time doing it all with tiny brushes.
>>97708007Scale 75 Metallics, Kroxigor scales 1:1 with vallejo xpress medium. Mostly AK 3rd gen acrylics and Two thin coats as well.I use basically every fucking paint range ever, no point in favoritism, they all do different things well.
So close
>>97710155nice edge highlighting right around the rim of the base, but could use grass tufts maybe
What do you do to help keep our shared hobby pure? How do you fight against those trying to destroy it?
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>>97708249Pic is outdated, they don't let you purchase individual items anymore. Now you have to buy the whole digital book again if you just wanted one spell from a splat.
>>97709478>Canon can't be ignored even if you don't use it because that's what establishes the baseline for the game/setting. When WotC does something retarded and I decide to ignore it, that means I have to have the same discussion about why it's retarded every time I play with someone new.It really doesn't. I run games for new groups off Reddit because I like it and it's fun. And I use FR because I like it and it's fun. And it's been years and at-least dozens of players since anyone ever complained that I wasn't doing Forgotten Realms the "right" way.Anyone who is new doesn't say shit 'cuz they don't know. And anyone who isn't new doesn't say shit 'cuz they're not new and they know how games work.You're complaining about an absolute non-issue.
>>97708249I tell you to fuck off to reddit where you came from like all the other the donald offcasts.
>>97708249Refuse to play/run 5.Xe and PF2e in specific and anything produced after 2011 in general. Done.
