>>97891611
>meta right now
By playing C4 after your opponent played D5 to your D4 is Queens Gambit. Accepted or declined is choice of black. Accepted is considered weaker since middle ages, literally, and this was confirmed by supercomputers, but top players still need to be prepared for it, since there are some traps later in the lines. QGD on other hand offers a million of fighting positions both for black and white. That's why it's so popular for both sides. Black can go for reti, indian, modern, queen's pawn, benoni... if he wishes to avoid Queen's Gambit, but every one of those is much narrower in opportunities and scope (or they transpose into a known line of Queen's Gambit), so a quality white player will be able to remember the lines and lead the match into, to him, known positions, offering him advantage.

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White completely misses my idea

>>97891018
Round 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odd2bVZ_cv8

>>97894110
Coincidentally, the season 29 TCEC superfinal also just finished today. A new challenger displaced Leela Chess Zero, but still Stockfish still defeated Reckless +41 =36 -23 (59%). Quite a few more decisive games than the usual Stockfish-Leela battles (up to 78% drawn one year).

>>97895175
>decisive games
I believe it depends on the openings that they select.

>>97893225
Delta, Chaos Angel, and Doomed Dragon are all great reprints if you don't already have them.

Doomed Dragon reprint too!? FUCK, I got cooked.

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will konami ban or limit pre-prep to push this card instead?

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me when i shit on a sky striker fag

>>97895072
NOTICE: the translation got a small update.
WAS
>(1) Reveal 1 Ritual Spell in your hand or Deck and add 1 monster [mentioned on] it from your Deck to your hand.
NOW
>(1) Reveal 1 Ritual Spell in your hand or Deck and add 1 monster [that mentions] it from your Deck to your hand.
So the monster has to mention the spell rather than it being like pre prep where the spell mentions the monster.

>Will the ban or limit pre prep?
I doubt it. I know the OCG put it to 1 in January but OCG generally loves their consistency hits over anything else.

>>97890675
>Aquila
>ARO
*laughs in Albedo*

>>97890945
>>97891110
I have to remind myself that Albedos exist. Neither my friends nor I run sectorials with any.

>>97890945
>>97891110
>AROs with ML swiss
whos laughing now

>>97892973
>engages in CC with a cheap cheerleader
Nice mimetism, WIPtwelver.

>>97890945
laughs in BS15

>>97894765
The only engine builder I would buy again is Dominion. I feel like a lot of modern board games are Frankengames. So personally I would be more inclined to rank a game higher if it did one thing well instead of three things poorly. Five Tribes comes to mind immediately. I absolutely despise the bidding mechanic in that game. The game without bidding is one of my favorite game designs.

Kickstarterfags truly shock me.
I'm checking the new Barrage Executives and the forums are full of comments like
>I went all in on previous Barrage campaigns and after 2 years they still haven't given me the game, nor any sort of communication or refund, they are thieves (I'm still paying for this campaign too)

They get scammed time and time again and get outraged yet still decide to continue to support the same company that scammed them twice. At least some posters on the forum won't be backing but would do so if the Executives' art wasn't based on influencers, which is reasonable enough but it's incredible that that's the tipping point for them.

>>97893956
will check out, thanks!

me and my roommate are really enjoying compile right now and are getting the expansion tomorrow. it has the fun of trying to figure out how to make the best of your cards without being too overly complicated and it's nice discovering synergies and moving things around for you and your opponent.

>>97894503
with videogames it really depends for me. recently i more or less stopped playing video games, but over the years as far as shooters go for example stuff like call of duty was just too stressy for me. squad i really enjoyed because it's much more about communication and supporting your team, there are a lot of times where there isn't much happening and then all of a sudden it shifts and it's just complete insanity. still less stressy then the constantly running, shooting and respawning of other games. i really enjoyed Cairn recently and cyberpunk and inscryption. magnum opus from zachtronics i also played a while ago. it's also really nice. portal 2 is also still one of my absolute favourite games, i still dont know how they managed to make portal 1 but better in every aspect.

me and my roommate don't have many board games, but as mentioned above compile works really well for us. duel for middle earth is also pretty fun, but almost too much luck based. arcs and root we enjoyed also very much, but for root we want to replace the vagabond and marquis the cat soon. and then i also have a list of games that i want to get in the future like magical athlete, dune imperium uprising, heat, pandemic legacy, eternal decks, arkham horror. pretty basic list, i guess, we are still trying to figure out what we like and what works for us. we also tried out brass twice but that we did not enjoy, so i guess eurogames are something i will skip for the foreseeable future

>>97895110
I've had a few hearty keks checking out the mythic game ks comment sections. Something along the lines of "this is my fifth mythic kickstarter that doesn't get fulfilled in 5 years, I won't back anything by mythic again"
Truly prisoners in a hell of their own making

>>97894889
Thank you. It's been rough. I'll have to check that out. I don't have a group rn but I might could tempt them with some new boardgame. Nothing else seems to be working.

>>97891193
Are you just taking a look at the system or do you plan on playing some games? If you do end up playing, my email address is in the folder and feedback always helps. Copies of army lists too, especially if I can see how your builds change over time.
Have fun!

>>97881580
But do you still have enough units alive at the end of turn 4 ?

>>97881885
I have some ideas to make shooting attacks less lethal.

>>97882582
I'd rather the fix be narrative oriented than for tournaments

>>97883469
What are the other problems ?

>>97883469
>progressive scoring
This is one of the biggest cancers in modern wargaming, I'm trying to fight a battle not play fucking sportsball. You either achieve the objective by the end or you don't. No general ever "scored" his troops on how long they stood on the hill or bridge he wanted captured, all that matters was if you were still standing on it when the battle was over.

>>97893926
nta but one of the other problems with 3.0 was the huge loss of options and customization, and the overall writing of the ruleset seem to have some odd choices, like the challenge system, now not only legions, in general, lost some special rules but they were replaced with challenge stuff same with most special characters (half the special rules from primarch and named character are challenge related)

>>97895116
Challenges are a good mechanic in theory imo, the writers of 3.0 just got completely lost in the fucking sauce and overcomplicated the shit out of it for very little real gain.

>>97894762
>The 2e general had plenty of sincere 2e fans

lol. megalol.

>>97894762
idk, I have like zero interest in 2e, but do have interest in some more divergent tangentially OSR things and the mixing and matching thereof, So I wouldnt be in favor of a solely 2e thread. I do think TODD is a bit of a wonky name though.

>>97894762
The /2eg/ thread was pretty clearly being kept alive with all of the troll arguments. It being slow is a good thing, because it means people aren't spending all their time arguing about what game belongs where.

Nothing wrong with slow threads. It's noice to have a boarder OSR thread, if you do another 2e thread the same 2e haters will just show up to detail it sadly .I do agree TODD is a bad name though

Nothing wrong with slow threads. It's noice to have a boarder OSR thread, if you do another 2e thread the same 2e haters will just show up to detail it sadly .I do agree TODD is a bad name though

>>97892046
Yeah that's the good shit

>>97894089
>Hat sets like Thunder Junction, Markov, Aetherdrift, etc feels more like the writers don't want to actually bother with a consistent plot or world and just want to do these "fun" concepts
I'll agree DFT was conceived that way but I wouldn't put it in the same tier as OTJ. Despite the ridiculous premise it does do a fair bit of worldbuilding for Avishkar/Kaladesh and Amonkhet, and irons out some of the new interplanar politics that weren't really touched on much in the sets prior. It's not like OTJ which was completely plot-driven and dropped the characters wearing cosplay in an empty sandbox.

>>97891560
Lots of custom cards are inspired by other IPs. /ccg/ can only live on its own.

>>97894735
DFT was bad though. Whatever idiot came up with death races for Magic needs a pay cut. I also hate that we revisited Amonkhet but most of the cards were tainted with that shitty Start Your Engines! mechanic which we will literally never see again.
I've said it once and I'll say it again, I do not think Magic benefits from every set having a new keyword. I think existing keywords and mechanics being revisited would be more interesting. I'd rather see Rooms actually become playable than just hyperactively jump to the next thing constantly

>>97895187
that's what comes of every set needing to be a new thing, I suppose

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>>97893856
> paratroopers with pilot jackets and helmets, with a special rule for certain units to be deployed mid game
I would so be down for WW1/dieselpunk paratroopers.

>>97894228
New Antioch school of Aviation.

Fire teams can be deployed after the first turn anywhere, as long as they are 8" inches away from an enemy unit.

"Seraphim" fighter class airplane 200 ducats, may purchase cases of rounds for 50 ducats or up to two bombs for 100 ducats each.

In order to use the plane a radio operator needs to be in line of sight of an enemy and use the "Call for Close Support" risky action. If the operator is dead the plane will return to base.

Thoughts?

>>97893724
>Big-Daddy style Machine Armour, even if just an option for the Anointed, is a shame considering they've already done art for that
Yeah a shame but the priest is still cool

Don't forget to roll off to decide which player places the terrain, sweeties ~•°

>>97895196
First one to call dibs, or first one to flash their dick in the store gets to place down the terrain

>>97892748

Speaking of which, how the hell you imply someone has been doing sex work since a very young age (not her specifically but one of the partners)? What age ranges are realistic?

>>97893371

First, the lifespan in that role was often unstable unless you were active part of a brothel (which amusingly were sometimes run by monks or monks were their best clients):

>High risk of disease, violence, and displacement
>Constant movement between roles (begging, labor, theft, etc.)
>Few people stayed in one fixed “identity” long-term

So "working" part-time, situational, or transitioning out, is actually more realistic than a fixed “profession.”

What matters most isn’t so much age ranges but: "how did they get there, and how do they navigate it now?" Show pressure, gradual erosion of choices, adaptation and strategy.

Finished going through my first book that I relased - and fuck me - ten years ago.
Was somewhat scared of it being very rough. But, while I would do many things differently today, I was pleasantly surprised.
And boy, it is "anime" at times, for a lack of a better word. Including flashbacks right before important character scenes. Various characters, lots of fighting, long fight scenes, deliberate hype moments. This juvenile energy, it needs to be rekindled.

>>97893371

15 upwards is the normal age range for most historical sanctioned brothels. Maturity, good looks, and health take the priority though. This doesn't account clandestine activity.

>>97787547
because i'm personally bothered by the idea of drowning, and I like Ring
some of it is riffing on Sedna or Marzana

>>97894267
So are you a tremere who was taught nothing of blood sorcery? If so, damn, how did you piss literally everyone in the tower off? Also, as weird as it sounds, I think Florida is actually the flattest state.

>>97894659
Creepy mother fucker.

>>97894692
I can only assume something has gone amiss, and unless they're waiting in a nearby sewer I have some time when night falls.

>>97894742
Let a man have his outlet. This funny little caps-lock is the extent of the-
MIND BENDING AMARANTH SLAVING STONE SHATTERING RAGE I CURRENTLY FEEL AND CAN SHARE WITH YOU

The venison drippings are growing on me. God have mercy.

>>97894744
I was not "Blessed" with being sired by the debauched triangle known as the House of Tremere. I was dragged into the house of Goratrix because they are ILLITERATE TO ALL ZONING LAWS OF THE KINE AND BASIC FUCKING MATHEMATICS! I was strung along constantly with the promises of power- yet never receiving it- despite my higher Blood standing than some of my koala-minded 'siblings.'


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>>97894804
Pick a direction and start running then. And don't stop running until you reach civilization or the sun starts to come up and you need to hide. If they don't care about you, they won't bother coming after you. If they do care, then you won't get far anyway and we're back to you sucking it up and begging to go free.

>>97894804
>creepy motherfucker
I didn't drink unicorn blood. I know what you did. I know what Old Man Trembly did to the Healer.

>>97894923
Your suggestion is integrated.

>>97894994
>I didn't drink unicorn blood.
Doubtful cur.

>I know what you did.
You know what you fucking schizoid? Fine. I have already been proverbially stripped naked by this affair.
Just don't share the stuff I did to get into school, my parents already think their kid died blowing up an electric car dealership.

>I know what Old Man Trembly did to the Healer.
That better not refer to my grandsire. It would be fitting, but I don't need another inherited black mark from that creature.

>>97891531
>(Stamina) minutes if the crevice is smooshed tightly enough to be airless
>Assuming the crevice being closed isn't avalanche-tier
Ouch, yeah that's fucking rough. Abhorrence of Breath really is worth those 14 motes.

>>97891561
If you're doing it in combat time, and you're keeping them in combat - which you are unless they beat you on Withdraw - they're ticking down in rounds. It's also probably really funny to stamp around on the ground after burying them, making mini-earthquakes that crumble any tunnels they're attempting to make to burrow out. Mechanically it'd be something like turning the extended action feat of strength rolls into opposed actions, but thematically it's dancing on your enemies graves with steps like earthquakes.

>>97820156
Weekly Update
>Art Direction
Champions of the Divine Flame – Getting this thing contracted out this week
Essence PG – Running a little behind
Essence STG – Awaiting sketch revisions…>Layout Queue
Pugmire 2e Unleashed – Maps fixes continue.
Ex3 Alchemicals – Layout beginnetheth…
>Press
Exigents/Exigents Screen – US and other Rewards going out. UK and EU backer rewards going out
mostly postdevelopment updates this week. that essence st guide crowdfund may come sooner than not, as it turns out the curseborne jumpstart one will be onyx path's first short campaign at just 2 weeks
to all you american mortals, don't forget it's tax night, or the dynasts will come after you

>>97895193(me)
that's the sloppiest mistake i've made in a while

>>97895205
On behalf of all of /exg/ we all agree and think you should kill yourself out of shame

>>97893066
NTAYRT but I really like Sutra. It does some weird stuff like the characters insistence that The King in Yellow that we see in Repairer and such is only a "False Prophet" or the implication that the Sutra is the origin of The King in Yellow but I think that can all be handwaved as that being the *characters* and not necessarily *the objective truth*.

I also think The Fixer could have used some filler material, but that may be me not really liking sandboxes and wanting some information.

Also I usually don't like RPG Pregens but I think it has a solid set.

>>97879012
>"nihilist anime Cthulhu mythos."
>>97880938
>The genre mashup doesn't appeal to me.
Apparently the mashup didn't appeal to the makers either because they completely retconned the fight a hopeless battle against the end of the world into a fairly certain victory that had nothing to do with any of the previous metaplot.
Very disappointing to read.
And yes, the layout went to complete shit too

>>97893066
>You're referring to DG being an Agent-game only?
Naw, more so game mechanic stuff. I like how CoC 7e made attributes into percentiles like skills, as well as the Pushed Rolls, Bonus/Penalty Die and the different difficulty levels for rolling.
I feel like when I run DG, I'm going to forget those things aren't in the game and it'll trip me up.

>>97893231
Dude, I am so with you on this. I've said it before, my ideal game would be a Frankenstein of DG and CoC.

>>97893348
Yeah agreed. I’d love to grab the Bonds system and the Lethality Rating rules from DG and merge them into CoC.

>>97894631
Just print. Their kits are genuinely dogshit outside of the wild riders and the tree lord, and I don’t mean this with any malice but the treelord is a pure bred age of sigmar kit. It’s not fantasy at all.

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>6e Ravening Hordes included goblin spider riders
>but the orc and goblin army book that came out later didn't
>but they came back in 7th
But why tho?
>>97893764
>can you really play 6th with just it?
Yes, it's a one in all book and seems nice.
>are the lists poop/boring compared to the army books or?
Can't say yet, I've been using regular army books but want to try it out one day since it had some unique elements.

>>97894814
>But why tho?
because in the older editions they had models, so ravening hordes, which is meant to keep existing armies playable, kept the profile
meanwhile in the serious reinvention of warhammer that was 6e, goblins didn't get an update to the spider riders and the older models weren't included, so the unit profile was not included in the armybook either
then they got updated models in 7th and were reintroduced in the rules as well in 7th

>>97894814
>But why tho?
Ravening hordes was a stopgap designed to keep every army/collection playable. The 6e books were significant reinventions of many factions and warhammer in general so armies lost/gained shit all over.

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This is what a female chaos marauder should look like.

>>97894610
True, but without an effect, even if slight, I dont find that players tend to describe or are inclined to think about there attack much. +/-2 is minor in the grand scheme of things, but I find its just enough crunch to get people invested.

But yah, on the con it can devolve into lawyering.
>>97894715
>too abstract
idk, just describing your general approach seems appropriate over a period of time, are you being agressive, cagy, primarily trying to occupy them rather than dealing excessive damage etc. Not speicficly "Im attacking their head/hand/foot" kind of thing.

>>97894469
>DO you guys allow combat fudging?
I don't. I've lost count of how many times I've had to say no to players who think combat is between their character and a sack of potatoes. It’s always the same: the enemy attacks and they go, 'Okay, I see his move and I do some HEMA crap to counter-attack,' while flailing around with nonsensical gestures. The only thing I can tolerate is an attempt to disarm, following the same principle as striking the head (I run 3LBB) but with even lower odds: a 5% chance to hit the hand, which must be unarmored anyway. Or, switching from melee weapons to brawling. Either way, these are rare situations that deserve very little attention and usually have to be handled by winging it.

>>97894469
Looks like the best option is always obvious with those. So there's no tactical depth to your hours rules. Meaning you're slowing the game down for no benefit, so I wouldn't use those rules.

>>97894788
>without an effect, even if slight, I dont find that players tend to describe
Excellent. Extra reason not to use those rules, then. Why would you encourage players to faggot your game up that way?

>are you being agressive, cagy, primarily trying to occupy them rather than dealing excessive damage etc
Ew. Gay.

>>97894995
>>97895011
Sorry for the double post. I got an error, so I reposted, and it looks like both went through. Now it won't let me delete either one of them. Annoying.

>>97894788
>True, but without an effect, even if slight, I dont find that players tend to describe or are inclined to think about there attack much.
Skill issue. If they aren't effectively doing anything different, tell them. They have to have accurate game world information. If you're just making shit up so they keep making noise you're actually lying to them and they'll keep doing the pointless shit. This is a bad approach and why
>fudging
is fundamentally flawed.
Encourage notable difference, if there isn't a notable difference tell them. They don't have to have rich descriptions every attack roll, once per combat or if their changing tactics is fine.

>>97894839
Alchemy would have been cool if they didnt shove it into every single format. I dont want to play with or against hearthstone cards in legacy formats fucking whores man.

>>97894886
Paper chads arent beta testers given that wotc has to eat the shame of banning and ruining formats
Meanwhile arena wimps are beta testers for wotc to realize "hey we should've made this card like this instead" and they expect you to THANK them for 'fixing' shit LMAO

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My Strixhaven wife. And such a nice art, too.

>>97889583
Test

>>97895135
Diet Rootha