Out on Patrol Edition>What is this?/TG/ DEVELOPED A GAMEIT IS PLAYABLE. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.EXPEDITION is a ~1880s era, Jules Verne-inspired retro-futurist, underground blood soaked adventurescape.It is a Skirmish wargame. Two players with their own expeditions, on a hexgrid map, explore & fight each other for victory and profit.3 versions of the rules exist, 2 of which have been playtested. The main one is 2e, to be found :>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/us7vnek39dc6k/AgarthaRulesas with maps, tokens and lore resources.>TL;DR Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxdaGoBlJRTMuziMDupG5TeeFwNDnsIW2pfaRAcFDgA>Main Lore Doc, including links to anon-written short stories and additional lore in "Recommended..." sectionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97170316Is there even anything that the colonials have that can match a full on Hyperborean invasion? I know there's stuff like the landskneckts, but just thinking about it if the Hyperboreans come down in numbers during the deluge there's not much beyond the latest battleships, and even then most of those will get Thunderchild'd.
>>97170316>>97175740Nevermind, looking at that thread and I think we can steal some ideas.
>>97175754In the film itself those weapons are only developed after the initial invasion fails, for what that's worth.Pretty good watch either way.
Another mission. Only one left. I was thinking of the last mission just being a regular game, maybe British vs Atlan. Any volunteers to make a 150 list for each, something generic easy to use for newcomers?>>97174649That is true. We could just end up removing one of the NPC tribes, if it's too long to run.
So all the chaos gods have an animal that represent them with some thematic purposes behind it >Khorn Has Canis, pack animals that follows the strongest and can be very ferocious animals who rips their prey apart. Makes sense for the god of blood and combat>Tzeench Birds, again makes sense because he's a god of trickery and planning and birds are always around spying on you. Hearing and watching what you do >Slaneesh Snakes, again makes sense because snakes can be very beautiful creatures but they also pack a deadly venom that will kill>NurgleFrogs, why? They aren't exactly creatures associated with death, diseases, rebirth or even nature itself. So why frogs?
>>97165258 (OP)Because the Rat was take-taken by someone else.>>97170816The Keeper of Secrets is really the only bovine thing in Slaneesh's roster and even there they can sometimes be squiddy or just humany/elfy instead.>>97173454Warhammer: Age of Reckoning and earlier Norsca lore had Tzeentch as 'The Raven'.Also I think it was partly done as misdirection about the identity of the advisor's 'pet' Corvid just in case anyone played Norsca as their first campaign.
>>97177731>The Keeper of Secrets is really the only bovine thing in Slaneesh's rosterThe lord of change is the only real avian tzeentch in tzeentch, that and tzaangors, but slaanesh also has Slaangors
>>97165258>>KhornChimp ofc
>>97165258Cause nurgle's shit is all green and bulbous and covered in warts and pustules, not hard to understand Also frogs are seen as dirty and disgusting and live in swamps which are associated with him
>>97173454It's because crows eat carrion and they have no vultures in Norsca
Friend or Foe Edition>Previous Thread: >>97151459>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8https://pastebin.com/8riDmnhS>30k TACTICA & TIPSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Guh. Fucking got my balls crushed with Alpha Legion losing the lies and obfuscation covering vehicles. Aaand I can't fire 2 defensive weapons at the same target. Can only fire 1 at each target for some fucking reason.
>>97178312anon, you can use multiple weapons per shooting attack.The bit about each shooting attack needing to target a different unit that other shooting attacks is to prevent cheese where rules trigger off of shooting attacks, so you can't be like "I make 1 shooting attack with my heavy bolter against your tacticals, triggering my omega special rule. and I also make 1 shooting attack with my pintle mounted havoc launcher, targeting your tacticals, triggering my omega special rule again :)"
>>97178312Yes you can retard.
>>97178221Oh...yeah. Asking the opponent to risk their character to an unnecessarily difficult duel when they are winning anyways is going to be a hard sale. The only way is to force that choice.I'm sure you are having the Spartan smash into their front lines while deepstriking Abaddon onto their back, but what if you divided that Spartan into 2 Land Raiders? Not only multiples would be harder to dodge, but they'd also be necessarily weaker...maybe the foe would no longer shy away from that "bait", then Abaddon arrives and the wolf's jaws close shut on the prey?To afford that, maybe have the transported Justaerin downgrade to regular terminators (or even "mere" [Catulan Reavers / Despoilers]), and have the Typhon go down the center, Tacticals following in its wake? Dang idk if anyone could stop such a speartip force
>>97178312>can't fire 2 defensive weapons at the same targetYou can, if they have the proper arc>balls crushed with Alpha Legion losing the lies and obfuscation covering vehiclesIk. All vehicles feel the same grey legion now
Vista edition>Cyberpunk 2020 vs. Cyberpunk RED?Cyberpunk 2020 is the second edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG that focuses on simulation gameplay and has a black trenchcoat aesthetic.Cyberpunk RED is the fourth edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG that is set after Cyberpunk 2020 following the Fourth Corporate War, focuses on more balanced gameplay and is more streamlined but has less content.You can discuss Shadowrun here too because I also feel bad for those guys.>Cyberpunk Rulesets (The Vault) (May not have all updated rulebooks, check official sources for updates):bit<dot>ly/2Y1w4Md>Resources for RED:https://datapool2045.net/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>the central thesis of Cyberpunk is that there will be a countercultural movement that is willing and able to take the latest and greatest cutting edge technology by the neck and use it to fight against the Man>the ease and availability of music recording will allow countercultural Rockerboys to fight. The ease and portability of video and sound recording will allow Media to take it to the wall and shame corrupt corps and government. Technology is so widespread and cheap that Techs can make and share technology for their communities. Cyberware and weapons are so cheap that any rebel with a cause can get enough personal power and lethality to make a difference.Now that I think about it Cyberpunk is like the most absurdly optimistic cyberpunk RPG setting out there. We've got most of that shit in real life and none of that shit is happening enough to make a difference.
>>97176538>to make a differenceYou got so close, but flubbed it at the end. Cyberpunk isn't about making a difference, it's about b'ing urself despite the world.
if someone autofired on an already dying guy, would the death save be +10 because ten bullets used up or +1 since it is mechanically a single attack?
>>97176784+1 due to it being a single attack
>>97177118very gay
>Previous thread:>>97105453>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, Dragon Rampant, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, HeroClix, Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, Open Combat, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, SAGA, StarCraft, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void,Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenos Rampant, Xenotactics......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97178240>it's when you claim to like the elves that we start dumping holy water on you and shriekingWorst part about it is that we kind of have a little peak at what could have been with the elves if only the sculpting of the minis was good.Pic related is from the Mantic League of Infamy board game.
>>97178245Skorne modernising and building their own warjacks would be fun.
>>97174048Injection itself costs almost nothing. It's like 10 cents or something like this, per model, with plastic costs accounted for. There are two problems though:1) Molds cost 5 to 10k dollars to make.2) Most of the time/cost on injection is in setup, meaning no one is running injection machines to print less than a thousand copies.
>>97177972It really is not overpriced, if you value the book.If you use a pirated pdf for the rules anyway, then yes, you pay too much if you go for that box.
>>97178245Circle from Khador makes sense because of the Old Witch, and late 3e lore almost got us the Turner and Hooch Ret/Skorne theme. I think we're only getting Menoth now because of the tireless dinosaur posting of a few brave souls, so be the change&etc
For discussion of D&D 3.0, 3.5e, PF1e, and D20 OGL> Toolshttps://srd.dndtools.orghttps://dndtools.one/https://d20srd.orghttps://www.realmshelps.net/> Indices> 3.5https://archive.burne99.com/archive/4/http://web.archive.org/web/20080617022745/http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/index.php> 3.0http://web.archive.org/web/20060330114049/http://www.crystalkeep.com:80/d20/rules3.0.php> (pathfinder 1e)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97172186But I'm a fag and some of my players are trans, and we all prefer 3.5 over PF?Does that mean we get our gay cards revoked?
>>97175865Does that mean all generals on the board can be merged?
>>97174154>your melee character won't even be able to pin any of these opponents to a fight without caster support.This is essentially the problem with the entire conversation, and comes up in these white room theory discussions. The party is supposed to work with and support each other; its the unfortunate autists who can not comprehend teamwork.>>97175638>5eAnon, that shit was a thing back in 1e.In fact, the players were not supposed to roll their own perception based checks, only told if they saw something or not.>>97177151This.
>>97172275Seconding this vote. It's increasingly clear that the PFfag is just here to shit up the general as well.
>>97172275>>97178228Thirding. We can keep the troves, they're good resources, but it's just a drama magnet.
Writing General: 'festive' editionWelcome to /wg/, the thread for all /tg/ related writing. Whether you're plotting your campaign, trying to come up with a character backstory, or just trying to write some setting fluff, this is the place to post it. You don't even have a campaign, just an idea you want to develop? You're welcome here. While the rest of /tg/ is arguing over monstergirl mating and which way rivers are supposed to flow, we're here to help you turn your thoughts into an actual finished product.As the successor to the Storythreads, we're also open to /tg/ related fanfiction (D&D, Warhammer, Battletech, whatever). In fact, if you've written any vaguely /tg/-related short stories, you can try them out here. We also have flash-fiction challenges from time to time.There's a discord for writers herehttps://discord.gg/6AwKHGFThe previous thread can still be found in the archive here>>96644454And finally an archive of /tg/ fiction can be found here:http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (dead link, but may be resurrected one day)https://2d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (page missing, wiki still up)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What's the secret sauce to writing a humorous campaign and scenarios for me and the lads? I'm genuinely perplexed on how to be funny and to do it without being snobbish to the players.
>>97170448If there was a secret to writing humour, whoever knew it would be a millionaire. It's why comedy movies are basically a dead artform at this point: most of the time you don't know in advance if they're going to be massive successes or huge bombs. A joke that's funny on paper can sound completely cringe if delivered wrong, and what one person finds funny might sound totally stupid to someone else. My advise is to simply write whatever you like then run it past someone else first to see if the humour lands.
>>97170448My only advice would be an anecdote: the best humor campaign I ever ran was designed to be funny in hindsight. Humor is tough on tt because it flows more naturally from the group than from you. In the campaign, aspects of the old gods would infect certain regions. Warping them to be like itself in different ways. The campaign was played straight. The players couldnt quite guess what the old god was. Enemies were often giant apes, inhabitants became radioactive under a partial moon, the bad guys used swords and scimitars. There was a ton of other stuff. The people were crazy, there was a yellow malaise, the party was working for a trade guild that wanted the resources of the island, giant spiders hid among the populace, etc. I like to think it was kinda spooky. I played it perfectly straight. The only real clues that would actually give it away plainly was the music, but my choices were always a bit weird and only popped up every so often in the list so it wasn't really acknowledged. It was the god of bananas. No one really noticed that the shop songs were things like "I like bananas because they have no bones" and "yes, we have no bananas" and a bunch of less recognized DK music to fit the island jungle theme.
>>97133758I know I'm a bit too old to be writing letters to Santa, but I figured I'd let my inner child have his moment. Things have been a bit rough up here in the Arcadia Block. the Central Street bombing didn't do anyone any favors and it affected a nearby hospital causing a few casualties after damaging the hospital generators. I wish I could say that the son of a bitch who did it was caught but they decided to become part of the fireworks they started.Anyways, that was a few months ago. The Central Street buildings have been rebuilt or are partway towards being finished but it's essentially pulling your sleeve down to cover the bruises on your arm. The political drama that lead up to this hasn't died down and the political commentators are tickling the algorithims just right to pump up their engagement and view counts.So what am I asking for in all this? I know the Earth is a big place and not exactly a hop, skip, and a jump away but if Rudolph can guide you across 300,000 miles in the void give Mars a fly by will ya?
>>97133758But out the snowman.
Whip it Out 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 Ruler>Battle SpiritsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97177232No one cares about you seeing masonic signs retard you participate in the largest gambling scam of all time.
>>97177336You're laughing and people are losing their shirts
>>97177336Waiting only a year to reprint a chase card is lunacy, bud
>>97177336>>97177336based
>>97178379You guys have a very obtuse way of looking at the health of a game. If the cards become worthless, people who spent thousands of dollars tailoring their collection, the ones keeping the lights on for the company, feel betrayed and they walk away. You idiots act like everything is binary, either scalper or shill. There's more people that are devastated by this blatant mismanagement than just your perceived "enemy" here. Over printing (reprints too) kill games faster than they build them.
"God of Variation" editionPrevious >>97123767>Basics Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/GWjTU9Uv>Anon's Locals Survival Guidehttps://pastebin.com/xXp5jShL>Fanmade PC simhttps://pastebin.com/u6aKrBSg>Official Mobile sim (Release Date TBA)https://www.digimon-alysion.com/en/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97177729>mass evade>mass bottom decking>>97177809>powercreeping EX7 Cendrillmon>>97178165nice I wanted the chinese alt art
>>97178155I hate that we're going to have to sit through months of these reveals without them revealing how the new cards and reprints are distributed. With 39 SRs there needs to be at least 2 per pack to make a difference.
>>97178155Finally wont need to blow 90 dollarydoos on my t3 memedeck
>>97178175>bt13 screenshot of bt13 marcus on toeir screenshotLook bt17atleast tried a lil with their aa but this is fucking bad. Even as a shinefag im going nope.
>>97178380It's hilarious that they did real art of anime characters exactly once and now we're back to this shit
GW kept mentioning space marines or even primarchs coupling with regular human women and it always took me out of it. Like how the fuck? Wouldn't she get ripped in half? But then it dawned on me. They just have tiny penises. Well not by human standards, but relative to body-size. Like think about it, why would you supersize the dick too when there literally do not exist women big enough to handle that size? So the simplest explanation is they just keep the penis size of a regular human.
>>97177010...Why would you look for that.And not just the women.
>>97172457Aren't Space Marines essentially eunuch/vocel monks?
>>97178214Fulgrim had a wife, Guilliman has chicks flirting with him.
>>97172457>GW kept mentioning space marines coupling with regular human womenno, it didn't
>>97172457No, but they are asexual + sterile and according to Fabius biologically incapable of getting erect.
Dunk On 'Em Edition>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/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97177818One of my two Yoke Fiends for said Court warband.
>>97177821And the Castigator for my Trench Pilgrims.
>>97177827That's one regal pilgrim
>>97177870My idea for my Pilgrim warband is that they are a convent of nuns gone full crusade-mode. I'm gonna use all-female models with max amount of stigmatic nuns.They are The Nuns of Gavaronne
>>97177818Nice model for said homonculu.Heres my generic Court warband. Made for fun since i dont plan on actually playing them
>when the DM says you have to draw a map
>>97171353>ai out of absolutely nowhere
>>97169850She’d look cute with a mustache My little Bandita!
>>97177858That sounds like a decent way to do it. At least it get rids of the ambiguity.
>>97169854Here you go anon. I'll call it TERRA. (Ignore the file name.)
>>97172991did you take intuit direction?
I finally finished my PhD. Do any of you still want me to finish the story I started half a decade ago?
>>97171720>he other 10% can't remember where they left their glasses this morningExcuse me, I remember it distinctly, right there on the coffee table. >>97171633Only 5 years ago? I memberberries storytimes from 20 years ago.
>>97171633Go right ahead. Place is a wasteland, so even if I don't remember it, we could always use genuine effort. Though a refresher would be appreciated.
>>97171633I think we were at Cupbearer anon prelude for #12 ? Hope you're good, a PhD on WH40k is no easy feat.
>>97171633Come on you fucking tease, post it or GTFO. All we have at the moment is tards screaming insults and an avalanch of bot posts. Some actual content would be an oasis in a desert.
>>97171633Maybe.
Like, the feel of gritty black-and-white screen-printed books. Simple and pulpy with that semi-woodcut-looking art.Cairn? Shadowdark? Who wins here on aesthetic grounds
>>97178209>no arguments>desperate shitting and reeingOkay then. NSR games are still explicitly not OSR games.
>>97178241I'm asking if you call yourself a faggot.I assume you don't, and yet...
>>97178187>kike game
>>9717646295% of getting the dungeon synth feel is GM descriptions and player involvement. You'd want rules that reward exploration and skill use. You don't want too much combat, barely any in fact but when it happens it has to be meaningful
Cairn is far from the aesthetic you're talking about, the 1st edition uses bog-standard public domain art, and the 2nd edition uses tumblr style fantasy art. The Israeli Jewish author also actively hates the style of old school D&D because he finds math annoying and says that Gygax was a racist fascist. Not "dungeon synth" at all.Shadowdark is closer to what you're saying, but the art still feels modern to me. The system is alright, it's basically a stripped down 5e with some DCC mechanics thrown in. The tone goes for a sort of pastiche of grim-darkness with some gonzo stuff. The lesbo author likes the old school style of D&D and made the system to recapture her childhood memories of playing AD&D 2e. It's decently dungeon-synth-ish.Dungeon Crawl Classics is a beautiful work of art, I sometimes just flip through it to look at the awesome illustrations, and buying any of their adventures is worth it just for the awesome art. I wouldn't call it gritty and dungeon-synth-ish, more crazy guitar riffs and weird psychedelic art on old fantasy books you'd find at an estate sale.Dragonslayer also has that cool black and white style grittiness to it, it's massive and over-priced but it is filled with cool old-school art. I'd recommend this over all the others I mentioned if you want to go with gritty Dungeon-synth-ish style.Also check out Labyrinth Lord and the previous editions of Swords and Wizardry.
Wasted Edition▶Previous thread:>>97108804Battlefleet 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.▶Helpful resources: (feel free to suggest additions!)https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0V▶TQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97176631That's what you get for playing Venators desu.
>>97176631>beastman and bolter overwatcher get pinned down entire gameIf only that beastman got access to a free Nerve of Steel.
>>97176704I don't think that is a great map (and representing it on a graph shows why). The top two players are (or can be) ~5 squares away from each other after deployment, while the bottom player will be at least ~9-10 squares away from anybody.I dislike 3-player FFA games too, you really need a smart scenario to prevent SOME kind of team-up from happening. I don't even agree that a team-up is realistic, because gangs in that situation wouldn't have a perfect top-down view of the conflict and wouldn't be able to make unintuitive-but-strategic decisions like a player is able to.
Really enjoying my time painting MESBG minis
I'm split on what team to try in a TT league that's starting a 2025 season.>Black OrcsI think they'll play a bit better than before thanks to the Troll buff, Brawlin' Brutes, Secure the Ball pickups, and getting fouling goblins online being super easy, but they're obviously still going to be quite bad.>Chaos DwarfsNever played them in a proper league before, 2025 changes are really fucking dumb for them especially but something is still telling me to give it a go, especially as it's not like the other option I'm mulling is all that great to start.
