Why did Dungeons and Dragons styled tabletop roleplaying take until the 1970s to invent? I know they had tabletop wargames before that as far back as the 17th century, but what was so hard about making the next step to personalized characters going on adventures with stats? Die, paper, pens/pencils, figures, etc are all cheap to manufacture. Minor nobility or even knights would have access to all they needed, they could even store stats on a chiseled piece of rock, stack counters as a record, or use an abacus if they were really broke. They had wargaming with figurines way back stretching centuries, but they lacked the imagination to take it a step further with a full adventure?Is it really an egg of Columbus situation where it's so intuitively obvious when discovered, but hard to actually discover? Or was it just sheer bad luck in that it remained undiscovered for so long?
>>96640093found the storyshitter kek
>>96640322We've had board games, and parlour games, and improv storytelling, and theater of varying complexity. Kids playing games of pretend and having certain characters they wanted to act as is a somewhat old concept too. However, I don't think there's ever been anything recorded that feels like a definitive, concrete example of a sort of proto-roleplaying game. Murder Mystery dinner games come close, but it still feels like the actual structure and concept of a group of people gathering regularly to collectively play or be guided through an adventure or a narrative premise, or something like that, didn't truly exist until wargames became a thing, and then got closer once Braunstein hit a very small scene.
>>96627640MF!I literally only now have noticed the dragon has one retarded horn despite have seen this art for decades
Maybe there were some that did exist but got buried in the sands of time. There could've been some in ancient India, for all we know.
>>96627721We've had roleplaying for ages. Medieval tournaments were hosted with Arthurian themes, with entrants costuming themselves and taking on the character of various Arthurian knights, as one example.
2026 lineup editionPrevious: >>96598474>News & RemindersThrough the Omenpaths is outArena Anthologies 1 & 2 now available in the storeComplete one of three activities by September 30 to get Fleem cosmetics; see announcements for detailshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-september-22-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQWhich 2026 set are you most excited for?
>>96647701>>96645850>>96645483you need this to make mayhem
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is there anything happening in standard i saw there was a new mono blue deck with the wolf land guy
>>96648354me in left
i've been drafting all day and i haven't seen any of the spiderman flip cards
>+++ADMINISTRATUM PASS KEY ACCEPTED+++>Loading message...Welcome back, revered clerk of the Administratum.Your efforts in compiling the information on [Vokaris Sector] and its eight subsectors have been received with satisfaction, and thus you are encouraged to continue your holy assignment to collect information about this sector in our grand Imperium.A brief reminder that as data comes in via the servitors around you, you will have to compile it and make this sector whole again.May the God Emperor continue to guide you clerk Anon.Hello there, Anons of /tg/. If anyone is still interested in this fun project, here is the whole sector - updated with the discovered planets so far - where we can continue to create together, using the planet generator found on 1d6chan.>https://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Planet_generatorThe previous thread:>>96616211
Rolled 5, 9, 8, 10 = 32 (4d10)>>96647951
Rolled 1, 11, 11, 3, 5, 12 = 43 (6d20)>>96648058
>>96648058>>96648064>The planet has lots of recent ruins from a recently genocided minor xenos race, some of the xenos still live in remote areaswhich may explain why it is a cemetery world, I guess no one realizes there is still xenos on the planet otherwise they would at least have a militia>The planet has particularly vicious wildlife or imported verminbut apparently not dangerous enough to bother having any sort of armed forces>no genetic quirks>The Emperor is depicted as a sun god, suns everywhere and an obsession with stained glass and natural light>Many of the planet’s inhabitants are fanatical about a particular recreational sport>Most people live underground or in large structures with no windowsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96648117We didn't get any of the funnier results, but it did help add some nuance.We should do these rolls for the other planets, and also do the defense and adeptus rolls we skipped on certain planets.Also maybe redo some of the population rolls like >>96642468 suggested.
>>96647951Did you add the -6 to the d100 rolls due to the planet being at a low imperial tech level?
New Edition Edition>This Is Not War>This Is The EndArmy Listshttps://www.konflikt47.com/rift/#konflikt47-armylistsOperation K47 Discordhttps://discord.gg/VkabjGTH
>>96645753>>96645766>>96646068I would be all over this shit, if it wasn't for the US prices.
Axis>power armor and heavy power armor>multi-legged armored walkers>gravity weapons and rail guns>horrifying mutant troops>zombiesUSA>power armor>super soldier program>directed energy weapons>agile bipedal armored walkers>jetpack infantryBritish Commonwealth>lend lease power armor, directed energy weaponry, and bipedal walkers>robot troopersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96647950YES I fucking love it (it’s called a Linebacker, pity they did not name it something like Timber Wolf haha)
not mine but someone did really DECENT work on this Linebacker
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File Not Found editionPrevious >>96583284>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.
>>96648270>all turnsQueenBee playing out a 5, then if they swing you ace it into CS leopardmon and block with your new bee, send it to security for +1 recovery and 2 memory + 1 more per feiSeems like a huge pain in the dick now they have protection, de-digivolve and source strip once again being the only clean counter
>>96648344And there's also Craniamon riding Enbarrmon
>>96648374Ok the Craniamon sounds cool though as long as they commit to him riding in the card
Now that the CS reveals are effectively finished, what the fuck was the point of LordKnightmon playing 4 cost or lower RED cardsAgumon and Palmon uselessBirdramon fineGoro probably good
>>96648455I don't get it either. My best guess is that CS Meramon originally cost 4 but they changed it and decided keeping Knightmon's "cost 4 or lower" gimmick was more important than making any sort of CS LordKnight deck playable.
>hating matt ward>hating logarWhats a better midwit filter?
>>96638987assassins fill a different role. stealth maries are reconnaissance
>>96634165Realizing the Pontius youtuber is not here for lore, but motivated by bitterness and just wants a fight.
>>96636474Better than any "official canon" shit about RG.
>>96635393Conversely, there would not have been a cool 40K setting without Lorgar and he did kill 200K Ultrasmurfs in the opening of a battle.
>>96636792A guy who wrote some ridiculously masturbatory lore for Ultramarines and Grey Knights, to go with retarded broken rules for the latter in order to drive sales.
Artifacts and Evocations Edition>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and SplatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96636261>>96602009The Ranks of Exalted Sorcerous & Necromantic Might as Per Our Current Understanding>A Mortal Could Do This Tier>Foxbinder1st Circle Sorcery>Dowsing in the Wishing Well TierDragon-blooded1st Circle Sorcery default, can instead learn 1st NecromancyLiminal1st Circle Necromancy default, can instead learn 1st SorceryDream-souled1st Circle Sorcery default, can instead learn 1st Necromancy if Ideal is sufficiently bleak>1-Way Teleport TierThousand Venoms Mistress/March LordComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96647791I am specifically referring to the possibility that 3e expanded the number of CONFIRMED powers of the swords, not implying the Hidden Judges didn’t exist until then.
>>96647089>And we know that anything that does around Exigents, doesn't actually meet their expectationsWe do? How? The fuck were they even thinking with those initial goals?
>>96636261>>96602009>>96648359>left a tier blankit's the Puppeteer Exigent, jesus christ(cont...)>Robe & Wizard Hat TierChosen of Masks (Faces) Exigent1st Circle Sorcery; can learn charms to learn 2nd Sorcery/Necromancy as appropriate greater mask (vague as to if both are possible but probably not)>Running Clean or Filthy TierAlchemical2nd Circle Sorcery; charms require permanent install; apostates can learn 1st Necromancy & either/or 2nd sorcery/necromancy, again permanent installs>All & Nothing TierBleak Warden ExigentEither/or 2nd Sorcery/Necromancy (may be bad wording)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96648359>>96648494>>96605043>>96605051>>96619907>>96620018>>96602009if there's a meaningful difference in the final version of miracles i'll update these then. but if not, i'll probably hold off until more splats come out
What is the best aesthetic for a female Druid?
>>96648196She's horned... But also monke.How strange.
>>96648196Traditional games?
>>96648196Barefoot, long messy hair, feathers all over, forgive me for using AOS art but it gets the point all over
>>96648196I’m glad they put some eye candy in that film. Even if they cut Drizzt for bullshit reasons.
>>96648360Looks like a Chinese dude with a long beard.
So, now you need to decide. Do you close your eyes to what you've seen and go back to sleep? Or do you come with this psycho burnout and do the impossible against the unbelievable and keep the future at bay for another day? What's it going to be? In or out?Yeah? You dumb shit.>Thread Question:What was your Cell's introduction to The Program/The Conspiracy? Did you use a pre-written scenario, or make your own thing?>Previous thread:>>96285079>Unofficial Resources:https://delta-green.neocities.org
>>96640825Saturnine Chalice maybe
>>96640629Chroma run locally with a prompt like: 'a still from a video of a mass of rotting flesh and limbs and organs crawling in front of a dark gas station at night. Motion blur' and the use image to video with klingai with the same prompt minus the part about it being a still. Pretty simple. Other good tricks are 'cctv footage', 'ring doorbell footage', 'camera flash' or 'illuminated by a flashlight'.You could probably do the video part locally with WAN, but personally my PC shits the bed when it tries to load the text encoder on the CPU. I'm sure there's a better way of doing that.
>>96640663>>96640688>>96640721>FBI is well known for using "sting ops" to tricking losers into shooting their schools, veteran groups into doing """domestic terrorism""", and creeps into trading CP.But glowies skulking around Renfair with swords and period accurate beige shorts and tactical sunglasses to trick wannabe alchemist into felony drug charges is too much.
>next OP is taking place in OhioI'm gonna shit a brick if we investigate attic goblins in Akron.
I've got an idea for a plot hook and I'd like to know if there's already something similar I could steal from, and if not, I'd like to hear your ideas on what to do with it:>a mysterious dead body is found>15 days later another corpse shows up, seemingly a twin of the recently found guy>10 days later a third corpse comes up in the same region, the story of triplet John Does starts making the rounds in the local newspapers>players are called in 8 days later when a DG friendly luckily stumbles upon a fourth exact same corpse before anybody else
Battlefield Assets EditionPrevious thread:>>96631953>Legacies:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>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)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96648304I can paint white, this is an unfinished WE project I did like 2 years ago or something where I was practicing airbrushing. Never did weather the models, but the paintjob is quite clean.
>>96647979>bench 350>play WB, SoH, WE and UMguess those can combine>>96648304anon, airbrushing removed the skill wall to paint white long long ago.
>>96648273>>plasma pistol: 12" FP1 S6/7 AP5/4 D1/1, improves to AP4/3>>plasma blaster: 18" FP2 S6/6 AP5/4 D1/1, improves to AP4/3(?)>>plasma gun: 24" FP2 S6/7 AP4/4 D1/1, improves to AP3/2>>twin plasma gun: 24" FP2 S6/7 AP4/3 D1/1, improves to AP3/2>>plasma cannon: 36" FP1 S6/7 AP4/3 D1/1, improves to AP3/2>>gravis plasma cannon: 36" FP1 S7/8 AP4/3 D1/2, improves to AP3/2>>plasma bombard: 24" FP1 S6/7 AP4/4 D1/1, improves to AP3/2>>heavy plasma bombard: 36" FP1 S7/8 AP4/3 D1/2, improves to AP3/2>>executioner plasma destroyer: 36" FP1 S8/9 AP4/3 D1/2, improves to AP3/2>>hellfire plasma cannonade: 36" FP6/1 S6/7 AP4/3 D1/2, improves to AP3/2>>omega plasma array: 36" FP6/1 S7/8 AP4/3 D2/2, improves to AP3/2All of these should be Drain (X) where (X) is the number of Game Turns they take to recharge after being fired, during which they may not be used as part of a Shooting Attack including as part of a Reaction.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96648387no thanks, I think it's pretty settled plasma has safe and dangerous, and moreover I despise bookkeeping on weapons in games over like a dozen modelseven if I can handle my army and keeping tabs, there's no guarantee my opponent can on his, and games where you have to constantly remind your opponent what they can/can't do- and worst of all, if they misremember something of your army and suddenly feel cheated over itI like one use gear and abilities, but big games with lots going on is a nightmare to track with reloadsunless it's like a historical and that coordination is a core mechanic of the game, then it's really fun
>>96647498Well, what's really fucked, is that guy can't take his helmet off, because the planet has a virus that rots you so fast as if you fell into a vat of acid. So, he's dead either way from a painful death, but I suppose being cooked to death from your power armor reactor is slightly faster.
and not just some rules-lite onepage systemsAn entire book-wroth of a ttrpg I only know about Basic Fantasy Roleplay
>>96646301Piracy is retarded when there are so many free games that are just better than everything you can pay for.
White Lies 3e for spy stuff, based on White Box.https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/164226/white-lies
Mazes & Minotaurs is great and there is a lot of material beyond the core books in the Minotaur Quarterly.
>>96646301piracy is extra steps compared to just clicking a download button on drivethrou/itch/official websitebut there is more to that thoughcommercial games often are a victim of business decisions that interfere with design decisions
Streamlined Rolemaster clone. Requires also free Lightmaster chart book too.
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.
>>96646503Nuts! Really wish that GW would keep releasing the PDFs for their rulebooks, especially Necromunda. As much as I love the idea of having a physical copy of any of the rulebooks/splats, I just find it easier when said books are digital. It’s the same story with Horus Heresy 3.0.
>>96647885>Anons, this is a thread about Games Workshop's Specialist Games, not bellyposting.Agreed, every effort should be made to stay on topic.I love all kinds of terrain, for use in the Specialist Games. Kinds include GW terrain, MDF terrain, 3D printed terrain, cardboard terrain, and scratchbuilt terrain.
>>96648403I'm glad you appreciate my attempts and efforts.I wonder if the Battlefield in a Box guys are going to try not!necromunda terrain after the finished doing the not!Dawn of War buildings.
>>96646695>Played KT like a year ago at our local hobbyclub>Was the only one that did, always brought an outside friend to play there, use the tables and terrain>Owner of the clubhouse likes me, asks me to hold a beginner-day for KT>Announce it a month in advance>On the day only two people show up>They actually play a full game, have fun and talk about getting some teams>Never see them afterwards>Get kinda frustrated and stop playing there for six months>Get back there last month to play another game with my friend>Three of the four tables in the clubhouse are now being used to play KT>Apparently the system took off right after I leftNot sure how I feel about that, I genuinely got the impression people love the system, they just hate playing against me so it never got brought up when I was around
>>96644894TQI quite like GW terrain, though the available variety has tanked recently. Pic is mu kill team board, I'm waiting for the new edition before getting my 40k board together.
Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>96640736
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!٭!٭!٭!٭ posted a wip, maybe a year ago? Did something come of it?
>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.
>>96646493Retro pulp sci-fi? I can only think of Hydra Miniatures, both have a ranges of pulp sci-fi soldiers plus a game to play them in, plus a space-ship combat game set in the same setting (I've never played either though). They say "all miniatures are 32mm (heroic 28mm scale) and cast in lead-free pewter" for the scale and material. 7 factions, so a good range of this and that, lads and ladies as well.Anvil Industries has some resin pulp weapons iirc.
>>96648292Awful lot of words that I'm not going to read, 40kiddie. Go consoom blindly in 40kg.
>>96648292Once a 40kid, always 40kid.
>>96648299Once a poorfag, always a poorfag?
I love Shieldwolf's space buns, but fuck me I hate getting the arms to go together. I wish it came with instructions.
open invitation to make the banner cooler edition.Talk /elves/
House Silverbeam are known to be elves of a more voluptuous form, with famously dark skin. Now, while most houses of elves can record a great military triumph for the source of their colors and emblem, House Silverbeam instead used them to reference their unity. The red and green background and the silver leaf at the center represents the union of their founder Lady Tylnel and a man of the Horrov tribe(no one knows whom, maybe a prince, maybe the chief himself, but there's no royal goods in their resting chamber) and the blending of culture.Elves of Silverbeam are famous for their cuisine, heavily taken from the Horrov, and particularly their seafood.Silverbeam elves also from some quirk live longer than most elves, no one's sure why. So these long blissful lives with peace and good food makes these women reticent to risk themselves in warfare, and this they famously wear heavy armor, maille, cuirass, and particular horrific iron masks. All to be as safe as possible and be done with the sordid business and back home.This is the excuse I came up with to keep buying Raging Hero dark elves because I love the sculpts.
>>96640468Okay, hear me out.
