Thread dead for two entire days edition>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game. 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, and it's very Blanchitsu.>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/They used to be split between the website and the discord, but no more. For posterity's sake, the old mega will still be kept active even if it's unlikely to need updating: https://mega.nz/folder/70QH0BBa#Eg-blxYQKkY_C02wErnFTQ>third party sources for making trenchers:https://pastebin.com/YzXPVUAcUse these (and/or 3D printing) instead of the official plastics as their pricing contradicts the accessibility to the game (price wise) Trench Crusade was founded on.>Trench Companion, awesome warband builder and campaign trackerhttps://trench-companion.com/>Previous Thread:>>97820513>Thread QuestionWhat is the dumbest hero moment /your doods/ have ever had?
Never played it and don't intend to (not collecting yet another setting specific army), but has anyone considered using the setting for an RPG?
>>97942903There are fan projects, and Tuomas has shown some interest in making a ttrpg. But that is far away.
>>97942903A budy of mine did a one off based on the rules of tc and gurps and dark heresy but when i asked if he had any of it written down he laughed and said it was halfway all in his head unfortunately
>>97942110Went duking it out practically all game with a Lieutenant, only to successfully just knock each other down each turn, failing to stack blood points or anything.Went a little something like.>Roll to hit.>They get knocked down.>Use half movement to stand back up.>Roll to hit me.>I get knocked down.>Use half movement to stand back up.>Swing on them. Burn a blood point.>They get knocked down.>They stand back up and flip two points on my Hell Priest.>I get knocked down.
>>97942110>>Thread dead for two days.Huh, so does that mean interest in the game itself is waning, or does it mean people on here aren't interested in it anymore?
>>97945162it seems that raw numbers / normie interest is still growing respectably - I think its just people are sick of this thread due to the abundance of slap-fights.
>>97942110Companion Guy here, just letting you guys know that the prerelease rules will be made available once all the posts are out - we want to make them available in one go for ease-of-handling.Official and Prerelease data will be two versions you can swap between in the setting. You can convert warbands between versions, and if you're looking at a warband made in the other you'll warned.
>>97945903Will you have a similar setting to the beta rules where even after rules updates go live you'll be able to play existing rules with your campaign?>>97945162A big part of it is that we're a small, slow moving general at best. So most people don't notice and the few that do usually don't make threads. It doesn't help we don't have any drawfags in the general either because that's good OC that builds a community. Lastly the people trying to poison the general are a problem because it drives people away so if they are no shit interested they go to the discord or they leave entirely because they presume it's just the lolcow of the month.
>>97942903Only War would probably make a great baseline >designed for highly lethal combat where every PC is a part of the same military squad>naturally mixes melee and firearms>enemies can be both humans and weird inhuman monstrosities >rules for selecting specific quirks of your greater regiment/army>extended rules for generating and handling NPC squad buddies>rules for dealing with quartermasters, logistical fuck-ups etc. >rules for fear, mental trauma and demonic corruptionHonestly you could pretty much just swap regiment creation rules, PC specialisations, item tables and enemy stat blocks for Trench Crusade related ones and call it a dayI would have probably done it already if I didn't have like 10 other /tg/ related creative projects startedThat being said, the fact we don't have that much specific lore yet means that people in charge of such a project would probably have to come up with plenty of OC/fancanon
>>97946853>That being said, the fact we don't have that much specific lore yet means that people in charge of such a project would probably have to come up with plenty of OC/fancanonI'd even call that a benefit in some respects tell the story of your spec ops hoboes in the shattered streets of constantinople
>>97946890Oh, when it comes to the plots certainly, but I meant more when it comes to think like PC classes/specialisations. Like, I could probably come up with 10 different Iron Sultanate themed character classes that could all realistically be a part of the same military regiment and each perform a distinct gameplay role, but at least a few of them would probably need to be my OC idea rather than something that's actually already in the official lore. And definitely when it comes to the specific of what they could do. Aw, fuck, I really don't have time for this right now but I can feel my brain already locking in on this. I'll probably cook up at least a prototype of an Only War hack within a week
>>97946937Bless you rpg-anon and god speed you glorious bastard. I'm personally working on a pulp adventure story about Bolt-Action Lad, Hero of New Antioch ala WWI propanda that I hope to have ready for the next Trench Wire
>>97942110>Crrusade
>>97942110Pic rel comes up all the time with new players with automatic pistols it's kind of a thing but is it just a total failure of reading comprehension?
>>97945162/tg/ as a whole is dying
>>97949563You know, I'd expect that with the decrease in user count at least the quality of discussion would improve. You know, only the dedicated core community staying and whatnot. But nah, apparently all the fucking retards and shitposters stayed, but managed to drive most of quality anons away. Fucking grim
>>97945162I think /tg/ just lost interest in the setting as it's growing in popularity among redditers. Or that the setting's narrative has begun to be morphed in a way that appeals to redditer sensibilities.
>>97949563what actually caused the collapse because thats clearly in late 2021, did the pandemic kill of a bunch of old users and nobody realised until later when the pandemic wave receded
>>97945162There's just not much to talk about. What was the last thing we even heard from Factory Fortress other than bad news?
>>97950528>other than bad newsNews about new mini printing partners and community magazine Trench Wire. There was surge of conversation when something to talk about arrives. Which is not every day.
>>97950063I'm afraid that's exactly wtf has happened anon.
>>97950063It's even worse on /k/ it's unrecognizable toasty composure to what it was even just 5 years ago
>>97951209Even compared to*** dammit phone posting is shit
What-if concept for communicant in mechanized armor by Qsy on bsky (the guy who did a lot of the item illustrations in the core book)
can you keep your retards in your own fucking thread.Cheers.
>>97951027>>97950063Weird thing to say if you're still here.
Is Trench Crusade the very definition of trying too hard?
>>97949288I know it'd fuck over balance too much, but I really feel like it should apply to melee attacks too.Same as how MG's SHOULD be 48 inch range.>>97950883TC team like to work slow, and the community broadly supports them taking their time.I hate this modern 'you must put #newproduct out every day/week/month to keep engagement going or your #brand will DIE' idea.It's pushed by marketing and PR people (who by their nature only have half an idea of how to do their jobs at best, and generally have no clue most of the time), and is the reason why every new movie is shit, every new product is shit, every new game is a rushed mess of bugs and generic slop design.Deadlines, whilst important in some cases, are the bane of passion.Rant aside, do we know if the printing partners bring new mini sculpts, or is it just manufacturing capacity?
>>97952149Manufacturing capacity, and faster deliveries around pacific.
>>97942110Is there any good guides for making a modular TC terrain set that you can mix and match?
>>97945069>only to successfully just knock each other down each turn, failing to stack blood points or anything.https://youtu.be/2H5uWRjFsGc?t=6
>>97952183Not for TC in particular, but you can find plenty of guides on youtube and terrain building pdfs for general mil-sim terrain building.
