RPG Sales & Discounts

[Bison]

Resource management is certainly a part of that card driven game.

[mirth]

Resource management and collecting wheat are not the same thing.

[mirth]

And don't get me started on the profileration of card mechanics in games.

[airboy]

RPG Now is having their Christmas in July sale.

[Ian C]

Humble Bundle have a freakin' amazing offer on. ALL the Doctor Who Sourcebooks & Roleplaying Game plus more for 15 bucks:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/doctor-who-rpg-books

[mirth]

Humble Bundle have a freakin' amazing offer on. ALL the Doctor Who Sourcebooks & Roleplaying Game plus more for 15 bucks:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/doctor-who-rpg-books

Yeah, we were discussing it in another thread. Helluva deal.

[Dammit Carl!]

(Points at Dr. Who Bundle)

Holy shit!

[Nefaro]

Numenera

Bundle of Holding sale.. base package at $10


https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Numenera-2017



also a second "Numenera +2" bundle with more splat..

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Numenera2

[bayonetbrant]

that's the system that the reboot of Shotguns & Sorcery uses, too.

[Nefaro]

that's the system that the reboot of Shotguns & Sorcery uses, too.

The Cypher system is about as minimalist as it gets.  Yet still finds reason to dish out shinies, all the time, for loot whores.   :D

The odd Numenera setting, along with it's interesting character/advancement power options, is the big strength of that one IMO.  I browsed the system-neutral Cypher core book, but wasn't nearly as impressed since all the cool crazy sci-fantasy stuff was pulled out and replaced with more common genre trappings.  I don't think the previous one, The Strange, has nearly as much draw either. 

I hope the Shotguns & Sorcery version gets a lot of stylistic flavoring like Numenera.  The system really depends on it.

The character creation kinda reminds me a bit of the Apocalypse World system.  In that each archetype/class has a few categories, each populated with multiple unique special abilities, traits, etc, which the player is prompted to choose from.  Although it doesn't push them to explain their characters' interrelated backstories like AW - something which is ideal to get past the awkward "strangers in a tavern" type of intro that should be avoided like the plague.  But that's easy enough for the GM to get rolling anyway. 

I'd say the Cypher system is probably one of the best candidates for quick Play-By-Post forum RPG'ing, or quick sessions in general.  Hell.. only the players roll the dice (a single d20), and that single die roll does it all, including damage on combat rolls.  Monsters each have a level # which is also the number needed on a roll to overcome it in any way, although that is sometimes situationally adjusted by their few specials.  I'd feel the mechanics to be too thin if not for the heavy amount of single-use cyphers meant to be found so often, and the cool Character Ability Soup on offer.

[airboy]

RPG Now is having their Christmas in July sale.

I bought the Auchtung Cthulhu Keepers & Players manuals.

[Nefaro]

RPG Now is having their Christmas in July sale.

I bought the Auchtung Cthulhu Keepers & Players manuals.

8)

[Nefaro]

Palladium Fantasy

- Another old school rpg on Bundle of Holding deal

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/PalladiumFRPG

[airboy]

All of the Auchtung Cthulhu titles are 70% off RPGnow. 

Of course, this was AFTER I bought the keepers and players guides.

Most Grogs understand WW2 times and information well.  For that reason, I don't think the Players Guide is of much use to us as a group.  Keepers guide is necessary, but not the players guide.

I bought $22 of source books and scenarios this week.

[Nefaro]

All of the Auchtung Cthulhu titles are 70% off RPGnow. 

Of course, this was AFTER I bought the keepers and players guides.

Most Grogs understand WW2 times and information well.  For that reason, I don't think the Players Guide is of much use to us as a group.  Keepers guide is necessary, but not the players guide.

I bought $22 of source books and scenarios this week.

Link....

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4329/Modiphius/subcategory/8425_8739/Achtung-Cthulhu



Uhh... doesn't the Achtung Cthulhu Player's Guide have all the character professions & new abilities though?