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That’s cool, and thanks for replying @TreChriron. I have many fond memories of RM, it was the system we used for one of the best and longest running campaigns I ever played in. I am curious about the new version, however I have two pretty full sets (2e and Standard System) which stops me from...

The Broken Empires (kickstarter link) is due for general release mid-2026 and non-backers can pre-order for that time

Small digression - did you play the earlier additions? If so, how do you feel RMU improves them?

How to make combat fun is an interesting topic, might be worth a thread of it’s own.

‘Convert the fluff, not the crunch’ - it’s the maxim I operate by.

For battle maps specifically, assuming you are playing face-to-face, map books are great. I have a collection of Loke Battlemap books and they can be used to spin up an interesting and sufficiently representative map in a few seconds. All their books are designed to work together so you can mix...

I still feel RM has one of the best class and level system implementations for that reason. By the time you got all the 2e Companions there was something crazy like 50 classes, too. Pretty much every imaginable niche had a class or three (one per type of magic) covering it.

We have a rotating roster of 4-5 GMs in my two regular groups, so I get to play more than I GM.

I get great value out of map books, in my case Loke but others are available. They have a wide array of fantasy map books, plus some sci-fi and cyberpunk stuff.

Presumably to encourage Critters who are not already Prime members to sign up? And lots of views will drive the algorithm to promote it more widely.

It worked 🙂

Want more Hite? Luck is in - there is a Bundle of Holding on his stuff!

That almost exists… Suppressed Transmissions 1 & 2

It was pretty de rigueur for BECMI D&D. You got XP for the treasure you extracted from the dungeon / adventure and encumbrance was actually measured in coins so the concept was sign posted very strongly.

I’m no longer sure what my second RPG after BECMI D&D would have been. There are some contenders based on publication dates. It might have been FASA Star Trek, James Bond 007, or DC Heroes 1e. We tried all those and my memories are of playing them with my very first group when I was still in...