Recent content by johndesmarais

I don’t think I understand the question? What does finish mean? (I have a Forgotten Realms campaign that’s been going since 1988).

I spent many years running convention games and open-table games at game stores. Running lots of games for lots of people, many of whom will probably only ever play in a single game of mine, setup habits of avoiding house-ruling games. From a more internal perspective, if I find that a game...

I still worry that the game is going to appeal to people my age (due to how much cartoons have changed from what grew up with). If you can’t attract younger players you’re a short-term operation.

What’s the expected role of the PCs? A crew on a single ‘space truck’ or a bunch of individual space truckers each with their own ship, or something else?

Not @GothmogIV, but I've run a fair amount of C&C. I've not really house-ruled anything, but I flip the math for rolls so that it makes my life easier. As written, the GM should use a Challenge Base of 18 for rolls using Secondary attributes, and a Challenge Base of 12 for roll using Primary...

Why had I never heard of Tales of the Caliphate Nights before? I love this genre - warts and all - and thought I had the every major-system supplement for it that was out there.

Outgunned is where I’d start for something action-y with a fairly light weight system. If you want a little more mechanical heft, I like Modern AGE.

I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to do this with one of my groups. CWN has everything you need - even the magic - already baked in.

Nifty

Yes - If it’s a game that I intend to play or run; or if it’s a game I want to read.

I have this problem with Hero System (Champions). I’ve played it from 3rd edition through to 6th, and find that they have started to merge together in my mind of late.

I got a minor amount of grief over the “waste of time” that it was, until I pointed out to my mother that her two Bridge groups each met once a week for a couple of hours each and she let the whole matter drop.

This is the primary reason I’m more likely to OSE than original B/XD&D, even though they are basically the same game. OSE presents the rules in a much easier (for me) manner for consumption.

Hmmmm… my issue is actually not getting my players to try new games, but having enough time to play all of the games I want to try.

By most measures it’s an inferior tool. It lacks many of the advanced features of Foundry, and isn’t as simple or clean as Owlbear.rodeo - all of which actually appeals to me as my feature needs are low, but slightly higher than Owlbear.rodeo. Plus, I have a very large library of resources that...