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I'm curious as to whether Wrath of the Immortals is any good.

I know Shadowrun gets beaten to death around here, but an OSSR on Denver: City of Shadows and related events could be pretty cool given all the shit that setting has been through.

Technically not an OSSR, but I guess sort of related- Could we get an analysis of how WotC's Magic division compares to its D&D division as far as practices and such go?

Ancient,

So do any of the CoC setting supplements not suck?

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I’d be surprised. Suck and CoC kind of just go together.

Has anyone read/reviewed Red Markets - an economic horror game with zombies?

Has the Vampire playtest already been given all the derision and damning with faint praise it deserves, or is there demand for me to try to comprehend it while finishing the nearest bottle of vodka?

fbmf wrote:Ancient,

So do any of the CoC setting supplements not suck?

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... I kind of like Achtung! Cthulhu and Delta Green for what they are. The London Boxed Set and Cthulhu Britannica is pretty good, even if there are moments of WTF. I appreciate what they were trying to do with Cthulhu Invictus and Bookhounds of London and the Laundry. There is absolutely a lot of material to dig through if you want to mine material for a CoC game.

But that's it, it's kind of like GURPS without the support. You have to build your own game, picking and choosing which bits you like, and the system is always going to disappoint you and the game design is always going to disappoint you and quite a lot of the setting material is going to be worthless shite that you actively ignore, especially anything that smacks of major plots. I'd be tempted to run a CoC scenario on this board just for shits and giggles if I wasn't actively involved in writing like six projects right now (including the still-unfinished Space Madness! - oh the dishonor!)

There is one supplement I do really like, but it's very brand new and not without flaws: Harlem Unbound. By black people, pretty much for black people. It's not perfect, and it's yet another CoC heartbreaker.

Ancient History wrote: There is one supplement I do really like, but it's very brand new and not without flaws: Harlem Unbound. By black people, pretty much for black people. It's not perfect, and it's yet another CoC heartbreaker.

A CoC heartbreaker made by black people for black people is novel enough for a drunk review, I reckon.

What's the backlog on RIFTS requests right now?

Omegonthesane wrote:Has the Vampire playtest already been given all the derision and damning with faint praise it deserves, or is there demand for me to try to comprehend it while finishing the nearest bottle of vodka?

I glanced over it; vampires don't have enough powers and Protean 1 still just lets you see in the dark, but I'd like to see a more thoughtful dissection.

Villany Amok would be an interesting item, if only because there's been precious few OSSRs of superhero related material.

Not OSSR obviously, as it just came out a couple days ago, but I would like to see a review of Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica. I have a feeling it's going to be hilariously inaccurate but my knowledge of the lore and meta of Ravnica is minimal.

I was reading through some OSSRs and I thought of some books that would make interesting reviews.

First, 4e core. It would be interesting to look at exactly what they were trying to do and why that failed so badly.

Second, ToB. The third of the Orcus books, and the only one to be successful.

Third, one of the attempts to port 3e subsystems to pathfinder. So, psionics, Path Of War, the Grimore of Lost Souls, or the kineticist. Only one of these is paizo, but it's interesting to see what was learned from the last decade.

TiaC wrote: Second, ToB. The third of the Orcus books, and the only one to be successful.

Frank and I can do that, when we can fit it into our schedules.

I'll take a shot at 4e core, gotta justify all my notes on that development hell somehow.

I have to ask, has anyone placed a request for Arcana Evolved yet? I don't remember seeing one in the backlog.

Would it be bad form to request an OSSR for something you've written?

I know the only real published work I've got to my name is... not great, but I'd be curious to see a real take on it that might point out things I've missed.

GnomeWorks wrote:Would it be bad form to request an OSSR for something you've written?

I know the only real published work I've got to my name is... not great, but I'd be curious to see a real take on it that might point out things I've missed.

At first I thought this was you pointing out that the Tomes are now old enough to qualify for an OSSR.

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I want an OSSR of Munchhausen

I want an OSSR of Conan d20 2e, I want to see where and how it just falls apart.

So, E6 started being a thing in about 2008. That means it can be OSSRed right?

Also, Wheel of time RPG. Mostly, its just star wars d20 reskinned back to a fantasy setting. However, it does have a new magic system that would be interesting to look at where it fails compared to the regular D&D system.

I'd love to see fantasy flights Rogue Trader get an OSSR.

AD&D 2E Menzoberranzan boxed set, please.

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