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@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591
@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591 15 сағат бұрын
Please a review of mitsubishi nightsky vs phaeton stats...a comparative, for seeing in wich aspects and quality/price is better one vs other....and perhaps the end of the video could include some art of both cars...perhaps even with weapons added
@JR-tk9vy
@JR-tk9vy Күн бұрын
We’ve had the characters on the cover already, barbarian wizard sorcerer and ranger the only 4 characters that haven’t been on a cover.
@JR-tk9vy
@JR-tk9vy Күн бұрын
There is a totally new character coming soon githyanki artificer and assimar is also on the way so may get a new class for them and new character sheets, so far we’ve had 14 diff characters with 12 base classes and a extra Barbadian and wizard diff races subclass.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Cool stuff, still think different covers would have been cool, the art for each class would have provided enough for a bunch of extra issues.
@JR-tk9vy
@JR-tk9vy 3 сағат бұрын
@@RPGGamer yeah it would have been nice to see different art in the covers but guess as they disposable although I’ve put all mine together in the binders too.
@sebbonxxsebbon6824
@sebbonxxsebbon6824 2 күн бұрын
If you read the rules carefully Gary Gygax recommended rerolling characters with less than two 15's as most people get their character killed on purpose if the stats are really bad.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Wish I'd know that back in my 2e days, as my Character had a single stat of 15. When the DM later decided to go over to points buy for new characters, he allowed me to boost my character up to the new level of 80 points. My warrior was 69, the other warriors were 90+.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 2 күн бұрын
This is why I love Rifts. Each book can be its own standalone game and setting.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
I love Rifts because each book just gives you so many ideas to run with, such a fantastic game.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 2 күн бұрын
Rifts aren’t hard to learn. The game just gets crunchy when you add new books.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
The rules are hard, but keeping the game balanced is. There's just certain combinations which overpower the game (one of my group still wants to play his custom built Atlantean Dragon Juicer, and will go on at length about how it basically breaks the system). I love Rifts, but I'd love it a lot more if I felt that I wasn't going to have to ban my players from using 50% of the stuff published as I just can't rely on it not to be crazy.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 2 күн бұрын
It plays like a mixed between Rift and Shadowrun?
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
To me it felt very Scottish, the writers had certain points of reference which I just got straight away and felt very natural. So while it's cyberpunk style, it's scottish cyberpunk so resonates with me on a deep level.
@patkelley8293
@patkelley8293 2 күн бұрын
Advanced DnD is the foundation of my entire collection. I picked them up on eBay or at game stores. Patched them up. Some were in really bad condition. These beat up books deserve good homes!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Glad to hear they're getting some love and care, they deserve it.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 2 күн бұрын
The randomness of character creation adds emotional attachment while role-playing because you work what is given to you instead of what you asked for and it connects to the game's roots in the deadliness of war gaming.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
I can see that point, but having played a character who rolled lousy, it just meant I was the worse. I was one of three Warriors, one with 18/00 Strength, one with 18/75, and me with 15. The other characters also had every single other stat higher. So they were more efficient in combat than me, so every magic weapon that appeared went to them as it was more effective in their hands, so I eventually got hand me downs. Keeping them on their feet was more important so they got the best armour and rings of protection. All of which just made my character less and less part of the game. Eventually the DM decided that he'd move over to points buy for new characters, and everyone with less than 80 points could increase theirs. Mine had 69, so got much better. The other 2 fighters already had 90+ so didn't (I also got a Belt of Giant Strength, so that levelled the playing field nicely).
@StuartistStudio1964
@StuartistStudio1964 2 күн бұрын
Your Thief should have backstabbed himself for an increase in damage.🤣🤣🤣🤣
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
He wasn't that Dexterous, he couldn't have reached :D
@StuartistStudio1964
@StuartistStudio1964 2 күн бұрын
1st Edition did add Non Weapon Proficiencies to Oriental Adventures, and later modified the rules in The Wilderness Survival Guide and The Dungeoneer's Survival Guide.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
One of the things I do find amusing is that D&D has always evolved during editions. So as you say Oriental Adventures added to the game, and for 2e there was the Skills and Powers update. But we still all talk about each edition as if it was a single thing.
@RIVERSRPGChannel
@RIVERSRPGChannel 2 күн бұрын
I learned in 1AD&D as well and that’s the cover I have. My first character was a Fighter / Thief half elf. I still play 1AD&D at conventions.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Haven't player 1st Edition since around 86, my first character was a Dwarf Thief, and I may still have him somewhere. Might have to dig him out for old times sake.
@SimonAshworthWood
@SimonAshworthWood 2 күн бұрын
First comment for the algorithm!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Thank you, gotta feed that algorithm.
@booksbricksandboards783
@booksbricksandboards783 3 күн бұрын
Dude, there is no way your channel should not have far more views. I’m going to engage my folks on the Discord and try to steer some folks your way. Keep up the good work!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Wow, that'd be great and very much appreciated. Thanks very much, Cheers.
@booksbricksandboards783
@booksbricksandboards783 Күн бұрын
@ already done, hope that some of the discord folks come give you a look. Thanks for what you do!
@roberttbrockway
@roberttbrockway 3 күн бұрын
I'd suggest a follow-up discussing classes in T&T.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Would love to do that, so many videos to make, just one of me :(
@roberttbrockway
@roberttbrockway 3 күн бұрын
One of the great things about T&T combat is that the right weapon is a function of your strength and dexterity. As a result each character will often be found carrying a different weapon. Contrast this to AD&D of the era when fighters would mostly have swords, clerics, maces, etc.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Excellent point, for an older game it really did it's own thing instead of just mimicking D&D.
@TUKByV1
@TUKByV1 4 күн бұрын
Looking at the website, it seems they used the same cover for issues 59-64.
@JR-tk9vy
@JR-tk9vy Күн бұрын
They use it for prob the next 11 they change it per adventure 7 in total.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
I'm guessing that each adventure is equivalent to each level, so there will be 20 across the run of the magazine, which O vaguely remember was going to be around 250 issues, so a new cover every 12 issues or so.
@bjornh4664
@bjornh4664 18 сағат бұрын
@@RPGGamer From what I've seen, the number of issues is set to be 80 in total.
@JR-tk9vy
@JR-tk9vy 3 сағат бұрын
@ only 80 issues in the series unless extend still 5 months to go so might, 7 adventures in total sometime they level half way through one, I see them as chapters in a book.
@TUKByV1
@TUKByV1 4 күн бұрын
A little crafting may allow you to put the pages in a binder. Reinforce that edge of each page with clear tape, like packing tape.
@JR-tk9vy
@JR-tk9vy Күн бұрын
I have all my issues in the binders but think with use they may wear down so going to buy the hole reinforcers.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
I think hole reinforcers are a really good idea, the paper is quite thin and I think would tear pretty quickly.
@RIVERSRPGChannel
@RIVERSRPGChannel 4 күн бұрын
Cool I still wish I could get them in the states
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
I imagine there's certain stores which might import it, but it'd be a pain to find one.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 5 күн бұрын
As much as I enjoy Warhammer video game output. I do wish Warhammer Fantasy had more traditional CRPG games like Dungeons and Dragons did.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
I hadn't really thought of that, there's loads of Warhammer battle games, just no roleplaying stuff, which is a real pity.
@stevenkennedy4130
@stevenkennedy4130 6 күн бұрын
Goblins Toy Chest is selling a copy of this right now. (Still in the wrap). Thanks for the share!!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Cool stuff, it does seem a solid adventure so should be worth it.
@molochi
@molochi 6 күн бұрын
The two systems that were most similar (unplagerised) around this time were RTalsorian's (Cyberpunk/Mekton II Roadstriker) and Megatraveler. Both were d10 based with task based difficulty checks on skills. Both were deadly enough in combat that you really wanted to avoid a fight encouraging a more sensible approach to conflict. I'd met Mike Pondsmith during his initial marketing of Mekton (terrible game but Mike is a salesman) at a con in Oakland some years before. Mekton was a large box game that consisted of a fragile paperboard wrapper and a styrofoam block surrounding a sparse rules booklet and paper maps. He went on to do Teenagers from Outerspace which was a fun Anime Highshool themed take on RPGs. However some highschool friends of mine were publishing an affiliated supplement to Cyberpunk years later. So I bought it and everything (Mekton II, Roadstriker, etc) on the spot. I think I only ran a session or three of Cyberpunk before introducing players to RuneQuest (Chaosium's version), Champions, and Heroquest.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Was about to run a Cyberpunk game this evening (cancelled due to "real world" stuff), it's taken me nearly 40 years to get around to it, but I'm getting there eventually.
@maximilionsteiner2778
@maximilionsteiner2778 6 күн бұрын
I'm not sure if its defensive - its more that its like THACO - something that isnt complicated at all that "newer" players are convinced is difficult, so it must be difficult - its really not that bad if you started with TMNT though! Kevin swore never to invalidate someones old books - compare that to D&D, I know which one I prefer.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
An older video, but I was commenting on the sheer number of people that commented that I was an idiot who just didn't like the game, instead of allowing me to just have a different opinion. I love Rifts, played it a few times and had a whole load of fun. But it doesn't make the GM's job easy, and I still believe an update would fix that, and I believe from what I've been told the anniversary edition does that to some degree. And over the years since I did this video, I've had a bunch of people coming forward to agree with me. Only last week I had someone say they loved Rifts, but would never GM it again because their players just destroyed them with multiple Glitter Boys and Juicers in the party. And it's not like he was a newbie to Gamesmastering, saying he'd a decades worth of experience gm'ing World of Darkness and D&D.
@NefariousKoel
@NefariousKoel 6 күн бұрын
The artwork in the classic WFRP1e products is wonderful. As much as I love the '80s era TSR stuff from the greats, Caldwell, Elmore, etc, the Warhammer art just has the extra stylistic grittiness I yearn for.
@stevenkennedy4130
@stevenkennedy4130 6 күн бұрын
Grim Dark goodness
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
The artists were top class, and a totally different style to D&D. I know that me and my friends used to joke about the difference being "Chaos Spikey Bits", but the grungy dirty style really works to give a different tone to the game.
@TUKByV1
@TUKByV1 6 күн бұрын
Interesting. Thank you.
@stevenkennedy4130
@stevenkennedy4130 6 күн бұрын
Informative too!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
My absolute pleasure, was great to have an excuse to dig into this one.
@Nightbreed24
@Nightbreed24 6 күн бұрын
I have the first two EW books. But I don't think I will buy the rest.
@stevenkennedy4130
@stevenkennedy4130 6 күн бұрын
The art work in those books are very good. The adventure is really good too!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
The artwork is fantastic, absolutely love the style. And while Enemy Within is a matter of each episode not being as good as the one before, I do think that even by this final part it's still pretty good. (Just not as good as Shadows over Bogenhafen)
@Nightbreed24
@Nightbreed24 Күн бұрын
@@RPGGamer I bought the first two for the added stuff about the Empire, the Church of Sigmar and Bögenhafen. I'd buy the Reik sourcebook separately if I could find it. :) I have no desire to run Warhammer Frankenstein AKA Enemy Within III, the mess in Kislev and this one.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
@@Nightbreed24 Yep, Kislev is definitely the biggest drop in quality, it's really just an excuse to keep the players out of the way so things can happen back in the Empire.
@northernlight8857
@northernlight8857 7 күн бұрын
That is a lot of text per page. This will be a heavy read. I am thinking of getting this as a source book.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
While it's a little text heavy, I think it works because it's not something you're reading cover to cover, you're dipping in and finding what you need. So it's giving you a lot of that.
@asyourgm
@asyourgm 7 күн бұрын
Thank to your channel, I was able to hunt down all the art examples I was looking for that referenced a certain blues guitarist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnm9mnuhm7etbqMsi=ZCX6fCw2hh1VnoJB
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
That's brilliant, cheers.
@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591
@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591 7 күн бұрын
Do you will do a video about that?
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer Күн бұрын
Have already done one, it's a little old, but at least it's not one of my first. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppbFYoN6bL16o8k
@sith7183
@sith7183 9 күн бұрын
I still have my box set great review
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
Still got mine, sadly in storage as it's not something I use much.
@Agre001
@Agre001 10 күн бұрын
Col. Lou Zocchi is still kicking around down here on the MS Gulf Coast as is Niles Erickson, and both still involved in local gaming and conventions. Though, as one would expect, the good Colonel is finally suffering the effects of his age. After asking him about its behind the scenes story once, Niles finally mentioned about how they (3 or 4 guys involved with the process) were all madly trying to come with ideas for stuff to fill those rooms with; having to meet a publishing deadline. He both lived and hated it. Seemed right to me. Reach out to Madame Margali and see if he will give you the story. Goodluck. This was one of my favorites. Many a Saturday morning spent at old Lou's place i. Gulfport.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
Many thanks for that information, very gratefully received. I'll have a look into that, would be very cool to hear.
@RIVERSRPGChannel
@RIVERSRPGChannel 11 күн бұрын
I disagree, always need more dice Sounds like a good issue
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
I honestly thought that too, but with D&D Adventurer I think I've now received around 300 dice, which is more than I will ever use. Some of them are really nice, but many I'll probably just gift to my sons.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 12 күн бұрын
I prefer the layouts of the older editions of Call of Cthulhu. Much easier to read and use as a loremaster.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
The older Games Workshop edition I've got is the one I'm most familiar with, and I do feel more comfortable with them than any newer version I've seen.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 12 күн бұрын
Someone made PDFs that translate the AFMBE rule set to fit in the Stalker and Far Cry video games series. All Flesh Must Be Eaten rules translate well with survival game elements.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
I can see how that would work, having run AFMBE fairly recently, it could really work, it's a solid system.
@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591
@juanmiguelpalacioesteban5591 12 күн бұрын
I have no way of finding rigger black book shadowrun. I.would.need ciphers of maximum vehicle handlings on earth air and water.besides, the most plated/armoured vehicle, and the fastest airfighter jet(or the fastest plane if is not fighter). Im creating a "hybrid monster" no matter the cost" Weights and HP would be perfect for calculatings. Thanks, shadowrunner fighter, my pal. We will se on the matrix
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
Not sure what you're asking for, but if you're looking for the Riggers Black Book, a google for "shadowrun rigger black book pdf" will find it for you really easily.
@BK-cs4gv
@BK-cs4gv 13 күн бұрын
Still got this from 1983. Gets a read every year even though I haven't played 1st Edition since 1987. Warhammer FRP came along and killed it. And hope you are all healthy now.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
We're all healthy now, cheers for asking. I haven't played it since around 84-85, didn't have a regular group again until around 88-89, and by that time we were onto Shadowrun and AD&D 2e.
@johnsimcoe2081
@johnsimcoe2081 13 күн бұрын
That initiative system is really unique. It really matters to have a good initiative!
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
It's really over the top important in C&D, I think if they'd turned it round, so everyone got to go in descending order, but high initiative people got to keep on going afterwards. So every players gets to get involved straight away, rather than just sitting and waiting for everyone to go first. Doesn't solve all the problems, but at least allows all players to get involved from the start.
@ranekeisenkralle8265
@ranekeisenkralle8265 13 күн бұрын
13:00 the PAN was already a thing in SR4. 23:20 Not sure about SR5, but in SR4 it was fairly easy to secure a PAN: Use Skinlink, which instead of Wifi uses the natural conductivity of the user's skin to transmit signals. Or - if so desired - mimick the contact-areas of older editions. Edit: The more nefarious variant of securing a PAN would be to install some Black IC on your device. If a hacker happens to enter, they are getting a very warm welcome.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
I'd kind of remembered that when recording, but my GM didn't bother with any matrix stuff in our 4e campaign, so I wasn't sure. The skinlink I think can be hacked if you've got an active comlink on your PAN, so be used as a point of access.
@ranekeisenkralle8265
@ranekeisenkralle8265 8 күн бұрын
@@RPGGamer Not really - which is the very point of Skinlink - not to be confused with Smartlink! Skinlink is all about turning that normal PAN into a non-hackable skin-network.
@TUKByV1
@TUKByV1 13 күн бұрын
A 007 game sounds interesting.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
I've had a read through some of the Adventures based on the movies, and they're pretty darn good. Sadly not the winner of the poll, so I'm not going to get a chance to look through the Rules this time.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 13 күн бұрын
GURPS space rules would fit great with Mass Effect. GURPS space even feels closer to Star Trek than the more recent Star Trek Adventures.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
I really like how Star Trek Adventures treats group tasks, so everyone can get together to study an alien engine to get it to work, or how they work together to control the ship. Makes everyone feel involved. Definitely works for a Star Trek game. Combat is a bit weird though, so doesn't feel right.
@Se7enBeatleofDoom
@Se7enBeatleofDoom 13 күн бұрын
I might be spoiled by Dungeon Crawl Classics rule books. It's a disappointment. The 500-page rule book in full color is impressive. It should be the industry standard for the price. With that said, the way they are introducing Wi-Fi to shadowrun is in the right direction if you had to modernize the setting, but I still prefer the setting to be a retro futuristic 80s to early 90s setting.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
While I do appreciate the retro stylings of the original editions, I do find 5e pretty playable, and have enjoying my current campaign.
@Zeit142
@Zeit142 13 күн бұрын
This appeared just in time for my morning cuppa! Banging! Also, if you're looking for magazines for your review series have you thought about d20 by yumdm?
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
This is one of the nicest comments I've ever had, so relatable to me. I haven't heard of that magazine, I'll have to have a look and check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
@DoomnDust
@DoomnDust 13 күн бұрын
Ah Shadowrun 5E. The epitome of 1 step forward, 2 steps back. The setting everybody loves and nobody likes to play because of the ridiculous amount of dice-rolling.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
Doing the Rules video today I totally got that, as for resisting damage I had to roll 24 dice, and just didn't have that many sitting to hand.
@sculptor682
@sculptor682 13 күн бұрын
2300 AD always gave me this depressing sadness of seeing the result of a bunch of experienced game designers, excitedly wanting to offer a setting full of gritty sci-fi adventures in space, but just cr*pping out the exact same wars and politics that they knew about in their own life in the 1980's instead. They just plastered to Ronald Regan universe over a science fiction setting, and called it "realistic". Page 56 is dedicated to the cars sitting out in their parking lot! And who thought it wasn't a waste of paper to dedicate pages 62 and 63 to a refresher on European Colonialism? I'm grateful for it as a Traveller resource however. It offers some nice scraps of material for an actual, "realistic", solar-centric, and SUB-light speed interstellar (Alpha Centauri and Barnard's only) setting, without the rubber suit 'aliens' and absurd fake gravity installed under all the ship floors.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
It's a weird setting, apparently based on them wargaming Twilight: 2000 into the future, which is a way of doing it, but doesn't make it feel like a well realised universe.
@DustinDustin00
@DustinDustin00 14 күн бұрын
Won it at a con by placing 1st in a Car Wars game -- managed to play it once.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
Cool, I played it a few times, but back in the 80's.
@sculptor682
@sculptor682 15 күн бұрын
2300 AD offers some strong background to work with, but it's drenched with unexamined supremacist militarism that's decidedly NOT adventurous. Is 35 years long enough to hope for sci fi alien encounters that aren't just "g**ks" wearing masks, ready to be abused? Pro-tip: An alien species is NOT an alien "race".
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
I know what you mean, but I'm torn as I think most Species can only be played by humans as "people", so it's always going to be difficult to make them totally "alien".
@michaelhorn6029
@michaelhorn6029 15 күн бұрын
I rarely played this game but often think about it.
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 8 күн бұрын
It's been a long time since I played Toon, and it took a couple of sessions to grow on me, but it's well worth a play, and very different and fun.
@cecilholliday3212
@cecilholliday3212 15 күн бұрын
I came into possession of this somehow, im not even 30 yet so its almost as old as me. Have thumbed through it and it was wild just reading how a d20 worked back then nevermind other quirks of the time
@RPGGamer
@RPGGamer 15 күн бұрын
Games have definitely been streamlined, and older games now do come across as having some wildly odd rules (just had it pointed out to me one game where you were rolling percentile dice over the target number to succeed, so a 99%, meant that you actually only had a 1% chance of success).
@cecilholliday3212
@cecilholliday3212 15 күн бұрын
@RPGGamer well thats just all kinds of backwards o.o
@pe003
@pe003 15 күн бұрын
I had that book, my mum chucked it. Such a great world