Recent content by Damien

I hate to be a downer, but I -really- don't like this cover. Not that I could do better, mind you. The floating faces just don't do it for me, too scattered looking and not evocative of the subject matter. But my biggest complaint is the man himself. Conan looks so.. stunted and...

My group does use the 'punishment' method. Because we're sick individuals. But it's actually kind of funny as most of us are good pals. Each player has a wooden ruler nearby. Yeah, that's right. If the player to your right isn't doing what he should be doing, you whack him on the knuckles...

Which is why I qualified the post by saying he should examine the contents of all the products and decide which ones fit his style and particular gaming needs. :) The last statement was only to point out that the products are so good, he can concentrate on what kind of products he needs, rather...

Yeah. . . As you can plainly see, everyone has a different 'must have' list, according to their own game style, their primary role in the game (GM/Player), etc, ad nauseum. So you won't find any definitive answers besides this one: Technically, all you -have- to have is the Core Book. Simple...

I think it's a little uhm. . hmm.. irrational, to call the CoH an 'alignment system.' It's absolutely nothing of the sort anymore than the allegience rules are an alignment system in the D&D sense. A person does not have to be 'lawful' to hold themselves to a PERSONAL code of ethics. And just...

I use a point system attached to my copy of their character sheets. What I do at the start of a campaign is assign each player with a CoH one point. Then I flip a coin -- heads they get a second point, tails they don't. Every time a player acts against their best interests due to their CoH...

To paraphrase Lord of the Rings': "The Men of Rohan do not lie, and so are not easily deceived." Of course, I'm not sure how this part is pertinent at all. If someone attempts a Bluff check, you do not use a Will Save against it. And a Code does not grant any benefit to your Sense Motive check...

Currently my group is lost somewhere in southern Russia. . . Obviously my current game is not set in Hyboria (though, as I've been doing since I got the core book - the game does use the Conan ruleset). I'm gearing up to start a game set in Hyboria. The players will begin in Bossonia as settlers.

Just popping in to say that I'm much enjoying your game session recounting, Cloven. It's a very creative idea and seems like it's working well for you. So far it appears that it would certainly be worthwhile to bind it all together as a full campaign journal once the game is finished. Fun...

I'm probably going to get it. By probably I mean "My mortgage is kicking my butt and I have almost no spending money, so we'll see how my checking account looks when it hits the shelves." Think I could get Mongoose to send me a review copy? Being a staff reviewer at Gaming Report has to have...

If a Conan miniatures game is not in the foreseeable future, I think it would be interesting to see if the community could work up a project to create such a game themselves. After all, you only really need rules to make it work. There are already plenty of miniatures on the market that are...

Amen to that. After I started playing Conan, I dropped D&D entirely from my gaming rotation. Now virtually any type of game I want to play uses Conan as the core system, with any adjustments necessary. Flat out, unless you want to play uber-magic games where your character is entirely dependant...

When it comes to NPCs not likely to actually engage the PCs in any meaningful way (meaning, any way that does not require dice rolling), I don't feel the need to stat them up at all. Blacksmiths and bar wenches just don't need stats, generally. What I do, especially with recurring but...

I've known about this for a very long time, as I know quite a few others have. But this is actually huge news -- the website WORKS now. For probably the last what - 8 months? - the site has been 'Under Construction' and the rumour was that the entire project had been dropped. This is fantastic.

Mr. Vincent Darlage, you should be ashamed of yourself. I work very hard for my money, and then you put a gaming book to my back while I'm standing at the ATM and say "Don't you think that money would be better spent at FRP Games*?" But seriously, I'm stoked about Return. I'm more curious about...