Recent content by KJohnston

Aw, that's a shame, especially as I tried to make the first one but missed out by a few days. Thanks for letting me know, I'll look elsewhere. :) Kevin

Exactly as the topic says, any ACTA deals coming again soon? I tried to get the Megadeal that ended on May 1st, but alas my birthday wasn't until the middle of the month, and despite a cheeky email there was obviously no chance of an extension. :P So just wondering if that was a one off deal...

As a Christmas gift for myself I am purchasing Driftwood's "The Riddle of Steel" RPG. Hopefully it will alleviate some of the d20 burnout problems I face as well as be fun for my players. In January hopefully I can maybe give some coherent, well rounded thought on how the system works for Conan.

Adapting Cthulhu Dark Ages also seems fun, but a bit harder than straight up BRP due to sanity effects and whatnot. In Cthulhu, at some point you become a raving lunatic, doesn't seem like a Conan-y way to go.

As much as I love the fluff presented in Mongoose Conan books (I think I have them all bar Tito's now) I too am suffering from d20 burnout and having tried 4e extensively I just didn't click with it, which is a shame cause plenty of people have fun with it. Currently looking into The Riddle of...

A mongoose representitive is trying to corrupt me! Think of the children! :P Seriously though, could you define how it's lacking a little more? I'm curious. Although after 45 minutes don't reply. Just be with your loved ones, pray, and ignore those air raid sirens. :twisted: Oh and blame...

As a quick aside, I've noticed Savage Worlds being recommended as a Conan d20 substitute. I was wondering if anyone wanted to offer some thoughts, opinions, and reviews on the system itself as well as how it can emulate Conan?

Just for the record, not a new player to Conan. Just very little point in posting here to be honest, mostly a quiet forum, oft dead forum. I also like how no-one actually read what books I owned or was buying anyway, but for the record I picked up The Pirate Isles along with the original...

Well my FLGS finally got my order of the Bestiary and Secrets of Skelos in, so popping down tomorrow to pick them up. I also have a bit of extra cash so I feel like expanding my Conan library. As it stands I have 2 copies of the Conan 2nd Core Rulebook, Shadizar, Messantia, Faith and Fervour...

Well, having ran through a sample character creation, fight and ship battle, we seem to have the hang of the rules. A few instances of players assuming too much (Yacht = an actual yacht, not just ship shares :P) as well as some assumptions of too little on my part (only 1d6 for aging :P) but the...

Not that anyone will particularly care, but may as well turn this into a little update thread. As it stands there will be no non-human species in my campaign, bar the Zephandi who will make subtle appearences here and there, but are not actually noticably different enough to warrant my players...

Ah well you lose some . . . and you lose some :P Trying to figure ways to work in the other major races into the Freelancer story. May just leave them out at the moment and work them in at a later point. Currently trying to create a lovely, parastic alien race for the Freelancer campaign.

Copies are a little hard to find, but quite cheap now. Oh, and it's not as open ended as Privateer, story is top notch though. :) Still wondering about the printing issue. Unlucky one off? I'm still wary after my Conan copies.

Hey all. Just nipped out and bought two copies of the Traveller rulebook. My dad used to run this for me and his work mates back in the day, so I had a lovely feeling of nostalgia looking through the book. It captures the look and feel of days gone by, and reminds me of all the good times I had...

I just had some questions for you all if you don't mind. I was curious as to how one would deal with the strongly set gender roles in game, as well as some of the torture the Picts dish out. In reading AtTR, men are the only ones who seem able to actually do anything in a Pictish tribe. I...