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Inspired by the thread What is the last novel you read? And what are you going to read next? and the geeklist What was the last RPG book you bought?, I thought it would be interesting to know what RPGs are being read. Perhaps some knee-jerk opinions could be offered and some questions could be answered.

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26. RPG Item: Children of the Storm [Average Rating:7.00 Unranked]
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I'm wanting to GM another PBF. I've got several books on my nightstand, bookmarked to hell and back. Needless to say I have a wealth of ideas, but need a bit of focus.

I've mined this one for an explicitly Depression Era-flavored story, possibly Project Covenant.
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27. RPG Item: Shadows over Filmland [Average Rating:7.98 Overall Rank:290]
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Rereading this because I have an idea for -don't laugh- a Luchador-style monster mash.
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You mean like El Tigre y la Pyramid de Destruction?
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  • Posted Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:22 pm
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Just happen to have this in my gallery:

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28. RPG Item: The Complete Dreamlands [Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:655]
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Or a swashbuckling Dreamlands adventure?
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29. RPG Item: Rough Magicks [Average Rating:8.03 Overall Rank:250]
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See above.
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30. RPG Item: Swords at Dawn [Average Rating:7.35 Overall Rank:2191]
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War between freeholds.
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31. RPG Item: Malleus Monstrorum [Average Rating:7.94 Overall Rank:131]
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This one? Just cuz.
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32. RPG Item: AMBER Diceless Role-Playing [Average Rating:7.59 Overall Rank:204]
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I'm back to reading this one because that's what I do when I'm running Amber. There's some great GM advice in this book that applies to non-Amber games, as well.
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33. RPG Item: Ashen Stars [Average Rating:7.75 Overall Rank:386]
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I want to get back into role-playing next year and are looking for a game that I can run with. I want to run a campaign, not just an odd adventure.

#1 on my list is Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space. And other options are Gamma World Roleplaying Game: A D&D Roleplaying Game, Rogue Trader, In Flames and Dark Sun Campaign Setting.

But I bought Ashen Stars recently. It's a nice book but I have reservations.

For
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I'm not sure I like the rules (I'm a bucket of dice guy).
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Others in the group won't have the rulebook.


Is that a big problem? In most of the games I play there is only one copy of the rulebook.
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Sometimes.

I guess it's not that they won't have the rulebook but that they won't know the game and it's universe. And it's not that they don't play new games, we just generally play games that everyone knows.

But I just know I'll be nudged towards Doctor Who or Rogue Trader.
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34. RPG Item: Out of Time [Average Rating:8.50 Unranked]
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35. RPG Item: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game [Average Rating:8.19 Overall Rank:14]
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I love this book. It is very easy to read, but still gets the ideas across and describes the system with no problems.

I think I will love the game as much as I love the book. I am starting to run this in a week or so...
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I am starting to run this in a week or so...


And I can't wait for you to start running it! This game looks fantastic. I can't believe I waited this long to pick it up.

This is by far the best rule book I have ever read, and hands down has the best artwork.
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Man, if people keep gushing about this game I'm going to have to change my rating to a "1" just to feel like my opinion matters!
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Man, if people keep gushing about this game I'm going to have to change my rating to a "1" just to feel like my opinion matters!


LOL - do you not like it? I read your review and it didn't seem too negative.
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Oh I own BOTH the hardback and boxed set - I very much like the game. (At least I think I do, not having played it.) It's just the contrarian in me!
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Oh I own BOTH the hardback and boxed set - I very much like the game. (At least I think I do, not having played it.) It's just the contrarian in me!


You? Contrarian? Have i ever seen you disagree vehemently with something just for kicks?

Show me! whistle
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36. RPG Item: Cthulhu Invictus (2009 Edition) [Average Rating:7.57 Overall Rank:298]
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Got Cthulhu Invictus back from the shelves to read a bit more in it. I'm enjoying it.
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37. RPG: Cosmic Patrol [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]
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I could not resist the form factor on this one. Such a neat little book. I think my group might love this one. They are huge fans of Fiasco so the GMless aspect should work with them. I know a couple of them will love the setting for sure, the others I don't have a good enough grasp of their taste to tell you. I'll pitch it to them next time we all get together.
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38. RPG Item: Agents of Oblivion [Average Rating:8.67 Unranked]
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I'm reading this right now and liking what I'm reading. It's a pretty cool paranormal/spy toolkit for Savage Worlds.

Work is kicking my butt right now though so I've really slowed on it in the past week.
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39. RPG Item: The Company: Field Operations Manual [Average Rating:8.00 Unranked]
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Reading through this. So far it's an enjoyable read. Looking forward to incorporating it into a game in the near future.
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40. RPG Item: Trail of Cthulhu [Average Rating:8.21 Overall Rank:21]
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Started to read 'Trail of Cthulhu'
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41. RPG Item: Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies [Average Rating:5.44 Overall Rank:4928]
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Borrowed this copy to browse through.
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I've always wondered about what was in it. Can you give some info? Is it a fun read?
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A lot of info. First defining who and what you want to play. Helping a basic selection of a race and class, explaining the basics of XP and ability scores, feats, skills and gear. Then several chapters why you would and how you could play a fighter/rogue/sorcerer/cleric.

Moving on to basic combat actions and a practice session.

In the second part (already the 10th chapter) the character gets defined, including hitpoints, armor class, saving throws, bab and the like, how you could make informed choices. Explaining why you could take which class. Figuring out your ability scores and why you would pick a certain race, with their ability adjustments and special traits and what the best class is for the race.

More into feats and having some feat ladders. Which skills are useful and which armor, weapons, gear and spells you would take.

I am at this point at the moment. Next are

Part III (chapter 19)Playing your best game, handling yourself in a fight, making most of magic, roleplaying and working together, character building for experts (min-maxing / multiclassing)

Part IV Art of Dungeon Mastering (running the game, building a dungeon, keeping your players happy)

Part V Part of tens (best sorcerer spells,cleric spells, low level monsters, mid level monsters, best dungeon master resources, player resource and D&D novels).

At page 377 a nice glossary of 14 pages.

Not exactly a fun read, but for comprehending basics it works fine.
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It might be worthwhile pointing out that there are actually four D&D titles in the "Dummies" series:

For 3.5e:
Dungeons & Dragons for Dummies (April 2005)
Dungeon Master for Dummies (April 2006)

For 4e:
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition for Dummies (July 2008)
Dungeon Master 4th Edition for Dummies (November 2008)

The books are similar in style, but were quite heavily revised for 4e, so make sure you aren't accidentally picking up the wrong version for the edition you are playing.
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I have the 2005 version, but mainly to get the language and definition of some basics. At the moment we are playing Pathfinder.
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42. RPG Item: Dragon Age RPG, Set 2 [Average Rating:8.28 Overall Rank:310]
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I have taken a break from running Dragon Age, but now need to return with a plan in mind as characters head through the middle levels of Set 1. Given that specialising in Set 2 needs a certain focus on areas of improvement, I need to know where to point people who want to go in a certain direction.
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