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Era: The Consortium (Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG) -- "Era: The Consortium is a sci-fi tabletop RPG... using Shades of Vengeance's Era d10 Ruleset." It's a little short on the details. £305 pledged of £10,000 goal with 29 days to go. The Clay That Woke, an RPG about Minotaurs -- "Minotaurs in a human civilization sundered by a surreal, trackless jungle. The core mechanic is a oracle system that uses custom tokens to guide the outcome of situations in play. In certain situations the gamemaster and a player put some tokens in a bowl. The player draws out four and compares them to a menu of outcomes." $9,167 pledged of $8,500 goal Bump in the Night RPG -- "A Roleplaying Game of Paranormal Investigation. Investigate mysteries, debunk hoaxes, and get yourself a TV deal or die trying." $755 pledged of $3,500 goal with 26 days to go Journey To The Overland: A Solo Tabletop Roleplaying Game -- "A Solo Tabletop Roleplaying Game where players create characters who journey throughout the Overland in search of Five Weapons of Power" $5,507 pledged of $6,000 goal with 31 days to go. Saving Throw - An Instructional Web-Series About RPGs -- "Saving Throw is an instructional web-series and website, designed to teach you not only how to play, but why." $3,180 pledged of $8,000 goal with 28 days to go He Who Laughs Last - A Cthulhu Dark RPG Scenario -- "A modern horror RPG scenario set in LA with comedians, ancient magics, and a growing sense of dread." $4,102 pledged of $3,000 goal. Mecha vs Kaiju: A Sci-Fi Anime RPG for Fate Core -- "Mecha vs Kaiju is role playing game inspired by Japanese anime robots and giant monsters." $1,836 pledged of $3,500 goal with 23 days to go Against The Dark Yogi: Mythic India Roleplaying -- "In Against the Dark Yogi players take the role of legendary heroes, empowered by the cosmic force dharma, and charged with defending the Three Worlds from the machinations of the Dark Yogi, a sinister figure who seeks to bring about the Geli Yuga, the final age of the universe. Against the Dark Yogi is heavily inspired by Indian myths. Character abilities, archetypes and a host of worthy foes are drawn directly from the Vedas, the Ramayana and other Indian sources. Attain the mystic perfection of the eight primary siddhis, speak the feared Om-syllable or fight with astras, the weapons of the gods themselves!" $5,414 pledged of $4,000 goal Far Away Land RPG: Fantasy Role-Playing & Worldbuilding -- "Far Away Land is a quirky and lighthearted fantasy tabletop role-playing/worldbuilding game which uses a simple d6 system." $3,826 pledged of $1,500 goal. There might be a couple worth checking out.

Oh, lighten up. It's just a harmless discussion; not a debate about the death penalty.

Today's physics lesson: kinetic energy transfer through elastic collision.

I'd have to say Planescape: Torment. It wasn't utterly horrible and I did give it a fair try out at least three times, but it just never worked for me. I don't buy games that receive poor reviews, so there's undoubtedly worse out there. Yes I have played DA2.

For realism, all in-game romance should be procedurally generated and about the only way for your butt-ugly character to get laid is to accumulate enormous amounts of treasure through constant grinding and save scumming.

Do you really want to leave Iron Man mode? [Yes, my panties are bunched up in a knot and I can't take it any more] [Hell no!!!!!]

I noticed that the latest update showed scroll shelves rather than a bookcase (in Ondra's Gift interior along the back wall). It's a good sign.

...picturing an 80 year old getting body-slammed into the wall... ugh.

*Shudder*

I would think that, as in D&D, there will be Drain effects, which could cover things like poison, disease, and perhaps spiritual attacks as well.

Oblivion's wilderness and dungeons were procedurally generated but the rest of TES games and FO3 were not. No one liked Oblivion's lack luster wilderness and samey dungeons so they went back to manually crafting the world in FO3 and Skyrim. A logically false claim, since it only takes one exception to disprove. (Myself, for example.) FO3 was based on a real-world setting, so that is not really a good comparison. Finally, I can't really say I preferred the terrain in Skyrim to that in Oblivion.

I suspect that having two large cities and a massive dungeon probably took up a disproportionate amount of resources. Once the game is release, the same crowd that are pleased that there will be no second Kickstarter will probably start grumbling that there aren't enough external areas or companions....

With body armor and a helmet, of course....

Clone Club Award for Tatiana Maslany on indiegogo. Cute idea; hopefully she'll get nom'd for a Saturn Award or two. I'm definitely looking forward to season 2 and seeing where they take this show.

A consideration might be to set up a potential romance in the group, then expand on it in a setting novel by an author experienced in romance writing. There's bound to be a few setting novels, right?

So who is offended by this thought: the Earth god-like creature art looks great, but... what if that was a guy? It might seem a little, well, pansy elf-like. Is there a more masculine equivalent?

It's an unfortunate outcome, but so be it. I do hope they follow through on their expansion pack proposal.

There's nothing quite like a promancer rant: expressing their deep, passionate desire for love through mindless, unendurable rage... j/k

It does require a high protein diet....

Breeding with a Death god-like will bring a whole new meaning to la petite morte...

For what it's worth, we use dates like "4th quarter 2014", or 4Q14 for short.

My one concern with the Death Godlike is that their horn growths look too much like a helm, rather than an integral part of the head.

Thank you for the eye candy update. I'm disappointed you decided not to pursue the supplemental Kickstarter, but I understand. Good luck with the remainder of the project.

I'd support this as a stretch goal for an expansion Kickstarter, because modding tools lead to richer content down the road. They've have mentioned trying to allow for modding, but said that may prove limited because of the potential difficulty in creating new areas.

True. A decent measure might be a character interaction that made me think "I kind of wish romance had been included", but leave it at that.