19 June 2010
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Japanese Stormbringer
JUN 18, 2010 11:01P.M.
One of the things I really love seeing are foreign language editions of
English language RPGs. I find it interesting to see how a game Im
familiar with is localized in terms of artwork and presentation. Unlike
some gamers on the Net, I dont place a lot of stock in the notion that
foreign editions are almost always better than the originals when it
comes to esthetics Ive seen too many positively awful foreign
language editions to believe that. Nevertheless, there are times when
foreign editions look just awesome or otherwise make me wish that they
were available in translation. (And Games Workshop often proved, way
back when, that it was often possible to produce another English
language edition that was better than the original)
Anyway, my world traveling friend (and player of Vladimir the dwarf) is
in Japan on a business trip and sends along the following image:
It is, as you can see, a Japanese edition of Chaosiums Stormbringer RPG
(the 5th edition from the looks of it). I think it looks absolutely
awesome.
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The Rogue Games Website
Redesign
JUN 18, 2010 02:33P.M.
I mentioned a few days ago that the Rogue Games website will be
undergoing a facelift. Since starting Rogue Games back in 2007, we
have had 8 different versions of the site. The current version of the site at
one time was a pretty good site. Then we split it out into this one
12degrees.net and left the company information and the like on the
Rogue Games site.
This worked good, but then we opened our own online store. I never
found a good solution for the online store, but we did not have a lot of
titles, so it was not an issue. Well, the titles grew and grew. Added to this
was the Retailer Locator and the information dealing with the PDF
Guarantee. It was time for another new version. Since I am currently
unemployed from my day job, I have free time. Hence Ive started the
redesign.
Here is a preview of the new site in progress. This is just the
basics and I will be tweaking and revising it. One area that
needs so thinking is the online store. I want to make shopping
easy, but I am not sure have the long scrolling list is a good
idea. Should I break it up into sections. Give me your thoughts.
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It lives
JUN 18, 2010 09:42A.M.

What lives? The video answers this very important question.

Flames of Freedom: Boston Besieged Preview from Richard Iorio II on

Vimeo.

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Preview
JUN 18, 2010 09:26A.M.

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Open Friday: How Much

Control?
JUN 18, 2010 08:00A.M.

For this Fridays open question, I thought Id go with something a bit

more meaty, namely the subject of refereeing philosophy.

As you know, in my campaign, gnomes are an accident in the process

by which dwarves carve their own sons from living rock. According to the
rules Ive established to govern this process, only a critical failure (a roll
of 1 on 1D20), followed by a roll of 1-2 on 1D6 creates a gnome, making
them quite rare.

So, heres the question: suppose the player of a dwarf character wants his
son to be a gnome, because he thinks itd be fun to introduce such a
character into the campaign. Do you forgo the rules and allow it? How
about if you, as referee, think itd a nice addition to the campaign? Do
you arrange things so that a gnome comes to be or do you stick to the
rules as let the dice fall where they may? Explain your reasons.

Have fun. Im offline till tomorrow, as usual.