We love the undead. Okay maybe not love, but we like… wait. No. Do we really like the undead? Do we use them enough? Do we do it right?
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Cast – Eric, Mike, Dan, Mark, Jayson and Shawn
Intro: Jayson
Outro: Dan
Items Mentioned:
Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer Fantasy, White Wolf Publishing, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Grumpy Celt, World of Warcraft, Left 4 Dead, Lord of the Ring, Monster Hunter International, Hero Games, Shadowrun, The Mummy, Blood Bowl, Aces & Eights, Pathfinder, Star Wars
Last year we challenged ourselves and each other in various facets of our gaming lives and we wanted to follow up on those challenges and make new ones for the next year.
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Cast – Eric, Mike, Dan, Mark, Jayson, Shannon and Shawn
Intro: Shannon
Outro: Dan
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Items Mentioned:
Mutants and Masterminds, Warhammer 40K, Hunter the Vigil, Hunter: Slasher, Gen Con, Pathfinder, Conan, Aces & Eights, Star Wars, Call of Cthulhu, Settlers of Catan, Blood Bowl, Mass Effect, Supernatural, Power Rangers, Geek Chic
All I know is that I wanna be the guy with the frickin triceratops!
Many moons ago, roleplaying games were begotten from strategy based miniature battles. With this background in war games, and the propensity of massive battles in many of the tropes of fantasy and sci-fi, it is not surprising when you look at a lot of older RPGs and see systems for massive battles.
Then a funny thing happened, games started going away from the complicated strategy based mass combat systems and toward abstract rules for battles.
We discuss our perspective on conducting mass combat in your RPGs.
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Cast – Eric, Mike, Dan, Mark, Jayson, Shannon, Greg and Shawn
Lord of the Rings, Braveheart, Excalibur, World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Warhammer 40K, Iron Kingdoms, Settlers of Catan, Legend of the Five Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire: Dark Ages, Blood Bowl, Battle System, Birthright, Magic the Gathering, Song of Ice and Fire, Savage Worlds, Traveller, Twilight 2000, Shadowrun, Only War, Enemy at the Gates, Star Wars, Exalted, Wheel of Time, Burning Empires, GURPS Mass Combat