Dread: Part Three
Looks like Brett’s character is a Dead Man Walking. That should be interesting…
If you could see me right now you’d see a geek doing the excited dance, as this week brings the release of the Iron Kingdoms RPG from Privateer Press. You know how a fat kid looks longingly at a fresh bag of Doritos? That is the look I’ve had on my face since before GenCon and missing the copies on sale at GenCon only made it worse. From the world lore, to the design, and (from what I hear) the excellent system Privateer has built around the game, I cannot wait to get my greedy, cool ranch stained hands on it tomorrow. I fully intend to read it and report back with a more in-depth review.
On the video game front: There are too many to list at the moment but there are a ton of excellent games coming, from Torchlight 2 to Guild Wars 2 now available for Mac and several in-between.
Again, there are never enough hours in the day.
Commenters: What are you playing these days or what are you waiting for that gives you a nerd-boner every time you think about it?
Guild Wars 2 Brian. Yeah. Upgrade your Mac Brian, you know you want to play too Brian.
Dammit, Jerry! I have too much work to do… but I could buy it and not install it for a while. Okay, install it but not play it. Well, maybe play a little but before bed…
DAMMIT JERRY!
Borderlands 2 has me on the video game front. Aside from that I’m grooving on ACKS and DCC for RPG material.
Too many! I still need to finish up Darksiders 2, I’ve been playing Guild Wars 2, but tonight it’s going to be about joy puking with Borderlands 2. Apparently it’s the year of the sequel.
Dishonored. I want to buy into Borderlands 2, so badly. I liked the first, but I’m going to give it a bit here I think.
Borderlands 2, LoL, Finishing the Seriously 3.0 achievement on GoW3. RPG wise, 13th Age and 2 separate Marvel Heroic games.
I have a lot going on..
Fall of Cybertron.
I love that damn game. I’m no scholar of Cybertronian lore but the story is top-notch and the game play is varied and excellent.
Mass Effect 3. I’m chronically behind on games. Up side: franchises are far along/over by the time I start. Down side: franchises that stretch back through systems. Getting my hands on the originally Legacy of Kain after playing the demo for Soul Reaver 2 was a hassle.
Also looking forward to Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.
Gw2, best mmo launch since forever, tons of fun. Hit me up on the borlis pass server! Rhant Sunstealer
The Dresden Files. An amazing and addicting modern fatasy-detective-funny-sometimes horror book series. I push it on everyone and most who listen love and are addicted too. Also turned into a beautifully done award winning tabletop rpg. Next novel out in nov.
The Dresden Files is great. I enjoy them even more with James Marsters (Spike from Buffy) reading the audio books.
I, however, am the loser waiting excitedly for Pandas in Warcraft.
Ah yes Marsters does do the reading and voices on so well. Even his Lea and Mab are impressive i forget the voice isnt a real sidhe woman, lol. The audio books is how i hook my obsession to my veins, non stop sometimes. And hey dont feel a loser, kung fu panda warcraft could be pretty cool. Ok that may sound pandering but its not. I just think kung fu panda when i see it is all. 🙂
I’m playing through Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I’m behind the times and it looks like I’ll be behind once again once the WiiU comes out.
I just picked up my copy of Iron Kingdoms as well. I had been waiting with bated breath for it to release. I also picked up the new Hordes 2 player box set that released alongside it. I am now PP’s bitch.
On my second Skyrim playthrough and just starting Borderlands 2. I won’t even begin to describe what’s in my Steam backlog. It’s just silly.
there’s a minecraft easre egg in BL2 that lets you fight creepers aMine for bullets and money and get a Minecraft themed head for your caricter
I overcame my “WOW” addiction a year and a half ago.
But I really want to know what is going on with the new expansion comming out next week…
you can now play as a kung fu panda in an asian themed contenent
least that the gist i got from the ads i’ve been trying not to lok at the details cause i REALLY wanna play and can’t afford it
mechwarrior online. i got the beta invite today. the download’s been running for about eight hours now with no end in sight. i expect i’ll be playing by this weekend…
the only thing better then using a jenga tower is using a jenga tower that looks like a pile of bones shame no one makes that…OH WAIT!
http://www.amazon.com/STACK-BONES-skeleton-crossbones-STACKING/dp/B000S6KDQM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=592JBP7AI428&coliid=I2UI3VRP15PUK6
18 bucks and worth it IMHO
Dreadball! I’m a supporter on Kickstarter. Check it out @ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/dreadball-the-futuristic-sports-game.
I picked up GW2 the other day. Played about 3 hours total so far. Most of my MMO time still goes to DDO. 6+ years and still holds my attention.
I got into the beta for Planetside 2, but I cannot play it because my computer has been blue screening. Damn computer problems. I have also been playing a good bit of Civ. and some older games e.g. Fable, Crysis, replaying Borderlands, and The Witcher.
Right now I’m on a major RPG kick. Have been running the Pathfinder Skulls & Shackles Adventure Path for awhile, and have just started playing in a group that is running the previous Adventure Path, Jade Regent.
I just picked up the Iron Kingdoms book the other night. Haven’t had a chance to run anything in it yet, but I’m looking forward to it. I’ve loved Iron Kingdoms since they released the Witchfire Trilogy for 3.5, and have been running a Circle Orboros army in WarmaHordes for awhile now (though I don’t play anywhere near enough.
Based on what I read of the book today (being stuck at home sick has to have some upside I guess), the combat plays in a very similar manner to the way it works in the miniatures game. Which makes sense, after all, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Only change I might make is changing the movement rules to use standard squares similar to D&D and Pathfinder, so that I’m not constantly having to pull out a measuring tape when I’m trying to get my game on. It’s one thing to have to do that in a minis combat game, but in an RPG it might get a bit tedious.
In terms of other mechanics, I quite like the way Race, Archetype and Class work. Essentially, each player chooses a race, which determines which of the 4 Archetypes you can choose from. Based on these you get some abilities etc. After that, you choose your specialisation by choosing two careers, some of which are restricted to certain archetypes. By choosing two careers, you can actually get quite a good variety of character types. Instead of just having an Investigator, a Warcaster and a Pirate, you might have a Pirate Gunmage, an Aristocratic Investigator, and a Pirate Warcaster.
Over all, it looks like a solid, well thought out system, and I can’t wait to give it a try. My one complaint would be the lack of support for the Horde’s forces, with the exception of the Trollkin. I’d love to play a Warlock of the Circle Orboros, and see how their rules would work for running Warbeasts in the game, as the Warjack rules appear to be pretty balanced. Hopefully there’ll be a second book soon adding this sort of content.
Sorry for the wall of text, the tl;dr version is that Iron Kingdoms looks pretty solid, and I recommend people check it out.
I’m eagerly awaiting launch day for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria!
Also, a friend just recently picked up Guild Wars II, so I may look into that as well.
see if i was the GM i’d have not counted that as a death pull (the pull was clean after all he accidentally bumped the tower after the fact however i would cause him to break his arm as a result of knocking the tower over
Been reading through the whole archive since I am a new reader, and loving it. I also have to give you big kudos for “The Last Dragon” reference. Awesome.