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 May 12 2006, 01:38 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd  Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473  |
Oh, God... They won?!
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May 12 2006, 02:44 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
Istanbul was Constantinople once... |
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May 12 2006, 03:02 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Yeah, but I don't think it's called Istanbul in RH and Constantinople in SoA without a reason.
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May 12 2006, 03:15 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 9-May 06 From: Right behind you! Member No.: 8,538 |
She'll be waiting in Istanbul ;) |
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May 12 2006, 03:29 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Is the Dark Eye any good? And why does D&D suck, outside of the randomized stats, the set classes, and the linear stat advancement?
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May 12 2006, 04:05 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,590 Joined: 11-September 04 Member No.: 6,650 |
That place is Istanbul AND Constantinople
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May 12 2006, 09:15 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
The rules are nice imo, but the setting sucks. They tried to pack everything into a mid-sized european country, Renaissance, Middle Age, Barbarians, Elves (which are close to unplayable) etcpp. And most of the players are rulelawyers and narrow minded about new ideas - that's at least the impression I have after some years and different gaming groups. No real combat magic is another major flaw. |
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May 12 2006, 10:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Earth - Europe - AGS - Norddeutscher Bund - Hannover Member No.: 7,624 |
Dark Eye has no Combat Magic??? What about the famous 'Fulminictus Donnerkeil' and 'Ignifaxius Flammenstrahl' spells? :)
I'm not playing Dark Eye, because I don't like the background for the reasons told by Grinder. But obviously it appeals to a lot of people. |
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May 12 2006, 11:42 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Not quite. Let's just say that renaming it was a statement and that statement no longer makes sense (or it's becoming strategically "convenient" to play up other aspects of the city's heritage)... |
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May 12 2006, 03:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
Grandfather already thinks you are a little weird. Let's not add to that. |
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May 12 2006, 03:35 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Can't we just compromise and go back to calling it Byzantium? |
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May 12 2006, 04:11 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Constantinople is Istanbul! OK, some places in that city is more Constantinople than Istanbul and some places are more Istanbul than C. But what's a little difference between monotheistic religions?
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May 12 2006, 04:23 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Nothing a little inquisition and lots of fire won't be able to solve.
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May 12 2006, 09:15 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Japan Member No.: 938 |
Yes, SR2 was translated by "Group SNE", a major group of game writers. And it is true SR Tokyo by them are like you describe. But, in my opinion, a schism in Japanese SR fans, not Japanese SR productions, is the biggest problem. With many factors, old fans tended to despise the newers and new fans tended to feel the olders are annoy. Group SNE translated SSC and Grimoire(I heard so at a major event), but couldn't publish them. "the JIS project" tried to follow FASA Canon, but failed. And since the writer is a hardliner older, no little fans hate it. Once, SR had many Japanse fans. Now, without news of Japanese SR4, only a few play SR(whether Japanese SR2 or English SR4). I hope the news will breathe the hope into them and potential players. |
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May 12 2006, 10:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 26-February 02 From: East Jerusalem Member No.: 2,022 |
Eh. |
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May 12 2006, 10:32 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 26-February 02 From: East Jerusalem Member No.: 2,022 |
You won't find many (and the one you could find now is a rather scary thing), but give us sometime... ;) |
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 May 12 2006, 10:36 PM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 8,006 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
In germany, D&D is clearly (and by a wide margin) the most wide-spread RPG (just like everywhere else).
Even the FanPro-affiliated shop near the german FanPro headquarter has more D&D products than DSA products on the shelves. That should say enough. ;) I'd say, that DSA (Das Schwarze Auge/The Dark Eye) ranks in on 2nd place, followed by WoD and SR. Bye Thanee |
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May 12 2006, 10:50 PM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 8,006 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
1983 Bye Thanee |
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May 12 2006, 11:19 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Lame. |
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May 13 2006, 09:21 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
As so many people have thoughtfully pointed out it's only been 5 years since the Crash 2.0 and it takes a little time to rebuild and get the ball rolling again. But the editorial reason is probably that FanPro thinks its better to give anyone interested the chance to play a hand (however minor) in the unfolding events rather than present the situation as a fait accompli. .. |
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May 13 2006, 03:29 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
You can't cause more damage then your current astral spell points are. That's far away from "combat magic".
It's scaring - seems that Germany has many rules-lawyers... |
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May 13 2006, 05:28 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 13-May 06 Member No.: 8,556 |
na, we have no more rule-lawyers then any other country has. :P From my experience i'd say DSA (Dark eye) is the most played RPG in Germany, followed by the whole World-Of-Darkness stuff (Vampire + Werewolf, though i personally hate Vampire). SR is almost as much liked as WoD, depending on where exactly you're from. After that we have Cthulhu, (A)D&D and all the other systems. Gee, finally stopped lurking around and started writing ^_^ |
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