 Roleplaying Game of Transhuman Conspiracy and Horror, Eclipse Phase HUH? |
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 Apr 5 2009, 06:26 PM
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Ain Soph Aur  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600  |
Seriously. I have played one roleplaying game, and only one roleplaying game my whole life. This is the only other game I'd be interesting in playing. I want this game out already!
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Apr 6 2009, 03:40 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
I hope it makes a killing. After 2300AD dropped off the map, the bleh-ness that is Traveler, and a crop of mediocre cyberpunk and space opera games, I want Eclipse Phase to give science-fiction games a boost to prominence.
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Apr 8 2009, 01:27 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
looks somewhat interesting. ill add it to my "to grab" list i guess (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Aug 15 2009, 11:14 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 |
So did anyone pick up a copy of the core rulebook at GenCon?
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Aug 15 2009, 12:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 23-December 08 From: the Tampa Sprawl Member No.: 16,707 |
As much as the two games talked about already in this thread sound interesting, I still think both of them will fall short of the unbelieveable writing that is Transhuman Space. Even if you didn't like the fact that it was "Powered by GURPS", the writing of the core book and all its expansions was exceptional. I actually really enjoyed reading all the books just to read them, instead of just looking through a new book and saying stuff like "oh that's nice".
That said, I'm going to most likely pick up both of these since one looks to be SR pushed to the Transhuman stage using D100 rules (Chaosium BRP derived?) and the other is ED pushed to the Transhuman stage (using from the talks a highly tuned version of the newest ED rules). |
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Aug 15 2009, 02:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
QUOTE (InfinityzeN @ Aug 15 2009, 01:52 PM)  As much as the two games talked about already in this thread sound interesting, I still think both of them will fall short of the unbelieveable writing that is Transhuman Space. Even if you didn't like the fact that it was "Powered by GURPS", the writing of the core book and all its expansions was exceptional. I actually really enjoyed reading all the books just to read them, instead of just looking through a new book and saying stuff like "oh that's nice". It's a shame most people disregard GURPS, without even realising that most of the people who buy GURPS supplements use them as source material for other games... ...Compiled information [and generally informative and well written], to save themselves the hassle of doing it themselves. >shrug< There will always be people who make their choices based purely on what others tell them. Anyone who really wanted to do transhumanism has been doing it using GURPS and HERO, ever since their ultra tech sourcebooks or cyberpunk/space sourcebooks have been available [respectively]. |
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Aug 15 2009, 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 |
GURPS sourcebook are amazing in general (and all Transhuman Space books especially, but I personally don't like the game mechanics too much and thus use the book as source for other games, as you said.
Equinox is in the works, after the ED3 core rulebooks are off the door the team has new capacity to tackle Equinox and bring the core rulebook on track. |
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Aug 16 2009, 10:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
QUOTE (WearzManySkins @ May 14 2008, 07:25 PM) Yet another Sci-Fi RPG. Strange how SciFi RPGs have come back into fashion... ..I wonder why. |
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Aug 17 2009, 01:35 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (Synner667 @ Aug 17 2009, 12:31 AM) Strange how SciFi RPGs have come back into fashion... ..I wonder why. hollywood ran out of fantasy material? |
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Aug 19 2009, 01:56 PM
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Duplicate account of "Paul" Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 18-August 09 From: Grand Rapids, Michigan Member No.: 17,519 |
I want this game to rock. They'll at least snag a few of my dollars for the Core Rules, then I'll see where I stand. So far it's looking pretty exciting.
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Aug 22 2009, 06:09 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
QUOTE (Grinder @ Aug 15 2009, 06:14 AM) So did anyone pick up a copy of the core rulebook at GenCon? Yup, sure did. It's pretty cool so far. I'm forcing myself to read cover to cover, so I'm still in the "history lesson" bit. Haven't gotten to the mechanics yet, but I did skim over the charsheet. Looks pretty sweet. My one minor misgiving, and keep in mind that I'm far from finished reading, is that it comes across a bit as "Shadowrun 2750 in Space!" I'm sure that will dissipate as I read further and begin to better separate it in my mind. QUOTE (WearzManySkinz) Most RPG devs have a lack of understanding of how a AI views things and humans. Considering that there aren't any true AIs in existence to examine or question, I submit that it's impossible to have a "lack of understanding" of how they view anything. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 22 2009, 03:06 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,373 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
QUOTE (eidolon @ Aug 22 2009, 02:09 AM) Considering that there aren't any true AIs in existence to examine or question, I submit that it's impossible to have a "lack of understanding" of how they view anything. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) <<₪₪ That's what you think. ₪₪>> |
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Aug 22 2009, 05:01 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
For those curious about Eclipse Phase, this RPG.net thread is off to a great start: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=468788
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Aug 22 2009, 09:26 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
and here i thought rpg.net was high on "new age" rpgs...
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Aug 22 2009, 09:30 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
If you can stand to wade through the deep piles of 'tards that congregate there, they actually have a pretty diverse interest pool. I usually can't, so I let people like Adam point out the threads worth checking out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Aug 22 2009, 09:58 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
RPG.net is interesting. Yeah, the gene pool is pretty shallow in the RPG sections, but mainly I end up reading the Other Games and Media section. <srhug>
Eclipse Phase sounds very cool, and looks fairly nifty. I wasn't able to geta copy at GC, so it'll be a while yet before I have a copy, but... I look forward to reading it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Aug 23 2009, 05:41 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 |
The thread at rpg.net made me drooling. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif)
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Aug 23 2009, 05:53 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Hell, that thread excites ME, and there's nothing he can say or show about the game that I haven't seen or _done_. It's a great thread.
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Aug 23 2009, 07:55 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 |
And the PDF goes for $15 only... guess I'll buy it tomorrow, when I'm home. But ordering the book via battlecorps.com is insane: $46 for shipping to Germany. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)
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Aug 23 2009, 10:43 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
QUOTE (Grinder @ Aug 23 2009, 02:55 PM) And the PDF goes for $15 only... guess I'll buy it tomorrow, when I'm home. But ordering the book via battlecorps.com is insane: $46 for shipping to Germany. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif) No personal offense to anyone over there, but their shipping is fucking Retarded with a capital R no matter where you live. I get irate with any vendor that only offers one carrier, especially when said carrier is ridiculously expensive nearly without fail. I worked as a shipping clerk managing everything from 2,000lbs of freight on a truck line down to one box via Fed Ex. I know what's out there, even if I don't know every in and out pricing wise these days. I do know that the freaking Postal Service has some of the best prices out there for almost anything, and that they'll sell you postage online and even pick your packages up, same as any other popular carrier. Not offering something that doesn't bend your customer over and pound it home is damn near criminal in my book. Frankly, it's enough to make me go elsewhere when I buy Catalyst stuff. I don't know if they get a better percentage when they sell through Battlecorps or not, but if they do, they aren't getting that better percentage from me anymore. |
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Aug 24 2009, 05:01 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 13-May 08 From: New York City Member No.: 15,973 |
Wow. Just wow.
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Aug 24 2009, 04:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 369 Joined: 3-April 07 From: St. Paul, MN Member No.: 11,364 |
I've been following this book/setting for quite some time. I knew the book was going to be a little spendy (the amount of pages and full-color), but when I saw the PDF price I thought I was dreaming! Thank you Catalyst for that wonderful present, and also for your support to Rob and Brian for putting this great game/setting together. Can't wait to get the book in my hands. From the pics I've seen, it looks amazing!
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Aug 24 2009, 07:20 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 4-March 08 From: Blighty Member No.: 15,736 |
Already voted with my wallet. Only the PDF, though.
Did the TITANs drop a habitat on Ireland?[/facetious] |
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Aug 24 2009, 10:49 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,009 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Paris, France Member No.: 9,466 |
Space, implants, mad AIs, horror?
"L-l-look at you h-h-acker, pa-pathetic creature of meat and bones..." Looks good to me. |
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Aug 25 2009, 08:34 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,803 Joined: 3-February 08 From: Finland Member No.: 15,628 |
From what i have read thus far in the .pdf, this looks very interesting and cool game.
It's always great when after reading the gear chapter of the book, your head is steaming with character ideas. |
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