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AICN TABLETOP: Big news day! Privateer Press leaves Gale Force Nine!!MUTANT CHRONICLES!! PATHFINDER finds a new trailblazer!!

I'll not fuck pigs or shagamillionaire.com by Mr_X	Jul 2nd, 2008 07:44:32 PM
i just wish i knew what this column was all about.
Pathfinder is kinda awesome. by Bones	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:02:03 PM
And yes, I am TOTALLY BIASED.
Hmmm...Mutant Chronicles.... by HiWayRobry	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:11:00 PM
sounds interesting. A tad off-subject Massa, but do you have any insight into when we'll be getting a turn-based RPG computer game with the new 4E rules? Just wondering.
tabletop miniatures by malcolm_mccallum	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:13:05 PM
The Warmachine, Warhammer, Axis & Allies, Horde tabletop miniature gamers really need to move past designer label games and actually look at what is out there in the hobby. Stop playing bad, intentionally unbalanced games with overpriced miniatures and terrain and at least look at what the grognards are doing.
luddites by Jed	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:20:33 PM
it's like watching someone duct tape two 8-bit NES consoles together so they don't need to get a super nintendo. D&D players don't want simple and fun, they want anachronistic and counter-intuitive. If they were interested in new or exciting or evolutionary they wouldn't be playing role playing games. It's really, really sad for so much work and passion to have gone into the new D&D only for such a vociferous contingent of the intended demographic to be so ugly and close-minded. as a games retailer, I miss the 3.5 players money, but i don't miss the bullshit attitude. you don't have to have aspberger's or autism to be a gamer, but it certainly helps.
Massawyrm: a request by chrth	Jul 2nd, 2008 08:56:20 PM
Anyway you can get Tabletop to have its own section on the bottom of the main page (like the Comics and Harry's Review sections)? That'd make it a lot easier for finding them after they slide off the main list. Thanks
Pathfinder by TheBishop	Jul 2nd, 2008 10:33:15 PM
Monte Cook is not overseeing the Pathfinder RPG rules update. He is simply a consultant and resource that they are using. The overseer is Jason Bulmahn, the previous editor of Dragon magazine.
Apes in Power Armor by ivehadsex	Jul 3rd, 2008 02:32:28 AM
Makes me want to play that AT game really bad.
You deserve it! by sugarbess	Jul 3rd, 2008 07:24:58 AM
You dump him. You deserve anyone beter enough, here is one place for you, wealthybeauty.com, where you can find celebrities and millionaires. Good luck.
Massawyrm: a request - I AGREE by AhnoldsBicep	Jul 4th, 2008 09:48:59 AM
I agree, collate it all somewhere so us closet dorks (gaming isn't as socially acceptable as movie lore: despite being a trader on the LSE and all round Patrick Bateman) can get a handle on all the articles.
But, what does the future hold for d20 Modern? by Royston Lodge	Jul 4th, 2008 07:12:44 PM
Probably a moot point, since I really dislike the d20 system for modern/future genres, but what are Paizo's plans for Pathfinder Modern? Do they plan to do a really intense job of fixing d20 for modern genres instead of what WotC did by just shoehorning D&D for modern play? For that matter, what are WotC's plans for d20 Modern? Will there be a 4th Edition version of Star Wars so tabletop nerds with more money than brains will shell out for yet ANOTHER set of books (I still play WEG's d6 Star Wars, and I get a hell of a lot of mileage out of those rules.) If I was king of the gaming world, I'd throw away d20 for modern genres and just update the ruleset from Top Secret/SI. Along with d6, it's still one of my all-time favourite systems that does a good job of balancing realism against the need for easy-to-learn rules and quick gameplay. Just throw in a few rules for magic and the supernatural (ie, the Force) and you've got a fully serviceable universal RPG system.
And heck, I don't even like d20 for fantasy gaming all that much by Royston Lodge	Jul 4th, 2008 07:19:26 PM
Jed, if you miss the 3.5 players' money, you must really hate people like me who play strictly from the SRD! ;-) Seriously, I haven't purchased a fantasy RPG book since the old D&D Rules Cyclopedia. I've probably spent thousands of bucks over the years on modern, sci-fi, and universal system books like GURPS and HERO, but not fantasy. I haven't seen the point. All you really need to play D&D is the SRD and a little imagination. The vast majority of the supplemental books are a major waste of dough.

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