Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Blood-of-Heroes-chat group: If Pulsar Games did PDF versions of their products to sell online,...
Blood-of-Heroes-chat@...
Feb 11, 2003 8:02 pm
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shooting yourself in the foot doing electronic versions. they will be all over the internet within a week of release ... From:...
Ewan
ewan@...
Feb 11, 2003 9:46 pm
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... Despite the fact that the same is true of paper versions as well. Piracy has always been an issue in this and any industry. If people want to honestly...
Unfortunatly mass technology hasn't caught up with 21st century thinking. PDFs aren't as practical as books for actually using roleplay products, and aren't as...
... You do realize that Wizards of the Coast has been producing PDF versions for purchase download of all it's D&D products for at least the last 12 months (if...
... Or at least they used to. I KNOW they used to have an online store at their site where you could download PDFs of all the D&D an AD&D 2nd Edition books. ...
... Good. If it's "all over the internet" that means there is interest in the game. If people are passing it around, they're reading it and interested in it. ...
... <jdmarquart@h...>" <jdmarquart@h...> wrote: <SNIP> ... {Ahem!} TORG was the product of West End Games {DC Universe}, not Mayfair {DC Heroes}... ... As far...
... Correct. My bad, I should have known this. WEG is another company that I have heard is busy putting all it's products into PDF format for online sale. -JD...
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:45:20 -0000 "Joshua Marquart ... Yeah, I just noticed that someone put out something called "Psibernauts", that's a licensed user of the...
... all ... Somewhat less good for the Publisher, however... I would think a stripped-down set of "Fast Start Rules" on pdf would be a good idea, though. List...
re: fast start rules. I wouldnt bother. people buy games becuase they like the setting and background. not the rules. which is lucky cos the BoH rules system...
Ewan
ewan@...
Feb 14, 2003 10:16 am
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Err, Ewan your getting "Blood of Heroes" (aka DC Heroes) confused with "Brave New World". Not that BoH doesn't need some work. Thanks, Malcolm. ... From: Ewan ...
... Huh. Interesting. I actually have the exact opposite opinion. I like the rules but find the setting lacking. In fact, I bought BoH for the rules. I...
... "Brave New World". Not that BoH doesn't need some work. oops sorry, you're right DC heros is a much better system, although still has flaws. but my main ...
Ewan
ewan@...
Feb 14, 2003 2:39 pm
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... You mean MEGS? The one originally used for DC Heroes? ... Opinion of one vocal soul. ... Yes, the MD! The doctor! ... No you didn't. ... No you didn't. ...
Im not sure Im following all this. One person says he thinks it would be better to have the core rules posted online to draw in more players/fans another says...
... Sometimes, I wonder if Pulsar has a dearth of stuff to publish or if they just can't publish what they have. I'm hesitant to work on contributing material...
... yeah there isnt much and what there is seems to try and be an imitation of DC universe. Thats why I say get a theme, adapt the rules to fit it write some...
Ewan
ewan@...
Feb 14, 2003 5:02 pm
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I happen to think the system is one of the bests, Ive been running the system since 1990 and have avast background developed for my own setting. I find the ...
I think alot of people on the list are fine with the DC mixed supers Universe style adventures. Personaly I dont think it works well as a roleplaying game. ...
Ewan
ewan@...
Feb 14, 2003 7:00 pm
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:16:12 -0800 (PST) Galahad ... better to have the core rules ... should be written over and over ... Vampires, BOH: Space Opera. Isn't...
... First, yes, it looks like he's confusing BoH with Brave New World... Second, anyone who hates the rules to BoH, but loves *that* background, needs serious...
... Then Pulsar doesn't agree with you, it seems. How long has "World's End" been sitting on their desks? It's an almost all-background sourcebook, and, by...
... That's funny. Right now I'm looking at my shelf and I see Hero, Hero Bestiary, Star Hero, 2 Champions source books, Ultimate Martial Artist. I'm still...
... of ... Because that what the rules were originally intended for? ... 99% of the time I toss the book theme and come up with my own, or at least a ...