Hi Past Sunday I ran I game. I played RQ age of broze, continuing with my usual wandering-middle-east characters. I worked out a very simple plot in about ten...
No guarantees there. I regularly have opening sessions of a game scenario, where no combat is involved (or maybe one small one at the end if things go fast)...
The idea is play an scenario in one hour of game play. I ... Or maybe play a combat of one hour :) Yes, combat usually slows down RQ games over all if using...
Hello Inspired to run games again I've decided to run some scenarios in a new historical setting for our group of players: Macedonia. Although I wanted to set...
LOL, When Steve Perrin originally wrote RQ, he called on several of his friends, myself included, who were members of the SCA to help playtest & contribute to...
Hi Sven -> LOL, When Steve Perrin originally wrote RQ, he called on several of his ... playtest & ... The combat system feel different and more accurate than...
... It was designed as accurately as we could with the information & experience we had at the time. Re-enacting was in many ways in it's infancy at the time ...
... Cool. ... Yes. I have made exceptions to this at various times. For example in a shashbuckling campaign I was running, where shield did not fit with the ...
First of all: Hallo ! I found my way here from Simon Phipps site and decided to join up. I was wondering if anybody here could recommend some good books on ...
My two favourites are: GODS, DEMONS AND SYMBOLS OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, Jeremy Black and Anthony Green1992, British Museum Press (AA+ Fantastic!!!) A...
... Glad to hear it. ... Silly rule, we never enforced it. (By the way, almost every rule we never used is referred to as "silly".) ... Actually, in RQ2, a...
... Please note, the missong apostophe goes BETWEEN the p and the s - Simon Phipp's :-) As to Mespotamian Mythology, I've a few books at home, but they are not...
Hi Simon ... I have chosen to play the Pillip II conquests, the historical background is incredible, Alexander eclipses Phillip deeds and this is almost unkown...
Hi Sven ... it's ... And it is fun to play ... invited into ... writing ... I like a lot the horse rules was because of my ... shows & ... Military ... What a...
Hello Leon Very intersting also, as Sven you use the martial arts skills very interesting way. ... skill is ... parry, and ... allows an ... I understand it...
Hello Reading Sven's mail gave me the idea for my games: It is possible to make one attack and one parry with 1 handed weapons in the same round, there must be...
... I have actually played that this would happen in SR+1 and I would give the attacker a chance to parry or dodge if he has actions left in the round. It ...
... Well, it got fixed in RQ3. ... The White Witch in the current Narnia film uses two broadswords, although they could be basterd swords - it's hard to tell,...
Hi ... give the ... round. It ... Logical. I want to prove it in some kind of scenario of the 30 years War or pirates... too many settings and too few time to...
Hi Simon ... Yes, it is what I am more familiar. ... [...] ... I haven't seen Narnia yet, only the trailer and scenes. It looks incredible (what Lord of the...
"Please note, the missong apostophe goes BETWEEN the p and the s - Simon Phipp's :-)" A thousand apologies ! "As to Mespotamian Mythology, I've a few books at...
Don't worry ... the Gods, Symbols and Demons book will provide you with enough material to write up half a dozen RQ-style cult enties. I promise you! I began a...
... I too like Testament a lot. It was the first D20 book I bought and helped me realize that there might be some value to be found in certain D20/OGL...
... The kids are a part of the original story, in fact all the Narnia books are centered on children from our world visiting Narnia and having adventures. The...
... I should think so :-) ... Any chance of putting your results into a Word file, or HTML page, and posting them? It doesn't take long and we, at least I,...
Eduardo Chamón wrote: <misc. snippage> [regarding BBC/HBO's "Rome") ... That smacks of poor or knee-jerk translation into Spanish, the dialog has a distinctly...