Haha. You had me going there for a minute. Cheers, -Kyle...
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wodenkrait
Oct 1, 2010 8:26 am
What's special about Yamato steel swords? What special properties do they have? Cheers, -Kyle...
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wodenkrait
Oct 1, 2010 8:30 am
Out of interest, what do people envisage when they think of DW plate armour? I ask because full plate effectively didn't exist during the crusading era (which...
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herrkharille
Oct 1, 2010 8:57 am
... Hm... try wikipedia for katana. Basically they figured out a way to fold steel. Aftr 10 to 12 folds, you got some 2x2x2x2... layers of steel. When it...
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wodenkrait
Oct 1, 2010 9:36 am
Oh right. Its that method the Japanese developed to overcome the poor quality of their local iron. The swords are not actually superior though, right? I'm...
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herrkharille
Oct 1, 2010 11:26 am
... I've read stories that when fighting mongolians the katana would break the mongolian iron swords. Also Sean Connery wields one in highlander....
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Damien Wise
damien_wise
Oct 1, 2010 2:26 pm
... "Let me tell you about Yamato swords. In a far-off land beyond Khitai, the sword-smiths of Yamato practice their ancient art of folding layers of steel...
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herrkharille
Oct 1, 2010 2:44 pm
Well, not all Kiri-ha swords were made by master swordsmiths. Ere', check out this link.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune Legends of Masamune and...
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James Wallis
wallis154
Oct 1, 2010 3:01 pm
I've just heard from our publishing partners that In from the Cold, the final printed Magnum Opus Press supplement for Dragon Warriors, will be hitting shelves...
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Stephen Dove
dovesk
Oct 1, 2010 3:16 pm
For those interested in the true worth of Katanas I offer this commentary, by John Clements, a well respected (but rather obnoxious) swordsman who has trained...
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Robert Mammone
robert_a_mam...
Oct 2, 2010 12:25 am
We're talking the Blood Sword covers from the original releases?...
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wodenkrait
Oct 2, 2010 9:51 am
If the originals are the ones that have covers with the unpromising combination of poor execution and extremely cheesy subject matter, then yes. Cheers, -Kyle...
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Robert Mammone
robert_a_mam...
Oct 2, 2010 11:30 am
Perhaps a scan or even a link to these covers you're so unforgivably maligning! 8-)...
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wodenkrait
Oct 2, 2010 1:26 pm
Here are most of them: http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series_images.php?id=56 Cheers, -Kyle...
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wodenkrait
Oct 2, 2010 3:57 pm
... I've thought about this sort of thing in the past, and have considered trying to cobble together a Gauntlet-style game based on DW using Python (forget...
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Robert Mammone
robert_a_mam...
Oct 2, 2010 8:57 pm
I see. Excellent covers....
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herrkharille
Oct 3, 2010 12:49 am
It wouldn't make any money, of course, but might be fun. Its too late now to make anything like this to raise DW's profile or whatever, unfortunately. ... ...
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Stephen Dove
dovesk
Oct 3, 2010 11:19 am
Maybe its not too late to raise DW's profile; hold on to your horses people. There is a real chance of a new license holder for DW! If what I am hearing is...
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kieran turley
kieran.turley
Oct 4, 2010 8:18 am
Let me just say I've read this book and it's brilliant...lovely collection of stuff from that era :-) Â Oh and the cover is IMO just fantastic...I love the...
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JeffW
jeff_white_74
Oct 13, 2010 12:38 pm
I see a few mentions of this actually getting a release? Do we have anything solid? I was hoping to have all my players buy a copy for our second campaign....
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Ian Sturrock
i_sturrock
Oct 13, 2010 6:27 pm
There are certainly plans afoot, but nothing solid yet. ... -- Ian Sturrock...
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Mike Davey
fitzglenn
Oct 14, 2010 11:18 am
I for one would love this to be released even if it is just to get the new Priest Profession alone!...
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Ben
zomben
Oct 14, 2010 3:03 pm
I was quite pleased with the way the Priest and Hunter Professions turned out. I hope they'll eventually get out there to the community of DW fans....
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rumtap@...
rumtap69
Oct 14, 2010 10:34 pm
I'm interested to see the hunter, the priest sounds too D&D for my liking, but I'll find out if I ever get to see it. ... From: Ben <zomben@...> To:...
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naimadyam
Oct 15, 2010 4:42 am
Nah, Bens done a very good job in keeping any D&Disms well out of it. :) So Ben does that mean you weren't pleased with how the other new profession turned...
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Ben
zomben
Oct 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Indeed, I feel the DW Priest I worked up is nothing like the D&D "Cleric" at all. Actually, as part of my research I got in touch with a number of...
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JeffW
jeff_white_74
Oct 19, 2010 3:35 am
My hope is Cubicle 7. Isn't Jonny Hodgson the art director at C7 now? I can see him pushing to have C7 pick up the line, and keeping his art on the books will...
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Damien Wise
damien_wise
Oct 19, 2010 4:21 am
Hi folks, This might be of interest to folks that are happy with their books as PDFs and have a decent download limit :) DrivethruRPG is currently offering a...
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Stephen Dove
dovesk
Oct 19, 2010 4:52 am
Sorry but it isn't cubicle 7; an announcement should be due shortly....
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James Wallis
wallis154
Oct 19, 2010 10:00 am
The Doctors Without Borders package of games is an amazing thing: a huge amount of really good gaming products for an astonishingly low price, with every penny...
