I just bought Roaring 20s from RPGNow and as I was reading it, I
couldn't help but compare some of the material with that presented in
Thrilling Tales. I would have been more enthused in getting RPObjects
foray into material for D20 Past if it were not for the fact that
Adamant Entertainment's Thrilling Tales has gratified my cravings for
this general time frame more than anything else than I have
encountered. Unfortunately, Roaring 20s is just not as good in some
aspects as Thrilling Tales. The new starting occupations are OK, but
nothing to really sell the product, for that we need to go to the
feats and advanced classes. Five "new" advanced classes are presented
in this product although three of which have already been done by
Thrilling Tales. The G-Man invokes images of Kevin Costner's
portrayal of Elliot Ness in the Untouchables. Nice but Thrilling
Tales has the same type among its advanced classes and personally I
prefer Adamant's G-Man to RPObjects. Next we get the Hitman the
Enforcer/Assassin of organized crime. This is actually a good
advanced class and for my money, it helps justify the purchase of the
pdf as a whole. After the Hitman comes the Intrepid Reporter a role
already well covered by the Ace Reporter from Thrilling Tales. Sorry
to say but the Ace Reporter trumps the Intrepid Reporter in my
estimation. Moving on we get the Mob Boss advanced class which is the
other new class to me at least. All in all a faithfull representation
of some members of the Mafia organization. You could probably use
this one in our Modern day era with few if any changes. The last of
the advanced classes is the Mystery Man which is almost on par with
Adamant's Man of Mystery advanced class. Personally I would truly
consider combining these two advanced classes in any game I would GM
swapping out certain features of Adamant's slightly superior Man of
Mystery class for features of the Mystery Man. Not to mention adding
some the Mystery Man's prerequisited to Man of Mystery. Feats form
the final piece of the selling point in favor of this product. Well
thought out although some look altered from D20 Past they do improve
the game and give more options although especially if the GM doesn't
have D20 Past. The weapons and vehicles were unnecessary as I
probably have most to all of them already in my D20 Past book but
them along with a timeline are given as a finisher to the product.
Bottom line for Roaring 20s is that it is worth getting, but it's
better used to supplement and enhance Thrilling Tales as opposed to
replacing it.

As the guy who wrote Roaring 20's I don't have a problem with
anything you said. The purpose of the product wasn't an attempt to
replace Thrilling Tales or even compete with it. We're planning
a "Timeline" sourcebook for each decade of the 20th century to
support our time travel offering Blood and Time, which will be
released monday.

As a long time fan of mob literature and film, especially the old
Untouchables tv series and David Mamet's movie about the same, I did
this one first and due to the vagaries of production schedules it was
actually released first.

The only thing I'd point out is that there is a fair amount of cream
to go with the crunch you covered so ably, including a timeline and
adventure hooks for the period.

These were actually my reason for writing the book. The classes were
added later to allow the book to stand alone and/or serve as a
historical supplement.

To sum up, given the amount of material and how well it's been
received, I'm not surprised some of this has been covered elsewhere.
I didn't try to hit classes Gareth and co. had, nor did I try to
ignore them. The classes were simply to allow the book to stand on
its own if the purchaser wished to do that, and using the book to
supplement Thrilling Tales seems like a fine use of the book to me.

Chuck

--- In modern20@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schell" <FenrysStar@...>
wrote:
>
> I just bought Roaring 20s from RPGNow and as I was reading it, I
> couldn't help but compare some of the material with that presented
in
> Thrilling Tales. I would have been more enthused in getting
RPObjects
> foray into material for D20 Past if it were not for the fact that
> Adamant Entertainment's Thrilling Tales has gratified my cravings
for
> this general time frame more than anything else than I have
> encountered. Unfortunately, Roaring 20s is just not as good in some
> aspects as Thrilling Tales. The new starting occupations are OK,
but
> nothing to really sell the product, for that we need to go to the
> feats and advanced classes. Five "new" advanced classes are
presented
> in this product although three of which have already been done by
> Thrilling Tales. The G-Man invokes images of Kevin Costner's
> portrayal of Elliot Ness in the Untouchables. Nice but Thrilling
> Tales has the same type among its advanced classes and personally I
> prefer Adamant's G-Man to RPObjects. Next we get the Hitman the
> Enforcer/Assassin of organized crime. This is actually a good
> advanced class and for my money, it helps justify the purchase of
the
> pdf as a whole. After the Hitman comes the Intrepid Reporter a role
> already well covered by the Ace Reporter from Thrilling Tales.
Sorry
> to say but the Ace Reporter trumps the Intrepid Reporter in my
> estimation. Moving on we get the Mob Boss advanced class which is
the
> other new class to me at least. All in all a faithfull
representation
> of some members of the Mafia organization. You could probably use
> this one in our Modern day era with few if any changes. The last of
> the advanced classes is the Mystery Man which is almost on par with
> Adamant's Man of Mystery advanced class. Personally I would truly
> consider combining these two advanced classes in any game I would
GM
> swapping out certain features of Adamant's slightly superior Man of
> Mystery class for features of the Mystery Man. Not to mention
adding
> some the Mystery Man's prerequisited to Man of Mystery. Feats form
> the final piece of the selling point in favor of this product. Well
> thought out although some look altered from D20 Past they do
improve
> the game and give more options although especially if the GM
doesn't
> have D20 Past. The weapons and vehicles were unnecessary as I
> probably have most to all of them already in my D20 Past book but
> them along with a timeline are given as a finisher to the product.
> Bottom line for Roaring 20s is that it is worth getting, but it's
> better used to supplement and enhance Thrilling Tales as opposed to
> replacing it.
>

I'm also thinking of running retro space opera, Ronin Arts, I salute you for the retro rockets pdf you did and I solemnly promise to buy more in the future when you crank them out. I've bought into your starships series so I knew I was getting quality.

Dude, you have to check the RPGObjects website more often.  Or
Charles' blog. ( http://rpgdesign.blogspot.com/ as linked from the
RPGObjects website)


--- In modern20@yahoogroups.com, d20books <d20books@...> wrote:
>
> Gosh Darnit!
>
> I just spent a whopper of a load on RPGnow.com Saturday night.  I
> would have added this to the list instead of some of the other crap I
> bought.
>
> Can you give us a heads up next time if possible?  Allows me to budget.
>
> Jeff Pawlowski
>
> On May 7, 2006, at 4:57 PM, steelwhisper2112 wrote:
>
> > Just wanted to let everyone know that Blood and Time, our time
> > travel/historical sourcebook has been released at RPGNow. It
> > contains a timeline of the world from its creation through 1900,
> > rules for temporal mechanics, a sample campaign model, many
> > adventure hooks, weapon and armor lists for PL 0-4 and some of the
> > usual (classes and feats).
> >
> > To cover the years 1900-2000 we will be doing a series of Timeline
> > sourcebooks for each decade, the first of which is already out,
> > Timeline: Roaring 20's.
> >
> > Finally, we also released an adventure today that works either with
> > Timeline: Roaring 20's or Blood and Time, Lindbergh Kidnapping.
> >
> > We now return you to your regular programming.
> >
>

Just wanted to let folks know we have updated our Gangland sourcebook
for all of you who want to play criminals or add some spice to the big
bads in your game.

Download an update or buy it at RPGnow.

Chuck

So.. what got changed?

--- steelwhisper2112 <ricecharles2112@...>
wrote:

> Just wanted to let folks know we have updated our
> Gangland sourcebook
> for all of you who want to play criminals or add
> some spice to the big
> bads in your game.
>
> Download an update or buy it at RPGnow.
>
> Chuck

With Modern Dispatch #100 coming up (only 10 weeks away), is anything
special planned?  I can't think of that many gaming products that have
100 issues, so it is kinda special.

--- neal_hyde <neal_hyde@...> wrote:
> With Modern Dispatch #100 coming up (only 10 weeks
> away), is anything special planned?  I can't think
> of that many gaming products that have
> 100 issues, so it is kinda special.

Some sort of cross-over event for the various
publishers involved in the Dispatch would be cool.

--- In modern20@yahoogroups.com, Chris Helton <cjh_cleveland@...> wrote:
>
> --- neal_hyde <neal_hyde@...> wrote:
> > With Modern Dispatch #100 coming up (only 10 weeks
> > away), is anything special planned?  I can't think
> > of that many gaming products that have
> > 100 issues, so it is kinda special.
>
> Some sort of cross-over event for the various
> publishers involved in the Dispatch would be cool.
>

Attack of the ghostly 101st Space Marines?

Another 13 Alien Robot Kung Fu Masters?

The Secret Order of the Shadowmen (and their starship) from Pinebox?

--- curtis_owings <curtis_owings@...> wrote:
> Attack of the ghostly 101st Space Marines?
>
> Another 13 Alien Robot Kung Fu Masters?
>
> The Secret Order of the Shadowmen (and their
> starship) from Pinebox?

I would probably buy any of those. ;) The Alien Robot
Kung Fu Masters would be high on the list though.

Chris

I had an idea. Why not give our favorite game companies a week off for
issue 100 and instead make issue 100 a collection of fan material
inspired by their favorite products?

jaerdaph

I like the current Dispatch, but the file name was incorrect, it was
dispatch052.pdf, not dispatch092.pdf. I had to rename it before
moving it into my dispatch folder.

But I do like the Space Opera plot generator, it's something I might
use!

--
John Reiher
Have Mac, will Travel
==========
Live Journal:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/johnreiher/

I'm starting up a d20 Modern game in the Urban Arcana campaign setting.  The
game starts
at 1st-level with 28 point-buy.  At start of game, PCs are just everyday modern
people in
Chicago who have always had just a little more potential than everyone around
them.  The
game will of course revolve around the intrusion of the fantastic upon the world
as we know
it.  There are no definite plans for how long the campaign will run, but I'll
keep running as
long as I have players.

The game will be played Sunday nights (relative to US time), exact starting and
ending time
flexible.  The game's IRC server is chat.psionics.net and the channel is
#UrbanArcana.  If you
are  interested in joining or have any questions, respond here or email me at
genshouthedeliverer@...

I'm starting up a d20 Modern game in the Urban Arcana campaign setting.  The
game starts
at 1st-level with 28 point-buy.  At start of game, PCs are just everyday modern
people in
Chicago who have always had just a little more potential than everyone around
them.  The
game will of course revolve around the intrusion of the fantastic upon the world
as we know
it.  There are no definite plans for how long the campaign will run, but I'll
keep running as
long as I have players.

The game will be played Sunday nights (relative to US time), exact starting and
ending time
flexible.  The game's IRC server is chat.psionics.net and the channel is
#UrbanArcana.  If you
are  interested in joining or have any questions, respond here or email me at
genshouthedeliverer@...

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let everyone know that Modern Dispatch is running a
day late (if you haven't already figured that one out). I could blame
technology or come up with some other excuse, but the truth is that we
simply had the due date wrong. I'd thought ours was due next week.

However, I guarantee this issue is worth the wait. It is not only a
top notch adventure in the fun, quirky style you've come to expect
from 12 to Midnight, but it also wins the prize for one of the
strangest Modern Dispatch titles to date. Be on the lookout
for... "Chickens in the Mist".

Preston DuBose
12 to Midnight

"CHICKUN!"
"Hey dawg... did you see the size of that chicken?"

Best. Chicken. Quotes. Ever.
From Young Guns.

--- preston_dubose <presto@...> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I just wanted to let everyone know that Modern
> Dispatch is running a
> day late (if you haven't already figured that one
> out). I could blame
> technology or come up with some other excuse, but
> the truth is that we
> simply had the due date wrong. I'd thought ours was
> due next week.
>
> However, I guarantee this issue is worth the wait.
> It is not only a
> top notch adventure in the fun, quirky style you've
> come to expect
> from 12 to Midnight, but it also wins the prize for
> one of the
> strangest Modern Dispatch titles to date. Be on the
> lookout
> for... "Chickens in the Mist".
>
> Preston DuBose
> 12 to Midnight
>
>
>
>

.

Anyone here buy the online expansion "Blood & Guts"?  It is all things
military for the D20 Modern game.  Looks cool, and very inexpensive.
Just wondering if anyone has seen it or actually purchased it.

--- In modern20@yahoogroups.com, "spydertattoo72" <jeffreydlamb@...>
wrote:
>
> Anyone here buy the online expansion "Blood & Guts"?  It is all
> things military for the D20 Modern game.  Looks cool, and very
> inexpensive.  Just wondering if anyone has seen it or actually
> purchased it.

I've purchased both the first and second editions of Blood & Guts and
have found them both very useful. They're great books, even if you want
to use the information with other RPGs.

Chris