Is the Ark of Hope thing still on track, or?
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Last game was set in the late Sengoku period, using a very weird, very 90s game system with supernatural elements.
Predictably, we're all ninjas. Ninja swordmaster, ninja miko, ninja hypercompetent butler...
Ninja ninja?
50 people ended up applying to play. From those 50 people, we have ended up with these groups:
Team Oppressed:Team Yurop:Quote:
canaki
Pai
Tang
McJon
Team MORE POWER:Quote:
Bridge
Snow
Five
Seika
Team Waifu:Quote:
Nachos
Kirby
Strife
Moony
Leo
Team Death Metal:Quote:
KT
Bloble
Satehi
Ark
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DarkMAN
Opti
Zurvan
Saiga
And three more off-site groups:Quote:
Spoony
Sesto
Trubo
Vri
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Admiral Styles
Aekenon
GMO
Thalraxal
Steak
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Mucky
Lavarinth
Church
Saint Kerrigan
Adun
There's only so many groups I can juggle, so this is it for this go round. If you didn't make it, try again next time. I'll keep the total list in mind; if anyone drops out, I might call on someone to jump in and take one of the available slots.Quote:
Kaufer
Lone Wolf
Alulim
Sir Awesome
Right now Team MORE POWER is playing through Ark of Hope, and other groups are in the preparation phase.
When I run through all the groups here, I'll post results.
That would be my character, Nanaya (sic). I made him as a stealthy type who was also a trained actor.
As the only PC with a half decent education (the rest having merrily minmaxed out of it), he became a ninja hypercompetent butler halfway through the first session.
Not really. In that game, ninja is more of a background option, rather than a character class or anything like that.
It's a French game called Tenga. The rulebook is really byzantine; it was published in 2011 but it feels like an early 90s game.
AFAIK, it's not available in English, although it is available in Spanish for some reason.
I've been debating kicking some money into this KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...?ref=discovery
It's part of the trend of japanese tabletops getting translated over to the West.
It's very Kirby.
Huh. Setting reads like an Urban Fantasy Exalted, or perhaps just regular Scion (though I've never played Scion so it's hard to say). Though the emphasis on secrecy also reminds me of Princess...
So basically the closest thing to a "historical" ninja. Nice!
I was reading a review (http://therpghaven.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1762) and the system seems interesting, but only 50 pages for the setting in a 200-page book? I expect more for a modern release.Quote:
It's a French game called Tenga. The rulebook is really byzantine; it was published in 2011 but it feels like an early 90s game.
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25 dollars for a .pdf file seems a bit steep.
pdf or not, it still had a ton of time and effort poured into the translating, editing, artwork, etc.
I'd get the physical copy anyway though.
A little bit like Scion in its involvement with mythology, but not totally. If were talking about the upcoming 2e(with all it glories, since 1e was lacking on so much, broken in so much more) Scion doesn't really have a thing about being shadow warriors fighting monsters in the shadow, at least not anything above Origin Tier. Scions thing is that you are essentially building a Legend, so you are gonna be having your names known, even when trying to go sneaking your still likely be know to the public in one false persona or another(like Phantom Theives in P5)
As for why I'm going on a tangent on Scion, don't know. Probably just the hype that its almost about to be released.
I can sympathise with that. I've got like 6-7 rulebooks of games I've never gotten to play on my phone and every time I flip through one to pass the time I wish I had someone to play'em with.
As for Scion, I thought its whole thing was that being a demigod is dangerous and you shouldn't really advertise it if you can help it?
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Not entirely unrelated, has anyone here played/read Princess: The Hopeful?
That's first edition. It was basically playing up the Mythological side and have it done similar to WoD/CofD.
The 2e is having it is that it's not like people don't know that their are monsters roaming about. Whether Kitsune, Satyrs or other stuff. It's just isnt in the front and center in their lives, I had someone described it as this. Everyone knows their is organized crime and the mafia, just no one really interacts with it it's more of a story then something people can actually relate to.
As for what Scions big thing is now, well its basically becoming and living like a mythic hero in modern day, as you build up you legend from Hero to Demigod then to God. Overall there's more to it then just that and after talking with the devs and reading the backer previews I'm honestly quite excited to see if I can have a chance to play this, because yes as you said finding a table interested can be a pain.
I did a long time ago when I was mostly looking through interesting New WoD(now CofD) fansplats. So that's one I read along with genius. Overall I think it was pretty cool, though I never played it.Quote:
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Not entirely unrelated, has anyone here played/read Princess: The Hopeful?
Yup, same here. I felt like it really captured that middle ground between mahou shoujo anime and the World of Darkness with all its inherent...well, darkness.
Went digging for more info on a whim, stumbled upon what looks like the unofficial translation of Kamigakari from before the Kickstarted version (done by one of the project translators, at that!). Now, this is not technically piracy since the official version isn't released yet and I trust the people on this board know enough to back a project they like if they can, but I'll remove the link if the mods insist.
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It's pretty much an indie, one-man project, and it shows.
Also, about that review,
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The writing is excellent and the book is very well organized. Not much page-flipping required because some concepts are spread in different sections.
I was expecting an Umineko reference, so...close and yet far.