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>>49560804
>On a scale of 1 to edge?

Dark Sun

That's why the setting is post-apocalyptic.

>>49560887

Dark Sun ruins the concept by making it too closely entwined with the 'plot' of the world.

Bump. No one?

>>49560787
This seems like a good idea. I've had it before, but never really had an opportunity or desire to use it.

>>49561032
What do you mean "you've had it before"?

>>49560467
>So what's the /tg/ scene like in Australia?
Shit

>>49560544
Perth has a gaming guild that rents out a community center every Saturday from twelve to twelve, has around 4-6 groups in the afternoon and 2-3 in the evening. Plus a couple of gaming stores scattered around the greater metropolitan area and several wargaming clubs.

There meetup based groups and the like.

>>49560467
I've lived in every state:
>Gaming scene is weak in Western Australia. Restricted largely to local groups and small gaming clubs. There are a couple of corporate gaming stores, maybe two Games Workshops, and one really good store based in the basement of an old bank.
>Same deal in Northern Territory, but with fewer gaming clubs. One GW, one Good Games.
>Adelaide pretty solid. The usual spread of GW's and Good Games, but there are a lot of little independent stores everywhere. They're viciously competitive though - don't let them know you go to the corporate stores if you do.
>Queensland: Cairns resembles Darwin but with less infrastructure, Brisbane pretty good.
>Sydney: I was so busy in Sydney that I never got out to game. Seemed like there were a decent number of stores about.
>Gaming scene is on-fucking-fire in Canberra. Politicians kids are some cashed up fuckers. Sore losers though. Jolt Games is a great venue.
>Melbourne: Spoiled for choice. All the corporate stores you could want, dozens of independents, massive 'hang-out' community, Facebook groups abound, gaming clubs in every suburb. This is the traditional gaming mecca of Australia
>Hobart: Surprisingly good. Four stores with dozens of active players, mostly within walking distance of each other. I guess they don't have anything else to do with their 7 hour winter days and constant rain.
>Norfolk Island: I asked a guy if he knew any local miniature gamers and he directed me to a senior citizens centre where they were gluing model airplanes together. Great bunch of dudes. 10/10. Would glue airplanes and talk about the Korean War with again.

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>>49560408
I'm Jean-Jacques Rousseau and I approve of this message.

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laddie... you've never split someone with an axe have yeh?

>>49560408
>Hoplites are the wealthy landowners who can afford armour and weapons
>Knights are the wealthy landowners who can afford armour and weapons

>>49559153
well i have played the starwars rpg... so yes.

>>49559153
The FFG Star Wars RPGs are actually pretty fucking great.

>>49559153
I once made Fantasy Anakin Skywalker. I can do an archive binge to draw up references to when I wrote about him on /tg/, or tell his story from the top.
But of course, /tg/'s gonna demand storytime, so I'll get to typing.

>tfw I would totally field an army of half-naked jojo's if I could find models for that.

>>49559086
Because they are too fabulous for you!

>>49559086
Because they aren't a 40k army.

They will have an army list in 30k, however.

If you're getting the 'better' players (and fuck a system that makes people play a game they don't want to play), won't it be fun for all of you? If That Guy starts his shit warn then kick him.

Say you don't have as much free time as you thought you had and as such you can no longer run the campaign. Apologize profusely.

>>49558658
The issue is not that I don't want to DM, I just don't want to DM Rome.

>>49557021
You don't. Just let him do his thing and get his feet wet.

>>49557021
He'll figure that out as he goes along. Don't be a dick and start asking about all the far away lands and rolling history checks to fuck with him.

I'd say don't. If he has NPCs in mind, that's probably good enough to start. Just let him know in game that you and your character are interested in who these people are and why they're doing what they're doing
If you can stop short of being annoying with it, he'll probably find it flattering if anything, and might be encouraged to come up with more detailed stuff as you go along
a few sessions of asspull lore before it reaches that stage won't hurt anyone

>>49556635
Dem Bois?

>>49556694
http://myyugiohdeck.wikia.com/wiki/Frog_Deck

I don't even play YuGiOh and I can tell you're a scrub by the way you complain.

Reading the card it doesn't even seem that bad, you have spawn a token with it to do that effect and it's completely telegraphed so you're opponent can just cast the least beneficial spell/trap.

Don't bring grillfriend the games.
Alternatively. don't even get one.

>>49556582
Have a girlfriend that knows what the fuck is going on, and have her and the DM be good enough friends that he can smack her character around along with everyone else's.

>>49556837
>don't even get one.
This desu

>inb4 it ain't me

Doesn't Savage Worlds have a Weird War setting?

I think it is relegated to WWII, but it shouldn't be hard to just port it over to vietnam.

>>49556402

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

>Jimi Hendrix and other rock artists were actually bards that played music to keep the Vietnamese wizards at bay for the duration of the war

You will need to get the Player's Handbook, the GM Guide, and the Monster Manual.

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You don't really NEED miniatures, you can just use graph paper and little toys that fit on the grid. Someone will need to run the game (play as the monsters and shop keepers and regular town people), he is called the Game Master or the Dungeon Master (DM or GM). Everybody else just plays as one character and describes what they want to do and the GM narrates what happens.

We actually get asked this a lot.

To start, some people will want to make sure you understand that there are more tabletop roleplaying games besides D&D. With that out of the way, the best way to begin is with D&D 5th Edition.

http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop/players-basic-rules
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules

Those links are for an introduction to the basic rules to give you a sense of the game, and for the rest you can stop by the 5e general thread to download all the books in full.

The easiest way to start actually playing is with the D&D 5e starter set. It costs about $20, and includes a physcial copy of the basic rules, character sheets, an adventure designed for new players, and even a set of dice. You will, however, want to buy more than one set, and the best deal on dice is one of the $20 bag of dice off of Amazon (with the Wizkids and Chessex brands being recommended for bulk, cheap dice).

All in all, you don't need miniatures if you're just starting, and can use anything from cardboard tokens to glass beads. For the most part, you can actually play 5e entirely without miniatures.

A note on dice: it feels better to roll dice in person, but if you really can't afford dice or can't get them, you can roll online or something: https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm

Whose idea was it to make you backtrack through the rulebook for character generation

>>49554738
Fucking Time Wizards, is what.

My group started playing Rifts. We enjoyed its setting but stopped after only 2 sessions. One of the players was an actor and got some commercial deals, so we went on hiatus. Been looking into finding some new members for more Rifts.

Okay but they're going to use a retroviral genetic tinker to turn you into an eight-year-old first.

>>49554348
Holy fuck, GO BACK TO /d/. You get ONE fetish shitpost, anon, not two! Take your deldar and nurgle and fuck right off.

>>49554348

If you're enjoying it, they'll stop. They'll probably deaden every nerve in your body and then toss you into a sewage sump near the torture chamber. You'll be tormented by hearing others undergoing the torture you crave but couldn't even feel anyway. Plus you'll be covered in rancid dark eldar poop.

Or you could go to the commander thread.

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For any color, I always like
sol ring
ancient tomb
lightning greaves
sword of _____ and _____ (fire and ice, light and shadow, feast and famine, war and peace, to a lesser extend body and mind)
loxodon warhammer (aka loxodon winhammer)
umezawa's jitte
sensei's divining top
signets
mana tomb
mana crypt
maze of ith
fetches and shocks (or duals if you're rich)
shards of alara and khans of tarkir triple lands
evolving wilds/terramorphic expanse
gilded lotus
karn liberated

by color
swords to plowshares
path to exile
oblivion ring
condemn
wrath of god
day of judgement
hallowed burial
ghostly prison
moat

vampiric tutor
demonic tutor
malicious affliction
damnation
black sun's zenith
urborg, tomb of yawgmoth
animate dead
liliana of the veil

counterspell
fact or fiction
control magic
bribery
treachery
force of will
ponder
propaganda
rhystic study

yavimaya elder
krosan grip
kodama's reach/cultivate

red and green have such diverse strategies it's hard for me to narrow down "staples" that belong in a lot of decks. And obviously no deck should run all of this stuff, especially not all the colorless stuff, you should pick a strategy or a creature type theme or something and play to your strategy