tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4770751249590084860..comments2024-03-28T15:30:09.903-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: REVIEW: Symbaroum Starter SetJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59416578053958903072021-06-19T17:43:45.247-04:002021-06-19T17:43:45.247-04:00Symbaorum had a Bundle of Holding time limited off...Symbaorum had a Bundle of Holding time limited offer not long ago. I didn't buy it though. <br /><br />The only 'player facing' game I've read is Apocalypse World. My impression is everything bascally revolves around saving throws. I liked the approach, on paper at least. Thomas Lindgrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529775120938964314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61167497316275377172021-06-15T17:41:31.679-04:002021-06-15T17:41:31.679-04:00Monte Cook's Cypher System and Eden Studio'...Monte Cook's Cypher System and Eden Studio's Buffy & Angel RPGs are both player-facing, I find that the first couple of sessions its cool but after that I find I actually like rolling dice as a DM.Cross Planeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258583245202567276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85048732381715287312021-06-15T13:41:42.968-04:002021-06-15T13:41:42.968-04:00Also guilty of picking this up a few weeks ago. Li...Also guilty of picking this up a few weeks ago. Like you I've been drawn to the art and the what I'd heard about the setting...though I've heard mixed views on the system. I have to say the setting has really grabbed me..and I failed my willpower roll a few days ago and ordered the core book and the first of the campaign books, too! Mallius Vanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017597212038657943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14080996097415979682021-06-14T14:25:52.454-04:002021-06-14T14:25:52.454-04:00I skipped the starter set and went straight for th...I skipped the starter set and went straight for the core book based on various reviews and was pretty pleased with my purchase. Like you I don't really need new RPGs in my life but I enjoy reading rules as much as conventional books, and I'm a sucker for an intriguing setting. Symbaroum's certainly got that going for it. Reminds me a bit of Naomi Novik's novel Uprooted, although only slightly due to both having an incredibly dangerous and mysterious forest as a centerpiece to their stories.<br /><br />Still not sure I'll ever run the game itself, but it's a good read and there are ideas to be mined for rule systems I'm more comfortable with.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91647940767025943392021-06-14T13:42:27.705-04:002021-06-14T13:42:27.705-04:00I was just thinking that I really do not need any ...I was just thinking that I really do not need any more RPGs...and then I read this. I still don't need more RPGs, but now I <i>want</i> this one.John Brinegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123235797335728124noreply@blogger.com