tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6051323048453516308..comments2024-03-28T01:53:34.870-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #57James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-63191263484601504912022-11-14T00:18:40.492-05:002022-11-14T00:18:40.492-05:00Something always worth remembering is that the rev...Something always worth remembering is that the reviewers apparently didn't assign the ratings, the editors did. (There were occasionally dark mutterings that the ratings got assigned based on whatever Games Workshop had the license to import at the time... Surely not...)David Pulverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857524962421597982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90358326462320449042022-11-10T10:46:51.804-05:002022-11-10T10:46:51.804-05:00RE: James Bond, they also didn't like MS&P...RE: James Bond, they also didn't like MS&PE a few issues back. Maybe the reviewer just doesn't "get" those kinds of games? (In which case they shouldn't review them, but whatever.)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467431641317104916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10122686223186497692022-11-10T03:49:14.630-05:002022-11-10T03:49:14.630-05:00A 6 for 007 is a crying shameA 6 for 007 is a crying shameartikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88894971209504024102022-11-09T16:18:50.927-05:002022-11-09T16:18:50.927-05:00I don't know how the article adjusts RQ vampir...I don't know how the article adjusts RQ vampires, but in the recent edition of the game, <i>RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha</i>, vampires can now regain HP by draining the blood of a victim, which was not the case in 1E/2E (those ones weren't able to regain POW normally, but could do so by draining a victim of their POW like a ghost; as an aside, I find myself once again appreciating the differentiation of POW from Magic Points in later editions). Nothing actually requires the RQ:RiG vampire to drink blood, though.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56312546036664750952022-11-09T11:48:53.895-05:002022-11-09T11:48:53.895-05:00I fondly remember "Sky Rig." I used it a...I fondly remember "Sky Rig." I used it as foreshadowing, since later in the campaign the group chased down a lead to an Ancient structure that turned out to be located in the atmosphere of a gas giant.The Malumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971459955701026406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-81241872062971679012022-11-09T02:03:00.319-05:002022-11-09T02:03:00.319-05:00Judge Dredd was a great game, similar rules set to...Judge Dredd was a great game, similar rules set to Warhammer fantasy RPG but with a superior system of advancement. It gets dismissed a lot for to the titular judges being somewhat underwhelming as elite law enforcers and it's a game that never got the second edition it deserved but it's miles better than every other Dredd rpg published (it actually plays quite smoothly with modern players) and it got buckets of support as a product in in the pages of WD before the GW abandoned RPG coverage around issue 100Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503592543658898692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10800749075433632412022-11-08T15:16:03.918-05:002022-11-08T15:16:03.918-05:00Very odd indeed. The review also claims that the r...Very odd indeed. The review also claims that the rules are complex and a hindrance to play, which is even odder, at least based on my experience.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-64026724248380340352022-11-08T15:12:07.804-05:002022-11-08T15:12:07.804-05:00That's an oddly low rating for James Bond 007....That's an oddly low rating for James Bond 007. The game featured a flavourful but quick paced rule system, the first use of plot changing hero points that I know of, and brilliant adventures. Sir Harrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064391207365006286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-70687848798356756962022-11-08T14:11:15.897-05:002022-11-08T14:11:15.897-05:00I liked Sky Rig as well. I remember using it in my...I liked Sky Rig as well. I remember using it in my campaign. Morris does have a point about Gloranthan vampires. I wonder if they ever changed it? Dave Langford has since released a book with a collection of his White Dwarf reviews, "The Complete Critical Assembly." It's a good source for 70-80s sf reviews.David Pulverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00857524962421597982noreply@blogger.com