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Is this like, "I foresee a crossroads in your future"? :) Keep in mind that the goal of DCC RPG is not to simplify 3E. The primary goal is to re-envision what D&D could have been if the creators focused their energies on adapting their inspirations to an existing rules set, rather tha...

The dice actually introduce some interesting mechanics. For example: in 3E and its variants, fighting with a weapon in both hands has typically been accomplished by rolling two d20's and subtracting a different number from each. You then have to do math. If your BAB is +6, you've got a Str modifier...

4th Edition happened. That's what got me. Until I got wind of a DCC RPG in the works I pretty much avoided all RPG related sites (save for CoC, which is actually how I got wind of the DCC RPG, came back to look at Goodman's modules for CoC) I agree with you there. Our group does not play 4e either....

To be honest, I think the inclusion of some of the weird dice (d3, d14, d16, d24, d30) are just going to cause more delay and headache than it will help with a cool appeal. While experienced gamers can do a d3 (1-2, 3-4, 5-6), d16 (d8 w/ high low), etc... It does slow the game down further because t...

Anything on this?

goodmangames wrote:Cool. Find me and let's do some playtesting!

I was not able to make it, but how did it go?

I was gone all weekend, so I will check to see if other people ran into you at GaryCon.

goodmangames wrote:Anybody here going to GaryCon this year?

http://www.garycon.com/

At least half of the Bloodkings is going to Garycon.

I'm also not interested in being the lightning rod for the edition wars. Apparently if I support Pathfinder it means 4E sales are terrible, whereas my ongoing support for Chaosium's BRP means 4E sales are okay? I run Goodman Games for fun, not profit, and when people post vitriolic messages because...

Just to add my two cents worth also... 4e split our group into three groups. (liked, hated, did not care). I am definitely in the hated category, but our entire group did play enough 4e to participate in the DCC tourney the last two years. So we did get some solid experience with it. Since I am the ...

I am sorry to say that there will not be a Gen Con DCC tournament this year. I have some scheduling conflicts, and there won't be an "official" Goodman Games presence in the form of booth, tournament, etc. That's not to say it's gone forever - please don't read too much into this, as some...

Who is in the Chicago land area?

- Set party. I love the "choose-a-team" design, but it can lead to teams getting hosed because they didn't take THE ONE CHARACTER that was perfect for the encounter. While we balance that out over the course of the entire module, next year we'll do something new. Every team will be compos...

The Blood Kings washed out in the first round. We actually handled the first fight pretty well, it took us a few rounds but they really did not do a great deal of damange to us overall. The telescope room ate up most of our time, but we were winning the fight when the time ran out. 2 spectral warrio...

Uggg... *yawn* I would like to thank the sadistically clever indivuduals that did the seven characters for the adventure. Because of you, most of the Blood Kings were up LATE last night testing the characters. I think I got home at about 2am... This year, there are not as many clear cut choices for ...

OK, and here you go. Up at the top is a stickied-and-locked thread that will go into the backstory of this year's DCC Open Tournament...this is merely going to be an expansion of the information the heroes will already know at the beginning of the tourney. Thank you for the write-up. Can you add th...

So, having no experience w/ GenCon previously... what exactly is involved w/ the Goodman Games portion of the GenCon? I see you mentioning teams. Is it a gladiator type of event? Just curious mainly. I live in Portland and I'm not entirely certain I'll be going to this, but ya' never know, so I tho...

Hamakto wrote:

Jengenritz wrote:

Hamakto wrote:Or maybe we can talk someone into doing a monthy update on what is coming? Maybe a back story?

Interesting...that actually might kinda work this year of all years...

Hey... its Feb now.

*hint* *hint*

*ducks*

*bump*

Jengenritz wrote:

Hamakto wrote:Or maybe we can talk someone into doing a monthy update on what is coming? Maybe a back story?

Interesting...that actually might kinda work this year of all years...

Hey... its Feb now.

*hint* *hint*

*ducks*

I can understand where you are coming from, but i don't think that putting some effort into Pathfinder would be a waste. It would in fact broaden the customer base, as there are some customers who are going to go with Pathfinder instead of 4E, and some, like me, who will be playing both games. I wo...

Sure, I'll throw out a bone... ONE: The Year Six Tournament is going to for 14th level characters. ...eh, I'll make it two bones... TWO: Team size has been increased to FIVE members. Or maybe we can talk someone into doing a monthy update on what is coming? Maybe a back story? Interesting...that ac...

Can you believe... it is only 6 3/4 months away? Is it too early to get excited? Never!!!! The Goodman Games DCC Tourney is calling out to everyone! I just wanted to start to get everyone fired up and to say that the Blood Kings will be back to try to win the DCC again. Who is going to join us in th...

Our gaming group consists of:

2 DM's (who trade off playing and/or even co-DM)
6 players

Ususally we get 6-7 people who can show for a specific session.

Our group... like many others, has decided not to move forward into 4e. I will be honest, there are a few members of our group that would not mind moving forward. But there they are facing some very stout opposition! And yes, I am one of the players in opposition to going forward. I recently (two mo...

Yes, I would like to add mine and Celtar's thanks for setting up the Wednesday night tourney. We did enjoy ourselves and we used the additional experience of playing 4e in the DCC. As we only got to play 4e twice (as a group) before GC2008. Lucky for us the characters were first level and had powers...

The Blood Kings repeated for a second year as the winners of the DCC tourney.

When we have some more time, the Blood Kings will post some of our quite amusing mishaps and decisions as we traveled through this years meat grinder!