Tabletop / Board Game Appreciation Thread

[Stephen Day]

Feb 26, 2019 3:33:16 GMT sdsichero said:

Feb 22, 2019 3:37:24 GMT Stephen Day said:

I started a new RPG using GURPS this evening it feels good to get back to being a Gamesmaster again.

Cool, what's the scenario?

Infinite Worlds for now:

link

My players haven't done anything with GURPS before and the Infinite Worlds scenario is the easiest way to introduce a great number of aspects of the system overall. Once they're familiar enough with the system I'm going to ask what they want to do and then tailor something to their choice.

[sdsichero]

Feb 26, 2019 3:44:53 GMT Stephen Day said:

Infinite Worlds for now:

link

My players haven't done anything with GURPS before and the Infinite Worlds scenario is the easiest way to introduce a great number of aspects of the system overall. Once they're familiar enough with the system I'm going to ask what they want to do and then tailor something to their choice.

Great, have fun.

Stephen will be the super nice GM.

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[sdsichero]

Uh oh

FUNKO PLANS TO 'DISRUPT' BOARD GAME BUSINESS

Funko plans to be a disruptive force in the games business, which is a bigger category with faster growth than its core action figure category, the company told analysts in its Q4 conference call last week (transcript via Seeking Alpha). The comments came in the wake of the company’s acquisition of game design studio Forrest-Pruzan Creative last month (see "Funko Moves Into the Games Business").

"[T]here is a tremendous amount of opportunity in both the innovation side, which we believe we’re going to bring to the game aisle," Funko President Andrew Perlmitter said in the call. "But as important as the innovation side, we believe we’re going to disrupt this category by approaching it in a very non-traditional way similar to how we’ve approached the figure business. That’s one of the reasons why we’re most excited about getting into this category and we think that there is tremendous opportunity ahead.”

The first step is to make Pop!-based board games. "Our focus in the near-term will be to bring the Pop! brand to the board game aisle, but our plan is to broaden the offering over time," CEO Brian Mariotti said. Mariotti also revealed more of Forrest-Pruzan’s business model, in which "revenue has traditionally been driven off licensing royalties with their publishing partners."

There’s also a library of designs that can be used in new games, according to Perlmutter. "They actually have over 500 pieces of IP or what you’ll hear me refer to as game engines in their catalog.

[mothman]

Does MTG count?I play a bit of MTG.

[sdsichero]

Mar 5, 2019 7:58:36 GMT mothman said:

Does MTG count?I play a bit of MTG.

You'd have to ask bk, but I'd say yes.

Now D&D has a Magic expansion…

dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/guildmasters-guide-ravnica

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Maybe Amoebas can play this

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Pathfinder v2

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Interesting…

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