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Just recently started learning the Cypher system in ramping up for a Numenera campaign. A long-time fan and user of the Savage Worlds system, I am seeing mechanics within the Cypher system that intrigue me, and others that leave me scratching my head. Of the latter one of the biggest stumbling blocks for me is how damage and health are handled in conjunction with stat pools. It makes no sense to my mind that someone can go to from being seriously wounded to fully restored after just having rested for a bit and making a few good recovery rolls. Likewise, while I can see using stat pools for effort, doing so should not leave you potentially closer to death should you get injured shortly thereafter.
Anthony’s answer to this is to incorporate as system of wound levels, not entirely dissimilar to Savage Worlds, for example, which is a mechanic I like very much.
I do think, however, the way Anthony works this out adds more ‘crunch’ than I would be comfortable with, particularly i...
Rating: [3 of 5 Stars!] |
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Another excellent issue of Tiny Zine.
This month's Roll-and-Play features Gladiator Arenas. As usual, it's worth your while-- especially because it can be easily adapted not just to TD2e and TF:R, but also to Mecha and Monsters, Wastelands, and Supers. And maybe Beach Patrol?
The Familiars article is a great expansion on the original rules. For anyone who plays a character with a Familiar, this is a must-have.
There have been a number of microsettings rolled out in previous issues of Tiny Zine (1, 4, 5, 7) and each of them has given me ideas for my own campaign. But James M. Spahn's Starwing: Blazing Exodus might be the first one that makes me want to start a new campaign so I can play it just as it is. If you loved the Battlestar Galactica reboot, and you want to play out your own ending, you need to play this. (And so do I. Holler at me.)
Grit, Shootouts, and Bounties looks really interesting. (Makes me hope we get to see Tiny Gunslinger some day.) And someone...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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I really wanted to love this, but there are just so many choices made in this book that run counter to what I feel makes a good game.
And that has disappointed me to no end.
I backed it on kickstarter and waited patiently for the follow-up to the first RPG I ever really played. I had hoped for a lighter, more table-friendly game, with a good flow and rules that were more focused on the bigger picture than the details.
What works for me: The setting is cool as all heck. Anything that touches the world of creation is awesome. There are little hints and rumors that aren't immediatly explainable, which function great as inspiration for stories and adventure. If anything, the setting part of this book is too short, and more pages should have been assigned to this.
What doesn't work for me: The artwork, most of it is dull and uninspired, there is no "freedom" to the art styles, most of it locked by tracing after 3-d models. Some are great, the cover in particular is very cool.
The sys...
Rating: [2 of 5 Stars!] |
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