tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post4042635064869096696..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: View from the Front LineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-43310514655519575572009-05-21T18:19:46.124+08:002009-05-21T18:19:46.124+08:00FP's bargain bin has been my favoured haunt for a ...FP's bargain bin has been my favoured haunt for a while now. You can find some hidden treasure in among the back issues of The Rifter and the generic Dark, Edgy and Unsellable tosh. <br /><br />I've found Ars Magica modules, En Garde PBM game, Iron Heroes (that must have been there in error), Grimtooths Traps... That shelf is like a dead letterbox with regular dispatches of "stuff Chris will like".<br /><br />RPGs in Waterstones? They've been pushing GW stuff (mainly WFRP hardbacks and the art books) for yonks now.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-41646250103761660032009-05-21T10:39:45.538+08:002009-05-21T10:39:45.538+08:00I never got a chance to play GURPS 3e. I started w...I never got a chance to play GURPS 3e. I started with GURPS 3rd edition revised. I'm not sure how different the editions are. These days I'm really enjoying 4e. When you say that you paid 99p, is that a good deal?Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10341563114248649379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-31990956118505338862009-05-21T09:46:40.417+08:002009-05-21T09:46:40.417+08:00Just chiming in to say that GURPS is in its 4th ed...Just chiming in to say that GURPS is in its 4th edition now, so selling the last edition at a discount price isn't probably a sign of the apocalypse.<br />Mongoose Traveller, RPG.NET darling or not, is pretty solid. If you like the original black box Traveller then you'll be charmed by the new edition.<br />Mouseguard? Love the comic, haven't played the game.Matt Staggshttp://www.entertheoctopus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-74131949134039795042009-05-21T09:45:40.971+08:002009-05-21T09:45:40.971+08:00The third edition GURPS hardback is a damn fine ga...The third edition GURPS hardback is a damn fine gaming investment. I bought mine new and its still in great shape. Should still "work". ;)Blotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993967190131485391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-9394452466534858372009-05-21T07:40:27.171+08:002009-05-21T07:40:27.171+08:00Waterstone's! Forbidden Planet! That little shop w...Waterstone's! Forbidden Planet! That little shop were I got the alternate version of Froud's Goblin Companion and Discworld Encyclopedia! <br /><br />-Sigh-<br />I sooo miss England.<br /><br />AD<br />Barking AlienAdam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-14160447073755403392009-05-21T04:48:04.388+08:002009-05-21T04:48:04.388+08:00Oh well, I suppose I was talking out of my arse ab...Oh well, I suppose I was talking out of my arse about no RPGs in Waterstone's. <br /><br /><B>Johnathan</B>: I wouldn't recommend it for a 5 year old. It's a lot simpler than Burning Wheel but still way more complicated than a lot of other games. I think it's one of those things "for kids" that are really for adults - or at least 13+'s.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-5511621274126500022009-05-21T04:30:59.773+08:002009-05-21T04:30:59.773+08:00D&D3 was on the shelves at Waterstones in Merr...D&D3 was on the shelves at Waterstones in Merry Hill Dudley when it was new and they had quite a large stock of d20 stuff at the time.<br /><br />And I bought my Advanced Fighting Fantasy rulebooks in WHSmiths in Stourbridge but I doubt that counts as a "full" RPG!<br /><br />Picked up the pocket edition of Mongoose Traveller on Saturday (not from a high street bookshop :) ) just flipped through it so far so no real opinion formed on it yet.Coopdevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219253658967958289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-12123441647624181312009-05-21T04:20:43.992+08:002009-05-21T04:20:43.992+08:00what's the deal with Mousegard? I've heard lots of...what's the deal with Mousegard? I've heard lots of good things about it... but, is it a game for playing with your kids? My 5 year old is looking at my dice and miniatures lately... before endsup with that nerd'ish coneshaped head, I was thinking I would pick something up. Rory's Story Dice, I have those... tons of fun... but now we are looking for something else.Jonathan Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-43712786162473218362009-05-21T03:59:58.899+08:002009-05-21T03:59:58.899+08:00Isn't 3e the previous edition of GURPS? So not cu...Isn't 3e the previous edition of GURPS? So not current, which would explain the price. Still, the rules should work. ;)trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-89411213898005226662009-05-21T03:53:48.923+08:002009-05-21T03:53:48.923+08:00I believe that I bought my first RPG books, the AD...I believe that I bought my first RPG books, the AD&D Monster Manual and Monster Manual II, at a Waterstone's in Edinburgh in 1985.letsdamagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.com