Real RPGs, none of that new fangled computer bullshit

[Darth Wagtaros]

Played Magical Kitties Save th e Day on NYE.  I enjoyed it. Would play more.

Played a one shot D&D game 5E at the local cat cafe.  Played a cat themed player race.  The cats ignored us at first but later decided the dice and game markers were the most important things in the world.

[Sophie Scholl]

Anyone familiar with Trudvang? I've been reading up on it as FreeLeague is currently Kickstarting a new version. I absolutely *love* their The One Ring game and am intrigued by Trudvang. Apparently they're using their new Dragonbane system as a base to work from?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/dragonbane-trudvang-the-legend-returns

[Jacob]

I'm familiar with the original Drakar & Demoner game and setting that is what Dragonbane evolved from (essentially it's a different evolutionary offshoot from Runequest). Trudvang, I believe is a house setting that evolved from the Drakar & Demoner implied/ default setting.

The vibe is, I'd say, "Mossy Scandinavian fantasty" (which I adore) which will have some commonality with the grounded, journey focused vibe of the One Ring. Basically, I think it's more of a "it's a fantasy roleplaying game built more around Scandinavian and European sensibilities and history in terms of scale and social relations" in contrast to the "it's a fantasy roleplaying game built on a Wild West sense of scale, sitcom sensibilities, and superhero character archs" that is modern D&D.

I'm not intimately familiar with it, though.

[Jacob]

   Looking at the Kickstarter I was shocked at how the average pledge per backer was something like $1,200.

... but it's not. It SEK, which turns into a somewhat more reasonable US$ 140.