I think you are all very interested in the following news:
http://www.cubicle-7.com/
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I think you are all very interested in the following news:
http://www.cubicle-7.com/
Based on the promo text,it looks like it won't be using the samr system as Cublicle's Doctor Who RPG.
It would be funny if Cubicle 7 gets the rights for Star Trek!
So far it sounds like a great advertising text for another middle-earth game soon to die...if it ever sees the light of day at all. But IF it does...I'll definitely buy it and start all over again.
I love whenever a company puts out a new edition of the game how they say it will be the most immersive or the best representative. And that they are using a guy who designed a board game to make an rpg doesn't exactly sell me. I know they have worked on other rpg's but I feel meh about it.
Time will tell I guess.
Everyone should write Cubicle 7 and suggest they hire Steve Long to write the new game. After all, he's already done the research. And who the hell cares about "new art" when there are tons of gorgeous movie stills to use?
Steve Long already has a gig, and he's not likely to give it up anytime soon. Besides which, the Cubicle 7 license doesn't include the films; they were only after the book rights, which will sure ease their approvals process (only one licensor to please instead of two).
The blokes they've got working on the game have all sorts of Middle-Earth street cred; the War of the Rings boardgame, which they also worked on, just oozes ME flavor.
Personally, I think it's in very good hands. If it's half as well-done as their Dr. Who RPG, it's going to be a knockout.
The WotR boardgame is both the most fun boardgame I have ever played AND the most true to Tolkien. I look forward to seeing what they can do with a RPG. Also, movie stills in place of art was a major drawback of the CODA LotR for me.
I view OD&D as the definitive Middle-earth rules set, and MERP 1e as the definitive collection of supplements. But “TOR” has definitely earned a glance! Regards.
Though I liked the Layout of the CODA books I was always a fan of original artwork and not photos. Yet that's only the looks and what turned me down the most on CODA was the next to unusable ugly maps and the lack of depth to the material as well as strange publication order.
What I would have liked and are now hoping for, again, would be a descend setting book for a specific area that describes the land, people culture and beast in "down to the bottom" detail like the realm modules of old ICE and there after some rules expansions for the classes or for "combat" and "magic" (would do for me). And then they could churn out more setting and adventures somehow connected to the first book with things like a monster compendium and stuff like that somewhere in between (don't really need that). And what I definitely DON'T need is another triad of "characters from the books" book with statistics for the likes of Frodo, Gandalf and The Balrog ec.
I would be VERY pleased to see them starting with a book about the area of Wilderland/Laketown. But that won't happen, unfortunately...
Well, I'll definitely check it out. I like CODA, but it's not like it's the be-all-end-all of LotR RP. And the fact that they have the book license rather than the movie license is nice.
Yea verily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sho-sa Kurita
Very interesting! I'll keep an eye out for this in my local game shop when it comes out :D
I found this and looked, but there hasn't been any move that I have seen even though it was supposed to be released in the second half of this year. Anyone else have any good poop on it?
Decipher had both licenses, for all the good it did them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sho-sa Kurita
Anyway, I was in the playtest for the C7 version of the game earlier this year but bowed out after a month or so. The early stages of the game weren't my cup of tea, but I'm curious to see how it turned out once it gets released.
Hopefully C7 doesn't have an in-law for an accountant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ineti
My only fault with CODA was the combat system for LOTR. I think the fanbase has rectified it. Decipher suffers the shame of a dropped project and the disgrace of how they let it die. I think I am going to stick with CODA. I do wish the new creators the best of success.
I have to check this out.
£39.99 quid for the two rule books dice and map. The system has gone on limited pre-order. Here's the link http://shop.cubicle7store.com/epages...ories/preorder
I just got the two game guides off of DriveThruRPG for $29.99.
They are really nice looking pieces. It looks like FFG borrowed some things from CODA.
The One Ring is published by Cubicle 7. Fantasy Flight Games had nothing to do with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomcat
I read in some other (german) forum, that they have a rather unique dice resolution system. Based on a d12 with a natural 12 being Gandalf runes and 11 being Saruman's eys or something the like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomcat
Can you comment on the magic and magic-use for player characters? That's for me more or less a deal-breaker with any LotR RPG. Too much magic won't give me the right feel, but no magic at all isn't right either. CODA was I nice fit, especially using your house rules Tomcat :)
I agree whole-heartedly. Steve Long is a great game writer.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaconteurX
Steve Long, Ken Hite, C. J. Carella, Don Mappin - some of the best in the business.
We had some good sessions playing C7's Doctor Who game, but went back to FASA recently. Because C7's website only accepts PayPal (which I boycott rather stringently, after losing $150 on eBay over a $5 transaction), and their stuff is really over-priced on Amazon ($300 for the Doctor Who screen), I doubt we'll be ordering the new LOTR game.
I like CODA's system anyway. And there is so much rich material in Hall of Fire that I'm always finding something new to add to the game.
I am not so sure that they are gonna go through to the end of the war of the ring anyway, as it says to the war which means the biggest time I want to adventure in won't be statted... Any news on that?
#i got the presale of the pdf a couple of days ago but haven't had a chance to see much of it except for a brief look. So far it gorgeous! Great layout and just breathtaking artwork compared to some other games popular these days. It's all original art and no movie stills which is, in my humble opinion, a great bonus. The character sheet looks promising. But that's as much as I can say this far. But it got me hooked for the time. I'm very curious about the content side of the books and looking forward to get the hardcopies.
Any update?
I have been looking toward doing a fantasy setting similar to Ranger's Aprentice series of books with a little magic and I think CODA fits the bill... I hate the new D&D setup and I think CODA allows better character variance than Pathfinder, but is not as bulky as GURPS.
My god-daughter is in a play-by-post game of The One Ring currently and loves it. It's certainly grown on me after reading the rules, it nicely blends old-school and storygame elements to give a satisfying Tolkienesque feel.
It'd be nice if Drivethrurpg's preview showed a little more than just the introduction. I'm more interested to see a *taste* of the mechanics, rather than the fonts they're using. *sigh*
I have The One Ring set. It is visually nice. Mechanics have a bit of CODA and some new stuff. I will stick with CODA myself after investing the last eight years in making house rules and smoothing my game.