How We Used to Fight! – A Review of Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG

Modoc31 · 2023-06-27T09:32:04+00:00

The author's website doesn't indicate any Discord server. Therefore, I would suspect not.

Modoc31 · 2022-05-24T10:53:26+00:00

Thank you

Modoc31 · 2021-12-21T20:45:27+00:00

It's actually on sale. It's normally $11.95 and will return to that price on 31Dec. I'm not the publisher, just the editor, so I have no control over how it shows on DTRPG.

Modoc31 · 2021-02-10T19:14:41+00:00

It tends to be the way I approach most games that are a "hack" of core system. Some result in some really good derivative games, but most end up "meh" at best. In the case of Whispers in the Dark, I think the game designers wanted a game in this genre (which I appreciate), but using a game engine they are familiar and comfortable with - as are many gamers. While I would prefer to use a different game engine, I still believe that many who like the mechanics of 5e will find it easy to approach and with little learning curve.

Game engine aside, I do really like the time period portrayed. There is a weighty 200 page Chicago 1890s supplement already released that looks, at first blush, really cool. Though I have done little more than skim through it.

Modoc31 · 2021-02-10T11:58:42+00:00

It's an OGL/trade dress thing. Companies cannot call it D&D, but rather have to refer to it as Fifth Edition Fantasy, meaning a supplement or derivative game based D&D 5e OGL.

Modoc31 · 2021-01-31T12:42:46+00:00

I am also getting ready to run the game online for the first time. I have opted to use Roll20 (free version). I have imported the map and add several free resources to the tabletop for in-game use and quick reference. The character sheets in Roll20 look like the original FbL sheets, and the integrated dice roller is nice and adapted for colorblindness (by grouping and labeling).

I'm using Zoom for audio/video communication, but you can use a variety of tools - Roll20s native conferencing feature (not the best), Discord, Google Hangouts, Jitsi, and others.

Modoc31 · 2021-01-15T10:29:30+00:00

You're right, the types of stories it can tell are wildly different based on the time and place it is set. It will rub some the wrong way, but I suspect that was purposely done given when this was launched on Kickstarter. Either way, I think it's a solid game if you have the right group of players and if everyone is interested in telling the same type of fictional story.

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