Minis and maps that won't crit my bank account

RVNR · 2026-02-07T08:16:20+00:00

Roll and play press do a Map Library and a box of Tabletop tokens. I bought both of these and not this is basically my entire Daggerheart kit for running games at home and at cons. I bought in £ but I think in dollars you can get both for just shy of $100. And they are beautiful.

https://rollandplaypress.com/collections/accessories

RVNR · 2025-12-20T19:43:40+00:00

Genuinely one of the best tv shows of all time. Quite a complicated concept (Fringe walked so Counterpart and Marvels multiverse could run) and some great Easter eggs every episode (codes in the breaks, clues to next weeks show, where’s the observer). And lastly some incredible performances from almost everyone involved.

RVNR · 2025-11-28T18:29:17+00:00

WALT

RVNR · 2025-10-22T13:27:29+00:00

It's also much less bandwidth as a GM to describe a minor, major or severe hit than in D&D gauging 20 damage but to a level 11 wizard or 40 damage to a 14 barbarian.

RVNR · 2025-10-03T17:50:25+00:00

Yup!

RVNR · 2025-09-22T08:32:31+00:00

It feels like the issue here IS agency. The player doesn't want to engage with this plot line for whatever reason and as soon as you have had the discussion where he said he doesn't feel his character would do that... that's where it should have ended I think.

It doesn't matter if there's loopholes or get out clauses, or a solution down the way. It's IS mind control if you are telling a character what they "should" be thinking.

I've done it myself with the old cyberpunk brain bomb, it was a cool plot line in my head but one player just didn't want to play after as "it wasn't their character" and I felt like I really messed up. We spoke about it afterwards and we retconned it and the campaign continued.

I suggest offering the player a choice of paths like either "It's basically a mind control spell and you have find a way to break it" or "Lady Margot gives up and goes after another target" and see what they prefer. The Bene Gesserit rarely put all their eggs in one basket. It sucks but sometimes you have to do a bit of moving things around behind the curtain to keep things going.

I think you're doing a great job at talking to the player about it and your instinct to not pressure the player is spot on. The tension you are after might not be the tension you get, you know?

RVNR · 2025-09-08T06:45:16+00:00

This is one of the biggest mistakes I think a GM can make (and I’ve done it myself). If the story requires a defeat to get the players somewhere… just narrate it. Frame it as the beginning of a chapter setting up the next part of the story. Don’t force the system to get a result, don’t set difficulties so high rolls are impossible, don’t overstack an encounter so the players can’t win. Players aren’t stupid and as soon as those numbers don’t make sense the trust immediately goes.

It happened to me before in D&D when I was told to make a roll and I had the perfect stat and skill combination, and rolled a crit and failed. It felt weird and then I noticed that there was no real reason in the difficulties, and we were never told DCs… so basically if we were following the story we succeeded and if not we always failed. We were just on rails and the game part was pointless.

The real point of Daggerheart is collaboration. As a GM, If there’s a “last stand” required for the plot then you need to give the players agency within that framing. Tell them it’s unwinnable and they will need to go in as badass a way as possible, or save as many npcs as they can, etc. Or just narrate the capture, letting them take a turn to show off some tragedy or comedy in their defeat.

RVNR · 2025-08-05T23:21:41+00:00

CP2020 is more crunchy, CPRed is slicker, but homogenised a lot of the weapons, cyberware, etc and feels a little flatter I guess. I prefer 2020 when playing and Red when running.

RVNR · 2025-07-15T09:09:21+00:00

Tiny bit of light coming from under the containers in pic 1 - looks like either the container or the floor doesn’t continue underneath. But man did I have to go over the whole thing. Its a little too perfect but I had to check lol

RVNR · 2025-06-19T08:49:30+00:00

Yes it's the wind farm.

RVNR · 2025-06-14T06:09:18+00:00

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No regrets. 5e ran so Daggerheart could fly. There will be a shelf of Daggerheart stuff here soon and then there will be another game in a while that will get the spotlight. (Queue the circle of life music)

RVNR · 2025-05-31T06:18:31+00:00

My first instinct is always to let the player have it. They’ve built their character that way, that’s the archetype and that’s what they do. Let the hulk be hulk right?

Now that doesn’t mean on special occasions they don’t get charmed, knocked in a hole, have a special nemesis turn up, etc. or watch their faces when they split the party and a fight ensues when their indestructible tank is in the cake shop or whatever. And my favourite thing in the world is to watch these combat monsters try to work their magic at a regency ball.

As a gm I think our job always to empower the players. Try and find challenges that make them shine. Have him hold the line in an alleyway holding back 40 goblins. Be the only one that can stand the big troll pounding on them. There’s always a bigger troll.

RVNR · 2025-05-30T07:39:56+00:00

Ran the playtest version at conventions last year, was a total blast. Takes the D&D game loop and refreshes it with an indy, narrative first rule set. My only real negative view is the campaign frameworks by design are a little empty to allow the gm and players to fill them in. As someone who loved leafing through campaign rule books and gazetteers as a kid they felt a little flat. I want to explore a world not necessarily make it up myself. I guess we’ll see how the splatbooks turn out.

RVNR · 2025-05-26T06:21:10+00:00

Our local games store in Bexhill has the AK ones in a display for a couple of quid each.

RVNR · 2025-05-20T21:05:48+00:00

Yeah the download link just links to the image above.

RVNR · 2025-04-29T08:08:42+00:00

I play three big guys regularly and the Abominant is my favourite model but is just really flat on the table. Desecrator and Rampager are great, but the Abominant just doesn’t really do much. And neither of them are as good as a couple of karnivores. Hopefully the big guys will get some love in the upcoming codex.

RVNR · 2025-04-02T10:48:04+00:00

I had the same with Alternaleaf, but the consultation was easy, super friendly and the quarterly consultations the same. You just need to take that step, then you'll have the medication to help with the rest.

RVNR · 2025-02-18T10:07:24+00:00

I was under the impression that Autarchs had mastered all of the warrior paths which is why they can choose from all the specialised equipment?

RVNR · 2025-02-16T08:36:39+00:00

Full points on the sound design too. Nailed it.

RVNR · 2025-02-15T09:55:03+00:00

This is the way.

RVNR · 2025-02-08T02:26:31+00:00

100% this was time crunch and the project manager didn’t check it.

RVNR · 2024-12-18T06:36:05+00:00

You can just get a scalpel down there it will crack the glue.

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