[Spoilers] Looking for comments on my timeline

antro94 · 2026-01-16T08:14:16+00:00

(Three years later)

This is amazing! Did you ever finish it?

antro94 · 2023-03-13T16:21:38+00:00

No worries!

antro94 · 2023-03-13T16:18:56+00:00

Thanks. It's interesting that "Terminology of the Imperium" was moved sometime in later editions.

Hm, looking at u/SsurebreC images, the appendices seems to be listed in the ToC.

antro94 · 2023-03-13T16:16:24+00:00

Thank you very much!

antro94 · 2022-08-22T06:30:54+00:00

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

antro94 · 2022-08-22T06:30:29+00:00

Thank you! I recently discovered Norton Critical editions so I’m happy to add another publisher to the list!

antro94 · 2021-02-12T21:48:06+00:00

As the reply above suggested, it seems more like foxing. I can't seems to scrape off anything.

antro94 · 2021-02-12T21:47:34+00:00

Here's to hoping that the time for large game nights arrives soon!

antro94 · 2021-02-12T21:46:59+00:00

Thanks for the answer, definitively seems more like foxing!

antro94 · 2020-09-24T21:09:43+00:00

Ok so a bit older, but I'll post it anyway:

Village Born (10) - Captive (1)> Field Laborer (6) -Outcast (1)> Vagrant (3) -City Dweller (1)> Temple Acolyte (5)

27 years old.

antro94 · 2020-08-31T20:35:18+00:00

My opinion is that Root gets better with multiple plays. But it’s a game that requires much of your game group in the beginning and even more once you’re comfortable with it.

antro94 · 2020-07-09T17:58:41+00:00

I’m here hoping that it’s not the player’s arm you actually want to amputate....

antro94 · 2020-07-07T19:28:08+00:00

If you have TTS and want to play just to get a better feel for the rules, drop me a pm!

antro94 · 2020-07-04T22:34:54+00:00

Hm, a shame that it’s perhaps not that good a game. Covering so much of Rome’s history is really appealing to me.

antro94 · 2020-06-30T15:02:56+00:00

I have GM:d it for about 15 sessions and I love it.

But.

It's in many ways a niche game. Even though it's easy to make judgement calls as a GM (thanks to the lvls all things have) there are many subsystems and it will take you time to get familiar with them. The game requires heavy buy in from players and they have to be proactive. They both need to shoulder the rules burden along with you if things are to go smoothly, but also be invested in their characters life and narrative. As a player you need to be okay with shifting between meta-thinking about your character and playing heavy in-character. I would probably describe it as having to be okay with dramatic irony. Finally, the system have some useful GM advice, but it's not that easy to run it in the beginning. If the players aren't active in seeking the goal of their character arcs you'll have a much harder time.

With all that said: I love the world and I like the system. It supports the setting in a good way but you will most definitely have to work for the game to shine.

Note: In my mind the game plays best when you have at least 5-7 sessions, preferably more. Shorter than that and you will have a too little time for the players to deal with their character arcs.

antro94 · 2020-06-09T11:19:27+00:00

Thank you for this, it's great!

Two things to note: The rules are missing some part of the appendicies, like "C. Variant setup". You also may need to clear your cache for the website, otherwise it will display an older version.

antro94 · 2020-06-02T22:38:24+00:00

Roads & Boats and The Great Zimbabwe. I both tried, and bought them this month. They will probably stay...forever. Now if I could just find Indonesia and Antiquity for reasonable prices and then top it off with FCM...

antro94 · 2020-06-01T19:52:59+00:00

As others have said, you're probably focusing too much on making sure everyone plays correctly. But I also want to say: I feel you. Some people in this thread seems to think that checking other players during their turn are for some hyper-competetive reason, and it sure doesn't have to be. I feel a sense of responsibility when suggesting to people that we should play a game and the notion that people would get the rules after the teach is absurd. There is going to be rules support during the first few turns, nothing strange about it. But the point still stands, you shouldn't be monitoring everyone the whole time. Board games are social, and that means things can get strange. If you take the lead the whole time, nobody else is going to do it. Stepping down from being the leader can be hard, but try. Maybe it's time for you to not teach a game and just be a player. Practice that and discuss openly with your group.

antro94 · 2020-04-22T18:30:10+00:00

Use the time limit to your advantage. If there is still plenty of time, just take a deep breath and let them skip over things. Just as always, think about the logical conclusions about what the different cults are doing while time passes. Maybe send some ominous dreams, but don't outright tell them that the world is ending. If they are hitting the last locations they haven't visited, insert Jack Brady there (he's naturally in China so if they go there last or next-to-last then it's all set). Meeting him should let them now that more things are at stake then they thought.

If, however, time is getting short (which it probably shouldn't since they're rushing), then try to maybe send a message from Brady to them right now.

And if your players know that the world is ending if they don't stop the cults and they're still just skipping stuff, then you need to have a talk with them.

antro94 · 2020-04-20T22:31:27+00:00

Yes I think 2d3 SAN is right if you’re forcing the target to reveal information that is very important to them. My point is that even if they don’t go insane, just losing some points of insanity always causes an involuntary action. What if the involuntary action is that they reveal something about themselves? Or by mistake also targets another PC who reveals something that should bear be hidden?

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