Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay PART 02

The developers of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay give an inside look at the 3rd edition from Fantasy Flight Games.

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Gaming

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• warhammer
• fantasy
• roleplay
• flight
• games
• ffg
• workshop
• rpg

[beatboxpeej]

@LordSzabonight They released the hardcover books which contains all the information without the action cards etc. I only like the action cards and other pieces because it helps gaming without opening the books too much.

[Parthamacothna]

@LordSzabonight (continued) I guess you are right concerning the lack of player's creativity. but maybe players prefer to play a tested system or GMs don't like criticism when they let chars die with self-made rules. =)

[Parthamacothna]

@LordSzabonight Ah, I see. I agree that most of the rules are pretty much self-explanatory. I think it's the dice-system that lets this system shine. I hope I didn't sound too harsh. I am just a little hypersensitive when it comes to many negative reviews. They are often full of false preconceptions and hate that this game does not deserve. What is pretty nice is that WFRP3 takes a modular approach. You can leave the bits and pieces and just take the stuff you like.

[LordSzabonight]

@Parthamacothna continued.... I personally think that many TTGamers have very little creative imagination, it has to be all presented to them but they never have the brains to come up with it themselves. Just sheep spending more money on gimmicks. But hey don't get me wrong I like some the idea's from FF, it's just that our group has implemented them years ago, it just took a lil creative imagination, not cards and more clutter.

[LordSzabonight]

@Parthamacothna I read the Rules, it's seems a bit too much of gimmick. I've noticed something though, after years of gaming and getting to know a whole heaps of RPG'ers they all seem to lack their own creative imagination, but once it's down in black and white, from a writer that made this stuff up on the spot, it becomes a Lore fest, who knows each lores better.

[Parthamacothna]

@LordSzabonight have you actually tried it? It isn't more expensive than other systems when you take the production value and what you get for your money into perspective I gave this system a shot and it did quickly win me over. And with the Player's Guide they even give you a Lite version where you don't have to use the fiddly bits. Open up and don't automaticly shoot something down because it tries a different approach.

[hawklord2112]

i have pretty much everything released for this edition of wfrp and reckon it is want DnD4e wanted to be. *yes* it is very MMORPG-y, *yes* it is very gimmicky, and setup takes about a million times longer than most rpgs (and i should know, i own most of them).

HOWEVER it is a fascinatingly simple yet potentially deep system that just works.

(and this is from someone that doesnt, truth be told, like the warhammer 'verse....)

[LordSzabonight]

A Tabletop only requires a Pencil Paper and a good imagination, rulebooks are only there to stop arguments - if you are adult enough then you don't even need rules. 3rd ed Is just a money making Gimmick !!

[DarkBunnyLord]

@Ogma01 Yeah, but thing is FF tends to make awesome games, I really have yet to purchase one from them that I was disappointed with.

[DarkBunnyLord]

Looks great, my only problem is it costs $100 to start. Normally I know you'd pay more for several books but you could at least drop around 40, get started and then stop if you don't like the system, having to drop for all the books right off the bat has kind of pushed me slightly away from this. I still want to give it a shot, just might be a while until I can justify risking all that money on something I don't know if I'll like or not (used to play the old WHF)