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I'll see those "forsooths" and raise you a "Yea, verily!" By Odin!

Congratulations, Harley!

Yeah, that is a great cover -- first real artwork for this that I've seen other than maps. As the lucky person that Joseph asked to edit this tarrasque-sized project, I just want to add my praise to what Harley, Jeff, and the other writers have accomplished. DCC fans are in for a big treat. And to a...

Yeah, speaking for myself, I've been busy with various projects so I haven't checked in much lately. I'll be able to jump in more often in a little while.

--Ken

Hey, very cool. Thanks for the link. I can definitely hear some of his influences right off the bat, like Gary Numan, Front 242, and This Mortal Coil. Nice artwork on his covers, too.

--Ken

To be a complete fanboy for a moment: That would be cool. "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" is one of the all-time great Who stories and a personal favorite.

--Ken, who wishes he fought in the Battle of Reykjavik

Hey, the new issue of Dragon (#341) has an article about "construct familiars." Some good concepts -- it wouldn't take much alteration to make them fit into a home DragonMech campaign.

By the way, the same issue (p. 17) also promotes the Dungeon Crawl Classics miniatures. Go, GG!

--Ken

Although I've been happily editing the Etherscope products for months, I recently ran my first Etherscope game! Huzzah! I had wanted to do it earlier, but my weekly gaming group was disrupted a lot more than usual by the Thanksgiving-Xmas-New Year troika. Anyhow, we had a smaller group a couple of w...

Mapquest says 9 hours, but its calculations don't really take traffic into account, so 10 hours sounds about right.

Sounds great, Ben! (I just noticed myself that airfare has dropped a little bit compared to a few months ago -- I may book my Gen Con flight now, too.)

Ian, While not getting into the pros and cons of DragonMech vs. IK (both great settings, no question), I'll try to list a few reasons why you should try DragonMech. (And yes, I'm biased. :o) For instance, I love the sheer variety of adventures: -- Want to do military combat? Skilled mech jockeys and...

Yep, there are many sites for PBEM (Play By E-mail) or PBP (Play By Post [message boards]) role-playing games. You can try a Google or Yahoo search, but here are a few I've visited: RolePlay Online: http://rpol.net/ Role-Playing Games Network: http://www.roleplayinggames.net/ PlayByWeb: http://www.p...

Andrew,

Nice to see you on the boards! I had the privilege of proofreading that DCC and am running my Friday night gaming group through it. (It's a Ravenloft campaign and I've created a nice Gothic history for the Pendours and the tower.) Thanks for the adventure!

--Ken

I recommend the new Wes Craven thriller "Red Eye." Not only is it tense and effective, but -- shockingly!! -- it's a streamlined and satisfying 85 minutes! Who da thunk it? It's not a great movie, but it's very entertaining, and it's nice to see an efficient, well-acted crowd pleaser that ...

Yeah, there are some good templates out there. For instance, Privateer Press' Monsternomicon has "quickplates" that you can easily slap onto existing monsters. And S&SS's Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead, though designed for Ravenloft, has great ways to customize your zombies, g...

Mark, It was good to meet you at the con! Sorry you didn't get into any of the DragonMech games. One bit of advice (and this goes for everyone!): If you want to get in a game that's sold out, see if there's a Sunday 8 a.m. slot. I guarantee that you'll always find a seat! Two or three days of heavy ...

Mock my screen alias if you will, Matt. I'll have you know that my real name is Phinneas Thibbleblister. You'll now appreciate that "Ken Hart' is diabolically clever. Actually, I first started posting regularly on RPG boards years ago because of my love of Ravenloft, so my frequent alias online...

I'll follow up Ben's comment with my own experience. I came into this project with a love for All Things Victorian and a fondness for wild, "did that really happen?" cyberpunk adventures ( The Matrix , Gibson's Count Zero , and the wackier Shadowrun modules jump to mind). Gibson and Sterli...

Really? That's funny: I found the movie Hellboy a lot more entertaining than Mignola's comics. Oh well. Yep, the stories are a good mix of horror, espionage, Cthulhu, those wacky Nazis, and action. (You should give the movie another chance. There's a great scene where HB sees the "alternate fut...

Good catch of something that obviously slipped past during the editing stage. Boilers boost strength, capacity, etc., while amplifiers enhance the energy output. Since the cogworm gear steam power enables a mechanism to do more than is normally possible for its size, I'd say two boilers is the corre...

Actually, it's "The Last City," and while I don't know the release date and probably can't say much more until Joseph makes an announcement on the site, it's an excellent book that'll give your DragonMech campaign a new edge.

Ken Hart
Editor

I agree. A fighting-type is a must, and a ranger generally lacks the AC to be the sole front-line attacker. Perhaps, instead of starting off one of the PCs as a mech jockey, make him/her a fighter with the Mechanized Combat Practice feat (from the core book) and a couple of cross-class skill points ...

Wow... I'm hungry. Nicely done!

Early reviews have me hoping that George Lucas is finally giving me a six-pack of Guinness after six years of offering nothing but empty cans of Meister Brau.

I agree about starting them at 2nd level. Regarding adding more feats, you could make a house rule that gives everyone an extra feat at 1st level (i.e., three feats for humans; two for everyone else) then keep the feat progression as normal: 3rd, 6th, etc. That should give the players a slightly bet...

A few other good powers from the Psion class: Catfall: Handy if you fall or need to jump off a mech quickly. It's also good if you have the advantage of a higher position and you want to jump on top of a passing mech (being insane helps). Grease, Psionic: Like the spell, useful for dealing with boar...

Yes. I've played on RPOL before, and it's pretty good. You add posts to threads (bulletin board style), so you don't need to all be online at the same time. Usually, the GM sends out a post then sets a time period for players to respond, say, every day, every other day, twice a week, etc., so that'l...