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Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game.

Posted by Dragondog
Dragondog
member, 128 posts
Thu 17 Aug 2017
at 20:55
  • msg #1

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

The Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game pdfs have been sent to Kickstarter backers and I want to try it out. Play the included adventure using the included characters. Would there be any interest for that?

For those that don't know what the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game is, the Kickstarter page can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...ame-powered-by-gurps and this powered by GURPS game has been streamlined for Dungeon Fantasy type play.

If interested, let me know.
locojedi
member, 149 posts
Thu 17 Aug 2017
at 21:41
  • msg #2

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

I'm interested. Don't have the rules, but I suppose playing a pre-gen would mean I wouldn't necessarily need them?
Dragondog
member, 129 posts
Thu 17 Aug 2017
at 22:09
  • msg #3

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

That's correct. If players do have the rules, that's awesome. But it's not something I expect.
Pat
member, 133 posts
Thu 17 Aug 2017
at 22:56
  • msg #4

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

Definitely interested. I don't have the Kickstarter set, but I'm experienced with GURPS and earlier DF.
steelsmiter
member, 1738 posts
AWE, BESM, Fate, Indies
NO FREEFORM! NO d20!
Fri 18 Aug 2017
at 00:31
  • msg #5

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

What's the difference between this and the 20 or so DF books from GURPS itself that are actually already out? Nevermind, it is the regular GURPS DF books. I'm guessing the idea was framed this way to avoid the immediate kneejerk reaction people tend toward having about GURPS...
This message was last edited by the user at 00:43, Fri 18 Aug 2017.
Dragondog
member, 130 posts
Fri 18 Aug 2017
at 03:34
  • msg #6

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

It is not the regular GURPS DF books. They have published a new game that isn't GURPS DF, but DF powered by GURPS. Much is the same, but e.g. the Magic system has been completely overhauled, and the system has been streamlined for DF gaming. And the entire system, as it is now, have fewer words than even one of the GURPS Basic Set books.

As we got them late last night and most of what I've done since I got them is sleep, I still haven't read much of what we have.
steelsmiter
member, 1740 posts
BESM, Fate, Indies, PBTA
NO FREEFORM! NO d20!
Fri 18 Aug 2017
at 04:37
  • msg #7

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

Magic was a pretty big complaint from other former GURPS users I'm familiar with, but customer service killed it for me. I'd consider this if I actually had the money and DW hadn't stolen my heart after my falling out with the sjgames forums.
This message was last edited by the user at 04:38, Fri 18 Aug 2017.
evileeyore
member, 4 posts
Mon 18 Sep 2017
at 00:06
  • msg #8

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

Just cracked open the new box a few days ago... I'm up for playing a game using the new rules!
rabideldar
member, 159 posts
Role Playing Bastard
Mon 18 Sep 2017
at 20:44
  • msg #9

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

I'd join but I am a gurps novice at best. And I don't have the rules so I would have to take a pregen.
Dragondog
member, 131 posts
Tue 19 Sep 2017
at 17:48
  • msg #10

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

With four interested players, I can definitely set that up.
Xhaosdaemon
member, 119 posts
Tue 19 Sep 2017
at 19:55
  • msg #11

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

So I was in on the kickstarter and just got my box set. While the idea of playing a game on here is interesting I wonder how tricky it will be to handle the 1 second turns. I know regular round-to-round combat can slow a game down so I am curious to know how the GURPS combat will run. :)
Dragondog
member, 132 posts
Wed 20 Sep 2017
at 04:12
  • msg #12

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

I've been playing GURPS here for years, as well as D&D3.5, and combat doesn't feel any longer. For me at least. I haven't actually calculated how long combat takes on average.
evileeyore
member, 5 posts
GURPS GM and Player
Wed 20 Sep 2017
at 04:45
  • msg #13

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

Depends on what one means by "longer"...

Longer than say a sit-down game?  Mos def.

Longer than any other Play-by-Post?  Like say a D&D PbP?  No.

D&D combat take time because they are a war of attrition - Whittle that enemies HP down!  And D&D (N)PCs have a lot of HP...

GURPS combats can be brutally fast or slogs (just like D&D), it depends on luck and tactics.  Combat can literally end in 1 hit, say a Scout putting two arrows into the eyes of the BBEG in turn 1, killing him.  Or, with some bad rolls, or just facing enemies you can't one-shot, it can drag on a bit.  Usually it doesn't, it takes a really hard foe and really unoptimized PCs using bad tactics (or just being stubbornly stuck in) to make a fight slog.
Dragondog
member, 133 posts
Wed 20 Sep 2017
at 04:46
  • msg #14

Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game

It's now available at link to another game
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