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[tracker7]

Still reading The Submarine, and it led to an interesting conversation with one of my co-workers - turns out he was a P-3 crewman back in the '80s. Pretty neat.

My copies of Dark Heresy and World of Darkness: Urban Legends came in. I haven't had a chance to give them much more of a cursory looking-over, but I think these are going to be really good reads. Urban Legends, especially, looks like it could be a good catalyst for moving a WoD game from a blue-books-only mortals game into Mage or Hunter.

Watched Mirrormask a couple of nights ago, and really enjoyed it. Stephanie Leonidas is five kinds of adorable, and the movie's otherworld was beautiful. Now watching the 2005 version of War of the Worlds, and while I'm digging on it for the most part, Dakota Fanning is still just creepy as all get-out. More so than Tom Cruise in this one, even. Worth watching for the "The world is ending right effing now!" sequences.

Played a couple games of Battlefield Evolution: Modern Combat yesterday, and came away plenty impressed. It plays very fast, and the prepainted models look good. Mongoose put a good set of rules together there ... pity the models are out of production for now, though.

The Arizona Cardinals looked incredible during their game against the Panthers yesterday; Tennessee lost to the Ravens, though. Hoping for Charger and Giant wins this afternoon.

Comments

[specieszero.livejournal.com]

I haven't had a chance to play Dark Heresy yet, but the critical failure tables alone are hilarious.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Haven't come across those yet. Given the rather grim humor I've found so far, though, I expect they'll be pretty darn good.

[cybogoblin.livejournal.com]

Now that Dark Heresy has been rescued by FFG, we will still be getting the Rogue Trader and Deathwatch expansions, too.

Mmm... Space Marines in an rpg. That will be hilarious.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed the bits of very grim humor I've come across in DH.

[q99.livejournal.com]

Which I'm really looking forward to.

The Dark Heresy suppliments that are out right now are all kinda pricy (although some of 'em are worth it, like Deciples of the Dark Gods), and Rogue Trader is IMO where the fun stuff's at.

Personally I'm not sure why 'Inquisitors' = 'the lowest powered of the three.

[cybogoblin.livejournal.com]

You don't actually play an Inquisitor in DH. The players make up the Inquisitor's retinue, allowing for a variety of player types and relatively low-level characters.

Apparently, the characters will able to be moved from DH to the other two settings, though they may be a little underpowered in the latter games.

[q99.livejournal.com]

Yea, but an Inquisitor-in-training is someone I'd still personally peg above a member of a Rogue Trader retinue (unless you play full RTs instead of crew).

[cybogoblin.livejournal.com]

Sorry, in DH you play a lackey who does jobs for an Inquisitor (Adeptus Arbite, Veteran Guardsman, etc). You would be kinda close at the higher levels of your career path, but you're still technically working for an Inquisitor.

[q99.livejournal.com]

I know, I'd just think Inquisitor lacky still wouldn't be the bottom rung; in fiction, they still tend to kick all sorts of tail.

Personally I would've done it as Rogue Trader - Inquisition dudes - Space Marines, in that order.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to Rogue Trader, given my limited knowledge of the 40K setting.

These are the only books that I'm going to buy from Amazon rather than my FLGS. DH, at least, has been a terrific read, and it is a gorgeous book, but the $20 I saved was more than enough to pick up Urban Legends in the same order.

[q99.livejournal.com]

Yea. Likewise, I got DH from my FLGS, but couldn't bring myself to buy any of the suppliments until I was in a bookstore with a 40% off coupon.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

There are new books for Hunter and SW Saga Edition next week, so I figure that'll balance out the FLGS karma for me.