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Post by robkuntz on Dec 15, 2016 15:01:04 GMT -5
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Post by flightcommander on Dec 16, 2016 1:03:10 GMT -5
The Vatican En Garde and Dune En Garde games are great inspirations, check them out!
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Post by Mighty Darci on Dec 16, 2016 12:11:43 GMT -5
The Vatican En Garde and Dune En Garde games are great inspirations, check them out! I followed robkuntz link to the first one and I have been unsuccessful in googling the second one. flightcommander do you have a link to it? |
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Post by flightcommander on Dec 16, 2016 23:39:48 GMT -5
Oh no! looks like the Dune En Garde site finally went offline.
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Post by Admin Pete on Dec 17, 2016 0:13:46 GMT -5
Oh no! looks like the Dune En Garde site finally went offline. If you have the old link we could run it through the Wayback Machine. |
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Post by robkuntz on Dec 17, 2016 8:53:18 GMT -5
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Post by flightcommander on Dec 18, 2016 0:57:26 GMT -5
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Post by Admin Pete on Feb 26, 2021 23:36:33 GMT -5
This is quite interesting and on the main website where it lists both active and defunct campaign, there was a campaign last active in 2007 or 2008 that ran a Mars/Barsoom version of En Garde!; however, no other information is available, but I can see how it would have worked well together given the Barsoomian culture.
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Post by hengest on Apr 4, 2021 19:31:12 GMT -5
Taking into account the posts with some information on "Domain" play with D&D and the D&D character progression and the En Garde! " social status, duels, frontier service" and whatever else is there or may be discovered with additional research it seems to me that they could be integrated gradually from the beginning and reaching the beginnings of the full flowering of the character and the options around name level as the character grows in the various types of progression. From the Traveller game we have started I see elements that could be integrated as well and perhaps a touch of Gamma World from the reading I am doing. I was reading elsewhere on the forum about Arduin and some elements of it would seem to fit nicely together with the rest of this "rich meaty soup" as my dad would say. Yes. It would allow specific progressions of interest to be forwarded for the PC without the need to concentrate first and foremost upon vertical scaling of the "power-up" hp/combat level mechanic. In essence it incorporates vertical and horizontal throttles for the PC from the beginning unlike D&D where these really are starting to be examined in the latter case near its supposed "end game." IOW, there's more choice for world engagement, and on different levels, from the onset. I am very interested in this brief exchange between RJK and Mighty Darci although I'm pretty sure I don't fully understand it. I have a feeling I need to read En Garde to get the idea better. Is the idea simply character growth and advancement in ways other than the "power up" mechanics of ever higher bonuses, ever-more spells that are present and well-known in D&D? Can anyone recommend another thread where this is covered, a free game, or any other reading on this topic? Darci? |
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 23, 2021 23:31:25 GMT -5
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 23, 2021 23:32:21 GMT -5
Yes. It would allow specific progressions of interest to be forwarded for the PC without the need to concentrate first and foremost upon vertical scaling of the "power-up" hp/combat level mechanic. In essence it incorporates vertical and horizontal throttles for the PC from the beginning unlike D&D where these really are starting to be examined in the latter case near its supposed "end game." IOW, there's more choice for world engagement, and on different levels, from the onset. I am very interested in this brief exchange between RJK and Mighty Darci although I'm pretty sure I don't fully understand it. I have a feeling I need to read En Garde to get the idea better. Is the idea simply character growth and advancement in ways other than the "power up" mechanics of ever higher bonuses, ever-more spells that are present and well-known in D&D? Can anyone recommend another thread where this is covered, a free game, or any other reading on this topic? Darci? I am not aware of any other forum where it is discussed. I would try the links in this thread. You can buy it in pdf here and it is not expensive. |
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 29, 2021 1:43:24 GMT -5
Yes. It would allow specific progressions of interest to be forwarded for the PC without the need to concentrate first and foremost upon vertical scaling of the "power-up" hp/combat level mechanic. In essence it incorporates vertical and horizontal throttles for the PC from the beginning unlike D&D where these really are starting to be examined in the latter case near its supposed "end game." IOW, there's more choice for world engagement, and on different levels, from the onset. I am very interested in this brief exchange between RJK and Mighty Darci although I'm pretty sure I don't fully understand it. I have a feeling I need to read En Garde to get the idea better. Is the idea simply character growth and advancement in ways other than the "power up" mechanics of ever higher bonuses, ever-more spells that are present and well-known in D&D? Can anyone recommend another thread where this is covered, a free game, or any other reading on this topic? Darci? to translate RJK and myself into English (  ) I would say I am talking about changing the game so that it is more organic in the way that real life in a lot of areas develops. For instance levels (vertical throttles), an athlete steadily getting better and better as he moves from grade school to high school to college to professional or Olympic sports as his skill and performance get better and better; and at the same time he (horizontal throttles) gets his degree, gets married, buys a home, has kids, makes investments, gets more education, starts a business or two on the side, etc. I don't know of any other threads or any game that truly incorporates all of it as RJK describes. Rob really likes En Garde where I see it more as an idea that needs to be developed. |
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Post by hengest on May 30, 2021 13:22:26 GMT -5
I am very interested in this brief exchange between RJK and Mighty Darci although I'm pretty sure I don't fully understand it. I have a feeling I need to read En Garde to get the idea better. Is the idea simply character growth and advancement in ways other than the "power up" mechanics of ever higher bonuses, ever-more spells that are present and well-known in D&D? Can anyone recommend another thread where this is covered, a free game, or any other reading on this topic? Darci? to translate RJK and myself into English ( ) I would say I am talking about changing the game so that it is more organic in the way that real life in a lot of areas develops. For instance levels (vertical throttles), an athlete steadily getting better and better as he moves from grade school to high school to college to professional or Olympic sports as his skill and performance get better and better; and at the same time he (horizontal throttles) gets his degree, gets married, buys a home, has kids, makes investments, gets more education, starts a business or two on the side, etc. I don't know of any other threads or any game that truly incorporates all of it as RJK describes. Rob really likes En Garde where I see it more as an idea that needs to be developed. Very interesting, thank you for explaining, Mighty Darci. I see that this will bear a lot of thinking. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 30, 2021 17:24:11 GMT -5
hengest to translate RJK and myself into English ( ) I would say I am talking about changing the game so that it is more organic in the way that real life in a lot of areas develops. For instance levels (vertical throttles), an athlete steadily getting better and better as he moves from grade school to high school to college to professional or Olympic sports as his skill and performance get better and better; and at the same time he (horizontal throttles) gets his degree, gets married, buys a home, has kids, makes investments, gets more education, starts a business or two on the side, etc. I don't know of any other threads or any game that truly incorporates all of it as RJK describes. Rob really likes En Garde where I see it more as an idea that needs to be developed. Very interesting, thank you for explaining, Mighty Darci . I see that this will bear a lot of thinking. In my opinion this is a great explanation Mighty Darci, have an Exalt. IMO this is all implied by OD&D and IMO was part of Blackmoor. So on one hand, the references you list would, if integrated, result in adding a lot of richness to the game, but on the other hand it is really IMO a return to Blackmoor. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 26, 2021 23:51:47 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 27, 2021 0:02:34 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 27, 2021 0:07:35 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 27, 2021 0:22:09 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 27, 2021 0:27:54 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 27, 2021 0:31:02 GMT -5
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Wouldn't that be fun.
