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Title: Symbaroum RPG? (new session pictures, 18 May)
Post by: Dentatus on September 04, 2018, 08:46:43 PM
Anyone have any experience with it? The artwork caught my attention and as we're introducing more RPGs in our weekly game nights, I'd like to bring it to the table.

Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (6 Oct. Added pics from first game)
Post by: Dentatus on October 06, 2018, 11:07:25 PM
Very fun game, translates easily to the table top. Wrote up an adventure and am borrowing figs from anywhere and everywhere. Always open to suggestions but this is some of what I've got color on so far:

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3328.jpg?w=1000&h=)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3330.jpg?w=700&h=)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3337.jpg?w=1000&h=)

More at:
https://stalker7.com/2018/10/06/game-night-symbaroum/
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (6 Oct. Added pics from first game)
Post by: Loop on October 10, 2018, 03:09:43 PM
Your minis look fantastic!

I have been tempted by Symbaroum just to see the artwork and read the fluff. How crunchy is it to play compared to D&D?
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (6 Oct. Added pics from first game)
Post by: Dentatus on October 11, 2018, 04:28:04 PM
Thanks.

I've found the rules much smoother, simpler. There are plenty of good reviews already out there if you want an in-depth look, but the three long-time D & D players in our group all really like Symbaroum. They say it's not built for rules lawyers or just to loot and level. (Rampage of the Murderous, Kleptomaniac Hoboes)

As a long-time war gamer, I was worried about combat, but there again, it was very easy to transfer the action to the table top. IMO, the rules are very sturdy and versatile. Not too many - just enough to hang a good adventure on. And the dark fantasy aesthetic/backstory is rich with potential.

Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (6 Oct. Added pics from first game)
Post by: Dentatus on October 17, 2018, 10:11:37 PM
Latest session: The party makes their way to the Lone Gate. They meet some interesting characters along the way, some they trade with, others they kill.

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3346.jpg?w=1000&h=)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3353.jpg?w=1000&h=)

More info at:
https://stalker7.com/2018/10/17/symbaroum-the-gloaming-roads-part-2/
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: Dentatus on October 26, 2018, 10:06:55 PM
Final Act of The Gloaming Roads as our adventurers arrive at the Bastion of Kal'Nohr deep in Dark Davokar, and a spectacular fumble by the Ogre awakens the slumbering guardians.

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3396.jpg?w=1000&h=)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dscf3399.jpg?w=840)

More at:
https://stalker7.com/2018/10/26/symbaroum-the-gloaming-roads/
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: Tungdil on November 03, 2018, 01:08:42 PM
Great looking figures and terrain.
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: YPU on November 03, 2018, 02:24:51 PM
At the time of release, there was some negative press about political views held by the writer so I passed on it back then, but the game itself appears to be very pretty and rich in lore.

Then the question you will always get when posting images of miniatures online. Where is the winged guardian figure from?
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: robh on November 04, 2018, 11:01:37 AM
Then the question you will always get when posting images of miniatures online. Where is the winged guardian figure from?

Looks like one of the Golem Arcana figures.  Superb source of unusual Elemental themed  monsters.
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: YPU on November 04, 2018, 11:34:46 AM
Looks like one of the Golem Arcana figures.  Superb source of unusual Elemental themed  monsters.

Ah, you are correct. I'm thinking it might be very well suited for use as a giant monster/kaiju!
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: robh on November 04, 2018, 07:05:26 PM
Ah, you are correct. I'm thinking it might be very well suited for use as a giant monster/kaiju!

That it would, I think they were nominally 1/200 scale (some have little pilot figures driving them) but they size up well against Battletech and Mekton models.
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: YPU on November 04, 2018, 07:45:14 PM
That it would, I think they were nominally 1/200 scale (some have little pilot figures driving them) but they size up well against Battletech and Mekton models.

Really? Man, I missed the boat on this game. Though I guess I might snatch up some cheap miniatures with it being pretty much defunct nowadays.
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (26 Oct. Pics from latest game)
Post by: Dentatus on February 23, 2019, 11:57:50 PM
In preparation for upcoming SYMBAROUM sessions I painted up some of CMON's Ranger Hunters and Sworn Brothers.

I'm not playing the GoT game but these are perfect for NPCs, Song of Blades and Heroes figs, Sellswords and Spellslingers... Or the new Rangers of the Shadow Deep perhaps?

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/dscf3600.jpg?w=1024)

More pics and thoughts at:
https://stalker7.com/2019/02/23/song-of-ice-and-fire-miniatures/

Thanks for looking. Have a great rest of the weekend.
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (18 March. a new adventure begins)
Post by: Dentatus on March 18, 2019, 10:09:09 PM
What Darkness Hides

Our latest RPG mini-campaign begins:

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3643-1.jpg?w=1000)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3653.jpg?w=1000&h=)

As always there's more at:
https://stalker7.com/2019/03/18/what-darkness-hides/
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (New Pictures. 20 March)
Post by: Dentatus on March 20, 2019, 07:52:59 PM
Our Symbaroum campaign continues. "What Darkness Hides"

Our heroes are tasked with investigating suspicious activity in the forbidden ruins of Klar Napoca

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3671.jpg?w=1000)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3686.jpg?w=1000)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3680.jpg?w=1000&h=)

Thanks for looking. There's more at:
https://stalker7.com/2019/03/20/what-darkness-hides-act-2/
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (latest session, 27 March)
Post by: Dentatus on March 27, 2019, 10:20:11 PM
Short one member, initiating a new one, the party enters the Catacombs of Umbra in search of better gear.

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3702.jpg?w=1000)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dscf3705.jpg?w=1000&h=)

As always there's more at:
https://stalker7.com/2019/03/27/what-darkness-hides-interlude/

Thanks for looking.
Title: Re: Symbaroum RPG? (new session pictures, 18 May)
Post by: Dentatus on May 18, 2019, 09:50:27 PM
Our Symbaroum campaign is coming to a close.

Our heroes have been ordered to resupply a series of remote outposts and reinforce a frontier fortress.

Does anything ever go as planned?

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/dscf3787.jpg?w=1200&h=)

(https://stalker7.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/dscf3781.jpg?w=1000&h=)

Thanks for looking. More at:
https://stalker7.com/2019/05/18/what-darkness-hides-beside-the-river-moon/