The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[thenamelessdead]

I have that in book form.

Same. Got it on eBay and it wasn't expensive as I recall. This pre-dates the Oldhammer explosion though, so no doubt it is pricey these days. Lovely item.

[Andrew May]

Same. Got it on eBay and it wasn't expensive as I recall. This pre-dates the Oldhammer explosion though, so no doubt it is pricey these days. Lovely item.

Yeah got that too, never played but I used to love pouring over it as a lad.

[Tactalvanic]

I was looking at my copy just today!

Bought direct off the shop shelf of local hobby shop when it was shiny new and took far to good care of it over the years.

sigh....

[Mason]

Yeah got that too, never played but I used to love pouring over it as a lad.

Ditto.
Never actually played that edition but really enjoyed reading through them.

I now have almost all of the original campaign packs for when I can finally nail our old rpg group down for a regular game  sometime....
It may happen one day.
 

[thenamelessdead]

I was struck by an urge to procure Blood Bowl stuff this morning and was disappointed by the price s on eBay of 3rd edition models, not least because I have already got a fair bit. To my surprise GW have still failed to make it possible to build teams properly in most cases. What have people on here done? Any tips? Some non-GW stuff is ok but I'm much more interested in the proper mini's. Not really interested in kit-bashing either, and if anyone suggests converting AoS models there will be trouble.

[Elbows]

Really in the lapse of normal Blood Bowl, a bunch of alternate 3rd party teams became available - mostly in resin.  Stuff like Black Scorpion, etc.  This was what carried Blood Bowl for a decade or more in the market's absence.

[Kommando_J]

I was struck by an urge to procure Blood Bowl stuff this morning and was disappointed by the price s on eBay of 3rd edition models, not least because I have already got a fair bit. To my surprise GW have still failed to make it possible to build teams properly in most cases. What have people on here done? Any tips? Some non-GW stuff is ok but I'm much more interested in the proper mini's. Not really interested in kit-bashing either, and if anyone suggests converting AoS models there will be trouble.

Have this ork team for sale if interested?

[thenamelessdead]

Have this ork team for sale if interested?

Thanks, will consider it. I actually had those but they went missing somehow.

[stone-cold-lead]

Something else I'm sure we all already have. 

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228632/Warhammer-Fantasy-Roleplay-First-Edition--Shadows-Over-Bogenhafen-The-Enemy-Within-Part-1?affiliate_id=169435

[FionaWhite]

Ah, Shadows Over Bögenhafen.

We made it exactly to the point where some pompous windbag of a noblewoman informed us that she and her bodyguard would be
taking the coach and we could wait a few weeks for the next one. Said bodyguard was willing to enforce this with violence.

Being the fine and upstanding ladies and gentlemen we were, we killed the bodyguard, noblewoman and coachman to boot,
then ran off with the coach that was later used for firewood and the horses for steeds.

None of us ever set foot in Bögenhafen.

[Cubs]

There's nothing quite as pitiful as the look on a GM's face, when their carefully crafted and beautifully planned scenario, potentially running for several in-depth and meticulous weeks, suddenly gets torpedoed by psychotic players 'thinking outside the box'.

I recall one game (forget which) where, to the surprise of the GM, none of the characters decided they wanted to go to visit the tavern after a long journey. 'A good night's sleep and a fresh start in the morning' was the order of the day. After chewing his lip for a couple of seconds, he stated, "There's a giant flashing neon sign above the tavern, with an arrow pointing down, saying 'PLOT HINT HERE'.' We visited the tavern.

There was another wonderful game (run by my brother) where, in the middle of a modern day murder-mystery scenario, one of the characters in the party decided to shoot a policeman's helmet off his head, to stop him being annoying. The inevitable bad rolling happened and the story came to a grinding halt as he was arrested for murdering the poor man in cold blood. Sigh. Who'd be a GM?

[Elbows]

Been there, done that.

(buys new book for RPG game)

First player/NPC interaction, player gets upset and punches prominent (read: entire story revolves around him) NPC...whilst wearing power armour.  NPC is turned into a paste, and I tossed the book aside and we played some Nintenda 64 while I fumed. 

[nic-e]

GM's have to think on their feet and roll with the punches as players do dumb stuff all the time.

My rule of thumb is a three point story arc with a few paragraphs of plot points scribbled down is sufficient for an adventure design.

Meticulous notes and pages of description make the wheels fall off more often than not.

Agreed. I tend to draw a rough map of the plot with a few key encounters, and then fudge it to get the players there without them realising.

[FionaWhite]

Who'd be a GM?

I've GM'd many times.
The PTSD is what made me the player I'm today.

[FramFramson]

GM's have to think on their feet and roll with the punches as players do dumb stuff all the time.

My rule of thumb is a three point story arc with a few paragraphs of plot points scribbled down is sufficient for an adventure design.

Meticulous notes and pages of description make the wheels fall off more often than not.

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