Savage Malifaux??

[Scorpio]

I'm kind of fascinated by the revival that I've been seeing in Savage Worlds. It's always been a neat system, but I've heard more people talk about it in the last couple months than probably in the whole year before that. Good deal.

[Keltheos]

Part of it's the disillusioned d20 crowd either because they're tired of the brain-sweat necessary to keep a good game of 3.5 running or they're bitter at the drop by WotC to 4e (or don't like 4e).

Plus the more game worlds SW is associated with the wider its appeal spreads. It's always interesting to see how much the mechanics are able to stretch when necessary within the different settings.

And, it's awesome and people are finally figuring it out!

[Nathan Caroland]

Not that it'll go anywhere immediately but I'll make a point of going out this week and picking up the core books and looking this over for the giggles of it.

[Keltheos]

Savage Worlds Explorer Edition is $10 and has all the core rules you need to start with. ;)

[Nathan Caroland]

Is that a PDF or bound?

[Scorpio]

Bound! Available at your friendly local game store.

[Nathan Caroland]

Ebayed.

[Amazon_warrior]

My 2p: My bf has become quite the fan of SW recently - he's massively attracted to the Deadlands and 50 Fathoms settings (I recommended the Wyrd minis when he was asking about possible Deadlands figures). He ran a brief taster with me when he was over a little while ago and it was a lot of fun. It's interesting to play a system where a basic power is the same across the board, but it's how you describe it that makes it magic/super-power/high-tech. One thing to note about SW is it's quite pulp, even if it says it's generic. If that fits the feel of the setting, then it's a hell of a lot of fun. Watch out for the exploding dice!

[Draykin]

Just a note, a friend and I were talking on Fri. about Aces & Eights. It seems to have the flavour and grit needed to pull of Malifaux. Also, it already has the card mechanics in it...dont know if its OGL or not though.

[Keltheos]

Unfortunately, it's not OGL. It is an awesome Wild West RPG though. There are some things in A&E I love and some things I'm scared of ever trying to play out, but the depth of the system is amazing!