http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ The Home of 'Duty & Honour' and 'Beat to Quarters' en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:19:39 +0000 http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=157#post-1021 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:52:21 +0000 mcellis 1021@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>So last weekend I ran a game of Beat to Quarters for my group and then we podcasted about our experience. I had a lot of reservations about trying to run it, but taking a chance to actually play it helped quiet just about all of my concerns, and we had a blast.</p> <p>I'm sure I messed up a few of the rules and the adventure was very much off the cuff, but I now really want to run it again. And I think Will, one of my players is going to run it at one of the local LA conventions in February.</p> <p>If anyone would like to give the podcast a listen here is the link to Beat to Quarters on Actual People, Actual Play:</p> <p><a href="http://apap.libsyn.com/webpage/episode-71-beat-to-quarters-frenchmen-and-pirates-and-harems-oh-my-" rel="nofollow">http://apap.libsyn.com/webpage/episode-71-beat-to-quarters-frenchmen-and-pirates-and-harems-oh-my-</a> </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=156#post-1020 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:24:44 +0000 sexylemur 1020@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Did anybody ever get a US civil war hack sorted? If so, post and update us. I'm thinking about looking into it in more detail but don't want to reinvent the wheel if there is already some material out there.</p> <p>What say you? </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=155#post-1019 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:26:10 +0000 evilgaz 1019@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>No worries Neil, you go for what's important. After our conversation at Furnace, there may well be more for Empire! in the future, if not from your own stable, but I'm not going to going making promises I can't keep... ;)</p> <p>For now, I'll keep running your games at conventions here and there. You've provided us with a good game, the RPG community can fill in the blanks for now!</p> <p>Thanks for posting. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=155#post-1018 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:39:51 +0000 Neil Gow 1018@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Thats EXACTLY the situation I want to avoid. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=155#post-1017 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:31:12 +0000 dpmcalister 1017@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Thanks for this Neil. While I'm sad that there won't be any new Empire! stuff for a while, I'd much rather you took the time to recharge your batteries. Thanks also for letting us know. I've been caught out in the past by a couple of companies that either just disappeared for a few years after promising releases or just kept saying "soon" but never releasing anything.</p> <p>Enjoy the break :) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=155#post-1016 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:38:43 +0000 Neil Gow 1016@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>It has been a tough year.</p> <p>For those that know me personally, the reasons for this will be abundantly obvious. For those that don't it has been all the usual 'real life' issues which impact adults in a teetering economy and parents in a growing family. Things are fine now, but it has become abundantly apparent that there isn't enough time or mental focus in the day to do everything. Something has to slip and at the moment it looks like the game development side of Omnihedron Games.</p> <p>Its taken me a while to come to this decision, and I have been party to some excellent counsel from some very dear and learned friends. One of those people has constantly told me 'Come back in six months' rather than 'Close it down!' and I'm leaning more towards his advice. It seems better suited to my plans. I have also learned a valuable lesson - one which I am not too big to admit I was told about and then ignored. I promised before I could deliver. That is a cardinal sin in any sort of development and one I am nto too proud to say I feel a little embarrassed about.</p> <p>Another upshot of this strangulation of my time has been a rapid decline in the customer service I could provide - either in forum feedback or postal delivery times. I have prided myself on high levels of community engagement and customer service and I will not stand by and watch them be eroded.</p> <p>So, what is the upshot.</p> <p>1. Any products in the Empire! line which have been previously announced are on hiatus. This includes:</p> <p> Vive Le Empereur - the French book for D&#38;H<br /> The Rise of the Zulu - the Anglo-Zulu war book for D&#38;H<br /> Empire! - the setting free developers kit<br /> Duty &#38; Honour Revised Edition - the cleaned up version</p> <p>2. Sales of Omnihedron Books will be available via Lulu and rpgnow.com as per usual, but I will be ceasing direct sales on my website, for now.</p> <p>So what, I hear you cry?</p> <p>Well, I want to underline two things.</p> <p>First off, this does not mean that I am finished with the games design thing. I just need to get my bearings again without the weight of expectation on my shoulders and focus my energies on some other areas in life. Like Obidiah Hakeswill, I'll be back in the future. </p> <p>Second, I hate dangling threads. I hate having things in that grey area state of 'I dunno, maybe, maybe not'. Something either is, or it isn't and I think its fair for people to have fair expectations of what is and isn't going to happen. </p> <p>Which brings me to my third point. I'd just like to apologise for not following through on the promises of those books. I know there are people who have supported me and promoted me throughout my time doing this insane project and people who have really been looking forward to some of these. I'm very sorry folks. Its a lesson in humility and arrogance that I will not need to take twice.</p> <p>So there you have it. The plan is head down, sort things out in real life and then come back with a stronger foundation.</p> <p>Neil </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-1015 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:10:55 +0000 dpmcalister 1015@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>I hid it well - have you not noticed how long my hair is now? ;) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-1014 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:43:31 +0000 evilgaz 1014@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>You were in the Forces for a long time mate, they shoot hippies ;) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-1013 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:37:09 +0000 dpmcalister 1013@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Are you implying that I'm not hippy enough? ;) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-1012 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:37:42 +0000 evilgaz 1012@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <blockquote cite="dpmcalister"><p> Are you going to run any of this cool shizzle at Conception? </p></blockquote> <p>Well, that all rather depends on whether it goes okay when I run it the first time... ;)</p> <p>I'm planning to be at Conception, so there's every chance, and I've got a strong (by D&#38;H standards) plot / encounter path to follow, so it should be okay for non-hippies too! ;) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-1011 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:05:44 +0000 dpmcalister 1011@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Are you going to run any of this cool shizzle at Conception for us poor mortals who can't get to Indiecon? </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=154#post-1010 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:35:16 +0000 evilgaz 1010@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Howdy</p> <p>I'm going to be running the following at IndieCon, possibly with new battle rules based on Ship to Ship combat from BtQ. I could even use tarot cards instead of normal playing cards, if I was inclined to buy enough decks. Its new and its old, its fresh and exciting. Be there or be square you hippies.</p> <p>Scenario: The Prince and the Pauper<br /> System: Empire! (Duty &#38; Honour)<br /> Setting: Pendragon<br /> GM: Evilgaz</p> <p>Saxons have raided good Christian lands for some time now and punitive raids have been returned, but now they have invaded in force and the Lord has sent his son with an army to put an end to their predations once and for all. The good Knight is untried in battle, but speaks with authority, he takes his young nephew as squire, an impressionable, but good-hearted lad full of dreams of winning his spurs. A grizzled sergeant looks with world-weary eyes on the army, eager to root out shirkers, there's no room for them here; a Yeoman scarred from the lash has made a career of not getting blamed for anything ever again, yet is the cause of much mischief. Last of all a poor farmer, a levy, yearns to return home to his family and harvest, and whispers in dark corners, convincing others to join his cause...</p> <p>The Prince and the Pauper is a Pendragon / Duty &#38; Honour mash-up for five proactive players </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=153#post-1009 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:44:20 +0000 Neil Gow 1009@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>*shakes head*</p> <p>Yeah, thats utter bollocks. It would be what you suggest, but thats not a mechanic that has been used anywhere else. So yes, if the 'Grog' wins, and gets a critical, you are totally ****-faced.</p> <p>Neil</p> <p>ps. See you at the weekend, for fun and frolics </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=153#post-1008 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:31:01 +0000 evilgaz 1008@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Howdy</p> <p>I've been perusing the rules again and the section in BtQ about Grog, it mentions that someone may "fail critically" but I can't find a reference to that elsewhere in the book.</p> <p>Is this something that was in the original draft and removed, or have I missed it? How does one critically fail? (You personally fail, but the GM gets at least a critical success?)</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Gaz </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=150#post-1007 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:17:23 +0000 Wyldman 1007@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Hi Neil!<br /> Thanks so much for your reply!<br /> I have been in Australia for the last couple of weeks, so forgive the lateness.<br /> You are too kind! Worrying about whether you have replied to me or not!<br /> Anyway, it's been awhile since I have run Duty and Honour, but looking back at my post, I think I remember what the heck I was on about.<br /> I appreciate the idea of only using cards for Player Characters, but I think the reason I was considering using NPC cards was because of the assistance they can give to the player in a situation.<br /> I think I generally understand what you're saying.<br /> I think I was trying to make it 'fair' on the PC by giving him more assistance via NPCs.<br /> Generally in other games, I would only use dice sparingly, and with NPCs only if I think there is a reason... The same way we do for PCs. We ensure that the dice are not in charge of the game and only roll them if we think there is a chance that the character could fail or if he's trying to do something crazy. Other than that, I let my players get away with reasonable things.<br /> I really like the way Duty and Honour works and I enjoy the way the skills translate. I like the quick combat system, it's much easier not to get bogged down.<br /> Anyway, thanks very much for the reply! </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=150#post-1006 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:03:44 +0000 Neil Gow 1006@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Oh My Giddy Aunt! So many apologies - this post completely passed me by. How? I have no idea. Post blindness maybe? (I am getting on...hehehe)</p> <p>Allocation of discipline is about giving orders. In a skirmish challenge, each person is doing one action which contributes to the wider success or failure of the group. An officer can 'order' someone to do something and boost their card pool using Discipline. They use it for the thing they are being given orders to do, which as per the nature of the rules, should be the only thing they are doing!</p> <p>In a normal game, you play the group of characters who are part of a larger (and very much in-the-background) company. One of the crucial design ideas is that the actions of the characters are the important thing, rather than the actions of the ephemeral NPC masses. In fact the actions of the characters dictate the outcome for those masses.</p> <p>So no cards for the extras. They have to suck their fate up.</p> <p>Which does raise the question of what happens 1-on-1 and the answer is, I suppose, that the player would do a simple challenge or an opposed challenge, but not a skirmish one? It does take something from the game but it seems the correct answer. I'll have a think on about this one.</p> <p>And I hope your cold got better!</p> <p>Neil </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=152#post-1005 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:49:38 +0000 DaBoss1 1005@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Hey all</p> <p>just read the "The Fort" by Bernard Cornwall describing the ill fated Penobscot Expedition in 1779.</p> <p>Not only is an excllent and intriguing read but it has really good possibilities for a D+H / BTQ scenario / Campaign.</p> <p>as it describes on the back cover:</p> <p>three small Royal navy ships, 750 British soliders defend a fort on the New England seaboard against 41 American ships and 900 men.</p> <p>There are a great series of characters, skirmishes and battles on both sides - including Sir John Moore (many here will doubtless recognise) as an eager junior officer and Paul Revere who shows a very dark side ot his character.</p> <p>enjoy :) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=151#post-1004 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:55:48 +0000 Thunder God 1004@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Too bad it did not seem to work out well for a book now but I am encouraged by the prospect of seeing a small source book of the material! </p> <p>I know that there is no timescale but sign me up for a copy as soon as it is good to go! I think it would make a great short campaign for D&#38;H </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=151#post-1003 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:41:45 +0000 Neil Gow 1003@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>I did a fair bit of prep for the Zulu book but in the end it was a very narrow and in some ways problematic subject (for a full book)</p> <p>However, I have been experimenting with some small format books recently and I hate to see stuff going to waste, so don't be shocked if it turns up as a one-shot, small scale source book. A primer.</p> <p>No timescale though </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=151#post-1002 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:51:37 +0000 Thunder God 1002@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Just checking to see whatever became of the Zulu Wars supplement for D&#38;H. This is something I would love to see and remember it being tossed around on the forums eons ago. Is it still in the plans or have other things overtaken it? </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-1001 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:48:48 +0000 DaBoss1 1001@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Glad you enjoyed it - its very mucha WIP and lots and lots to do.</p> <p>how is yours going ? </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-1000 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:15:53 +0000 Neil Gow 1000@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Just looked at that download - wow.... thats amazing. A whole load of work has gone into that, far far FAR more than I have done for this. That said, mine is far more narrow-focused, but still .... WOW! Especially as I'm a fan of Unisystem. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-999 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:12:23 +0000 Neil Gow 999@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>I think there is a difference when you are the publisher of the system that the hack uses. You could be accused of trying to profit, by virtue of increased sales, off someone else's IP. Hell, if it was that easy, you'd be playing SHARPE not Duty &#38; Honour! *wink*</p> <p>Additionally I know a number of people who work for Games Workshop in various guises and I wouldn't want to cause any discomfort for them. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-998 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:42:11 +0000 DaBoss1 998@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Cool:)</p> <p>Without getting too complicated is it worth having a Faith track? Most in the Imperium have Faith in the Emperor and this could also be damaged etc?</p> <p>in terms of publishing - probably get away with it if its not for sale and not massively publised:</p> <p>ie: my conversion for Unisystem not had any problems thus far - if anything useful feel free to nick :) </p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?27t3b8xh3dyqtd7" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?27t3b8xh3dyqtd7</a></p> <p>look forward to hearing more:) </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-997 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:33:51 +0000 Neil Gow 997@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>No corruption mechanic as of yet, but that would be a marvellously flavourful thing to add. It would simply be another track of Injured/Maimed/Dead that could be brought into play. Good call.</p> <p>Bionics are traits, yes.</p> <p>Good call on the other trait suggestions. I'm adding to the alpha document in the run up to playtest so we'll see. </p> <p>Damned shame its all going to have to be filed into oblivion if everyone is to see it. Silly laws. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=143#post-996 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:52:38 +0000 DaBoss1 996@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Picked up a few more Roman novels - Ship of Rome and some others so hopefully get some more done soon. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=146#post-995 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:48:44 +0000 DaBoss1 995@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Looking forward to seeing more - having got pretty much everything published for 40k ;)</p> <p>If you have not already read - highly recomend the Commissar Cain novels as they have action, romance and humour. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-994 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:43:21 +0000 DaBoss1 994@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Some ideas:</p> <p>Void Accustomed<br /> Immune to space sickness and familair with the vageries of ship life</p> <p>Hatred:<br /> Tuaght from childhood to combat a particular enemy, Gain 1 card when fighting a particular race </p> <p>I assume some kind of Corruption Mechianc is present?</p> <p>So<br /> Armour of Contempt<br /> Gain 1 card when resisting corruption</p> <p>You also represent cybernetic / biological enhancements as Traits?</p> <p>Same with ihuman creatures such as:</p> <p>Ogryn, Pretorians, Tech Priests, or Xenos races. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=150#post-993 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:47:09 +0000 Wyldman 993@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>HI!<br /> Ok, so my books all arrived today (which really cheered me up while I was off work sick!) and I have been trying to get my head around where we might have been going wrong. I've been running D&#38;H for about four games now, based on half printed PDFs and making stuff up. We generally play story based RPG with little to no dice rolling. </p> <p>I run for one person, which is not really the way the game is intended, and we've been having a few issues with getting the rules to make sense. The Skirmish rules, which I think I have now read properly, make sense to me but my major question is...</p> <p>If you were running a normal game with say, five players, one of them would be the commander and that character can then add their cards to the others as part of their discipline skill... They all then add those cards to their actions... so if one of the boys had the job to pick off a French officer as he was running away (for example) that character would have +2 to his rifle? So no matter what they are doing, if the commander has given them +2 cards from his discipline, they can apply that to their cards?</p> <p>Does the commander reset his discipline in every challenge?</p> <p>Seeing as we are running this as a solo game I just wanted to check, you are running it as a small group of guys, say five or six with one of them being an officer? So you are not playing an entire company of people? Or are they just in the background and you are just focussing on the five or six?<br /> I think my question is (through a haze of cold and flu medication) do you use one set of cards for the rest of the company as well?<br /> For example-<br /> If your company was engaging the French in whatever skirmish, you would all have your own cards and instructions from the officer. You have a job to do and your cards (plus whatever discipline he gives you) decide if you succeed. What about the rest of the guys?<br /> Do you even have them there, or are you only playing the PCs cards?</p> <p>Does that make any sense to anyone??</p> <p>Basically I haven't exactly decided what I'm going to do for the rest of my people in a skirmish scene. I don't really want to be flipping cards for the entire lot of them it would take forever and be quite dull for the player. I have been doing it for some of them, in important moments... </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=13&page=3#post-992 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:47:40 +0000 Wyldman 992@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>LOL that's cute!<br /> Yep. I wonder whether we have any teachers who also know about military things. I'm sure there's lots! They'd be in the middle of Neil's Venn diagram. I'm definitely not! But boy do I love this game! </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=13&page=3#post-991 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:18:21 +0000 mountzionryan 991@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>This reminds me of a thread I saw on RPG.net once. The commenter made some assumptions about science stuff in RPGs and then said, "well it's not like any of us are rocket scientists." At which point a slew of rocket and other scientists posted responses. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-990 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:51:04 +0000 Neil Gow 990@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>excellent</p> <p>Thats outside the remit of the stuff I am doing at the moment but it definitely could be included. I've got bionic augments in there as well.</p> <p>thanks! </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-989 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:14:05 +0000 sexylemur 989@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Greetings</p> <p>I would want Psi related traits. I've been looking into doing a Dark Heresy style game myself so have been thinking about how to incorporate psykers etc. Something along the lines of Psi-Rating, Iron Will, Favoured by the Warp, Warp Signature. I would also want some Adeptus Mechanicus stuff like Tech Implants, Chosen of the Omnisiah. I would also consider having some negative traits that give you a drawback but also something cool to go with it. </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=149#post-988 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:38:05 +0000 Neil Gow 988@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>OK, suppose someone was working on a wholly unofficial hack of D&#38;H based on Gaunts Ghosts and the Imperial Guard from WH40k. Just suppose, OK....</p> <p>What sort of NEW traits would you like to see? I'm assuming that this mythical person can re-purpose old traits to be all modern and hip (So 'Letter from London' might become 'Dispatch from Terra') but WHAT ELSE would you want?</p> <p>Crowd-source for this mythic person, asap!</p> <p>Neil </p> http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/topic.php?id=13&page=2#post-987 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:35:25 +0000 Neil Gow 987@http://www.omnihedron.co.uk/dutyandhonour/forum/ <p>Well yes - of course. I just assume that everyone I know is either (a) a teacher or (b) a member of the armed forces. For some reason the venn diagram of RPGs and jobs seems rather simple...</p> <p>Neil </p>