iron kingdoms rpg

[Colonel Voss]

So I got my sticky fingers on the new RPG. I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with the quality that they have put out here. I think it finally fills in the gap that has been missing in Warmachine/Hordes, which is the individual characters.

Character creation is very nice and easy to understand. The rules look easy enough to work with so overall I'm pleased with what I see.

[me_in_japan]

I've got a bunch of old Iron Kingdoms stuff, and I found it a fairly interesting read. Tbh, Ithink the one thing Warmahordes doesnt lack for is individual characters, as the warcasters/warlocks are so central to the game, and the fluff as written in the army books. Where Iron Kingdoms really comes into its own is in world development, and populating that world with beasties. Still, I agree that a bit of RPG action in the Thornwood might be quite fun.

[Primarch]

I had some of their old D20/D&D3.5 stuff and it was pretty good. I never played it though.

[Colonel Voss]

Ah but whose characters are they? You are right, the development is good and only possible because of the characters they use. However, it is alsway nice to have your own guy making marks on the world as well which has been the one thing missing to me.

[Colonel Voss]

alright so I have poured through the rules and the game. The rules are similar enough to Warma/Hordes that anyone who has played those games will know the ground rules from the word go. The background section really goes into details which brings the world a lot more to life and that alone is worth buying the book IMO.

Character creation is pretty nice and easy to understand. First choose your race, then choose an archetype, followed by choosing two careers and then buy gear and add a few stats and figure out your ARM DEF and what not. Fill out your life spiral (similar to hordes) and you are set. Character creation is really gun. Choosing an archtype and two careers really open up a lot of options and just fills my mind full of different ideas on what I could play.

Overall, I think that this is a great game. On the GM side, I have several ideas which is always good. But it is the idea of being a player that I really like the idea of doing. So two thumbs up to PP for this game.