I know 1st editions are floating around at reasonable prices, but man that 2nd edition looks plush! I missed the boat on the add-on for chaosium’s last KS, so if anyone out there has buyers regret or just finds they have one too many RPG books gathering dust on the shelf, please let me know!
I'd be interested in bundle deals that include the Episode Book as well. Thanks!
Kinda makes me feel BSL lacks starpower. Korean pros are also heavy streamers. I'm sure one hand washes the other, but I wonder if there's anything foreign BW players can do to increase their draw? Obviously, Artosis and his stream is exceptional in many ways, but the lack of views is disheartening.
I guess it doesn't help that BSL production values are significantly lower.
Hello all,
I'm about to pilot fairly standard Preston + Diana builds through a blind run of TCU with my wife. I think I've got everything dialed in except for the quandary in the title.
I'm thinking Flashlight is probably more consistent, since it allows shenanigans with Look What I Found across a wider range of shrouds, not to mention auto-succeeds up to 2 shroud.
That said, I kinda like Winging It for the double clue trigger, which can be abused with Double or Nothing. It still has interplay with Look What I found, though less so. It shuffles back into the deck, synergizing with all the card draw from Rabbit's Foot and Drawing Thin (though possibly too much of a good thing with dead draws later in the game?) I do wish it had commit pips, but on the other hand I do like that it's a little different from every other Preston build which features flashlight.
I'm probably leaning towards Winging It just because I've never played it before, but I know TCU is unforgiving and ultimately just want to make sure my wife has a good time (she has wanted to play Preston for years!)
Edit: I suppose Old Key Ring is an option too. Cheaper than Flashlight with fewer charges, but recursive with Resourceful.
I'd been reading scans of Prince Valiant obtained... on the internet, which petered out around the beginning of 1945, RIGHT as a critical plot point was beginning to be resolved. I was reading panels aloud to my wife in fact, laughing at how the dynamic between Val and his paramour is similar to us, then I suddenly had no more to read.
I bemoaned running out of material to read and how expensive the Fantagraphics hardcover books are, especially the out of print volume 8 which really prevents me from even starting to collect. She said "why don't we just look on ebay and see what's up there?"
Lo and behold, a full collection of the paperback for a decent price $270 shipped, after tax. All 50 volumes of covering Hal Foster's 35 years. She basically told me that I have to buy it, it's my birthday and I'll certainly cherish it.
In case you were like me and assumed from the funny papers that Prince Valiant was a dull nothing of a strip, it's actually the longest running serial comic out there – and at least the Foster years are incredible quality art and storytelling. I'm going through some withdrawals not being able to cozy up and read a few more panels tonight, but soon I'll be in hog heaven!