On watching it on release this morning I spotted that I hadn't included the Initiative section of the video, so a quick re-edit, re-render and re-upload and here we are, an hour later than the normal release time. Whoops!
Cheers, very much appreciated. Although it was massively frustrating to try to work out how the game actually worked, it kind of felt like a victory when I actually managed to work it out. The rules themselves aren't terrible, just the rulebook is laid out badly and forgets to mention important stuff (like how to work out hit points, until you realise they're skill based).
ICE's RPGs always had messy rules and layout. I somehow still managed to learn the rules for MERP and Rolemaster back in the day, despite that, but it often felt like a slog when using or referencing the books. Glad a 3rd party version of MERP/HARP came out in 'Against The Darkmaster' recently. Far better layout and some cleaned-up rules. Hope those guys also do a sci-fi version in the future.
I've been recently contacted by ICE to inform me they're about to launch a new version of Rolemaster, so I've booked myself a copy and am really looking forwards to seeing what they've done with the system over the years, or whether it's still almost the same. I'll keep an eye out for Against the Darkmaster, as while I love what ICE was trying to do, it was always a bit of heavy work to get into the rules (although I've been assured it's really worth it).
@@RPGGamer - I hope they get a cleaned up version of Rolemaster out in the near future. They've been saying a new version is in the works for years now so I think we've all taken it with a grain of salt as to when that will be. RM is the bigger, older brother of HARP/MERP so it has more crunch. Well worth checking out the new one when it arrives. Hoping the rules layout is a big improvement over earlier ICE stuff but I've not seen much to indicate a move in that direction from their more recent HARP releases. Hence the popularity of VstDM (HARP offshoot) which has done so. Fingers crossed, as they're quite nice once over the initial learning hurdle.
On watching it on release this morning I spotted that I hadn't included the Initiative section of the video, so a quick re-edit, re-render and re-upload and here we are, an hour later than the normal release time. Whoops!
goddamn, I used to play this some 30 years ago :)
How the years fly past, I've got games in my collection which I still consider "new", which are over 20 years old now :D
Love your vids, even when the game falls short.
Cheers, very much appreciated. Although it was massively frustrating to try to work out how the game actually worked, it kind of felt like a victory when I actually managed to work it out. The rules themselves aren't terrible, just the rulebook is laid out badly and forgets to mention important stuff (like how to work out hit points, until you realise they're skill based).
ICE's RPGs always had messy rules and layout. I somehow still managed to learn the rules for MERP and Rolemaster back in the day, despite that, but it often felt like a slog when using or referencing the books. Glad a 3rd party version of MERP/HARP came out in 'Against The Darkmaster' recently. Far better layout and some cleaned-up rules. Hope those guys also do a sci-fi version in the future.
I've been recently contacted by ICE to inform me they're about to launch a new version of Rolemaster, so I've booked myself a copy and am really looking forwards to seeing what they've done with the system over the years, or whether it's still almost the same.
I'll keep an eye out for Against the Darkmaster, as while I love what ICE was trying to do, it was always a bit of heavy work to get into the rules (although I've been assured it's really worth it).
@@RPGGamer - I hope they get a cleaned up version of Rolemaster out in the near future. They've been saying a new version is in the works for years now so I think we've all taken it with a grain of salt as to when that will be. RM is the bigger, older brother of HARP/MERP so it has more crunch. Well worth checking out the new one when it arrives. Hoping the rules layout is a big improvement over earlier ICE stuff but I've not seen much to indicate a move in that direction from their more recent HARP releases. Hence the popularity of VstDM (HARP offshoot) which has done so. Fingers crossed, as they're quite nice once over the initial learning hurdle.
And also do the lawnmore man
I'd almost forgotten that game existed. Cool idea.