The "I Got It!" Thread

Hystrix · Unread post by **Hystrix** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:50 pm

I got an advanced copy in my Xmas suprise package. I think I'm gonna order the actuall book soon. BTW I love it. Go job, CL...

Unread post by **NMI** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:55 pm

I got mine today (and the photocopy the other day).

Preacher · Unread post by **Preacher** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:11 pm

The UPS guy just dropped mine off at 7:09pm. Man he is running late.

The cover is awesome.

CyCo · Unread post by **CyCo** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:39 am

You guys got it?? Eeek!!

Time to lock and load!!!

*grabs shotgun and racks slide*

'clack-clack'

It's time to go huntin'.

8p

Todd Yoho · Unread post by **Todd Yoho** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:44 am

Citizen Lazlo wrote:Why is it that Preacher and Maryann live like 20 miles from me but he always gets his products first? Cause I still don't have mine.

Zombies ate yours.

Shawn Merrow · Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:08 pm

Citizen Lazlo wrote:Why is it that Preacher and Maryann live like 20 miles from me but he always gets his products first? Cause I still don't have mine.

I actually got a Rifter once before they did. I have no idea how that could have happend. :lol:

Preacher · Unread post by **Preacher** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:35 pm

Citizen Lazlo wrote:Why is it that Preacher and Maryann live like 20 miles from me but he always gets his products first? Cause I still don't have mine.

I have a Theory about that.
We live North of Dayton and you live south. About four miles from our house on Valley Street is a UPS Freight hub and about three miles from us is a good size UPS distribution hub. I think that the freight hub gets transfers directly from Michigan and very quickly ships over local packages to the area distribution hub which disseminates the packages usually within 24 to 48 hours of shipping from Palladium.

What I have seen of the book so far looks pretty cool. I am not even a fan of the Zombie Genre but this looks like it would be a real FUN game to run. Also with the survival aspects of Dead Reign coupled with the survival aspects of Systems Failure a Good GM could make a great Non Supernatural, Non Alien Invasion Society Fails type of game of a similar vein to the short lived TV series Jericho.

Crawlers= Yuck :puke:

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:37 pm

Hopefully my comics/game store will get it so i can buy it and join CyCo in hunting some deadheads.

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:12 pm

Preacher wrote:What I have seen of the book so far looks pretty cool. I am not even a fan of the Zombie Genre but this looks like it would be a real FUN game to run. Also with the survival aspects of Dead Reign coupled with the survival aspects of Systems Failure a Good GM could make a great Non Supernatural, Non Alien Invasion Society Fails type of game of a similar vein to the short lived TV series Jericho.

I've started a game using the Dead Reign setting with the System Failure rules and O.C.C.. So far its going really well and everyone is having fun.

DtMK · Unread post by **DtMK** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:17 pm

I JUST now received it in the mail! I'll take some time to look at it later, I'm getting ready for work , but I'll give it a thorough once-over and review of it later.

Shotgun Jolly · Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:47 pm

DtMK wrote:... but I'll give it a thorough once-over and review of it later.

DtMK,

I would really like to hear what you have to say. Ever since the news broke about how much was re written, the appearent lack of "Large Combat" rules.. I have grown uneasy. All of what I was hearing about, and all of that in the other thread, (that I cant seem to find in the other forum) I was kinda looking forward too.

As I said before, I am hoping its true to the theme of Zombie lore and fiction. And not so much with to much cross over into the other Megaversal Realms. I dont mind some, but I dont want to much it.

I guess, really I need someone to relieve my concerns on it. So, a post here would be great, or even a PM with your non tempered views would be wonderfull.

Kinda sad about the fact about the lack of large scale combat though..

Regards

Unread post by **NMI** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:07 pm

Preacher wrote: Good GM could make a great Non Supernatural, Non Alien Invasion Society Fails type of game of a similar vein to the short lived TV series Jericho.

I have done something similar in the past using HU2 (Kinda like Age of Apocalypse).. but now with the additional "post-humanity" information of Dead Reign, I could possibly revisit my old game.

rat_bastard · Unread post by **rat_bastard** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:09 pm

waiting for my FLGS to have it to buy it from them, that should be about a week and a half from now.

Preacher · Unread post by **Preacher** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:56 pm

Mr. Deific NMI wrote:
Preacher wrote: Good GM could make a great Non Supernatural, Non Alien Invasion Society Fails type of game of a similar vein to the short lived TV series Jericho.

I have done something similar in the past using HU2 (Kinda like Age of Apocalypse).. but now with the additional "post-humanity" information of Dead Reign, I could possibly revisit my old game.

You know I am really thinking about this a lot.

Palladium has all the ingredients already. All that is needed is to mix them into a game.
All you need is to compile all the non super,psionic,magic OCC's for the players. Doctors, Lawyers as well as the Soldiers and Police officers. Then come up with a semi-plausible "world goes to hell in a hand basket" scenario and you are off and running.
The survival aspects as well as fighting for food and livable land and sanctuary.

Of course coming up with a good scenario is the hard part. It's kind of like coming up with a good name for your fleet in a Space Opera setting which does not sound like something out of the fifties or sixties. Space Force= Blargh as does Space anything. If you can hit upon an idea that does not stink then you are golden as the rest will come as you build on the idea.

erc1971 · Unread post by **erc1971** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:04 pm

I ordered mine Sunday, and received it today.

I gave it a quick glance and I have to give it 2 thumbs up.

I really liked the tweaks on zombies (like how they all woke up at the same time, bite's don't automatically turn you) and loved the very well fleshed out equipment section.

Looking forward to giving this one a play in the future.

Eric

The Galactus Kid · Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:50 am

Mine either went out on Thursday evening or Friday morning with my grab bag, and I still haven't received it yet. sadface.

Dark_Lightning · Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:37 pm

got mine yesterday. been reading it since.

The Galactus Kid · Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:14 pm

My grabbag is at home waiting for me, and since it was only one of two things I asked for, I'm almost certain its there.

:-D

The Galactus Kid · Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:14 am

The Galactus Kid wrote:My grabbag is at home waiting for me, and since it was only one of two things I asked for, I'm almost certain its there.

YAY!!!
Dead Reign
Macross Sourcebook x 2 (one of which I ordered seperately but they shipped them together)
Property of the CS T-Shirt
Dogboys Playing Poker
Shadow Chronicles Endsheet artwork signed by Kevin and the Mannings
Christmas Cards

I totally win.

Dead reign gets two very enthusiastic thumbs up.

Shawn Merrow · Unread post by **Shawn Merrow** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:16 pm

Got mine today. *does happy dance*

Nxla666 · Unread post by **Nxla666** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:25 am

I got mine friday.

Been reading through it between WoW, gaming, sleeping and eating.

Opinions will be forth coming in own thread.

rat_bastard · Unread post by **rat_bastard** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:47 am

Picked it up from my FLGS today.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:29 am

Went and got it from my comics & games store. They saved it for me since i couldn't wait for them to get their delivery from UPS.

gaaahhhh · Unread post by **gaaahhhh** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:30 pm

I got mine today.

Preacher wrote:You know I am really thinking about this a lot.

Palladium has all the ingredients already. All that is needed is to mix them into a game.
All you need is to compile all the non super,psionic,magic OCC's for the players. Doctors, Lawyers as well as the Soldiers and Police officers. Then come up with a semi-plausible "world goes to hell in a hand basket" scenario and you are off and running.
The survival aspects as well as fighting for food and livable land and sanctuary.

Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be zombies.
Don't let them eat brains and get hit by those trucks.
Let them be doctors and lawyers and such...

velcRomanceR · Unread post by **velcRomanceR** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:25 am

"I Got It!"

And I love it.
My Dead Reign has been coil-binded for easy access, and I have begun highlighting and indexing the essentials.

Let me say this - :fl:

- THE BOOK ROCKS HARD !!! Having "rules" for all those zombie flicks I've watched is absolutely nostalgic - I know this isn't the only zombie RPG out there.. but Palladium Books has ALWAYS had street cred for me; the company is like family (yeah, family is late every now and again and doesn't always do what you want them to <like not giving me Dead Reign in my x-mas grab bag> but in the end, you love 'em anyways), and I only run and play Palladium excpet for L5R. All the zombie games I've played with friends where we just went through a Guns 'n Ammo mag assigning weapon damages and rolling up mock characters and zombies has come full circle with Dead Reign. Wholehearted thanks go to all those involved.

I am thoroughly impressed! Honestly. It's great!

londonbaz · Unread post by **londonbaz** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:25 am

Got mine yesterday in my Grab Bag and delved into it last night. It takes a lot for me to get spinal chills, but I had several in the first 10 pages alone... still a lot more to read but so far so good - thanks Kev and Josh!

Kelorin · Unread post by **Kelorin** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:55 am

Finally got my copy from my local gaming store last Friday. Still reading through it. But I like what I see so far.

As far as the magic and all of Josh's work on Rifter 40, it looks like it would be easy enough to re-integrate those elements using a copy of BTS-2 or Nightbane. Just means a little more work for the G.M. and we won't have Josh's hand-crafted minions of Brulyx.

I actually like the fact that the origin story isn't 'locked in'. Most of my players will get the books and read the G.M.'s sections anyway. This will allow me to keep them guessing, and if I still want to use the Rifter #40 origin stuff I still can.

Also due to lack of specific world information, I'm definitely going to use Rifter #40 bits like the Air Force airlift, the Stadium survivors, some of the Winnipeg bit, and the world's navies trying to retake the Hawaiian islands. (All my players picked military backgrounds).

Primus · Unread post by **Primus** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:27 pm

Got mine! w00t!

This s--t rocks. I'm loving it so far...it's good recreational reading for when I'm not cramming for next Tuesday's test and finals in 10 days.

I love the background story...the whole whodunnit thing. Can't wait to unleash this on my willing victims...err, gaming group....

Greyaxe · Unread post by **Greyaxe** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:12 pm

I just got it about 30 Minutes ago, in my christmas grab bag

sHaka · Unread post by **sHaka** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:18 pm

Greyaxe wrote:I just got it about 30 Minutes ago, in my christmas grab bag

Ditto - loving what I've skimmed.

Greyaxe · Unread post by **Greyaxe** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:51 am

Roofius wrote:Hello, new here

FIrst bought Nightspawn about 5 years ago, totally lost touch of RPGs in general since around then (never actually played it!).

Randomly decided to buy Dead Reign after seeing it advertised - just reading it now. Very impressed so far, just hope I can find some friends to play

Welcome back, invite your friends over for Zombie night, watch a movie or tow put the finished characters in front of them and say, lets make our own zombie movie.

Rathorc Lemenger · Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:11 pm

I've got it, Booya baby. But I've got to read the Macross sourcebook first before I flip through it.

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

Jefffar · Unread post by **Jefffar** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:27 pm

Got out to the store for the pick up of Dead Reign and Macross . . . I think I will need some alone time for a while . . .

By the way, Dead Reign - best Palladium cover ever. Also love the picture in the back fo the GB getting swarmed.

krate · Unread post by **krate** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:40 am

Got mine today in a Christmas package. Along with Nightbane. Both new games to me. So far, awesome stuff!
Was their arrival in the same package a sign? Is this a "you got your peanut butter on my chocolate" moment? Hmmmm. I will finish reading them and play them individually. And then maybe combine the two. Where Nightbane fight in a zombie filled world where the Night Lords rule.

Love dead reign. Great stuff gang!

asajosh · Unread post by **asajosh** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:43 am

Got mine a few weeks ago, awsome!
havent been on the forums in a while, scuse the late reply

werebadger89 · Unread post by **werebadger89** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:24 am

i got it! ******* awesome!

Warmaster40k · Unread post by **Warmaster40k** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:00 am

Got mine as well, in the christmas package. Gonna use it in my Chaos Earth Campaign

Vrykolas2k · Unread post by **Vrykolas2k** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:39 pm

I've got the book.
It's alright.

Vidynn · Unread post by **Vidynn** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:31 pm

my store still hasnt got it, ran into problems with the distributor (I ordered Mystic China in JUNE!!). :badbad:

Nxla666 · Unread post by **Nxla666** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:33 am

Vidynn wrote:my store still hasnt got it, ran into problems with the distributor (I ordered Mystic China in JUNE!!).

I've had that happen a couple times, once the distributor sent the store a bunch of books that had gotten soaked during a bad storm.

Michael Barakofsky · Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:47 pm

I got mine on Christmas Eve, the mailman brought it to my door at like 7:35 pm way late for the mail in my area, even durring the holidays. I love the DR setting, 2 thumbs up, got an idea for a combo setting DR/NB/HU2 where there are those who got sick but didnt die only to find out that they will slowly mutate gaining either select powers from HU2 or select morphus form aspects from NB. Still working on the infection survivor % as well as the mutation table though.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:27 pm

Michael Barakofsky wrote:I got mine on Christmas Eve, the mailman brought it to my door at like 7:35 pm way late for the mail in my area, even durring the holidays. I love the DR setting, 2 thumbs up, got an idea for a combo setting DR/NB/HU2 where there are those who got sick but didnt die only to find out that they will slowly mutate gaining either select powers from HU2 or select morphus form aspects from NB. Still working on the infection survivor % as well as the mutation table though.

That's a very interesting idea! :ok:

Kudos on the combo idea. Hope you work out the details.

Lenwen · Unread post by **Lenwen** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:49 pm

FINNALLY GOT MINE ...................

I
LOVE
THIS
BOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To the writers of this beutiful masterpiece allow me to tell you my wife has now gone zombie lovin with me haha .
And believe me you guys will one day see me for a signing of the book and a HUGE hug from the wife ..

With this book she has finally started to love the Zombie genre(sp?) and for that I must thank you with much much much man love !!!

THANKS GUYS !! haha

Michael Barakofsky · Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:57 am

This is an update for anyone who found my DR/NB/HU2 combo idea interesting, after the first game session this past weekend that lasted 12 solid hours my group is totally stoked. Its been the best game I have ever ran and I have to say THANK YOU PALLADIUM!!!!

If anyone wants to know how I worked it: roll the character up as normal for dead reign, the player can either choose to be a mutant or can roll 30% chance. If the character is a mutant roll for powers from the experiment table in HU2 (I used the experiment table because this whole idea was an experiment) minor powers from HU2 if any major powers are rolled instead of major powers roll on the Nightbane Characteristics table replacing combo 2 with Beauty table, combo 3 with Animal table, and combo 4 with Stigmata table.

Note: These mutations happen slowly over the course of 1 year (I allowed my players who were mutants to start off with 1 mutation out the get go.) and any of the NB features are permanent changes to the person forever marking them as mutations (if the aspects rolled are obviously in human). To add a little extra flavor I ruled that certain powers pre-determined the physical mutations (NB aspects) Superhuman PS = Mechanical Limbs: Arms, Extraordinary Spd = Mechanical Limbs: Legs, Wingless Flight = Rocket Jets (players choice as to location).

My group had a blast with their first day, I started the game time line at the point when the dead started to rise, the group doesnt know who to trust and jumps guns locked, cocked and ready to rock with each little noise the characters hear. Its been a blast and a great first day gaming.

THANKS AGAIN!!!

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:46 am

Michael Barakofsky wrote:This is an update for anyone who found my DR/NB/HU2 combo idea interesting, after the first game session this past weekend that lasted 12 solid hours my group is totally stoked. Its been the best game I have ever ran and I have to say THANK YOU PALLADIUM!!!!

If anyone wants to know how I worked it: roll the character up as normal for dead reign, the player can either choose to be a mutant or can roll 30% chance. If the character is a mutant roll for powers from the experiment table in HU2 (I used the experiment table because this whole idea was an experiment) minor powers from HU2 if any major powers are rolled instead of major powers roll on the Nightbane Characteristics table replacing combo 2 with Beauty table, combo 3 with Animal table, and combo 4 with Stigmata table.

Note: These mutations happen slowly over the course of 1 year (I allowed my players who were mutants to start off with 1 mutation out the get go.) and any of the NB features are permanent changes to the person forever marking them as mutations (if the aspects rolled are obviously in human). To add a little extra flavor I ruled that certain powers pre-determined the physical mutations (NB aspects) Superhuman PS = Mechanical Limbs: Arms, Extraordinary Spd = Mechanical Limbs: Legs, Wingless Flight = Rocket Jets (players choice as to location).

My group had a blast with their first day, I started the game time line at the point when the dead started to rise, the group doesnt know who to trust and jumps guns locked, cocked and ready to rock with each little noise the characters hear. Its been a blast and a great first day gaming.

THANKS AGAIN!!!

Glad things worked out for you!!!! (wish my group could game for 12 hours..... :-(

)

Intriguing ideas for how you convert some of the powers to NB abilities. Please keep those of us who like your idea (unless i'm the only one :lol:

) updated with your game. :ok:

Michael Barakofsky · Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:44 am

Nightbreed wrote:Glad things worked out for you!!!! (wish my group could game for 12 hours..... )

Intriguing ideas for how you convert some of the powers to NB abilities. Please keep those of us who like your idea (unless i'm the only one ) updated with your game.

You know, thats an idea that I never thought of doing, so ok I will. I don't want to take over Citizen Lazlo's thread so I will start my own thread and explain things a little more indepth there.

Grell · Unread post by **Grell** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:39 pm

Well, I finally picked up my copy of the book! My first impression was mixed. While I was impressed with the content, the artwork was hit and miss for me (Bradshaw and Mummah were definite hits though!).

I ran it for a very small group of inexperienced players while on a trip to UT and we all had a blast! The adventure itself was very small and contained involving a basic escape from suburbia type of scenario. We discovered that the zombies are indeed very difficult to kill with medium caliber weapons!

One player was a cop with a 9mm and can certainly attest to this!

Still, it got a good review during our play test and we all look forward to playing again.

Grell · Unread post by **Grell** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:21 pm

The art is the first thing I ever appreciate in any PB book! Don't get me wrong, there were some astounding pieces in DR! There were just more than usual for a Palladium book that didn't appeal to me. :-D

MrMom · Unread post by **MrMom** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:10 am

After much debateing i finally ordered it and got it about four days ago. While I thought that the art was great the content (for me at least) was a little lackluster. Now dont get me wrong i am not complaing I just thought that it would have had a little more pop to it other than (We dont know what caused the zombies). The multiple causes is nice it gives the players and GM room to move but over all I think that it was one of the weaker PB titles. Well thats my two cents worth anyway.

Nightbreed · Unread post by **Nightbreed** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:40 am

MrMom wrote:After much debateing i finally ordered it and got it about four days ago. While I thought that the art was great the content (for me at least) was a little lackluster. Now dont get me wrong i am not complaing I just thought that it would have had a little more pop to it other than (We dont know what caused the zombies). The multiple causes is nice it gives the players and GM room to move but over all I think that it was one of the weaker PB titles. Well thats my two cents worth anyway.

If you're looking for a potential cause check out the Rifter #45. IMHO that scenario makes DR a MUCH better game than what was made. (It's also similar to what Citizen Lazlo wrote

)