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Post by CountClockwise on Nov 10, 2017 17:16:33 GMT
In answer to pre-gens there are a lot in the main rulebook. You get many of the series characters and plenty of 'off the rack' characters too. If you have the book on pdf you can just print them out and play. I was more getting at ones with full premade backstories and personalities like the companions in the fasa books but I do like the pregens they've made for this system as well.
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Post by bandersnee on Nov 11, 2017 14:28:36 GMT
FYI, I'd actually be okay if the GM screen were just PDF. I understand they can be pretty expensive to print, and I've never much used them as actual screens anyway. I just like having a nice pack of collated and formatted reference tables to print out and have with me at the table, so I don't have to thumb through the corebook so much. Same here. I was able to snag a 10th Doctor GM screen for a great price off of eBay. I'd pay for the pdf to go along with it. I mostly use it to have charts handy. That said, if they released a new GM screen, I'd buy the screen and PDF to support the product.
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Post by Corone on Nov 12, 2017 4:24:42 GMT
In answer to pre-gens there are a lot in the main rulebook. You get many of the series characters and plenty of 'off the rack' characters too. If you have the book on pdf you can just print them out and play. I was more getting at ones with full premade backstories and personalities like the companions in the fasa books but I do like the pregens they've made for this system as well. Ah, I see what you mean. I'm not sure how they would sell but its an interesting idea.
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Boneguard
2nd Incarnation
Posts: 24
Favourite Doctors: War Doctor
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Post by Boneguard on Nov 13, 2017 15:21:14 GMT
When you get round to the inevitable '13th Doctor Edition', would it be possible to consider simply releasing the core book as a generic Doctor Who book, without ties to a specific Doctor incarnation, and release both 12th and 13th Doctor sourcebooks as seperate things? The book could simply have a picture of the TARDIS on the cover, as an icon, and then mix the stills within it from all the different incarnations. The characters in the back could be more generic archetypes possibly, although I know this might get tricky. That would be awesome. Buying a new corebook every three years is getting old. Okay, as a customer, I could abstain from that, but C7 probably doesn't have the choice. I assume they have to do a new corebook for every new doctor. Not enviable. In my case, I only have the 50th Anniversary edition corebook. Granted I might be missing out on a few NPC/Creature but I figure when the Doctor's time will be done I'll get that infor in the X Doctor's Sourcebook. Now, we just need C7 to give us a War Doctor Sourcebook
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Post by boxer01 on Nov 13, 2017 21:05:49 GMT
Now, we just need C7 to give us a War Doctor Sourcebook On the one hand I'd love it. On the other, I'm not sure actually defining the details of the Last Great Time War can ever be adequately satisfying.
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Boneguard
2nd Incarnation
Posts: 24
Favourite Doctors: War Doctor
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Post by Boneguard on Nov 13, 2017 23:44:01 GMT
Now, we just need C7 to give us a War Doctor Sourcebook On the one hand I'd love it. On the other, I'm not sure actually defining the details of the Last Great Time War can ever be adequately satisfying. It wouldn't be easy that's for sure as most of the War Doctor material is non-official at the same time, a well made Last Great Time War/War Doctor Sourcebook would provide us with key events, Temporal Nexus, and adventure seeds that could help us build our own Time War and keep the same feel.
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Post by Corone on Nov 14, 2017 13:09:38 GMT
When you get round to the inevitable '13th Doctor Edition', would it be possible to consider simply releasing the core book as a generic Doctor Who book, without ties to a specific Doctor incarnation, and release both 12th and 13th Doctor sourcebooks as seperate things? The book could simply have a picture of the TARDIS on the cover, as an icon, and then mix the stills within it from all the different incarnations. The characters in the back could be more generic archetypes possibly, although I know this might get tricky. That would be awesome. Buying a new corebook every three years is getting old. Okay, as a customer, I could abstain from that, but C7 probably doesn't have the choice. I assume they have to do a new corebook for every new doctor. Not enviable. I should add that while we have several editions of the Corebook, the only one that was done to cover a regeneration change was the 11th Doctor box. The Anniversary edition was done for the anniversary, not as 'the new corebook'. The 'Capaldi edition' was done because we had run out of corebooks and needed to reprint (so we figured we've give it a going over while we were at it). So a 13th Doctor edition isn't inevitable at all, unless we sell out of Capaldi books, which could happen.
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,236
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Nov 17, 2017 10:38:53 GMT
When you get round to the inevitable '13th Doctor Edition', would it be possible to consider simply releasing the core book as a generic Doctor Who book, without ties to a specific Doctor incarnation, and release both 12th and 13th Doctor sourcebooks as seperate things? The book could simply have a picture of the TARDIS on the cover, as an icon, and then mix the stills within it from all the different incarnations. The characters in the back could be more generic archetypes possibly, although I know this might get tricky. A few months ago, Jon Hodgson posted on Facebook that when Cubicle 7 refreshed the core rulebook on the 12th Doctor's arrival, they had planned to use a "Doctor-neutral" cover, most likely an image of the TARDIS. But when they looked through the new images from the BBC at the time, they couldn't resist the image they actually used. He also said that they have every intention to go "Doctor-neutral" in 2018 - but it may again depend on the pictures the BBC provides.
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Post by caffinatedd on Dec 30, 2017 20:39:15 GMT
Sourcebooks for 'Class' and the 'Sarah Jane Adventures' if possible.
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Post by kreider204 on Mar 7, 2018 22:42:41 GMT
I wish that anything at all would come out. Seriously, it's been over a year since the last DW book. I don't need a ton of stuff, but at least a couple of books per year would be nice. Anything?! ...
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Post by kreider204 on Mar 24, 2018 15:14:20 GMT
On a related note. I know the next edition of the corebook is a ways off yet, but when it's in the works, I'd like to volunteer to do some proofreading before it goes to print. I understand there's already a group that does this, so how do I get into that exclusive little club?
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Post by Corone on Mar 24, 2018 19:17:22 GMT
On a related note. I know the next edition of the corebook is a ways off yet, but when it's in the works, I'd like to volunteer to do some proofreading before it goes to print. I understand there's already a group that does this, so how do I get into that exclusive little club? Not sure I know about that one. Thats usually done by in house editing staff for the most part. However, we do release the pdf of a book a little ahead of sending it to print, and many people have caught the odd one or two proofing mistakes in that window. Those who subscribed to the Doctor Sourcebooks series also got their pdfs ahead of general release, (and gave some valuable proofing help there too) so this might be what you are thinking of.
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,236
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Mar 24, 2018 19:55:44 GMT
On a related note. I know the next edition of the corebook is a ways off yet, but when it's in the works, I'd like to volunteer to do some proofreading before it goes to print. I understand there's already a group that does this, so how do I get into that exclusive little club? Not sure I know about that one. Thats usually done by in house editing staff for the most part. However, we do release the pdf of a book a little ahead of sending it to print, and many people have caught the odd one or two proofing mistakes in that window. Those who subscribed to the Doctor Sourcebooks series also got their pdfs ahead of general release, (and gave some valuable proofing help there too) so this might be what you are thinking of. No, kreider204 is correct - this is a thing that Andrew Kenrick used to do with a small group of volunteers, and Jon Hodgson picked up after he left. But I don't think he visits this forum very often.
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Post by kreider204 on Mar 25, 2018 2:18:51 GMT
Thanks, all. If you hear anything when the time comes, let me know.
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zaphod
1st Incarnation
Posts: 6
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Post by zaphod on May 20, 2018 15:04:27 GMT
I would like to see Cubicle 7 produce some GM aides. These are as follows:
1. Spaceship and Space Station Maps for use for Minis: I would like to have maps for spaceships for the major characters in the series including Daleks, Cybermen, Silurians, Sontarans, etc. I would also like multiple generic spaceship and space station maps that could be used for the Doctors adventures. A map tile set that would allow the user to build different configurations would be great. These could be made for tabletop use or VTT.
2. Maps of Tardis interiors for the different doctors for use with minis. These could be used for tabletop or VTT.
3. Doctor Who Pawns. Pathfinder makes cardboard pawns in mini scale for their games. It would be great to have minis for the all the doctors, companions, enemies, NPCs and assorted aliens. These could be sold like the Pathfinder pawns as cardboard minis or it could be sold as a digital download for players to printout and make themselves. Cubicle 7 has all the artwork assets to easily create these. I have made my own but would gladly pay for an official set. They could be sold in different sets i.e. Doctors, companions, enemies, etc. Or they could be grouped by the Doctor. The Doctor sets would have companions, Doctor, enemies NPCs that were specific to that Doctor.
Hope these spark some interest.
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generalrose
2nd Incarnation
Posts: 196
Favourite Doctors: Eight, Twelve, Ten
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Post by generalrose on May 25, 2018 11:50:45 GMT
My favourite part of any of your books is the new character traits. However, I find most of them go unused in my campaigns because none of the players want to go flipping through 10 books looking for them. Maybe some kind of PDF supplement with all of the UNIT/Time-Lord/Dinosaur/Other traits listed in it would be handy? Also maybe some sort of campaign setting books. For example, a guide to the Great and Bountiful Human Empire. It could feature planets, spaceships, aliens and gadgets appropriate to the setting, and maybe a few adventures too. I've ended up just making my own word document with all the traits from the core books, sourcebooks, select rocket she traits, custom from this forum, traits I personally created. It's a nice resource. If you encourage using technology in your games your could make something similar for your players.
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generalrose
2nd Incarnation
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Favourite Doctors: Eight, Twelve, Ten
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Post by generalrose on May 25, 2018 11:55:16 GMT
Sarah Jane Adventures book. PDF of game screen. More Black archive items. In the vein of SJA I'd like a book setting up the adventures former companions had in their post-Doctor lives. We could detail Sarah Jane in between "A girls best friend" and "Interference". Ace and her implied training on Gallifrey. In a similar style, Romana before meeting the Doctor.
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Post by bandersnee on Dec 2, 2018 13:43:45 GMT
2. Maps of Tardis interiors for the different doctors for use with minis. These could be used for tabletop or VTT. If you're looking for TARDIS interiors, I'd take a look at these from Maps of Mastery: maps-of-mastery-store.myshopify.com/collections/terrain-card-sets/products/dimensional-timeship-tilesThough there are a few cards in there to form a spaceship if you want, the vast majority of the terrain cards will have a close enough fit that it can slip right into a Doctor Who game. I've been very happy with the way that my set has worked in my game.
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Post by herrdoktor on May 20, 2020 11:51:47 GMT
Just publish something, don't let the game die!
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Post by bandersnee on May 21, 2020 19:37:22 GMT
Just publish something, don't let the game die! I share your enthusiasm for the game. Though we did just get a 12th Doctor Sourcebook recently. Being a small company, I think that Cubicle-7 is focusing some efforts on Warhammer for a bit. Though it does raise the question, what sort of supplement would you like to see Cubicle-7 publish for Doctor Who? More adventures? More creatures? More tech?
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Post by olegrand on May 22, 2020 10:05:27 GMT
I don't think a game becomes "dead" when it is no longer commercially supported and so far C7 has given us an extremely rich DW range, with no less than 17 hefty supplements (unless I've forgotten something)... And efforts like Siskoid's awesome Extended Universe unofficial sourcebooks clearly show that an RPG like this one is more than the sum of its commercial products - and yes, this is reminiscent of the way the Doctor Who mythos managed to survive between 1989 and 1996 and then between 1996 and 2005, when the show itself was "officially dead".
I think we must also take into account the fact that the show is currently going through a very serious "canon crisis" (for want of a better word) which HAS upset many of its long-term fans... not to say the show won't survive this (it has endured worse!) but this current mood certainly does not help the creation / launching of official (RPG-based or not) third-party material. I'm a Doctor Who magazine subscriber and I could not help noticing that the two latest issues heavily played the nostalgia card (first, a Tom Baker 1976 special with a magnificent "victorian" cover and then a R.T Davies vs. Steven Moffat / 10th Doctor vs. 11th Doctor themed issue) as if there was some more or less unconscious desire to look back (as opposed to 'riding the whirlwind' caused by the whole ridiculous Timeless Child continuity mess) - but sorry, I digress.
All this to say is that we shouldn't wait for C7 to churn out new stuff to make this game a "living" thing - it is also our responsibility pleasure to keep it alive by playing it and by producing our own unofficial, free contents to share it with other members of the DW RPG community... and if C7 does produce some new supplement, well, hooray!
Back to the topic at hand, here are three ideas that, I think, could make excellent supplements à la "Paternoster gang":
- A supplement on alternate realities, uchronia and other parallel universes, including overviews of established alternate realities (such as "Pete's World" or the "Inferno" anglo-fascist dystopia) and discussing the hows, whys and wherefores of creating divergent continuities for the game - including basing your own campaign on your own "alternate DW setting", with your own versions of the Doctor etc. And, of course, scenarios!
- Supplements on some of the most frequently-mentioned (or "best-loved") periods of future history, such as the 42nd and 51st centuries...
- Mini-campaigns set in a specific historical era, e.g. Churchill and WW2, the musketeers and the English Civil War, ancient China etc.
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Post by boredeternal on Oct 27, 2021 19:07:50 GMT
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,236
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Oct 28, 2021 8:29:50 GMT
The pdf of the second edition is already out, and yes, it does include an experience system.
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