Me and my cohorts are attending, only got into one Hyperborea event though, "Carnal Creatures of the Ythaqquan Plateau', but it sounds like a banger! ... We're not loading our schedule as much as past years this time, want more free time to mingle and meet (and off grid game) ... Beside the Hyperborea event, we're in the AD&D tourney again this year, "Nexus of Elder Evil" (I spied DMPrata got a seat at that as well), a Top Secret:NWO event (ran by TS:NWO/Solarian main dude himself, Jayson Elliot), a Pirate Borg Game, and we finish off Saturday night with a 6 hour Gamma World ... We're super stoked ... Would love to meet up at some point with like-minded Hyperborea enthusiasts. 

Added your events to my planner Handy, looks to be pretty cool ... though, I notice you and Del Teigler have competing ASSH events at noon on Thursday .... Hmmmmm ... Decisions, decisions ...   So many good ASSH games/events this year ... Jeff's 'The Auroral Odyssey' sounds so awesome, but his games go fast.

I've backed every NWA Kickstarter (save the 1st Edition boxed set). You only receive complimentary pdf's with physical product if you are a Kickstarter backer. If you purchase physical copies post Kickstarter campaign you do not receive complimentary pdf's. It's a bonus to the Kickstarter backers. There are often good sales or bundles deal's to get pdf's very inexpensively though, keep your eyes peeled. Also, sign up for Jeff's NWA email list to be notified (https://www.hyperborea.tv/).

It's 88% (give or take) compatible ... On the screen, only 4 out of 33 tables are not compliant with HYPE3 ...Table 79: Calculated Encumbrance is no longer needed, as encumbrance rules are greatly simplified in HYPE3 (but you could use if you like the granularity) ... Table 89: Basic Combat Sequence is changed for HYPE3, simplified ... Table 97: Two-weapon fighting is changed for HYPE3, simplified ... and Table 47: Shields is changed in HYPE3, there are only 2 types of shield now.

Blackadder23 wrote:

I'm actually working on it right now and  more than halfway done. Being a proofreader gave me a head start.

Hey Ben ... A Ghulish little birdy made it known over on the Discord server that the HYPE3 version of this may be impending ... Can't wait to see it/use it! ... Thanks man!
 

So Stoked! ... I actually finally got into one of @ghul's events at GC! ... Can't wait to sit at Mr. Talanian's table, been a long time coming ... I also noticed I get to play in a second Hyperborea event with @mavfire, also a pretty cool proposition ... Very happy that I was actually able to get into every event I hoped for ... also stoked to get into two of Jim Wampler's MCC events. Hope to see some of you fine fellows/gals at the Con.

Antalon wrote:

First, to comment how impressive 3rd ed is, and what surprised me most was the layout improvements: I thought 2nd ed very well laid out, but 3rd drops information just where you need it but never realised!

My question: is it now the case that actions in a combat round occur in a set sequence, from melee to movement? I ask because, for 2nd ed, there was no sequenced actions per se, with character’s taking whatever type of action desired (albeit many ran it with a specific sequence it seems), beyond the 2 phases.

Further, ties of initiative revert to a run down of any type of action in DX order (e.g., DX 18 choosing to move 1/2 and attack, followed by next DX character who may shoot an arrow)?

Thanks.

Hi Antalon ... Per this thread (https://hyperborea.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=1245) it appears 2nd Edition (and 1st) was ran as you state, that's also how I've run it for my group as well (though I'd be interested to hear Ghul thought's on this as well) ... I certainly anticipate running the new 3rd Edition Combat sequence as such when my group finally reconvenes. I don't see it as game breaking running the combat steps as you (and I) see it, or as firm sequenced steps as others seem to run it (and perhaps as Ghul intends).
 

Hey BA23 ... So, with all the additional Race/Culture options in 3rd Edition, will 'Waifs of the Boreas 3' be on your list of things to do eventually? ... The prior versions have been an indispensable resource, and many thanks to you for those.

This sounds awesome Gizmo ... I've had a plan for this type of eventuality for my players for a long time, but they've never taken the bait ... I plan to plunk them into Carcosa via the Geoffrey McKinney material for LotFP and his general OSR Carcosa hexcrawl modules. The Carcosa material isn't for everybody (it can be pretty disturbing and takes Otherworldy Horror to it's extreme ... pretty sure I read Ghul isn't a fan), but it definitely has the feel of a place out of time and space.

I had a very similar idea, but I went one step further, the PC's would start in another game system altogether. Given the Weird Tales connection of AS&SH, and obviously that same dynamic in Call of Cthulhu, my plan was to start my group playing Call of Cthulhu, PC's generated for the CoC system and everything, actually play a few sessions of CoC with those characters, then by virtue of a Gate spell (or the like) they would be transported to Hyperborea. At which point we'd do some sort of conversion to AS&SH stats/class/etc. and away we go ... I had also toyed with the idea of this with just one of my players being transported alone, from modern age/CoC setting into an existing group of AS&SH PC's, fish out of water concept. Very cool idea though.