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Offline LordNikon

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New to HARP and I have a question?
« on: August 14, 2024, 08:27:37 AM »
Hey folks!

I am new to HARP, but I did play a bunch of games of MERP 2e back in the day when I was in High School, early '90s time frame.

Anyhow, I was talking to a co-worker because he found out I was a gamer.. we started talking about MERP and then HARP. He said he really didn't have time to game, but I'd appreciate HARP, so he gave me his books, like 6 of them for $20 - one of them is a print out of HARP Lite, he said I should read that first.

Now my question is that I noticed my HARP book is a little different then the current one I see on drivethru, its only 192 pages vs 203 pages -- is my edition valid or out of date? I'd like to learn the most recent and not use outdated stuff.

thanks!
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Offline Kirsa

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Re: New to HARP and I have a question?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2024, 12:37:51 PM »
The changes from those editions are small, but important. Having said that though, what you have has 99% of the current rule set and a great way to start, especially at that price. If you have questions as you go you can put them here - or - you can go to ICE's Discord and ask there. I am Seraphim_72 there and keep a close eye on HARP stuff there.
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Re: New to HARP and I have a question?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2024, 01:23:05 PM »
Quote from: Kirsa on August 14, 2024, 12:37:51 PM
The changes from those editions are small, but important. Having said that though, what you have has 99% of the current rule set and a great way to start, especially at that price. If you have questions as you go you can put them here - or - you can go to ICE's Discord and ask there. I am Seraphim_72 there and keep a close eye on HARP stuff there.

Thank you kindly. Been reading HARP Lite as suggested, and going to make up a character and run through some combat to get an idea of how it works before I drop it on the group.
Which ICE discord, there is two of them. One that says Iron Crown, and another that looks like the ICE logo itself.
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Offline Mordenkainen

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Re: New to HARP and I have a question?
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2024, 10:00:27 PM »
It's been a while since I HARPed, but I do remember that the first edition from 2003ish had only 160 pages and was quickly revised to the 192pp edition you have (which is still considered first edition). So I think that as long as you don't have the original first release, you'll be fine to go with what you have. The first release had a number of essentially game-breaking bugs which the community quickly jumped on.
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