Recent content by Anon Adderlan

Currently speedrunning at 2x. Yes, but is he wrong? Forget classifications, if your design cannot convey what you want play to be then you need to improve your design. And it's more than reasonable for potential players to want to know what your game is about. That's because any attempt to...

All depends on whether planning actually helps you achieve your objectives. You can't form a plan without gathering intelligence first, which can lead to potential complications in itself. But once you form a plan the GM will be adding complications anyway, so the only thing that does is provide...

Not exactly, but yes. #Facebook is where information goes to die. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate they shared their expertise at all. But what use is it if it cannot be found without following the person directly on a specific social media platform that deliberately makes search difficult...

Common norms matter. Chairs and doors account for human dimensions. Speed limits account for human reaction times. Font sizes account for human visual acuity. Game controllers account for the shape of human hands. And while outliers may benefit from variations, there are also variations nobody...

I'm surprised #Embracer didn't strip #Asmodee of their IP before letting them go. Maybe that wasn't an option. Or maybe they intend to buy it back during the firesale. It's a shame folks continue to silo their expertise behind social media like this. Yeah, how the hell does this even work...

I'm surprised #Embracer didn't strip #Asmodee of their IP before letting them go. Maybe that wasn't an option. Or maybe they intend to buy it back during the firesale. It's a shame folks continue to silo their expertise behind social media like this. Yeah, how the hell does this even work...

If a RPG functionally requires a character creation app then it isn't a tabletop RPG. Yet a surprising number of so called TTRPGs are beyond most people's ability to play as intended without one. There's a reason MtG became the perennial hit it did, and the way it manages presentation and...

Numerous EU game companies such as #Cubicle7 already closed their forums over #GDPR, and the US is fast closing in with their age verification and privacy requirements. It's a veritable minefield at this point.

Not sure why folks are bringing up #Reddit when GG only mentions their #Facebook and #Discord, both of which are trash tier for any kind of coherent archivable discussion. And outgrown my ass, they just don't consider it valuable enough to support anymore. Now to be fair the legal climate has...

By rendering what/how PCs speak meaningless you invalidate a player's social acumen and force them to rely on their mechanical acumen, which completely changes what the game is about and which skillset gives you the edge. This is why we have different games which meet different needs, and why I...

Sad, but we all knew this was coming.

Sooo they dropped an entire 20 min video on how they changed the die roll mechanics. Again. And what they came up with... is the same mechanics PbtA has been using for the last decade. This has reached the point of parody, and I get the idea the team is more enamored with developing a game than...

RPGs are ultimately just a set of tools and procedures, so it makes perfect sense to use them to facilitate the parts of play you would not otherwise address by simply playing. You don't need a social system when you can rely on your own personality at the table. Likewise you don't need a combat...

The entire premise revolves around biological essentialism, and just because future apes have a caste system doesn't mean it's a good thing. While this would be my preference as well, it still doesn't eliminate the themes of biological essentialism.

It's no accident that #PeppaPig was mentioned in the same breath as D$D as #Hasbro's plans are the same for both: generating content on demand. They have all the media they'll ever need to train with, so they don't need to hire anyone. The results don't need to make sense, as the audience won't...