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David Wesely: The Man Who Accidentally Invented RPGs
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All roleplay is fantasy, not all settings are purely fantasy, but the moment you add PCs, it moves into being fantasy. Remember fantasy...
Friday at 9:27 AM
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Gamesurvey.org – academic research on hobby gaming community
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Without looking at the list again, I can't be more specific, but the list is EXTREMELY board and computer focused... for example, RPGs...
Friday at 9:16 AM
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The Answer is not (always) on your Character Sheet
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Sometimes, the fiction demands failure. Sometimes, it allows for complicated success. Sometimes, it allows for non-blocking failures...
Friday at 9:06 AM
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In my experience, almost always leads that way. It was explicitly for that No; it appeals to me, and resolution speed definitely isn't...
Friday at 8:25 AM
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There's circumstances when it can--and it doesn't always provide the distinction among characters I'd like--but a core resolution system...
Friday at 8:19 AM
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I think it's all about being transparent up front on what is the domain of "player skill" and what is the domain of "character skill"...
Friday at 8:14 AM
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Non-evocative Names
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I've met over a dozen Hmong named Chubaka/Chewbacca ... always in large families. It's apparently not gender specific.
Friday at 8:06 AM
aramis erak
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To me, it means the GM doesn't want one abstracting. In my experience, it's been a cognate for "Shut down the mechanics thinking and...
Wednesday at 5:28 AM
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I think his last name is spelled Wesely.
Wednesday at 4:27 AM
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Non-evocative Names
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tlingon-Hol, Sindarin, and Quenya. Sparingly, at that. There are a lot. One of the largest conlangs, and arguably the most successful...
Wednesday at 4:18 AM
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There's a reason I have a 20 page names book (digest sized) for L5R... most of which are well documented as actual japanese names. I...
Wednesday at 3:54 AM
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It seems remarkably obsessed with the idea of starting a business.
Wednesday at 3:48 AM
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Gamesurvey.org – academic research on hobby gaming community
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That worked. I'll note that the genre list is pretty weak.
Wednesday at 3:48 AM
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II'm not able to get the page to load.
Tuesday at 11:53 AM
aramis erak
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Adventure Time TTRPG Drops "Yes And" System, Switches To 5E
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Not entirely; there's the "PDFs are software" element, too. That's where a large part of the Disney restrictions were blamed on...
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