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Throw in some Jack London and Robert W. Service for the Alaskan flare... and some happy little trees. Who may or may not be carnivorous... and beware The Raven, the trickster, who may just look like a huge bird... talk to him nice or you'll pay the price. Just remember: In the Joy of Painting...

You forgot to mention the indentured Alchemical healer-surgeon, who wants to be anywhere less exciting and more safe. He just wants to hand out potions... (Love the Northern Exposure reference, BTW. It claims to be Alaska, but is actually shot in Washington.)

Wed Daggerheart Whitherwild Defeated an evil god... barely

Only in as much as themes and certain scenes are given forewarning so players can be prepped. I've had games with that level of in-character narrative. They're rare, but not alien. I used to try for "Sometimes we roll the dice" as a GM, and found I prefer a lot more game and a lot less...

THey're ALL SW settings.

Savage Worlds has at least 4 different western setting books. Deadlands (be it reloaded or the newer SWADE one) is a horror-western and Urban Fantasy Western, depending upon GM approach. Sagas and Sixguns is Norse Western mashup... I can't do it justice so I'll just quote from the intro...

The "I don't care that the rules say I can't fly" types. I've had 3 of them over the years. One was a newb, others weren't. The newb got a heart to heart from the other players, came around. The other two? sent away when they wouldn't accept that I didn't allow HHGttG type justification for...

The tests for the class I took in Vax Basic were "Here's a chunk of code. Execute it by hand. Show all work" simple 5 function calculators were allowed, but you risked points by using them... transcription errors in longhand were marked off less than those who used calculators and made...

And those who cannot keep track of a sheet. And those who have utterly illegible handwriting.

In france, even images of the building are subject to the architect's creators' rights. Which is why it's technically unlawful to photograph certain buildings. [snipped aggro statement] Which reminds me: Chris Cox, in an interview last week, noted that the AI D&D tools are dead, "the creatives...

I ran a friday night games club at the Cathedral in Anchorage. The Dominicans running the parish would sometimes come listen in. Friar Kent even learned to play Star Fleet Battles.... we did mostly boardgames, but some one shots for RPGs. To quote Friar Kent, "Would you rather they spend their...

Same, tho' the quality of the VTT can help certain players focus better. Even when it's not used for maps.

Chill was decent for a one shot, but replace the monsters with commies and you have an 80's spy game. The edition I have/played is a straightforward percentile system, but with leveled skills in several discrete levels with large jumps... no advancing a percentlie by a point through use. I also...

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The problem is compounded when gaming. I've had players whose political views colored their play severely, and at times, my views color my play. But I've had a few encounters with folk who used their gaming to preach those hostile points of view... And I've had to, occasionally, ask players to...