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    What is Success in the RPG Industry?

    There are a lot of prognostications about the success of new games... but what does it mean for a game to succeed? For a game company to succeed? I don't think there are concrete answers to either, but I'll note what I consider them to entail. For a company to succeed, it means, to me, that...
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    Marc Miller interviewed by Luke Gearing

    A rather well done and somewhat different interview of Traveller creator Marc W. Miller. https://lukegearing.blot.im/marc-miller-interview-and-transcript One of the interesting tidbits is discussion of the mindset of play for En Garde!, to wit, generate characters, play one session, and done...
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    Do the gameworld maps look like distortions of earth?

    Looking at the world map... https://atlasoficeandfireblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/toril-final.png THe left two continents are distortions of North and South America. The central continent is Europe and Africa; Europe is uplifted somewhat, and the sahara is home to a sea. South Africa is...
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    Deluxe T&T hits DriveThruRPG/RPGNow

    Got notice via Ken St. Andre that Deluxe T&T was available as of today in PDF for non-backers. http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152613/Deluxe-Tunnels--Trolls So I got it. For those keeping score: It's a 7.x derivative. Its got almost all the elaborations from prior editions, and a few more...
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    D&D 5E Empowerment and GWF expected results

    Figured this was the best way to share these. I didn't do doubles for all numers, just the two most common. the column is what number (or lower) you opt to reroll on; if blank, the average goes below not rerolling...
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