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AbdulAlhazred reacted to robertsconley's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Without knowing the specifics of what you’re referring to, all I can say is this: look at what I said earlier about @pemerton’s use of... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Not selling anyone on anything. Just trying to be part of the conversation. That's a big part of my frustrations. I should not have to... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well, there are entire threads here filled with posters railing against any invention of any new terms whatsoever. Many of those posts...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The language is already captured. It was captured before we got here. It's an artifact of a culture of play that normalizes GM...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..One day in 1975 some other kid brought a copy of D&D to a campout. I was astounded. Not by some process based on a DM doing whatever, or...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
In the tunnel system below campus where you play the game, obviously.
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My tastes in terms of genre are pretty conventional: mostly fantasy, a bit of sci-fi, a touch of contemporary. The RPGs I mostly play...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
A friend of mine at work used to talk about me going off "swordfighting" on weekends. One time I cut my arm doing something-or-other...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Last things first, can I just say that this -- "The expensive hobby you want is already here." -- is kind of a hilarious typo. I can't...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So, I like Narrativist games, and for a fairly long time they were the only games I run and played. But I have learned to enjoy and play...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I could run games in a mitre. Related, I dated a girl in graduate school that thought I dressed up like a wizard when I ran D&D games...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Guest 85555's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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You forgot the GM is the Pope :) -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Criminy, that's a lot of words to put in my mouth. I'm not criticizing sandbox procedures nor do I think they're backwards. This isn't...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..OK, sandbox: the GM authors an environment filled with locations. This environment generally allows for fairly free navigation, such...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
This makes sense to me -- I'm a big fan of just-in-time prep. When you hit that until/unless moment, what sort of prep might you do?