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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with
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I think something to watch out - again, I caveat that this is based on limited play experience! - is the risk of the gamism completely... -
AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm.Yeah, I think you are definitely right about Agon 2e. The Island for each session kind of sets up parameters in a way similar to what...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Upthread, before I'd actually played Mythic Bastionland, I made these posts about it: After having played it, I made these posts (on...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to VLessa's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
MB? Unfortunately not, no. But I'm hopeful my friends will try it eventually, so this thread and your other one about actual play will...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to VLessa's post in the thread Triangle Agency: impressions, and what da hell is it? with
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Heh, I think I'd change that to.. Classic emphasizes setting Neotrad emphasizes characters Story Now emphasizes situation Trad... -
AbdulAlhazred reacted to VLessa's post in the thread Triangle Agency: impressions, and what da hell is it? with Like.
Here, an example anomaly with one of the abilities it confers to the agent it's fused to: This anomaly manipulates space. "I know a...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to VLessa's post in the thread Triangle Agency: impressions, and what da hell is it? with Like.
I've read it all and it made me even more excited to play. Haha
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to VLessa's post in the thread Triangle Agency: impressions, and what da hell is it? with Like.
The teaser vid in the OP is a good intro for the vibes. I never played the game myself, but finished reading it these days. What made it...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
I've thought a bit more about this. The "Oddpocrypha" - that is, the examples of play with commentary - includes this, as part of the...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Jahydin's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Just finished reading it and loved what I saw. There's a certain creepy otherworldliness to ancient fairy tales and myths I think modern...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Piperken's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
Glad to read you picked this up! I've read other ppls' experiences with the Realm mapping procedure, they've all pretty much liked it in...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm.I think it is, perhaps, difficult if you have not really analyzed the makeup of RPGs and the structure of play in a clear way. I find...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm.I think you are misunderstanding me, that I am not being clear. I am not holding up D&D '74 as a ' bar' at all. It's an example of a...
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AbdulAlhazred replied to the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm.Yeah, I am just observing that many RPGs are highly incomplete. I think @pemerton has mentioned Cthulhu Dark, which is just very basic...
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AbdulAlhazred reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Mythic Bastionland - initial impressions, and making a Realm with Like.
I think that what I'm trying to identify with the phrase 'conceptual horizon' is very much involved, at least generally in how people...