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It was a solid game, but the genre was changing heavily in the 70's - with both Sci-Fi Westerns (Wild Wild West, Battle Beyond the...

They did that with Dragonlance. It was a pretty good system, though.

Optimisation isn't the problem. We all do that. It's over-optimisation when no one else at the table plays that way. I had this problem...

prep for last wed T&T: In a digest sized file 3 pages of character gen tables copied from the book, then shorthand applied. This reduced...

Order of Hermes... but I was an Ars Magica player/ST. Sons of Ether and Euthanatos. Sons of Ether because they have failed to manage...

The easiest Mage plot that came to mind then and now is using coincidental magic to alter election results... as a campaign premise...

D&D is a game that can be lost, so... to the victory minded, staying on the non-losing side is a goal of play. I tend to be a "Use the...

I haven’t played any RPGs since I was ghosted by my last group. (Long story.) But I still buy games; I still design PCs; I still write...

Wed Gp. T&T one-shot Schmooze? Cellar. Retreat. Cellar, victory.

Got it to table last night. Basically, the threat system dominates combat. It's way more important than the character's attributes. Did...

There was no KS, just a pre-order.

Ok, that is the most serious expression that I’ve seen you in 25 years @GuyBoy That is not how he looks when he just rolled the second...

Thanks! That’s cool! I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t know this guy from my church who passed last year. He had to decide between...

Kicking them to the curb isn't a viable tool for any but the worst... because I like to have a group.