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I pretty much pick up any of the books I see from people I know from online, so you have at least one person buying today. :)

Yeah, I've talked to a few grogs in the 80's and early 90's who played that style in the 70s-90s... but it was one of a plethora of...

I find Dungeon World combat to be sleep-inducing. Just like I felt my eyes glaze over when listening to fight scenes in Corum...

Yes, that’s always been my problem with PbtA and somehow really annoyed me about Masks particularly. Such systems kind of assume that...

I wrote about this in the Lee Gold thread, but as a kid I subscribed to Alarums and Excursions. There were discussions about this back...

Alan Tucker and Incredible Creatures is hosting a virtual convention this weekend. Creature Con. See details in this kickstarter update...

Because it's a violation of the conceptual basis of the rules. In other words, a d«bleep»-move. And if one is of that mindset where that...

Not particularly, theres a single column list of them. None of them actually allow invoking experiences negatively.

Sunday AoU+C Chasing the Temple (on Colossus).

Non-hobby: the owner doesn't need a day job other than the shop.

Layout and layout checking isn't really that easy. It's a technical skill. I'm out of practice, haven't been doing it since the 90's...

It's always darkly humorous. and a bit sad, to see some new would-be-designer think they've done something new to only be suddenly...

Arguably, “D&D but narrative” is the oldest genre of play that’s distinct from D&D as whatever TSR/WotC is doing at the moment. It...

No, they aren't. FATE aspects all have negative effects as well as positive; DH has no such negative use. That fundamental difference is...

Some examples from my current sunday game (just the phrases, not all in use): Draconic Aspect. Forbidden Knowledge Life Will Go On...