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I've been playing D&D since the Basic red box and AD&D. I've migrated with every edition change, and enjoyed them all. I enjoy this... -
A theory I heard a while back is that your teens to mid-20s are the formative time when things ‘imprint’ on you, and that sets your...
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Autumnal reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Explain 5(.5)e to me with
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D&D in the WotC era (and arguably in the late 2E era) has moved away from "boy, I hope I can survive sneaking into this sewer and... -
Autumnal reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread What have you done since your first sale? with Like.
Nothing sells old titles like putting out new titles. No one has ever been able to explain quite how this works, but it's definitely true.
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Autumnal replied to the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana.I like resource management at the level of Ironsworn’s Supply trait. It’s on a 1-5 scale and covers most consumables. What’s interesting...
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Autumnal reacted to GobHag's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
There are two problems with mundane/associated resource; How it's done and what it represents. Stuff like encumbrance or resource die or...
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The kickstarter for a new edition (the third) of this seminal RPG is live...
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That’s amazing. So much of that makes me smile. The pro-union bit, the first stretch goal being extra money for the video creator, the...
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Autumnal replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.They did. It took at least a century for there to be a solid scholarly and collector consensus in favor of the printed word without...
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I’m sure folks once said the same thing about printed books. eReaders have saved me a fortune, a ton of space, dramatically lowered my...
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Thanks everyone, had enough Kobo points to get one free and based on initial responses went for Pet Semetary, but will likely also get...
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Autumnal replied to the thread OSR Games that really use combat as a fail state?.In Cthulhu Dark, which is the foundation for Trophy, combat with other humans is resolved in a simple set of rolls. Trying to fight...
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Autumnal reacted to jian's post in the thread OSR Games that really use combat as a fail state? with Like.
The obvious model here is Dogs in the Vineyard, though of course it’s not a OSR/NSR game. You escalate through conflict stages (from...
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Autumnal reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread What's Your Bucket List Campaign to Play? with Like.
The 2 campaigns I did the most work on that have never even been CLOSE to being run are a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting for 3.5Ed and...
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Autumnal replied to the thread What's Your Bucket List Campaign to Play?.My big wish is an epic campaign with minimal fighting, which unfortunately lets out almost everything published. It’s possible there are...