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Today I learned there is a mushroom in china that if you don't cook it long enough will cause you to hallucinate little people. Every... -
The Transformer Shockwave started life as a Radio Shack toy called Galactic Man. File:Galactic Man.png - Transformers Wiki...
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Autumnal reacted to Lazybones's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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I like that player characters are more durable; I don't miss the one-hit-and-you're-dead style from the early editions, and the various... -
Ooh. That's fun.
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TIL cowboys are not a US original. The whole thing comes from the vaqueros of Spain and Mexico. The word buckaroo is a corruption of...
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I just finished reading Lee Child's 1998 novel Die Trying, the second book in his Jack Reacher series. I mentioned a few months ago...
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Autumnal reacted to Blue's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
First, one that should be obvious even if you have this definition, is that there need not be a single plot. There can be subplots, and...
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Autumnal reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Hasbro CEO Cocks and Execs Sued for Alleged Securities Violations with Like.
I'm not really into Magic, but I do follow some MtG-related things online. As I understand it, there are three main issues with the...
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Autumnal reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Wow, I had the exact same feeling playing Scum and Villany. I chalked it up more to our GM’s style of play. I don’t think he was...
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Autumnal reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Maybe not "wrong", per se. But maybe needed some practice? It is a skill like every other player skill - it takes some time to master...
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Autumnal reacted to Breaking Star Games's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah, its interesting that I'd probably prefer a game with more emphasis on fixed beats like you see in a Firebrands Framework game...
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Autumnal reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah, essentially. I don't want it to sound like the problem was specifically giving up control of outcome narration, but rather the way...
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Autumnal reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I found FitD (via Scum and Villainy) to feel a little too much like a "writer's room" -- that is, when playing we (as a group) were...
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Autumnal reacted to gban007's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I was somewhat inspired also by overgeekeds post in what are you reading about kishōtenketsu story structure, and recognizing i quite...
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Autumnal reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeon Crawl Classics What is cool to you from a player perspective? with Like.
From a long-term campaign standpoint, the funnel is also more likely to spit out a weird mismatched party than one that will do well...