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Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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My only normative judgment is that the norm should be that people examine and approach games with the mindset of “I wonder how this game... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
I work under the assumption that the amount of people who read threads is larger than the amount of posters. I’m more interested in...
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I've never understood this distinction. Sword and sorcery characters are, by and large, exceptional people. Conan, Elric, Imaro, Kane...
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Campbell reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
This has nothing particular to do with the game or its rules but with fiction. Essentially Harper's arguing for an equivalent of...
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Campbell reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Or alternatively, "Using this technique actively works against things I and people like me want out of our gaming experience" without... -
Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
I look at it this way. Saying "this technique works if you use Assumption A. This same technique fails if you Assumption B." is...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It is illustrating fail forward. Failed attempt at kidnap => word on the street of a knife-wielding assailant. Failed Sing to try and...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
I don't know, you tell me? The games that I play have momentum, events in motion, trajectories of threat and promise. I've posted many...
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Campbell reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
This is a good description of the difference. I want to feel like things I don't know matter and have weight, because it amplifies the...
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Campbell replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..When talking about fiction-first games the fiction refers to the shared/established fictional situation the table has agreed upon. It...
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Campbell reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean I don’t think the original quote applies to those OSR players who are focused on skilled play, and any story that shows up is...
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Campbell reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Who says it often doesn't happen? Have you been on many overland expeditions? I haven't. My experience with them, such as it is, comes...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
I've posted numerous examples over the whole course of this thread. I can tell you what Harper is saying. I anticipate I will then be...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
You keep pointing to an example where the consequence - the screaming cook - has not been telegraphed, has not been expressly or...
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Campbell reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think he's talking about the differences in the two playstyles. In our playstyle, the climb is its own discreet event and is not...