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I got my physical books from the kickstarter in the mail the other day. I’m running my next game on Monday, looking forward to it. -
Campbell reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with
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I do disagree heavily with "aren't really games but activities" idea, and especially with the tone it's often presented. It is, frankly... -
Campbell reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with
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I used to be a big proponent of tight focused design of every part of the experience: from rules to setting to presentation to curating... -
Campbell reacted to Velderan's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
On the subject of AI getting more and more baked into things, hearing Microsoft folks saying they see Copilot as being a key cog in the...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I'm not sure I really follow the ostensible contrast between a function, a mode of play, a format or a medium. Especially because at one...
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One of the hardest things to do sometimes in gaming is transitioning from one game to another that is very similar but different in...
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Whoa, definitely missed this when I was running a game of it haha. I don't think the context is quite the same as the latter which is...
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Campbell reacted to schneeland's post in the thread Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5th Edition Is Coming in 2026 with Like.
Tend to agree. Personally, I like the Old World RPG better than what I know of WFRP 4e. But given the revisions they have done in later...
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Campbell reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I don't think that this is quite fair (the bolded part). The main problem is that we have this ... shift ... from wargaming to a new...
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Campbell reacted to GobHag's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
No, but they're both athletes
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Campbell replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.It's a medium, at least as I mean it. When I talk about tabletop roleplaying games, I am speaking to games played within a negotiated...
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Campbell reacted to Agamon's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with
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Labels are useful, but wow, are they ever super important to internets folk for some reason lol -
Campbell reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
So assuming the characters have burned most of their potent spells and such, as well as being low on HP, what do you imagine these...
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Campbell reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
In 1982, playing a "video game" had a very limited definition. It meant games like Space Invaders, Pong, and Pac Man. It was limited to...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
There's a point here - in actual, practical play, we are generally going to select games and groups that match our own needs. If...