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Campbell reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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You've now defined a circular argument. If being a good GM definitionally means being good at playing a range of different games and... -
Campbell reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Stonetop, or, Nice Village You've Got There with
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Since you took everything I said amazingly wrong... I will respond to the one salient conversation point you made. To be clear = It's... -
Correct, it isn't universally true. It is a generalization. It is, however, highly typical in traditional RPG play. No. I am not...
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Campbell reacted to TorgoTheWhite's post in the thread How do you like to start a campaign with Like.
Similar to an epic, somewhat. I've learned I like to start in the middle of the story. Minimize sharing of party makeup details. As...
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Campbell reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I'm not gonna read 45 pages of this thread, but: I think the hardest part of GMing is that GM is assumed to also take on all the...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Most people can probably agree that RQ, and RM, are designed to support a simulationist approach to RPGing. But they contain plenty of...
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Campbell reacted to innerdude's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
So yes, I'm "Person B" in this equation, and for purposes of this thought exercise, assumption is that I'm the GM. I was responding to...
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And this is why HP are not a sim tool: they change what they represent from moment to moment, monster to monster, encounter to...
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Obviously we disagree. I don't think there is anything wrong with broadly applicable abstractions like Hit Points and Armor Class, but...
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Campbell reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I was watching a GDC talk by one of the designers of Magic, and he was tossing out a number of lessons he’d learned over his 20 years...
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This is less simulationism and more post-hoc rationalization of game mechanics that likely gets "grandfather claused" in simply as a...
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It seems to me what's often missing is good instructions on how to be a better player. Stuff like trying to roll with the vibe of the...
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Campbell replied to the thread Top 5 RPGs you want to play (player or GM) in 2026?.Fabula Ultima Warhammer - The Old World Legend of the Five Rings (5E) Dune 2d20 Stormlight Archive
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Campbell reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I'm also a writer of lore for my own enjoyment. Being able to cherry pick out the relevant bits for players is a talent I'm still...
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You haven't established Hit Points as simulation to begin with. I'd more likely buy that Hit Points are a gameplay-oriented mechanic...