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Campbell reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Yeah it occurred to me afterwards that I'd basically redescribed story before, story now, and story after, albeit my version of story... -
Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yeah, I haven't been following all of this rules/no rules discussion, but the idea that we're not rolling the dice, so we're not...
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Campbell replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.There is no central activity of playing a roleplaying game. We don't play "a roleplaying game" we play specific games with specific...
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Campbell reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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Games are supposed to tell you what way to play. If you didn’t want to change the way you were playing, why would you need different rules? -
Campbell replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Pacing is also incredibly subjective and really dependent on the audience / play group. I am very happy with the pacing of the games my...
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Campbell replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think it is playing a roleplaying game because there are still rules, a structure of play and defined roles. The rules and mechanics...
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Campbell reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I was kind of forced to get better at pacing because I run a lot of convention games. Not only do you have the usual time limit (4...
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Campbell reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
100% I would also say that you are also condensing two axes - collaborative scene building and pre-plotted arcs. For example someone...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Vincent Baker has an interesting blog about the relationship, in Apocalypse World play, between the core activity of "the conversation"...
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Campbell reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Not when I use it. I'm quite happy to take Suits' definition: I don't really hold with the notion of "non-Suitsian" games, I just think...
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Campbell reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I'm not sure what you mean by "what player choices or actions are curtailed?" I mean, the most straightforward answer is none. But...
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Campbell reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think you'll get a whole lot of pushback on "If it isn't complete yet, it isn't a story." Like, is Star Wars Episode IV: A New...
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Campbell reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yeah it’s more an illustration than something I’d recommend. You can just take a resolution system and as long as you’re playing to find...
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Campbell reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Because "better" is subjective. I find streamlining to be what I think of as "modern." I don't (personally) like looking up tables. I...
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Campbell reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
For me, "Modern" game design means "streamlined" and not having different fiddly subsystems for everything. Do I have to look something...