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    Hit points as luck

    John McClaine in Die Hard. We know running across broken glass with bare feet will hurt, but the only effect it has is staining the windows.
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    [Recruiting/Brainstorming]The Fall of Delta Green: Strange Days

    I am looking for up to 3 or 4 souls to try a play by post adventure using The Fall of Delta Green. The PCs will be members of that group investigating a multi-day rock festival in Rhode Island; think Woodstock with Cthulhu.
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    What Makes A Successful Superhero CAMPAIGN

    Player buy in is almost as important as in a horror game. At a minimum I would want all players to agree whether secret identities are important or not (since this affects the kind of personal stories you can use), and whether the heroes will be keeping to a moral code with respect to killing...
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    Modern Action RPGs

    How much setting details does this contain?
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    Call of Cthulhu: best 'scary' one shot?

    The horror reveal in the Delta Green scenario Convergence is the best I've ever experienced. It was CoC at the time it was released.
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    What is a West Marches game?

    I expect you hand-wave the trip back to the haven.
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    What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice?

    The d10 is a latecomer, probably because it's not a platonic solid. In some instances, the Genesys rules have you apply the dice results mathematically, but in others, they allow for narrative interpretation. So it can feel inconsistent. In play I thought Genesys handles large combats as well...
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    Modern Action RPGs

    Outgunned would be the easiest. Night's Black Agents if you wanted supernatural elements (or don't mind using the mod in back for mundane action).
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    What makes a successful superhero game?

    I can't say it any better that that, so I will add "mechanics that promote synergies in team fighting itself." Supers gaming suffers from a variation of James Bond's laser watch problem, where the emulation of other media in an rpg strains to operate. If a character has two powers, but one is...
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    Best Horror Role Playing Game

    A class/level system has its benefits; the game distanced itself from them to its detriment.
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    [Gumshoe] Merryshire Detective Club (a.k.a. Shires Out)

    Official announcement Merryshire Detective Club
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    What’s going on at Gen Con this year?

    The One Ring starter set sold out, but there were still lots of 5e copies available on Sunday.
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    Game Mechanics & Lore

    It's not necessary that the mechanics support the lore, but why wouldn't a designer strive for it? Unless there is a commitment to stay within a particular rules system - not an unwise decision, if that system is 5e - you have the wisdom of five decades of game writing to consider when creating...
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    Call of Cthulhu: Sandbox

    The Armitage Files for Trail.
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