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A good licensed game will construct the mechanics to suit the setting (rather than just shoe-horning the setting into an existing set of... -
djotaku replied to the thread What’s the draw of licensed games?.So far the only one where I cared was Cosmere. Because the official adventures fill in some of the backstory to the books. I haven't...
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To me, it is a line between canon and homebrew. A stamp of approval, which implies some quality control, as well. Edit: I tend to prefer...
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I kind of get it. A series you love gets an official RPG, with official art, with official…officialness. But then the thing comes out...
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The generic name is Heroic Resource. Not very inventive, but it's descriptive. Each class has their own name for flavor. Colville are...
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Between the different resources and the different class names ... Draw Steel is giving me tryhard vibes. We're changing the names to...
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djotaku reacted to gnarlygninja's post in the thread Draw Steel: Fake variety helps no one with
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In my experience with the playtest info, the fact that some classes get 1d3 and some get 2 had 0 impact on how long it took players to... -
djotaku reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Draw Steel: Fake variety helps no one with Like.
I've recently had a long flight and read the release candidate offered on Matt Colville's Patreon. And something jumped out at me about...
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djotaku reacted to Thondor's post in the thread Tell me about the RPG section of your local game store with Like.
The big thing to remember is MANY publishers are on Bits-n-mortar. If you buy from a FLGS you have the promise of a PDF - here's the...
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djotaku replied to the thread Pathfinder 2E Pathfinder 2E Quickstart?.Unsure of the free stuff, but there is the beginner box set. I think I saw on reddit that there might be a new one coming out in...
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djotaku replied to the thread D&D General I built a 'Spotify Wrapped' for D&D campaigns. Here’s what my yearly recap looks like..That's really cool, especially how neat it looks graphically. I definitely do summaries of my music, videogames, books, and TTRPGs, but...
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djotaku reacted to tachftl13's post in the thread D&D General I built a 'Spotify Wrapped' for D&D campaigns. Here’s what my yearly recap looks like. with Like.
I’ve been building a campaign tracker/session summarizer tool (Saga20) for a while now. While processing my sessions, The transcripts...
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djotaku reacted to Grant at Broken Synapse's post in the thread Homebrew The A5e Community Datasheet/base with Like.
this is totally community based! But we felt it was important to do, even without the official backing of ENP. Because, yes, we...
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djotaku replied to the thread Tell me about the RPG section of your local game store.Another thing I forgot - my FLGS has a nice section on the RPG wall with used books. Lots of PF1e, D&D 3.5 and D&D4. I like the...
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djotaku reacted to Peter BOSCO'S's post in the thread Tell me about the RPG section of your local game store with Like.
As a reminder from a person who makes their living ordering games for our store - sometimes the game we do not have is the one that sold...