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Ddoctorhook reacted to dragoner's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with
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NASA had a paper on space weapons, and found that space is very transparent to radiation, so that "enhanced radiation weapons" ERW's or... -
Ddoctorhook reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with
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Half right – there are RPG origins, but they aren't Traveller. The first inklings were Ty Frank doing some work on lore for a planned... -
Ddoctorhook reacted to payn's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
If realistic is not space aircraft carriers filled with "Starbucks" that do the fighting, then I prefer the realistic side. I play a lot...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Sossij's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
In fact, the range of any spaceborne weapon is effectively "infinite" barring detection ranges and evasive maneuvers. The book...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Zil's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
I remember reading somewhere that the origins of The Expanse were in a long running Traveller game. Traveller always leaned towards...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Sure, how we think about that now. But just how realistic is the psychic goo and the giant space portal? Or how realistic is the actual...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
The Expanse has more realistic space combat.
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Ddoctorhook reacted to lewpuls's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Picture courtesy of Pixabay. A Change of Space When I write a Worlds of Design column about worldbuilding I usually think in terms of...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Charles Dunwoody's post in the thread RPG Print News – Castles & Crusades, Troika!, and More with Like.
A starter set for Castles & Crusades is perfect for new GMs and for additional support, The Crusader Journal is back. The Imperium...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Swanosaurus's post in the thread RPG Print News – Castles & Crusades, Troika!, and More with Like.
Season of the Snail for Troika! written by ... me! Sorry, I'm just too damn proud of publishing with Melsonian Arts Council to not...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4 with Like.
More like "Of course we're going to attempt to make BG4, waste an insane amount of money on it, and either cancel it 3+ years into...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to BMaC's post in the thread D&D General WotC: 'Of Course We're Going To Do' Baldur's Gate 4 with Like.
It made money so obviously the answer is to make another one...nevermind that the reason BG3 was so successful is solely down to the...
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Ddoctorhook reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Common Pitfalls in Game Design with Like.
What I've seen a lot of is people designing games where they have excessively massive amounts of rules ideas covering character...
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DThe biggest issue I've seen is when someone wants to design a game, but has only played a handful of games, or even one. I'd say I've...
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DI can't remember what game convention we were at - maybe Winter Fantasy one year(?), but a friend of mine got to sit in on a play test...