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Enaknomolos reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I am trying to parse this statement from Daggerheart in the context of the game. What does this mean for Daggerheart? How do these... -
Enaknomolos reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yeah, its probably more accurate to say that the modern period is not so much represented by better tools (which only makes sense from...
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Enaknomolos replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think the fashion metaphor works fairly well here. If you are designing a game today, you have a whole bunch of history you can learn...
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Enaknomolos replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think this thread has led me to the conclusion that the engineering metaphor ('mechanics') is fundamentally misleading when trying to...
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Enaknomolos replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I loved AW, but have reached the point where I consider 'PbtA' branding to be a warning flag on a new game. It's a bit melancholy...
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Enaknomolos reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Honestly, at most PbtA games I scream "what the hell are you doing?!" and I'm famously a big fan of the Apocalypse World. It's very... -
Enaknomolos reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
It would depend on the specific game, but part of the intent is obviously to allow a variety of settings and/or styles to be played. At...
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Enaknomolos reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I agree. Modern as applies to RPG mechanics means little outside of academic discussions of gaming history, and is dangerous to boot, as...
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Enaknomolos reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
There's a bit of a gap between "knowing the difference between them" and "actively denigrating one" though. General purpose tools are...
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Enaknomolos reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The word "modern" is an indication of placement in time, not of quality. It is an era, not a spectrum of greatness. In short, I suppose...
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Enaknomolos reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
oD&D through B/X and 1e did have intentionality; Gygax was just very bad at explaining what he was trying to do and the saving throws...
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Enaknomolos reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This sounds like the sort of thing I was talking about earlier, where "intention" is being linked to making sure every mechanic overtly...
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Enaknomolos reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Well, it's easy to say that you should have a goal when you're designing a mechanic. I tend to say something along these lines...
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Enaknomolos reacted to billd91's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Honestly, this kind of thing just tells me that people discussing "specific intentions" vs "creating aimlessly" are incredibly pretentious.
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Enaknomolos reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread What rpg system would you use for a 60+ session fantasy campaign? with Like.
Pendragon and The Great Pendragon Campaign! At least, most of it anyway as ideally it would be one year per session and the campaign is...