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What were they thinking? Some further musings on the subject of “What in blazes were they thinking when they created Appendix E!?”, in... -
This tabletop role-playing game is one of the gems I picked up at Gen Con this year, from Eerie Games. I’m not familiar with their other...
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fuindordm reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It? with
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In the initial books up to and including MMII, yes; and the jettison-modification process is relatively straightforward. After that... -
Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Last time we examined reasons to favor using a board and pieces in tabletop role-playing games...
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fuindordm replied to the thread Scalemail RPG: An Interview with Mike Larrimore.Color me intrigued by this system. I loved Earthdawn for many reasons, but on the rules front its baroque stepping system stands out...
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fuindordm replied to the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It?.I'd say that sums it up nicely. When you have the time and patience to do a deep dive into the books, the rationales for many rules...
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Its White Dwarf’s 5th birthday! So, as is traditional they include a feedback coupon this issue for readers to air their thoughts. They...
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fuindordm reacted to Charles Dunwoody's post in the thread Scalemail RPG: An Interview with Mike Larrimore with Like.
The upcoming Scalemail RPG, a d20 OSR game, was developed and written by Mike Larrimore whose previous works include Destined, Deneb...
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fuindordm reacted to JPL's post in the thread D&D General One Shot Idea: The Boy George episode of A-Team, but with dwarves with Like.
Hear me out: PCs are a party of dwarf adventurers. A buddy of theirs (a bit of a hustler, trying to get into the music business)...
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fuindordm reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e with Like.
I tend to think of skills differently than what I’ve seen others say they do at their tables. I see the skill system as somewhat...
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fuindordm reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e with Like.
I haven't posted an essay in a while (I've been writing a lot recently, but, you know ... stuff I have to do), but two recent threads...
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fuindordm replied to the thread D&D General Combat Against Player Engagement: A Systemic Challenge.Interesting essay. I can imagine a system where each player has a "react token" that they can spend on a menu of minor actions out of...
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In this issue, Ian Livingstone discusses a new Dungeons and Dragons computer game (cartridge) released for the Atari 2600, the elite...
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fuindordm replied to the thread AD&D 1E XP Value for Monsters?.I think the effort needed to systemize the XP for monsters ub AD&D is disproportionate to the benefit, and a source of "false accuracy"...
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fuindordm reacted to kigmatzomat's post in the thread AD&D 2E Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play AD&D 2E? How Was/Is It? with Like.
So my overall experiences I kind-of-sort-of played BECMI in that we rolled dice and attempted to do things based on what we thought...