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GI recently wrapped up Ghost of Yotei (the successor to Ghost of Tsushima) and the one thing I constantly remarked upon was how much the...
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Ggban007 reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread What videogames are you playing in 2026? with
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I don't think it has an official genre name, but the furthest back common ancestor of this kind of game is Desert Strike, which was... -
Ggban007 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
What? You leaped several stages ahead there. No. I like to play these things out at the table. I just reject the idea that playing it...
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Ggban007 reacted to Waller's post in the thread Level Up (A5E) Flumph not in WOTC SRD but is in ENP SRD with Like.
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Ggban007 reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
Speaking of D&D novels... if folks have any interest in reading any of the Forgotten Realms books, I have good news for you...
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Ggban007 reacted to Artamo's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
Before people starting hating on Drizz’t (largely because 2e stats at the time made him into an untouchable demigod), the kids I was...
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Ggban007 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
No but it makes it pretty bloody useless to try and get consensus on. It is what it is.
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Ggban007 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Ok, that makes sense, and I do agree with that. Sorry about being confused.
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Ggban007 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think you're misreading my post. I'm saying the rules exist to check "narrative contrivance". Transferring authority to the setting...
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GNot much, yet, sadly. I read 106 books in 2025, so far in 2026 I haven't logged a single one. Because I got back into Star Wars: Old...
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Ggban007 reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
Nope. Not even close. TSR, then later WotC, published hundreds of D&D novels over decades. Some were crap, some were amazing, most were...
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GI've recently finished reading through all of the Kull stories by Howard and I've become a little obsessed with how the Thurian...
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Ggban007 replied to the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer.I think slop is a bit harsh, there were bad books but good books too. I think to Staffans point, it goes wrong whrn too directly...
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Ggban007 reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer with Like.
I don't think gaming-based novels is inherently a bad idea. They can often provide a lot more flavor for a setting and an insight into...
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Ggban007 replied to the thread Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer.I think where the lines get blurred is when they do novels as well for a setting, like the hundreds of forgotten realms and dragonlance...