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Gorgon Zee reacted to Michael O'Brien's post in the thread Mark Morrison: Who called Cthulhu? with
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By Mark Morrison You were living your life, and one day everything changed. Maybe it started with a ripple in the South Pacific... -
Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Common Pitfalls in Game Design.The One Ring RPG uses d12s as the main dice rolled. They essentially change it into a d10 with two specials. 11 is the Sauron rune (not...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. To help you on your games design journey, here are the common pitfalls in the journey you might like to be...
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Gorgon Zee reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread [Gumshoe] Merryshire Detective Club (a.k.a. Shires Out) with Like.
Honestly, converting the Cluedo/Clue map to a Hobbit hole feels like a very good idea for this game.
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy....Compare two characters attempting the same skill. One has a 90% chance of a basic success, another a 10% chance. If they compete against...
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Gorgon Zee reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy... with Like.
Just a side comment, but to me most dice pool systems feel far less swingy than D20 or D100 systems; I see massive swings in my 13th Age...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy....I’d agree that SW leans to being gamist. For me, though, the mechanics it uses have an archaic sort of feel to them, and they quite...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy....The non-D&D fantasy games I have run or played at least 200 hours of: 13th Age: Invented by the leads of 3E and 4E to be the game they...
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Gorgon Zee reacted to Arnie_Wan_Kenobi's post in the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien with Like.
Lol! I never thought of that--that Dragonlance lems is enough that minotaurs are almost always Roman-Legion-coded initially for me...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien.Oh thank you so much -- I was looking for that clip because that's the first thing I thought of also!
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien.I'm currently running a Moria campaign using The One Ring system. I think I can safely say Tolkien has had quite an influence on that :)...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Worlds of Design: In the Shadow of Tolkien.I don't think that book has enough influence, TBH. Also not major characters. I think it's much simpler: If I want a race that looks...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread What's Your Price Limit?.Good question. I think it's independent of the style of game -- but it's always hard to spot your own biases!
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread What's Your Price Limit?.Yeah, it can be a real issue. If I go to a big con, I might play 8 games and I'd expect one to be awful, one to be great and the rest...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread What's Your Price Limit?.I do love it! Pendragon does have 23 events running at Gen Con, which is over a third of one percent of all RPG events, and more than...