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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Will there ever be new editions of the major systems?.Well, I think I'd disagree that FATE was ever the biggest non-D&D system, but as a person who runs FATE quite often, the biggest issue... -
Gorgon Zee reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Cartoon TTRPG 'Toon' Set to Return with New Second Edition with
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Four non-D&D games that show the breadth of TTRPGs.HILLFOLK: D&D is all about resolving actions and has minimal ability to run a game about people's relationships. Hillfolk is all about...
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Gorgon Zee reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
To me simulation is simply an attempt, however badly, to simulate something in real life. So in D&D when falling does 1d6 per 10 feet...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Player skill vs character skill?.I think this is simply an artifact of the fact that most games are designed to focus on combat. D&D, obviously, but honestly we still...
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Mostly correct, except in that first sentence: not change the fiction...which sounds like it's after-the-fact...but drive the fiction...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Should traps have tells?.Yep — I would paraphrase your thought by saying that you consider only the ability to change the fiction a meaningful decision, not the...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Should traps have tells?.Agreed. But your statement was "there is no player agency, no decision-making", which I disagreed with. I do agree that the type of...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Should traps have tells?.Well, this is a standard skill check so there are actually a number of choices to be made, and some RP also. Additionally there are...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Should traps have tells?.As a general design principle, I like to have any game effect have at least two ways to interact with it, one which is mostly...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread TTRPG Resolutions For 2026.My resolutions are: Catch up on write-ups of the last 6-8 sessions of my Great Pendragon Campaign, and stay up-to-date as I finish it...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread Do you observe Thanksgiving?.I feel that people should not celebrate anything without acknowledging that what you are celebrating may be a source of pain and harm to...
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Gorgon Zee reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
What kind of balance are you after? Mechanical balance between PCs? That’s dead simple. Most rules light games have it built in. Hell...
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Gorgon Zee reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Game Balance, what is it to you, why is it important, and what if you all but threw it out? with Like.
"Balance" is important when their is competition. This might not be direct competition -- it might be competition for spotlight time...
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Gorgon Zee replied to the thread ALIEN RPG Launches New Kickstarter.If you say "System X is good for genre Y", I'd assume that you are talking about the genre in the general sense. If you want to...