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GGrael reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with
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This was one of the launch mistakes of 4e and one that was eventually fixed with Essentials; there was no "social player" class. We had... -
GGrael reacted to ffanxii4ever's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Agreed. It is hard to beat how up front the "What Is This Game?" section in the Introduction is for getting the point across, and I...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I really love how up front it tries to be about what this game is as presented.
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GGrael reacted to SteveC's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
You may be right. I think it's important to let people know what you're doing as part of game design. I don't think that anyone is going...
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GGrael reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Obviously a matter of taste and thus legitimate. Personally, my own feeling is if the system doesn't have at least a fair amount of...
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GGrael reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I think its fundamentally a fool's errand to really try and build a game for both players with high engagement and low engagement. You...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Well yeah, I would never push a game like PF2 or DS! on people I know don’t want to engage with rules. That sounds like a miserable...
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GGrael reacted to SteveC's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
What you're saying is so true! I've written about this before, but a player in one of my games just doesn't seem to take the time to...
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GGrael reacted to Retreater's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
True, but there are systems that can be learned in 30 minutes. There are also systems that require months of practice and research to do...
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GGrael reacted to ffanxii4ever's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Sure, but that's more of a table culture thing more than something that can be fixed with game mechanics. It doesn't matter how simple...
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GGrael reacted to Staffan's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
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GGrael reacted to Retreater's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
However, being motivated to learn how to use your character is important so that these very involved combats don't screech to a halt...
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GGrael reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Because it’s side based I-Go-You-Go combat, there’s going to be at least a little bit of back and forth and plenty of examples of that...
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GGrael reacted to Zetesofos's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
The question there in is "Do you not like those discussions because a) you don't have a good relationship with your players b) there...
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GGrael reacted to Zetesofos's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
So, Its hard to say exactly where this misconception comes from; but from my experience - being a tactical game doesn't mean that you...