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hawkeyefan reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread Contemporary Simulationist TTRPGs [+] with
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I don't follow you here. In Infinity 2d20, there are all those same elements. It has armor rating, special penetration ammunition... -
I have neither played nor run any f20 games this year. I have played Dragonbane, Fabula Ultima, and a bit of Stonetop. I would like to...
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hawkeyefan reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I do disagree heavily with "aren't really games but activities" idea, and especially with the tone it's often presented. It is, frankly...
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hawkeyefan reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I used to be a big proponent of tight focused design of every part of the experience: from rules to setting to presentation to curating...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread Do you "roleplay" in non-TTRPG Games? with Like.
To put it simply, I can't. I think I see RP more expansively than lots of folks seem to. While I may be able to get close to RP in a...
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Over 60 hrs. I’ve actually played very little D&D this calendar year. The games I’ve played in or run have included: Shadowdark...
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This year, been playing Vaesen, Daggerheart, Fabula Ultima, Shadowdark and Brindlewood Bay mostly. Sprinkling of Mappa Mundi, Fate(Star...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General Hours actually playing RPGs, D&D?.This year I’ve only played a little D&D. The bulk of my RPGing has been with other games. I’d say about 30 to 40 hours of D&D. I played...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread Hours actually playing RPGs, non-D&D?.I have a weekly online game on Mondays. I was running Blades in the Dark, but recently we transitioned to another member of our group...
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In terms of creating an avatar persona, and then making decisions in the game based on my interpretation of how the created persona...
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When I play MMORPGs, I give my characters backstories, motivations, and goals. However, I don't do the sort of "RP" in MMORPGs where two...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
Doesn't that depend a bit? I mean, constant pressure in my real life is exhausting. But pressure - in the sense of being confronted by...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This is interesting. Over the past few years, I've had exchanges on these board where some posters talk about verisimilitude not by...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think that verisimilitude remains important for modern audiences but it's hardly uniform. While it is a trite point for me to make...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I feel like we have touched on a number of interesting topics in this thread, but this thread may not be the best place to discuss them...
