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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Meh, playing pretend is a bit childish, no? I don't really see that as disparaging. I mean, if you see it that way, okay... then I... -
hawkeyefan reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Fail forward isn't a mechanic to be codified, simply a technique than can be employed (or not) as one sees fit. Granted, any given game... -
hawkeyefan reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think what is more mature is for us adults to not to be so easily offended. And I was definitely guilty of this before so I'm not...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..How is it disparaging?
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hawkeyefan reacted to Gimby's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I mean, you are asking him to coin new jargon here rather than using well understood terms from outside of the hobby - given the general...
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You almost got there. You win, as a player, by having your character achieve their goal/s--this can be kinda fractal, goals can be...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
If "cops and robbers" is OK, but "princess play" is not, then I feel the gender point goes through 100%. My daughters never played cops...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Tell me you didn't read the blog without telling me you didn't read the blog. Vince Baker is serious in his analysis of RPGs, but he...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Your honour, I didn't kill them. I just introduced a substance into their food, which - when they ingested it - disrupted some cell... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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He doesn't agree that they are disparaging terms - for instance,: the term “princess play” is not intended to be disparaging. I do not... -
hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
He's written the essay to praise simulationist play. He is showing that it is worthwhile, and that it doesn't need to be described in...
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hawkeyefan reacted to grankless's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
lmao this thread has gotten completely unreadable when logged in now due to ignores (both toward me and by me). funny I'm astonished at...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
Yeah, what would Vincent Baker know about designing RPGs? Much earlier in this thread we worked out that he's just some internet rando.
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
If you mean that Tuovinen has a sense of superiority about simulationist play, I think that's a bit unfair.
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Love.
I play Torchbearer 2e. When PCs get injured, or sick, their performance of tasks is impeded. When they get exhausted, they are closer to...