Jacob Lewis's latest activity
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Jacob Lewis reacted to mearls's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving? with
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To pull an example of the opacity in how thing work - a lot of folks think of D&D Essentials as my baby, a project I created for reasons... -
Jacob Lewis reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread D&D General Ben Riggs interviews Fred Hicks and Cam Banks, then shares WotC sales data. with
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For me, I separate D&D from WOTC and Hasbro and extend the bubble of "what is D&D" out to other games too. All the eight games I mention... -
Jacob Lewis replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) GMs: How long should it usually take to go from level 1 to 4?.I’ve been thinking about this question in terms of what Tier 1 play actually represents. The poll focuses on how long characters...
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Been playing since Moldvay Red Box Basic. Excepting a bobble at 4e, which I did learn to enjoy, I've embraced each new edition and...
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I think this is a really good point. What's also important is that gaming has quite a number of neurodivergent folks (trust me, I gamed...
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One barrier to pleasant discourse is that for some, banter and teasing are casual and normal and not intended to be mean-spirited...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerun - First Impressions with Like.
I think this really depends on the table (ie, the DM and the players). While Ben was tearing apart the siege scenario for being dull and...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to TrainedMunkee's post in the thread 2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books with Like.
Populous ideas don't tend to drive creativity, they reinforce the ideas that are already present. It takes creative thinking outside the...
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We had a really nice in-person Daggerheart game tonight. I found a new player via the metro area TTRPG discord (I keep an eye out for...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I don't think that this is quite fair (the bolded part). The main problem is that we have this ... shift ... from wargaming to a new...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
Yeah, I don't believe "sports" and "rpg" are the same level of generalization (though both generalize of course).
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
While I appreciate the OP, and anyone who makes the attempt to present an argument in the form of an essay ... I certainly hope that...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
Did we though? I never heard someone thinking its not a generic label. As others pointed out its a term on a high abstraction level...
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Jacob Lewis reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I highly, highly, highly recommend the book (The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson) because, um, it's awesome. And also because it really...
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Jacob Lewis replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.That’s a fair comparison, and I agree that broad categories aren’t unusual — language thrives on generalization. The difference I was...