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JJohn Dallman replied to the thread Describe your last rpg session in 5 words.AD&D1.2e, Avalon campaign: Player back after heart surgery.
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JJohn Dallman reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty? with
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This is where I do my usual thing. K.W. Jeter coined “steampunk” as a name for the Victorian fantasies he and his friends Tim Powers and... -
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GURPS Dungeon Fantasy conversion of Ghost Tower of Inverness: Umber hulk's gaze sows discord.
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JJohn Dallman reacted to General_Tangent's post in the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past with Like.
I've made quite a few in my time but I have learned from my mistakes and grown from them. I think one of the most notable involves not...
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JJohn Dallman replied to the thread Describe your last rpg session in 5 words.Mongoose Traveller 2300, Bayern campaign: Unfortunately, it's more complicated now!
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JJohn Dallman reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty? with Like.
Ah- yeah, I agree with that. I still think it’s a stretch to consider Verne & Wells to be truly steampunk. Even granting numerous...
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JJohn Dallman replied to the thread Describe your last rpg session in 5 words.GURPS 4e occult WWII, India strand: Convinced Auchinleck magic is real.
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JJohn Dallman reacted to Umbran's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Form Factor/Book Size? with Like.
I am at a point where I care about print size more than page size. I prefer that smaller books not be so thick that they have no hope...
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JJohn Dallman reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty? with Like.
Yeah in the early 1990s even most SF nerds didn't have a particularly clear idea of what "steampunk" might entail, if they were even...
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JJohn Dallman reacted to the Jester's post in the thread Describe your last rpg session in 5 words with Like.
Sent Juiblex back to Abyss!
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JJohn Dallman replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.Were they used to "Steampunk" as a fashion style, rather than a subgenre of science fiction?
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JJohn Dallman reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty? with Like.
Not sure they're typically similar in that regard; fantasy heroes are far more prone, on the whole, to take a beating and keep going...
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JJohn Dallman replied to the thread Describe your last rpg session in 5 words.Honor & Intrigue, Privateers of the Complications: Our Captain is healthy! Briefly . . .
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JJohn Dallman replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.A big point is that hit point attrition, which is pretty fundamental to D&D-style systems, has little place in spy and super-spy...
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JJohn Dallman reacted to kapars's post in the thread What Do YOU Want The Future of TTRPGs To Look Like? with Like.
For me the future of RPGs is the groups I play with agreeing to play new campaigns when the current ones are done. Even switching...