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Handwritten character sheets work better

One group I knew found a way to make it work: they had large tables on their character sheets of armour class vs armour type, with each...

The groups I played in at college generally reckoned that the 1e initiative system didn't make sense, and used simpler homebrew methods...

I think - at least for the groups I've played in - one of the reasons it worked was that it wasn't very prescriptive about the kind of...

Contained alien using sprinkler system.

Honor & Intrigue, Privateers of the Complications: Toured temples of El Dorado.

The "Roughly how many years in total have you played tabletop RPGs in your life" slider only goes up to 20. I'm at 46, aged 64.

AD&D 1.2e, Avalon Campaign. Three months downtime, Wizard is cackling.

Well, considering I started with D&D, I can't downplay the quasi-Satanic rituals. After all, once your soul has been shackled to the...

I can only speak for myself. I play a lot of GURPS, but I don't do so "because I like a lot of crunch." I seek verisimilitude, the...

I see two problems with that idea: Gamers will resist needing a VTT, provided by some third party, to play. When a company changes its...

GURPS 4e Occult WWII campaign, neutral countries strand. Liberians lack urgency of "Mañana." Party fail to kill chicken.

I'm quite fond of Glorantha and RQ. The problem I have with BRP systems is that I find the advancement mechanic (roll d100 higher than...

There isn't a published one. The GM is doing it himself; that isn't terribly hard.

GURPS 4e Day After Ragnarok, character generation session: Australian PC will wrestle Serpent?