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Yeah, I've heard something like that before, I think it was specifically talking about Dystopian futures, but if I looked I'm sure I'd...

Gibson said, "Science fiction’s always been about the present. It’s seldom really about the future. It’s just a way of talking about the...

Sorry for not responding sooner, folks! I was busy on a writing project and I'm catching up. Most probably have the set now, and we had...

@Alphastream, how long did it take for new players the create a character using the starter box?

yeah I know, that is why I said eventually we needed to transition to hand written ones. I think though in those LMOP sheets there was...

I would point out that the Lost Mines pre-gens didn't have much room to write abilities. Take the dwarven cleric as an example. There is...

Gibson and Sterling both said explicitly that they saw cyberpunk as anti-dystopian, or at least vigorously non-dystopian. Life is bad...

I like this play mat and cards approach because of this scenario: Most pregen character sheets don't have the spell descriptions and...

This is the bit that gets me when talking about Cyberpunk being dystopian. It has always struck me as being more noir. The whole world...

On what makes a 'golden age', I think a range factors that should to be considered: Level of player engagement (i.e. number of players...

I wasn't thinking of Neurodiverity as a single category, but a variety of different ways of thinking. I also don't dig into my players...

There is a neurodiversity aspect about this. Some people find it really difficult to improvise. I try to read the person and treat the...

They get a lot of use. My LFGS has a stash and they frequently get used by new players. Although experienced players can may a new...

I’m not intending to come across as a fanboy. I spend equally as much time playing WFRP which couldn’t be more different as a game. I...

Wotc did that for 2014, good idea for 2024 as well!