Recent content by John Lloyd1

I can't understand the value of a backstory generator. I sometimes imagine LLM AI as a version of the electric monk from the the Dirk Gentry series. But instead of watching the video we have recorded on our VCR for us, it expands our thoughts into large documents that it then summarises for us...

I have a copy of Starforged on order. Keep checking the distributor website to see if it is in Australia yet.

I wonder how much this is 'art drives game' like Tales in the Loop. It seems to be re-using art by SimzArt.

It would seem that if you were communicating with potential buyers, you would need to take in consideration some of your buyers would only have seen the physical books and some only DND Beyond. They may not be hooked into the online D&D community and wouldn't know about the other terminology...

They had an official label. It was 2024. Now they have all these books in print that refer to 2024 versions and a website referring to 5.5. I think they are making a mess.

I'll still call it 2024.

I prefer 5e to refer to the whole family of games including A5e and ToV. If you are just talking about the 5e produced by Wotc, it is D&D 5e. to specify a particular version, 5e 2014 or 2024. Or you could say D&D 5e (2024). It can be ambiguous if 5.5 refers to ToCE or 2024 and 6e refers to 2024...

Maybe we should be using a literature definition of 'story', but rather a history definition of story. I.e. connected events, etc to to create meaning.

How many sessions do you think can done before the systems run out of headroom? Or is that a nonsensical question?

Do we have examples of games built using narrativism that would work for beer and pretzel players? Would Monster of the Week be one?

I do think that creator feelings and expectations is also part of the mix. If you just through a product out there without an expectation that it will be appreciated, then your heart can't be broken even if nobody takes an interest. Both creator investment and a lack of community response are...

I have a hard time seeing an electrum best seller as a heartbreaker. It seems to me a key part of the definition from Edwards and common usage is the devastating lack of interest from the rpg community. I.e it sinks without a trace.

I suspect they just don't do anything other than distribution. They are a chain of game franchise stores.

Buying directly from the publisher usually comes at a huge cost when you are in Australia. I bought physical copies of 3 Sly Flourish books and paid the same again in postage. They weren't available in distribution locally or I would have bought them through my FLGS. I usually prefer to use my...

Treasure generators are more functional if the source materials are already freely available online. :)