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mamba reacted to DammitVictor's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with
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My position's a little more nuanced than that... but it's not a lot more nuanced than that. Game mechanics should reflect something... -
mamba replied to the thread Kickstarters by YouTube influencers.I don’t think I needed it, doubt I will ever play it, but I wanted it for ‘inspiration’’ same, pretty sure I could easily have skipped...
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mamba replied to the thread Kickstarters by YouTube influencers.I see him more as a game designer who is also popular on YT rather than a YTer who dabbles in game design (see DC20)
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mamba replied to the thread Kickstarters by YouTube influencers.I backed 13A and decided against DC20, he seemed to have very little design knowledge, basically a few years of playing 5e and nothing...
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At the time, both YouTuber Dungeon Coach's DC20 and 13th Age 2nd edition were being crowd-funded at the same time. I ended up cancelling...
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mamba replied to the thread Kickstarters by YouTube influencers.I know, and I did. My point was that the YTers with no track record of anything manage to reach KS funding levels that established...
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mamba replied to the thread Kickstarters by YouTube influencers.yes, look at Delve by Bob vs Campaign Builder Dungeons and Ruins by Kobold Press. Based on the KS they sound like they are essentially...
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Well it’s because they have existing large followings. With a Kickstarter the single most important determinant of success is reach. And...
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mamba reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
That's really poor design. Making a game book that's all about the DM designing his world and adventures, but hiding the portion of the...
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mamba reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
Sticking their head in the sand doesn't change the design. Forcing others to have their heads stuck into the sand is not a good...
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mamba reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
Yes, I get all of that. I just wish they'd have kept the information in the DMG so that new players could play in an informed fashion...
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mamba reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Playtests Four New Mystic-Themed Subclasses with Like.
That's because they stuck to backwards compatibility, which means that even though 1) most people don't use the adventuring day, and 2)...
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mamba replied to the thread Kickstarters by YouTube influencers.Broken Empires https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evil-baby-ent/the-broken-empires-rpg “Designed by Trevor Devall, professional GM...
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mamba reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I'd like to offer a different perspective to DoaM. Your "attack roll" is not one singular strike. It's half a dozen strikes, and...
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mamba reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yes. I've been saying this a lot - most recently in multiple posts across two threads; but on these boards for 15+ years! Trying to...