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Mannahnin reacted to PHATsakk43's post in the thread D&D General The First Demise of TSR: Gygax's Folly with
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GDW was hit because while D&D wasn’t a path way to devil worship, it was the gateway drug to TTRPGs. -
Crushed that Back workout. Going to destroy June.
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Mannahnin reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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There's a lot of big eumetopias jubatus energy in that thread. Ooof. -
Mannahnin replied to the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th.I am not a big actual play consumer, but I did make it all the way through the first Adventure Zone campaign (the Balance arc). One...
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Mannahnin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
Thanks. I may sub anyway just because I like to support things I... er, like.
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Mannahnin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
The Session 0 character generation is both entertaining to watch and really solidifies what this game wants from the players and GM as...
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Mannahnin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
I caught the first 45 minutes or so of the Age of Umbra Session 0 last night, but then had to go to bed. I was going to watch the rest...
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Mannahnin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
People often mention that the non-D&D CR videos don't do as well as "evidence" that D&D is a better storytelling engine. That seems...
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Mannahnin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
That feels like selection bias. D&D is the biggest game, so it is going to draw the biggest watch numbers, which is then going to draw...
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Mannahnin reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
Stories emerge from D&D gameplay. That isn't the same as that being what it is made for. I was just trying to draw a distinction between...
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Mannahnin reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
It's really, really not though. It's a wargame at its core and has been since the beginning. What little "collaborative storytelling"...
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Mannahnin reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread RPG Evolution: The Right to Archive with Like.
They were behind the curve on this, IMO. I had to sign freelancing contracts for fiction in the 1990s and those contracts were very...
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Yes. They should have. And they got burned by not doing so. Rightfully so. We're not talking journalistic magazines being archived for...
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Mannahnin reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Like.
See the trick my brother and I used to futureproof our main group against this was just making them play absolutely every game under the...
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Mannahnin reacted to Zarithar's post in the thread Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th with Haha.
Yeah it did have a Kickstarter - one of the stretch goals was a reissue of Sinbad's Shazaam movie. Interesting choice for a tie in, but...