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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Eh. That's part of a set of terms I think was flawed from the get-go (because of how simulationism was handled) so that's a... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Well I'm sorry my misuse of your favored jargon offended you. I have noticed minion mechanics are often appreciated (or at least better...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
No, its really not, and repeating it doesn't make it true. If its "simulating" something its the way superpowers and such classically...
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Micah Sweet reacted to cranberry's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
But since there seems to be as shortage of GM's, isn't openly judging and labeling them counter productive?
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Micah Sweet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I dunno. I think its a gamist mechanism, but its associated with fictional tropes (specifically the ones you see in action fiction...
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Micah Sweet reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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So let's get this straight. The Superman movie which is doing quite well is somehow not what people actually wanted to see? That the... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Gorgon Zee's post in the thread What makes a successful superhero game? with Like.
So … you are disagreeing with the number of story points the doctor starts with? Um, I think there’s a pretty easy fix to that. In fact...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Ok. I'll use whatever term you like. It doesn't work for me, because it isn't about representing the in-fiction setting, nor is it...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Hriston's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
That would be High-Concept Simulationism. If you're going to use GNS terminology, at least use it correctly. Just because you can...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel?.Most of the Axioms stuff that affects that kind of worldbuilding is actually incorporated into ACKS II. There's a reason it went from...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Alzrius's post in the thread Would ACKS be a good fit to capture the BECMI-feel? with Like.
I'm mostly curious about how the new edition would interface with some of the alternative subsystems for economics and governance from...
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Micah Sweet reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'm saying that you are making unfounded assumptions and a weird interpretation of survey data. Some monsters have stronger versions...
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Micah Sweet reacted to cranberry's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
What criteria do you use to define a good, bad or mediocre GM's? And why is it always on the shoulders of GM's? In my experience, I've...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..One reason minions exist is to mechanically support the narrative of the lone badass (or small group of badasses) wading through wave...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..You're right, but at least the popularity of something has a strong correlation to how much money one can expect to make from it. I...