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overgeeked reacted to Michael O'Brien's post in the thread Vale Bud Baird (Bud's RPG Review, Bud & Griff's Gaming Creepshow, co-author of Viral) with
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We are saddened by the news of the passing of William "Bud" Baird, who died in his home town of Liverpool UK on August 10th after a... -
I finally got Daggerheart yesterday. I ordered it last week when it was available again on the EU shop. It came in on Saturday morning...
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overgeeked reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with
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I think I had an itch for some character building theory craft and it's always interesting to dig in and see what makes a system tick... -
overgeeked replied to the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+].Right? It's a sweet game and was fun to play around with, but I'm being pulled back to my old-school games.
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overgeeked reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
OK, my little affair with Daggerheart is over for now. I think my calling is to finish my 'training' adventure. If I can teach my...
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overgeeked reacted to zarionofarabel's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
If the GM needs to do something to keep the players "on track" well then...there's tracks...which a train runs on...so...
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This is where you get lost. Because THIS is the assumption of some of the play. You use stealth, you use diplomacy. You'll note that...
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overgeeked replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Yep. Best sign of a railroad. Being told you have agency when you have none. So much better to actually have choices that matter. What a...
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overgeeked reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I played in a Freeport-set sandbox game once where the GM told us we could do anything and go anywhere, and there would be something to...
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overgeeked replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Like most of these terms we spend so much time arguing about, railroading is fairly easy to define. Most of the arguments come from...
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overgeeked replied to the thread What makes a successful superhero game?.A few games, yes. A campaign, no. And that’s all down to it devolving to the Doctor show. Great at emulating the show Doctor Who...
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overgeeked reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Oh and unrelated to the above. As @overgeeked has mentioned a few times. Those who do not, are in no position to tell those who do...
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overgeeked reacted to darjr's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Things are different now. Not like the end of the hobby different. But it does seem like a new age of the hobby. A great one. For me...
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overgeeked reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
I haven't read the book or the online essay (and won't), but declaring something "dead" is probably the most clickbait-y phrase on the...
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overgeeked reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Wow I am late to this conversation! Is the health of the hobby really measured by Hasbro's sales figures and convention attendance...