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payn reacted to trappedslider's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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i'm half tempted to make a thread asking "how pessimistic are you?" but I feel like answers would be "I look both ways on a one way... -
payn reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
Wow.
I mean, Ryan Dancey was also the guy who didn't want anybody playing any RPGs other than D&D. So under his guidance, yes, all other game... -
payn reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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This is a thread about mechanics, not game theory or philosophical sniping. Please take this line of discussion elsewhere. -
payn reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
LoL. The term "neotrad" first came out of Free League Publishing, which they used to describe their Mutant Year Zero game.
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payn reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
To juat throw this out there: I think Classic Traveller's skill system was very ahead of it's time in 1978, and Pendrafon was waaaaaay...
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payn reacted to Gorgon Zee's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I started a long answer and then realized it boiled down to two words: "Not Simulationist". Older systems used mechanics as a way of...
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payn reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yeah I tend to agree that modern tends to refer to mechanics that allow for abstraction rather than task focus. Narrative approaches...
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payn replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I think mechanics that focus on narrative are rather modern. Games in which are designed to give the player a little more choice, or...
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payn reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Wow.
My aunt used to work customer service at Sam’s. One day, a customer was not pleased with the answers she was giving him, so he asked...
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payn replied to the thread D&D General Friday Fun: Now THIS Is D&D Rock!.One evening as the sun went down and the temple fire was burning Down the track came a murder-hobo hiking and he said boys I’m not...
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payn reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Haha.
TMC really started going downhill after season 17.
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payn reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Hasbro Opens New Wizards of the Coast Video Game Studio in Montreal to Support D&D Franchise with Like.
I think that from "our end", WotC could easily slot in a fifth (or some years sixth) spot for experimental product, but I would say that...
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payn replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.We've come a long way since Too Many Cooks.
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payn reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Hasbro Opens New Wizards of the Coast Video Game Studio in Montreal to Support D&D Franchise with Like.
I can't point you to peer-reviewed papers or or anything, but I can tell you that having sold D&D for four full editions, WotC's 5e...
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payn reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Wow.
My favorite checkout line story: I was in the local grocery store, and I was in line behind a woman who was angry about something--I...