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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..To me, it seems highly relevant to understanding free kriegsspiel that the referee is (or is intended to be) an expert in the activity...
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Ppemerton reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Haha.
I think that considering the why and how of what makes creative hobbies sing to us (or not) in service of understanding our opinions and... -
Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I think you've misunderstood. @TwoSix didn't comment on play of any sort being better than another sort. It is in no way a comment that... -
Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Oh my god. RTFM The fourteen modules that make up the Dragonlance saga are meant to be one adventure, same as if you had bought a WotC...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Sigh. This conversation would be so much better if people would actually simply have the common courtesy to accept that some of us know...
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Ppemerton reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You insist this is true, but it doesn’t need to be. Yeah, that’s unnecessary. There’s no need to boot any players, and I’m in a...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Oh please. TSR-era D&D was about as far from simulation as you could get. It was pure wargame. Good grief, your character can't even...
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Ppemerton reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Not necessarily. The character might have fallen because magical pixies made him trip. He might have fallen because the rock face...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It’s not an attack. But you can’t “not think about your play with deep introspection” and also be expected to be taken as seriously as...
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Ppemerton reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Haha.
To be fair, a decent portion of the earlier epoch of this thread was Robert Conley going into detail on his highly prepped, “living...
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Ppemerton reacted to thefutilist's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
Love.
Gamers can be weird but if we're talking the human population as a whole, maybe half of them. I don't think they'd describe it in... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's nothing to do with whether or not I like it. Sequentiality is not an abstraction of simultaneity. It's an alternative to it...
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Ppemerton reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Does it? Or does it just say that in the modern period there aren't that many sim-centered gamers in the RPG sphere? If the sim...
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Ppemerton reacted to Yenrak's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
Incorrect. They will almost certainly be considered creditors. But they will be unsecured creditors who will only get paid out of the...
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Ppemerton reacted to Yenrak's post in the thread Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED] with Like.
TL;DR version: 1) If Diamond's creditors knew this stuff belonged to the publishers, its UCC argument is wrong. The merchandise belongs...