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Ppemerton replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.I could say the same thing about playing touch rugby with my friends. It was nearly 30 years ago now, so my memory is pretty foggy. I...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.Someone who thinks there's something at stake in insisting that RPGs are not games, but rather activities, must think the semantics...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.Like backyard cricket, kick-to-kick football, friendly hands of cards, etc, etc. These are all games.
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Ppemerton reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with
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So consider a large dungeon, like say, the Sunless Citadel. It has multiple factions of foes who are hostile to one another. Given the... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.Agreed! Of course RPGs are games. They are structured activities that are played for amusement. The participants have rules-governed...
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Ppemerton reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I do disagree heavily with "aren't really games but activities" idea, and especially with the tone it's often presented. It is, frankly...
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Ppemerton reacted to Libertad's post in the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs with Like.
It's been over a month since I last posted here. Here's my update: I finished reading Dragonbane. While it does look to have some neat...
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Ppemerton reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I used to be a big proponent of tight focused design of every part of the experience: from rules to setting to presentation to curating...
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Ppemerton reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
True, the fighter and barbarians are a menace (especially multi-classed) shield, hasted, enlarged etc - those usually can get neutered...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.I'm not sure I really follow the ostensible contrast between a function, a mode of play, a format or a medium. Especially because at one...
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Ppemerton reacted to Barner Cobblewood's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
I'm not sure I am persuaded by this. The adjectives card(-playing), board(-playing), role-playing describe how you game. There's a lot...
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Ppemerton reacted to Campbell's post in the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing with Like.
It's a medium, at least as I mean it. When I talk about tabletop roleplaying games, I am speaking to games played within a negotiated...
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Ppemerton reacted to Minigiant's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily with Like.
One thing I've tried with is to put enemies in factions with their own logistics and organizations. It would determine how many losses...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Mike Mearls explains why your boss monsters die too easily.Only Fea-bella emptied hers - because she'd refilled them from the rivulet flowing out from the pool with the corpse in it. But the...
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Ppemerton replied to the thread The Many Faces of Roleplaying: How ‘RPG’ Became Everything and Nothing.Gygax's PHB (1978) has this on p 7: Swords & sorcery best describes what this game is all about, for those are the two key fantasy...