Recent content by Piperken

Coming back to this; I think where each of us happens to be in constellation with the hobby carries some weight in the responses to OP's statement. I run games now. I read blog posts that discuss a little game design, play loops, procedures, or content that I can use in games at my own table...

Must second this; when art has you change the story in your head about it, because you discover something new you hadn't seen before (esp. for an rpg book). It's $$$. (I kept discovering something new about both these covers every time I saw them reposted.)

It's interesting in light of above discussion to contrast the final trailer for this movie, with the trailer for the 1st season: Two different approaches for two kinds of stories, that involve the same characters. My preference leans to this one; I feel like it does more with less (just two...

This is in of itself, not a good example. What if the map your characters are given is partial, lacks its key, or those who fictionally receive the map cannot understand it because of the passage of time, cultural mores, etc.? This is a very common example!

Dinner bell rings twice...

Photographer: Right. You're all back in high/secondary school. Yes. And this is your school's team photo....

With time dilation accelerated to 60x normal... that better be a huge breakfast.

Was going to mention a possibility as to why interest is high for this, is that this crowd funder is drawing in the board game crowd as well (where a much bigger pool of potential backers exist)?

Regular adventurer equipment which grant benefits for checks, would become more important. Magic items, esp. ones that grant bonuses to stats, would be seen by the table as more valuable.

I'd consider something like: ...consistently strives to center joy in play...? Big mission statement tone that is off putting, but play and fun already have been made an appearance here in the conversation; just those words alone could each have their own separate (and obvs. unresolved) thread...

To add to this salient point, LBGTQ+ as well as other players who have run into negative experiences in group settings (neurodiverse, people with disabilities, English as a second language, etc) use these kinds of notices as signposts for themselves when considering whether they want to...

I don't recall which game I came across this, but one suggestion with pets is they automatically run away (perhaps to hide) if they take a killing blow; then return when the fighting is complete.

A key difference, which I don't think has been explicitly mentioned, is that generally when communities share mechanics, that's by personal choice and one out of courtesy follows whatever the unspoken contract happens to be within those communities. It's not terribly different than when I pay a...

Has the very hot weather in the UK I've seen on the weather graphics the last few years affected growing season?

Doesn't answer your question in any proper, science-y way, but starts to look at this in the EU area. Seems to follow the $$$ publishing levels thread. Of note, there must be enough interest to warrant creating the Library they mention; I think that's pretty cool!