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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I don't follow. Nobody is claiming that any given game should be able to accommodate anyone's full totality of wacky ideas. So there...
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@pemerton expressed my thoughts so well that what follows amounts to footnotes. Forge philosophy relies on intent but is also... -
RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Ah... ur... my satire detector is broken this morning. You are being silly that 5e can handle anything social or charisma based, right...
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The following games are not narrowly focused on a single thing: Draw Steel Warhammer - The Old World Fabula Ultima Lancer Vampire - The...
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This strikes me as a sequencing error though. I'm not clear to what extent people really think 'I'd love to play a game about moral...
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I can tell you what I took away from your "aimless" comment (and some of the elaboration/discussion it prompted, eg from @Campbell): A...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.So I can't speak for other people, but.... I think the idea of this thread was "mechanics". So I think it's a very strong argument that...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I wonder if what they are getting at is more along the lines of = "No matter what gun you use in GURPS, the rules make all gunplay feel...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.You are correct. but... This goes soooo much deeper. As Chaosium has found, even when you have a successful IP, i's hard to get out...
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RRenleyRenfield reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
A fair of PbtA games are not the result of what I would call intentional design. You can often see it when the basic moves are basically...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread RPGs with Bespoke Colony-Building Rules.Not sure what depth of detail you want but... Blades in the Dark has extensive rules are building an entire faction, complete with...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.You make me a sad panda... why is Pasion de las Pasiones not in number 1 spot? (ok ok I tease. but it is my favorite pbta system/game...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I am simply highlighting the "mechanics" part of this thread. To me, it's worth talking about actual mechanics and not soft feels on...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.CyberPunk 2020 is a good example of design and mechanic working to empower a theme and gameplay. :D I am not sure what version you are...
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RRenleyRenfield replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.No, you are incorrect. Synnibarr has no such GM limiting mechanic. Fate (the GM) literally has a sentence that says "Fate has...