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I always love to get down into the weeds into how we prep and run our games. So, show your real-world prep notes! No shaming! No... -
Retros_x reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with
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I think what's great about Shadowdark is that people are using it both as a system to play all sorts of games and also as a game with... -
Retros_x replied to the thread Buying games to better enjoy live plays?.Nowadays I only watch Dimension 20. When I listen to live plays while doing other stuff I miss 50% of the stuff that happens, I can't...
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Retros_x reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
That's asking someone to put their own interpretation on another person's words, and say that's definitely the meaning... People do that...
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Retros_x replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].Haha, that sounds amazing! What a great setting! The other sounded also cool but a lonely boat house at the coast of maine in a rainy...
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It's all in the description, really, and not the mechanics. Apparently I'm just good at giving scary descriptions.
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In some ways, I think that your immediate environment can have a big effect on player fear levels. Two examples that I was personally...
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Retros_x reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
For us I think we benefit in three ways from open licenses: (1) our game becomes a robustly supported game even beyond the robust...
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Retros_x reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
Speaking for ourselves there’s no evidence we can see that we’ve taken one iota of loss, and plenty (albeit anecdotal) that we have...
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Retros_x reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread Monty of Dungeon Dudes infuriated at publishers writing own licenses instead of CC – WOTC most permissive with Like.
WOTC isn't the only one to release their material in the CC. Evil Hat, EN World Publishing, Jonathan Harper, Shawn Tompkin – lots of...
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Yeah. It’s far more about tone and mood and punishing mechanics than actually, honestly scared players sitting at your table. You don’t...
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Fear is pretty subjective. I was watching Nightmare On Elm Street at the age of 6 because my parents DGAF, and now almost nothing scares...
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Retros_x replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].Really I have seen scared players all the time. Not even in horror games, just regular D&D. Afraid of their PC dying, afraid of NPCs...
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Level drain.
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Retros_x reacted to Elvish Lore's post in the thread Ivan Van Norman Leaves Darrington Press with Like.
I’ve worked in the entertainment industry for years as an executive, and I’ve seen this a lot… Especially with newer production...
