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Retros_x replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....Thats also utter nonsense. As I said in that other thread, I consider myself a power gamer and optimizer. Never was I told I disrupt... -
Retros_x replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....That is absolutely not true. You can just design harder fights. But designing more difficult fights is not more demanding for the DM, at...
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Retros_x reacted to MNblockhead's post in the thread D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D. with
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Age and industry make a difference. Generation X and older will tend to hold more negative connotations about TTRPGs than younger... -
Retros_x reacted to R_J_K75's post in the thread D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D. with Like.
Are the people at work really your friends or just colleagues that you associate with on the job or do you actually do other things...
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Retros_x reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D. with
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I definitely think younger generations are more open to this than Gen X and older folks are. The millennials and Gen Z folks at my work... -
Retros_x reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D. with Like.
D&D is still something of a mystery and a nerd thing amongst most of my generation (X). And it's like anything else - people are mostly...
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Retros_x reacted to Shiroiken's post in the thread D&D General In this day and age, people still laugh when you invite them to play D&D. with Like.
IME "I always wanted to do that" and "that's interesting" are typically just polite ways of saying they don't care. If they actually...
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Retros_x replied to the thread The First Rule of David Fincher is You Don't Rank David Fincher.I completely agree with the list - except for Gone Girl. I didn't like this movie too much. And yes Ben Affleck is a brilliant cast -...
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Retros_x reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread The First Rule of David Fincher is You Don't Rank David Fincher with
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I haven't written an essay in quite some time, eh? I know, how can you miss me when I don't go away! That said, I still haven't... -
Just finished Bad Company by Megan Greenwell, which is an excellent piece of reporting on the effects of private equity in four US...
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Retros_x reacted to Shadowdweller00's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Love.
So tonight I finally got around to trying out (running) a Shadowdark game. And OMFG, combat was SOOOOO fast and smooth. It was...
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Retros_x reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
Welcome to the Shadowside... Mwuhahahahahahaha!
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Optimization is like Metagaming: if it seems like a problem it's not because those things exist, it's because you are playing with...
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Specifically it was to break out a conversation which was essentially: "All optimizers are depraved monsters who seek nothing more than...
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I have to second @Ruin Explorer here, this is conflating optimizers with munchkins. There's also a difference between theory-crafting...
