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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread No Initiative Order: How Do You Do It?.Pretty good - most of the RPGs my main group has played over the last few years have used it - Mothership and Spire particularly (before... -
Ruin Explorer reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Does a "Successful" RPG Look Like? with
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I wanted to reach back to the OP. I want to use Blades in the Dark as an example, because I slept on it and it was not until I... -
Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D.Oh to be clear I agree completely here. I don't see 2024 getting unceremoniously dumped like the 3D VTT/Sigil was. That would be a break...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Blue's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
Call me cynical, but I don't believe they will get rid of 2024 until they've milked all the easy cash by publishing books that are the...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D.It is kind of funny yes, but terribly unsurprising. As soon as 5E became obviously extremely successful, WotC seemed to wake up and...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to BrokenTwin's post in the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D with Like.
The irony that 2024 might be done in by corporate for the same reasons as 4E is mildly hilarious to me, though still not great for...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Daggerheart General Thread [+].I'm not trying to backseat DM here, but like, when you say "pass back", what did you do? I feel like this game assumes (and doesn't...
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I just don't see how you can see the "Sharing the Spotlight" section and "Engage Quiet Players" and think it doesn't apply to all scenes...
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Interesting! Every game I’ve ever played has pointed in the rules to the GM to facilitate the table and manage play. I’ve had players DM...
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When we play tested Daggerheart the GM managed the spotlight just like he does running Powered by the Apocalypse games and we had no...
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Out of curiosity, where were the other players? I'm not saying spotlight hogs and quiet players aren't real, or doesn't need...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What Does a "Successful" RPG Look Like?.I think the first point is only true for financial success, and we've got a lot of recent-ish games which kind of demonstrate that...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Minimalist and One Page RPGs.Logically that follows but it is fascinating how many long-term campaigns are using games with fairly crunchy rules - I wonder if that's...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Wizards of the Coast Hiring New Lead Designer and Head of Game Ecosystem for D&D.I think the fact that they seemingly aren't doing this is another pin on the crazy/murder wall of "6E is coming". Hiring from outside...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What videogames are you playing in 2025?.The initial complexity is higher, but in the longer-term MT1 is less complex/thoughtful than StS, I would suggest, primarily because...