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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Game Mechanics & Lore.I don't know if lore is the "primary driver of mood and tone". I think mechanics can often drive mood and tone as well. Like, if the... -
It depends on what the system is trying to do? D&D doesn't feel connected becasue its purpose is to be a generic fantasy builder. You...
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They need to not clash with the lore. For example, using a game system with inappropriate levels of mechanical detail (too much or too...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with
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What difficulty were you rolling against? Assuming using an ability with a +1 you should be at a 65-70% chance of success before party... -
Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart?.That can happen. But there's no reason to believe it has here, because they've sold through their entire first printing, and seemingly...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with Like.
It's also a new rpg book that hasn't any connection to previous IP. You really don't want to sit on 10 000 copies when you sold 1000...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content.That's clearly not what they're doing, because they've banned tons of material that is definitely, unquestionably legal in the US and...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content.I think a lunatic with a shotgun shot a man in the street, and it just happened that that guy was a murderous rapist, put it like that...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart?.I think this is a somewhat silly attitude to be honest. The issue is pretty clearly that Daggerheart succeeded wildly beyond the level...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread What's Your Price Limit?.But that's not quite right, is it? Because I think it's relatively uncontroversial to say the vast majority of TTRPG books purchased...
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I think it's understood by many that a big reason people balk about TTRPG prices is that the costs are largely up front. That $210...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to billd91's post in the thread Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content with Like.
Lin Codega has been covering this on their posts on Bluesky. They were able to determine that Itch.io, without notice, shadowbanned a...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content.Yet that's what happened. It's like saying "I can't believe that guy shot his wife just because she didn't do the vacuuming!", and...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content with Like.
My understanding of Collective Shout is that they are primarily, for lack of a better term, shame-based. They know they don't have a...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content.That's pretty disingenuous, frankly. Let's be clear, what worked on them wasn't investors or the media or the like, it was billionaire...