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But in this case it's not really the stores determining what they sell. It's an external force, in the form of Visa, Mastercard, and...
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Makes sense - you said your game ended up as X-Files meets Fargo and honestly that seems like a pretty natural direction it would go...
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Gotcha. I had no idea exactly what it was trying to do so was ok making it up as I went along. I wasnt really a Supernatural or Buffy...
Jul 28, 2025
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By store you mean FLGS?
Jul 28, 2025
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I mean, there's kind of a paucity of "generic playbooks", looking at the consolidated playbooks. That's my issue looking at those. My...
Jul 28, 2025
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That's not the same thing though, is it? Spending a certain amount monthly or quarterly on adventures/campaigns for an RPG you already...
Jul 28, 2025
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For real game use, i buy only digital. Dead wood, i treat like art books or comic books. If they are good quality and i like them...
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Monster of the Week (PbtA!) is excellent at modeling this. The game started off as a way to play Supernatural, but it does a great job...
Jul 28, 2025
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Yeah I was looking at that - I've not got the full book, but looking at the consolidated playbooks it seemed like some really strange...
Jul 28, 2025
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Mod Note: And this is over the line. You know better.
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$210 is a pretty huge buy in compared to $60 or even $100 though. Like, a complete core of an RPG for $80? Yeah okay, if I'm definitely...
Jul 28, 2025
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I basically feel the same way. I buy physical copies from publishers I care about (all the EN Publishing Level Up books, for example...
Jul 28, 2025
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For me, something like 10% of the stuff I buy ever hits the table. Of that, a lot of it is a one shot, or a few session campaign. The...
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I think expensive books make sense, for all the reasons that were stated, and I don't necessarily shy away from them, but after about...
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The problem is that its never been generic. Too many of the mechanics are too specific for that (the specifics of classes and spells...
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