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SableWyvern reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I think you're overstating things. White Wolf didn't refer to the GM as "the storyteller" for no reason and there is a significant... -
SableWyvern reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This is why I tend to refer not so much to "modern games" as "post-Forge games". The actual Forge games are barely remembered and a lot...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.My point was simply that the mechanics referenced seem seem to owe the Forge a great deal for their development. If we're defining a...
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SableWyvern reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Modern art and history are defined terms that mean something. Also art and history have been around a lot longer than RPGs. It's not the...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I have suspicion that what's really being seen here is the tendency of Forge-derived games and their descendants to drill down on a...
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Odd I did not type that.... Is this even a question? Is not all game design intentional? Agreed. The vast majority of modern games...
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SableWyvern reacted to Koloth's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Things that many folks consider modern appeared in early games. Fantasy Trip has a decent list of non combat Talents(skills). Its...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.While your main point relates to success with complication as a main focus, I think it's worth noting that degrees of success rather...
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SableWyvern reacted to Deadstop's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Heck, James Bond 007, pointed to by some as the origin of metacurrency points (though there are earlier examples) had “add something to...
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"Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself.".....Ferris Bueller
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I'm very much getting the impression that "modern" actually means, "recent games that emphasise mechanics that can trace a clear lineage...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.I do not believe that intentional design or careful thought is a new thing. Surely games like Runequest, Pendragon, Ghostbusters, Amber...
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I don't know that there's any single definition of "modern" TTRPG mechanics that makes sense. I get that narrative tools are all the...
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SableWyvern reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
"Modern" is anything brought into existence since the futuristic year 2000. "Traditional" is anything that a boomer did twice...
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SableWyvern replied to the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"?.Almost every time someone points out a specific, so-called "modern" innovation, it's something that has been around forever; the main...