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schneeland reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread Starbreeze Cancels Co-Op D&D Video Game with
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Think of these game studios like OSR style level one characters. You have to be willing to tolerate dozens of deaths until you can get... -
schneeland reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread D&D General The D&D Memes Thread with
Haha.
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schneeland reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs? with Like.
Its not hard edged by nature, I think. As I said, I find a lot of desire for automation overkill (I handled this stuff manually face to...
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schneeland replied to the thread Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs?.Yeah, that's probably true. I do think many people have a preferred category, but it's probably not fixed "once and for all".
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schneeland reacted to Endie's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
Funnily enough, at the end of tonight’s Pirates of Drinax session I said to my group, converts from 5e, “you’ve only had one fight in...
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schneeland reacted to andyvanhout's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
I'm a day late to the show, long time and usual lurker. I'm a year and a half into a Pirates of Drinax home campaign, and I've...
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schneeland reacted to TrippyHippy's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
Traveller is, basically, my favourite game. In terms of why it didn’t become as mainstream as D&D, I think you have to respect that D&D...
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schneeland reacted to payn's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
Yes, you nailed it. The beats Traveller and it’s setting go for wouldn’t be popular dramas until decades later. Empire in B5, rag tag...
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schneeland reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game with Like.
Regarding death during character creation: even as a kid, I recognized it as a press-your-luck mechanic and not that different from...
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schneeland reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs? with Like.
That's pretty much where I am on it; all I really want usually is the sort of thing you have in 1 (as long as a die roller is possible...
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schneeland reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs? with Like.
Further, the more rules that get baked into the VTT the harder it becomes to add in houserules and-or kitbash the rules system and-or...
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schneeland replied to the thread Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs?.My impression is that there is at least three categories of people: People that mainly need a shared map or background image, tokens...
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schneeland reacted to TheAlkaizer's post in the thread Hasbro Opens New Wizards of the Coast Video Game Studio in Montreal to Support D&D Franchise with Like.
Being next to Invoke and in Montreal is a good thing though. The ecosystem is great, there's a ton of talent and lots of people looking...
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schneeland reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Hasbro Opens New Wizards of the Coast Video Game Studio in Montreal to Support D&D Franchise with Like.
Different management, different strategies. But yeah, the opening and closing of game studios within WotC sure seems like the company...