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Neil deGrasse Tyson did a StarTalk on it. Likely several more by now. He cautioned against people replacing the “god of the gaps” with... -
I'd say name it cotton eye joe, but we know (roughly) where it came from and (roughly) where it will go
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So which one do we think it really is?
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It is taking everything in me not to approach the young person on the leg extension and say “in the time it’s taken you to complete one...
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schneeland reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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When I think about intentional design I think about designers having a clear vision of what they want the game to be about, not just... -
schneeland reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
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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schneeland reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread D&D General What version of D&D are you playing? with Like.
It's well loved by the generation of players who started with it and many others. In 1990, I wanted to play AD&D 1e again after a five...
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schneeland reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General What version of D&D are you playing? with Like.
Eh, the 2014/2024 is the 1E/2E, BX/BECMI, 3E/3.5E sort of thing - close enough you can cross-use, but different enough to be noticeable...
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schneeland reacted to kronovan's post in the thread D&D General Favorite Forgotten Realms products of all time? with Like.
Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. I liked the early FR, but didn't care much for it after the changes intro'd to it...
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schneeland reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General Favorite Forgotten Realms products of all time? with Like.
I don't even particularly care about the Realms, but the 3rd Edition era FR hardcover is a GREAT book. When I was moving and eliminated...
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schneeland replied to the thread D&D General What version of D&D are you playing?.I will start running Beyond the Wall again relatively soon. I'm not sure where exactly that would fit, but I put it into the B/X bucket...
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Sleep is so tough sometimes. I grew up with poor sleep, and outside a few periods (like a year here, a year there) over my whole life...
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schneeland reacted to Jacob Lewis's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
When people talk about “modern” tabletop roleplaying game mechanics, they often imply a chronological boundary — as if certain design...
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schneeland reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Im not sure i use the term " modern " for mechanics. When I think about newer RPGs I sometimes associate newish to a shift to story...
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schneeland reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General What if every dragon was unique? with Like.
I think that's probably a better system, but hard to pull off for all DMs. Dungeon Crawl Classics, notably, started from a position of...
