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schneeland reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with
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As someone who has run Winter's Daughter multiple times by sitting down and opening the book, I can assure you that at the table it's... -
schneeland reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I think we should take this, and the Six Cultures blog post, to a different thread. Some of the differences are pretty minimal, but I do...
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schneeland reacted to Metroido's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
If you actually watch Ben Milton's video he shows some Necrotic Gnome stuff as a point of comparison against DCC stuff to help explain...
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schneeland reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I don't know that dated adventure design sets Goodman apart. WotC still relies on big walls of text, as do others. But it's one thing...
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schneeland reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I think if people haven't seen better adventure design, of which Necrotic Gnome is one of the best, they don't realize how much they are...
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schneeland reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
I can see why someone would criticize their style and layout, it's definitely not up to current specs as far as best-practices go.. on...
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schneeland reacted to Retreater's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
He liked the art in DCC and admitted that it was one of the games that got him interested in the OSR. He dislikes the adventure design...
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schneeland reacted to mamba's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
His last video was somewhat critical of them, but not for the reason you think of
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No Pat Benatar reference yet? Where are my Grognards?
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I have a hard time seeing an electrum best seller as a heartbreaker. It seems to me a key part of the definition from Edwards and common...
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To me, a "Fantasy Heartbreaker" (and that first word is important) is designed "I can do D&D, but better". Basically something that...
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Terminology drift is certainly a thing, so it makes sense to ask what "Heartbreaker" means to individuals rather than what the original...
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Absolutely not. People can be wrong. I've seen it used deliberately loosely, like describing one's own project as a heartbreaker. This...
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It comes from an essay by Ron Edwards: The Forge :: Fantasy Heartbreakers As coined a fantasy heartbreaker is a game designed by...
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Most people think it broadly means "a game like D&D." But what it really means is a game created with the intent of being a better D&D...
