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Thagdal replied to the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past.Also put me down as another anecdotal record of successful gaming with players and their SOs. I think @Ruin Explorer nailed it by... -
Thagdal replied to the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past.When very young (around 9 iirc), and playing tunnels and trolls. The character creation with races applies modifiers to strength and...
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Thagdal reacted to Ath'kethin's post in the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past with
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Hmm. My wife and I have been friends for over 30 years, and she is one of the people who played in the first campaigns I ever ran... -
Thagdal reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past with Like.
I think my biggest mistakes have been: 1) Not putting my foot down about unsuitable characters in Cyberpunk 2020 and Shadowrun in the...
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Thagdal reacted to Li Shenron's post in the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past with Like.
Ah yes the "common sense statistics", I suppose? I gamed with plenty of couples where both of them were gamers, or where the invited SO...
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Thagdal reacted to Morrus's post in the thread Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not! with Like.
You gotta do what you gotta do. I’m sure you know how to run your business. I’m just telling you how I run mine. :) Luckily there has...
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Thagdal reacted to Wofano Wotanto's post in the thread A brand new Villains & Vigilantes adventure in 2025? with Like.
It's not exactly thriving, but there's been a surprising amount of new stuff since FGU went quiet back around the early 90s. There's...
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Thagdal replied to the thread A brand new Villains & Vigilantes adventure in 2025?.V&V games saw me through many a high school game session - we werent allowed to play proper D&D (thanks satanic panic) but were allowed...
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Thagdal reacted to Wofano Wotanto's post in the thread A brand new Villains & Vigilantes adventure in 2025? with Like.
Putting this up over here because it was really unexpected and FGU is one of very few gaming companies that have made it to 50 years old...
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Thagdal reacted to ProfessorDetective's post in the thread Kobold Press Announces 'Cozy' RPG Riverbank with Like.
See also: The Good Society and Flabbergasted!, which go for Jane Austen and PG Wodehouse, respectively.
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Thagdal reacted to Gradine's post in the thread Tabletop creators leave X for Bluesky in droves with Like.
I will say that I have seen almost as much, if not more, anti-transgender hatred and bigotry spouted by overly aggressive atheists than...
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Thagdal reacted to see's post in the thread D&D (2024) What would Olive Ruskettle's class be in 2024? with Like.
Really depends. So, the first D&D Bard class was published in The Strategic Review #6 (or Volume 2, Number 1; the issue has both...
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Early mistake, waiting for an appropriate moment before letting a new PC or a replacement PC enter the game and the flow of the game...
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Thagdal reacted to James Gasik's post in the thread GMing Mistakes You’ve Made in the Past with
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Years ago, I placed a Deck of Many Things in my campaign. - Boy I wish I could stop there, but it gets worse. I cut out the Deck of... -
First one that came to my mind was 25-30 years ago when I was DMing and thought it would be better and faster if I just rolled all the...