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Not often. But you do often show new players a code of conduct. It is worth it to be concise. No. Things you are expected to do as an...
Aug 25, 2025
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Not universal but typically yes there will be a code of conduct document setting out things like "the game is PG 13" and "no harassment"...
Aug 25, 2025
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Is that a valid use of the X card?
Aug 25, 2025
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That's a hypothesis. It hasn't been borne out, ime. I've run AL games with X cards and without X cards and I haven't seen differences in...
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Communicating with others in a social situation, such as a kid's birthday party since that seems to be a popular choice, asks you to...
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If what we're discussing here is helping avoiding topics that can push personal, and sometime intimate buttons you might not have...
Aug 25, 2025
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I like this post for explaining the motivations, and I generally agree. I've said before, playing RPGs is a great way to get to know...
Aug 25, 2025
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That's compatible with my idea--which is as games prioritized high emotional stakes to a greater extent, there became more need for...
Aug 25, 2025
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Proponents of safety tools mentions that even in low stakes adventures, if you're playing with complete random strangers, you can hit a...
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The intimacy I am talking about doesn't have to be explicit or intentional. I am saying that the mere act of sharing fantasies -- even...
Aug 25, 2025
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I wonder if this may be one of the key divides in the conversation. It probably isn't a coincidence that the first safety tools...
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I remember this tool! It was notably used in 753 BC by Romulus who booted Remus out of his homebrew Kingmaker LARP. Sorry about the sad...
Aug 24, 2025
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I don't consider RPGs to be an intimate form of play. Not any more intimate than most other social activities.
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My daughter has this game and ran it for us a few weeks back. We had a lot of fun. Very flavourful game, especially with the cards. My...
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A breakthrough? Before 2013, I assumed most groups were like mine and used verbal communication tools successfully when ill at ease like...
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