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TheHand reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with
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I think the Vasa is what led to Sigil. "Hey, we tried this back in 4e and it totally didn't work. Let's try it again now!" If Ben's... -
TheHand reacted to darjr's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Things are different now. Not like the end of the hobby different. But it does seem like a new age of the hobby. A great one. For me...
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TheHand reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Indeed. I'm also of the opinion that we're living in a real golden age: the hobby is widespread, the flagship game is successful, there...
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TheHand reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
I just watched Limithron's amazing video about how they prep their GMs to run at cons. They are not fooling around (other than, you...
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TheHand reacted to mearls's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Regarding the general health of TTRPGs, some rough numbers. I don't have the exact numbers on this PC, so take this as directional. Gen...
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TheHand reacted to SlyFlourish's post in the thread Ben Riggs: 'The Golden Age of TTRPGs is Dead' with Like.
Corporate executives often assume they can beat nature, physics, and math. Remember the Vasa.
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TheHand reacted to darjr's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
A hard line on this seems to contradict “rulings not rules”. can’t like and laugh emoji at the same time!
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TheHand reacted to Agamon's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
To start, you don't usually do this to this level. "You walk outside. What is this planet called and what is this biome like?" is a...
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TheHand reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
I'm late to this party, but I think that there is a pretty easy solution for this problem: As the GM, ask the player if they'd like to...
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TheHand reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Honestly, I wish more trad games had that level of advice and degree of intentionality. It's nothing but a good in RPG design IMO.
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TheHand reacted to CleverNickName's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Hm. I've run a dozen different gaming groups for nearly 30 years, and I've never met a player who didn't enjoy contributing to the...
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TheHand reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with
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I deduce it was Colonel Mustard, in South America, with the 12 armies. -
TheHand reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Haha.
Four people sit down to play a nice game of Clue. Everyone picks their characters, the cards are shuffled, the murderer, murder weapon...
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TheHand reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Haha.
We’re about to retread 300 pages of the Conservative D&D Players thread here.
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TheHand reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Daggerheart "Description on Demand" a GM DON'T with Like.
Out of the 20 players I play with, there are maybe 2 where I would have that as a real concern. And one of them didn’t have that issue...