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Theory of Games reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread Daggerheart Releases Another Round of Playtesting, Including Two New Classes with
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Daggerheart is still in playtesting? I thought it published? www.enworld.org/threads/daggerheart-has-been-officially-released -
Theory of Games replied to the thread D&D General What do you say when someone is thinking of quitting your game?.I play online and people leaving games is expected behavior. Some people hang around to make a character and chat, then as soon as the...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread D&D 3.x Running 3e D&D for the first time in a while, any advice?.Pathfinder fixes issues with 3.5 like grappling and skills while adding far more race, class, feat, trait and spell options. Why would...
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I am trying to phrase it without prescribing how people "should" feel about stuff. So, you get to feel how you might feel. Someone...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....Okay but where in the core books of any TTRPG does it say all the players have to be the same? Sure, the same level, but is it required...
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Theory of Games reacted to velkymx's post in the thread New One-Shot: Beneath the Pulsing Web with
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Awakened in a sticky web, your party finds themselves snared in the heart of a nightmare. Chilling skittering echoes through the... -
Theory of Games replied to the thread RPG Evolution: What Do You Mean, "Run"?.In over a decade of running several adventures, I've never seen a party flee. No matter the odds. IME players like to gamble: they...
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There are a couple of clips of Gary talking about the game, including about winning and losing, in this recent short BBC piece. Closing...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....Yeah but HOW is it a problem? People here are clutching their pearls over "the problem of Optimization" but no one can explain HOW it's...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread Did They stay or did They go, now?.The numbers suggest many of the people the hobby gained during 2020 left by 2022, but those that stayed branched out from D&D to play...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....I'll bite: how is someone wanting to make the best character they can "problematic"? Let's say they aren't cheating and they aren't...
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I've left tables when everyone else was clearly enjoying the play but it was driving me kinda nuts (in a bad way). I have persistently...
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Theory of Games reacted to Doc_Klueless's post in the thread D&D General What do you say when someone is thinking of quitting your game? with
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Wish him the best and let him know there is always a chair for him at your table. For many people, hobbies have an expiration date... -
Theory of Games reacted to Muh's post in the thread RPG Evolution: What Do You Mean, "Run"? with Haha.
The system teaches players not to retreat. As someone else stated in another post, there are many mechanical incentives not to retreat...
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Agreed. This is what I was trying to get at earlier in terms of this being a game design/game choice problem. It is not an unavoidable...