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Theory of Games reacted to Lidgar's post in the thread D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay? with
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Ok, so our group has been playing 2024 D&D for about 8 or 9 months now. Have been mostly enjoying it - a fine "evolution" of the 2014... -
Theory of Games reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
I think I kind of get it thanks to a recent Sly Flourish or Questing Beast video. Gamers will optimize the fun out of the game but they...
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Theory of Games reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
Honestly the hardest habit to break, is worrying about the nonsense edge case players. Get rid of that mental load, and it all gets better.
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Theory of Games reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
Sure. I'm not going to go down this path, fix, implies broken. It's a poor word choice. Change, modify, update, alter. Either way...
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Theory of Games reacted to Scribe's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
A personal problem, is not a problem with the game itself though. Thats a subjective issue, not an objective one.
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Theory of Games reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
Exactly! If you want to write an RPG, write an RPG. I dunno, I think there's a line between someone creating an RPG and someone...
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Theory of Games reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with Like.
I feel you. But that's literally the entire hobby. Every single RPG you've ever played is "some person's glorified homebrew" or "some...
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Theory of Games reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread Shadowdark Shadowdark General Thread [+] with
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Any time someone talks about "fixing" a game system, I kinda tune out, because most of the time I'm about to hear some person's... -
Theory of Games reacted to mmadsen's post in the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish) with Haha.
Cyberpunk 2020 used a couple damage saves, the stun save and the death save, that could work just fine without hit points (and wound...
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Theory of Games reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Kickstarter: GURPS Mission X with Like.
There are specific decisions in the development of GURPS that contributed beyond simply being a universal system. By making each...
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You're preaching to the choir here. Even my players understood the number of skills in GURPS is simply the natural result of having a...
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Theory of Games reacted to John Dallman's post in the thread Kickstarter: GURPS Mission X with Like.
Oh, they aren't. But what an "adventurer" needs varies by genre, setting and tech level. If you're playing a fantasy air force game...
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Theory of Games reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish) with Like.
I dispute that they are realistic, that they represent the underlying physics, but they do satisfy the need for a sense of realism. If...
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I remember a time back when I was 10 in 70's and everything was so much simpler. Lol AC just an old system and really easy if you...
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Theory of Games reacted to mmadsen's post in the thread Realistic Combat that's Simple(ish) with
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If you’re mitigating the effect of realism with a meta-currency, then you’re explicitly skewing results when and where you want to in...