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Theory of Games reacted to Edgar Ironpelt's post in the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy... with
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I probably ought to check it out, if only to see how the SJG crew did things and to add it to my long bookshelf of GURPS supplements... -
Theory of Games replied to the thread Between Diehards and Casuals is...the Fringe.I'd define your "Fringe" as "casual". Mainly because you don't actually play ttrpgs
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Theory of Games reacted to dbm's post in the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy... with
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GURPS Dungeon Fantasy hits points 1 and 2 really strongly. Could be worth checking out. -
Theory of Games reacted to Piperken's post in the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy... with Like.
One trend that I've noticed in terms of designer intentions, are games that have systems which explicitly encourage play towards other...
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Theory of Games reacted to jolt's post in the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations with Like.
Part of the problem is that certain categories have characteristics that fans often ignore (fans usually going off the tone of the story...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread Game Mechanics & Lore.Always. Otherwise you end up in a situation where you're playing a D&D Barbarian and thinking Conan the Barbarian, but the gameplay...
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It depends on what the system is trying to do? D&D doesn't feel connected becasue its purpose is to be a generic fantasy builder. You...
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Theory of Games reacted to Imagine That TTRPG's post in the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy... with Like.
It would be Pathfinder for me. I loved D&D 3.5e's crunch, and I still use it even though I'm incorporating PF 1e's expansions, like the...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use.Great insight. Don't they call that Argumentum Verbosum or something?
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Theory of Games reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use with Like.
This is because none of us hold anyone in the discussion in more esteem than themselves, and thus none of us feel we need to defer to...
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Theory of Games reacted to Tinker Gnome's post in the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use with
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Theory of Games reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use with Like.
"Diegetic"
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Theory of Games replied to the thread D&D General Mike Mearls' blog post about RPG generations.There's a lot of "whirlpools in your waves": Conan was long identified as Sword & Sorcery, but his stories also included Horror and were...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread D&D General Requesting Advice on FR Pantheon.The link is literally from the FR site. Sometimes the supernatural beings "travel", like how Asmodeus is in Greyhawk, the Realms and...
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Theory of Games replied to the thread So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy....Sometimes finding new people is the best solution IME. But, I get that it isn't easy finding them. I used Meet-Ups and lurked Facebook...