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If I recall, part of the problem was MSH didn't have too much in the way of passive (as in, not taking up actions) avoidance. That's a...

I have to point out open-ended modelling can be done in any game ever, in or out of the superhero genre. Saying you can do that doesn't...

Yeah, but not everyone is there to play Invincible (or worse), and the alternate rule for damage in WT swung too much the other way; it...

Its not that uncommon, honestly. In most games (at least in the more or less trad sphere) the role of GM and player are different...

Sometimes. Other times, Mother Nature makes the poison for us through natural processes. Some chemicals only become toxic when...

If the players refuse to avail themselves of the multiple free options to get access to that same information, yes that's a player...

Competition doesn't have to mean an existential threat to WotC's business. It could just be that the company is going to miss its growth...

It still suffered in some area from playing the "price by rarity" game which I think works really badly with superheroes at least. I...

This was actually one of the problems for people trying to play conventional supers with Wild Talents (and the fix they had for it swung...

GURPS was probably the last game I'd have tried to have work with superheroes (as compared to people-with-powers) because so many of its...

As an aside, this is also how 13th Age mooks work.

The groups I've played with historically have been for the most part serious enthusiasts. To the extent that we commonly ran multi-year...

Look, last session the kobold delivered Gastlagast's insult, and the final moment of the evening was Cronut popping the kobold's head...

I don't think I've spoken about minion mechanics in this thread before. I could see a gamist perspective on them. But, for me, that...

I don't remember the exact number, but Back in the Day our SR1e decker had to be given a bowl to roll all his D6 in, which suggests to...