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No, you can compare Team PC to Team Challenges Set by GM. That is the basic question of the tactical game - do the PCs beat the... -
Thomas Shey reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread D&D General GMing and "Player Skill" with
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I get that you just jumped in without reading the thread and we all do that sometimes, but I politely suggest you read the thread... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread How Many Conventions Did You Attend in the Last 12 Months?.I haven't been to a con in many years now, and its been a very long time since I went to them regularly.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Self-Defeating Rules in D&D with Like.
Yeah, it's always something constantly considered by me, finding a balance between presenting interesting/worthwhile challenges, and...
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Been getting a lot of of abrupt error pages indicating "This site can't provide a secure connection" followed by "starprize.za.com sent...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Hey, has anyone been getting some odd error messages from this thread (and only this one)? I'd gotten the impression it was indicating...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..And here's the problem; even if individuals sometimes don't think things through as well as they could, this assumes the group as a...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Well, gestures (which that is) are one of those things that are in their way, as varied as language.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again..I'm not sure I believe that's true with regular archers, and I think it requires a particular look at things to even believe it with...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Paragon Lost's post in the thread GURPS Fantasy / Dungeon Fantasy (and beyond) with Like.
Ok, now that's gonna drive me crazy. I seem to recall a few war/board games from the 1970s that made use of that type of map. I just...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Kichwas's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Yeah I took almost 2 decades off from the hobby (2005-2022) and that leads me having to put caveats around a lot of things. Which I...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Arilyn's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Late 90s games are very different from now. A tip: The vast majority of game designers run and read a wide variety of games. The more...
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Thomas Shey reacted to chuckdee's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
With just this statement (leaving off the part about swearing off other systems), I don't even see how you can form an opinion after so...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Kichwas's post in the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs. with Like.
Yeah. In consider Mist engine rules light because the "rules" fits on a 2 page spread that is half art. There's a several hundred page...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Different philosophies concerning Rules Heavy and Rule Light RPGs..Well, as I might have implied, I consider the Hero System in many ways simpler than a number of editions of D&D because everything is...