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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.And? But they could have gotten what mattered to them done before dying. Unless all that really matters to them in the end is... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.Three is a good compromise over the raft of people medical texts and legal books get; you probably get to diminishing returns after that...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Velderan's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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I can think of at least one person who is on my ignore list that I am reasonably sure if we ever met in person, I'd enjoy the type of... -
Thomas Shey reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What do you want to know when joining ENWorld? with Like.
To make it clear, if one of the moderators, upon reading it, sees the direct reference, that is a problem. The point is to allow some...
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Thomas Shey reacted to prabe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
It also plausibly means they see the kind/s of play they expect, especially if their playtesting group is (or overlaps with) their...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Ryujin's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I would also be willing to wager that there's more than a little self-proofing, given margins. Playtesting likely involves the authors'...
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Thomas Shey reacted to prabe's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Not everyone who finds looser rules less enjoyable is a jerk.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.The problem is that given the wide range of people who will run into problem with this, it uses an awfully expansive cateogry for "jerk".
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Thomas Shey reacted to dbolack's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Typically, not enough eyes that are attached to people whose brains won't gap fill in the same way the authors' did.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Also, you can make a system foolproof. You cannot make it damnfoolproof.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Ryujin's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
A little from Column A, a little from Column B..
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A very serious hypothesis. It's helped by the fact that violence peaked and dropped off pretty much everywhere in the US at the same...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.As someone who used to do editing, including in the game industry its astonishing what will slip past you. I've had things I must have...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
My tangential gripe is that designers, GMs and players try to treat game rules like lawyers treat legal codes and documents . 1) Game...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.When you've got a language that probably started out as a pidgin, that sort of thing is going to happen.