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I think both of those are tactical, and as you note can exist independently. A Hero System character without any special buy-in has...

Recruitement stories are not particularly common in fiction in general, but when I've seen it in film, the first meeting is still in...

There's a large old tradition of crooks gathering in the back room at a bar in film; I don't know I've seen an SF take on it, but then...

This is me, hiding behind a tree to avoid the horrors of the Portland War. Just off camera are hoards of ravaging ANTIFA armed with...

Its not hard edged by nature, I think. As I said, I find a lot of desire for automation overkill (I handled this stuff manually face to...

It was a weekend day, we had parents upstairs listening. He was furious, grabbed his stuff, left in a hurry, got in his car and we never...

I'm surprised he accepted it even as an in-game event, then.

Either a naturalistic or passive-aggressive way of addressing that kind of problem, depending on your POV (or, I suppose, both).

I think that model also survives because its relatively era-agnostic; at least once you have community gatherings significantly bigger...

Yes. Because as I said, I know of at least two cases where that was true. Extra was used to pay for, well, extras or to set up the...

Capitalism proving yet again that necessary services should not be tied to the profit motive.

This seems to be assuming a considerable more "responsibility" than has been my experience with the (admittedly singular) VTT I've used...

Though I no longer do so, my first use of Maptool was entirely local for at least a couple years.

I voted for #1 because I definitely want the option to self host. That said, if a VTT has quality, free hosting I'll use it - doing that...

I think systematic versus exception-based design is another big factor in complexity. In play, GURPS isn’t actually very complex as it...