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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back?.I suspect you're not going to find general agreement on that. I see people refer to WoD Will points as metacurrency all the time, and... -
Thomas Shey reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs? with
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SmiteWorks has stated publicly that if they ever go out of business their last act will be to remove the need for authentication. Maybe... -
Thomas Shey reacted to RealAlHazred's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
At, one point they had Primal Order, SLA Industries, Ars Magica, and Talislanta. They only concentrated down to one RPG when they...
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Thomas Shey reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I think it also falls into the area of “why isn’t an rpg of a popular license the most popular game in the market, like Marvel or Star...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back?.See, I'd argue those were abstracting representative things; both luck and inspiration are things people recognize existing conceptually...
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More data points definitely needed to fully understand YZE 🙂
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Thomas Shey reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back? with Like.
The basic mechanical chassis that runs both games is functionaly identical. It's the set dressing and additional mechanics that make...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Will the complexity pendulum swing back?.I was thinking of a lot of things that aren't narrative material per se, such as metacurrancy that is a way of abstracting things that...
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Thomas Shey reacted to coyote6's post in the thread What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)? with Like.
Yesterday I ordered a hard copy of the Outgunned core rules and the 2300AD (MT2e version).
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It?.Even "five minutes" is knowing the time gap. But sometimes you know what people are doing for longer periods, and there's no need to...
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Thomas Shey reacted to kermit4karate's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
It is absolutely a way for them to save on labor costs. Or rather, to save on labor costs for checkers and redirect the savings to...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.I'd suggest that its because in their view, either it isn't the biggest part of the game to them or it often isn't all that "good".
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.It gets even harder when you're trying to be critical of a position and not the person. With the best of ententions, sometimes you...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.That's why I suspect part of it may be when I come in; if they only schedule one checker for those periods (with probably someone else...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread AD&D 1E Edition Experience: Did/Do you Play 1E AD&D? How Was/Is It?.That's kind of the key to the assumptions Gygax was making when he said that; that there'd be multiple characters or at least character...